On Tuesday, September 17, 2019 at 2:48:54 PM UTC-5, dsi1 wrote:
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> We used to have a French door Samsung refrigerator. It was quite convenient to use so I suppose that if you got the money, you should opt for one i.e., live it up while you can.
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> If you do get one, I'd recommend not getting the in-door ice/water dispenser. It takes up too much space inside and the seals, electronics, and mechanical parts, to the dispenser were all troublesome and had to be replaced. We replaced our French door Samsung with a old-fashioned one with a freezer on top and every time I take some ice out of the freezer, it makes me happy just thinking about not having to deal with an in-door dispenser. OTOH, this new one that we got 3 months ago has some kind of internal leak, which causes icicles to form inside the freezer.
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No, no, no. I don't want a water dispenser and the ones I've got my eye on
do not have this feature. I've looked at 'frigs in the past with the water
dispenser and really what a space hog they are. It seems refrigerators now
don't come without an ice maker. My present 25 year old Whirlpool has one
but it's never been connected and this will be the first time since I bought
it that a repair man will be knocking at my door. I don't think I know of
anyone who has their ice maker connected or a water dispenser who has not
had trouble with those two features.
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> We had problems with the hinge bushing on one of the doors which caused problems with the center seal and the ice dispenser seals. It also caused the bottom of the door to rust. That's a bummer. There was also a problem with the evaporator fan dying. In the end, the compressor stopped working so we ditched that crazy thing.
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UGH! With the money that is spent on appliances you'd think they'd last more
than a couple of year before becoming a money syphon.
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> The French door models with the freezer drawer on the bottom are all the rage these days, so you're going to get a great selection and the sales guys are going to steer you in that direction. They are expensive. The old fashioned one we got was less than half the price of the Samsung. It still cost us about a thousand bucks.
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Yes, since I'm in the freezer far less than the 'frig I've gotten tired of
standing on my head looking for items in there. It would be great for all
of the everyday stuff to be at eye level when the door is open.
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> Most people believe that keeping milk on the door will cause milk to sour earlier. I do not believe it myself.
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I had a friend who had a side-by-side and milk would sour quickly when it was
stored in the door. If it won't go south in the door that would free up
shelf space for sure.