After running all over southern California...okay, all over Orange
County, I have now looked at just about everything that's available in
a French door, stainless (or stainless-like) refrigerators. I
discounted units with through-the-door water and ice dispensers,
mainly b/c my experience with them has not been positive and they take
up way, way too much refrigerator door space. I also had a very
subjective door-closing "test," as I found most of the Whirlpool
umbrella units had one or both doors that didn't close well. This
would start out as a minor irritant and segue into a major irritation,
I suspect. I also wanted a refrigerator that was "Energy Star
compliant." Taking all this into consideration plus shelf and drawer
design, we settled on a Samsung:

http://www.number1direct.com/product.jhtm?id=81749

Bill found the unit I liked online and they offer free shipping and no
sales tax (in this part of SoCal, sales tax is a whopping 8%). We're
paying an extra $90 to have it brought into the house, uncrated and
installed, so what we saved on the sales tax got pretty much eaten up
by the delivery, but most of the stores I visited charge $75 - 125 to
deliver, uncrarte and install. Also, the cheapest price I found for
this same unit was at The Great Indoors and was $1,449. Some of the
reviews on this refrigerator complained that it was noisy when making
ice, so we'll see if that's a problem. Can't insulate yourself against
every vagary, but I did the best I could. And I thank everyone who
contributed to the original thread. Many comments were very helpful.

I am going to be thrilled to send my current refrigerator to the Happy
Cooking Grounds! Damned thing even has rust forming around the
through-the-door ice dispenser, which hasn't worked in 2 years. Just
drips from errant ice cubes that fall into the spout from the freezer.

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

---

"If the soup had been as warm as the wine,
if the wine had been as old as the turkey,
and if the turkey had had a breast like the maid,
it would have been a swell dinner." Duncan Hines

Terry Pulliam Burd wrote:
>
> After running all over southern California...okay, all over Orange
> County, I have now looked at just about everything that's available in
> a French door, stainless (or stainless-like) refrigerators. I
> discounted units with through-the-door water and ice dispensers,
> mainly b/c my experience with them has not been positive and they take
> up way, way too much refrigerator door space. I also had a very
> subjective door-closing "test," as I found most of the Whirlpool
> umbrella units had one or both doors that didn't close well. This
> would start out as a minor irritant and segue into a major irritation,
> I suspect. I also wanted a refrigerator that was "Energy Star
> compliant." Taking all this into consideration plus shelf and drawer
> design, we settled on a Samsung:
>
> http://www.number1direct.com/product.jhtm?id=81749
>
> Bill found the unit I liked online and they offer free shipping and no
> sales tax (in this part of SoCal, sales tax is a whopping 8%). We're
> paying an extra $90 to have it brought into the house, uncrated and
> installed, so what we saved on the sales tax got pretty much eaten up
> by the delivery, but most of the stores I visited charge $75 - 125 to
> deliver, uncrarte and install. Also, the cheapest price I found for
> this same unit was at The Great Indoors and was $1,449. Some of the
> reviews on this refrigerator complained that it was noisy when making
> ice, so we'll see if that's a problem. Can't insulate yourself against
> every vagary, but I did the best I could. And I thank everyone who
> contributed to the original thread. Many comments were very helpful.
>
> I am going to be thrilled to send my current refrigerator to the Happy
> Cooking Grounds! Damned thing even has rust forming around the
> through-the-door ice dispenser, which hasn't worked in 2 years. Just
> drips from errant ice cubes that fall into the spout from the freezer.
>
> Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

Sounds like it should be a good unit. Sales tax here runs 8-8.25%, but
no state income tax more than makes up for that.

I have water and ice dispensers in the freezer door of my side by side
door refrigerator and I haven't have any issues with it. During the
winter months when I'm not using much ice, the ice will sometimes clump
up and I just empty the ice drawer and let it make a fresh batch, but
the same is true even if you don't have the dispensers. During the
summer months it gets a lot of use getting ice for iced tea and the like
and is a big improvement over having to open the freezer door to get ice
along with the resulting wasted energy and frost issues.

On Feb 22, 9:35*am, "Pete C." > wrote:
During the
> winter months when I'm not using much ice, the ice will sometimes clump
> up and I just empty the ice drawer and let it make a fresh batch, but
> the same is true even if you don't have the dispensers.

You need to beef up your afternoon on-the-rocks imbibing.

On Feb 21, 10:15*pm, Terry Pulliam Burd > wrote:


I also had a very
> subjective door-closing "test,"


Please explain this for those unhappy people among us who may be
facing a fridge purchase soon.

Jealous, here. I'd love to have a freezer-on-bottom fridge, but will
stick it out with my side by side.

On Feb 21, 7:15*pm, Terry Pulliam Burd > wrote:
> After running all over southern California...okay, all over Orange
> County, I have now looked at just about everything that's available in
> a French door, stainless (or stainless-like) refrigerators. I
> discounted units with through-the-door water and ice dispensers,
> mainly b/c my experience with them has not been positive and they take
> up way, way too much refrigerator door space. I also had a very
> subjective door-closing "test," as I found most of the Whirlpool
> umbrella units had one or both doors that didn't close well. This
> would start out as a minor irritant and segue into a major irritation,
> I suspect. I also wanted a refrigerator that was "Energy Star
> compliant." Taking all this into consideration plus shelf and drawer
> design, we settled on a Samsung:
>
> http://www.number1direct.com/product.jhtm?id=81749
>
> Bill found the unit I liked online and they offer free shipping and no
> sales tax (in this part of SoCal, sales tax is a whopping 8%). We're
> paying an extra $90 to have it brought into the house, uncrated and
> installed, so what we saved on the sales tax got pretty much eaten up
> by the delivery, but most of the stores I visited charge $75 - 125 to
> deliver, uncrarte and install. *Also, the cheapest price I found for
> this same unit was at The Great Indoors and was $1,449. *Some of the
> reviews on this refrigerator complained that it was noisy when making
> ice, so we'll see if that's a problem. Can't insulate yourself against
> every vagary, but I did the best I could. And I thank everyone who
> contributed to the original thread. Many comments were very helpful.
>
> I am going to be thrilled to send my current refrigerator to the Happy
> Cooking Grounds! Damned thing even has rust forming around the
> through-the-door ice dispenser, which hasn't worked in 2 years. Just
> drips from errant ice cubes that fall into the spout from the freezer.
>
> Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
>
> ---
>
> "If the soup had been as warm as the wine,
> if the wine had been as old as the turkey,
> and if the turkey had had a breast like the maid,
> it would have been a swell dinner." Duncan Hines

I'm envious. I really like that feature of both doors opening
wide....look at that huge platter in the picture!!

On 2/22/2010 9:52 AM, Kalmia wrote:
> On Feb 21, 10:15 pm, Terry Pulliam > wrote:
>
>
> I also had a very
>> subjective door-closing "test,"
>
>
> Please explain this for those unhappy people among us who may be
> facing a fridge purchase soon.
>
> Jealous, here. I'd love to have a freezer-on-bottom fridge, but will
> stick it out with my side by side.

Just a comment but if you like home made ice cream and don't have a deep
freeze, make sure the freezing compartment has a space tall enough to
hold the freezer for the ice cream maker.

In article .com>,
"Pete C." > wrote:

> During the
> summer months it gets a lot of use getting ice for iced tea and the
> like and is a big improvement over having to open the freezer door to
> get ice along with the resulting wasted energy and frost issues.

Oh, my ALEX!!! I *hate* when I have to open the freezer door to get
what's inside!! It is SO damned bothersome and . . . inconvenient!!
<rolls eyes>

(Use an insulated ice bucket [with a cover] and load up that sucker with
a few hours worth of ice.)

--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://web.me.com/barbschaller
Breaded Pork Tenderloin, 2-18-2010

In article >,
says...
>
> After running all over southern California...okay, all over Orange
> County, I have now looked at just about everything that's available in
> a French door, stainless (or stainless-like) refrigerators. I
> discounted units with through-the-door water and ice dispensers,
> mainly b/c my experience with them has not been positive and they take
> up way, way too much refrigerator door space. I also had a very
> subjective door-closing "test," as I found most of the Whirlpool
> umbrella units had one or both doors that didn't close well. This
> would start out as a minor irritant and segue into a major irritation,
> I suspect. I also wanted a refrigerator that was "Energy Star
> compliant." Taking all this into consideration plus shelf and drawer
> design, we settled on a Samsung:
>
> http://www.number1direct.com/product.jhtm?id=81749

HA!! That's the one I recommended, we have it in Black, couldn't be happier and
the price per cubic foot is much less than many other brands.. I am sure you
are going to love it. The temp controls for the freezer and top area are very
accurate. There are several other great features like "quick freeze" and open
door chimes, etc...

Scotty

Can I haz Cheezeburger?

"Terry Pulliam Burd" > wrote in message
...
> After running all over southern California...okay, all over Orange
> County, I have now looked at just about everything that's available in
> a French door, stainless (or stainless-like) refrigerators. I
> discounted units with through-the-door water and ice dispensers,
> mainly b/c my experience with them has not been positive and they take
> up way, way too much refrigerator door space. I also had a very
> subjective door-closing "test," as I found most of the Whirlpool
> umbrella units had one or both doors that didn't close well. This
> would start out as a minor irritant and segue into a major irritation,
> I suspect. I also wanted a refrigerator that was "Energy Star
> compliant." Taking all this into consideration plus shelf and drawer
> design, we settled on a Samsung:
>
> http://www.number1direct.com/product.jhtm?id=81749
>
> Bill found the unit I liked online and they offer free shipping and no
> sales tax (in this part of SoCal, sales tax is a whopping 8%). We're
> paying an extra $90 to have it brought into the house, uncrated and
> installed, so what we saved on the sales tax got pretty much eaten up
> by the delivery, but most of the stores I visited charge $75 - 125 to
> deliver, uncrarte and install. Also, the cheapest price I found for
> this same unit was at The Great Indoors and was $1,449. Some of the
> reviews on this refrigerator complained that it was noisy when making
> ice, so we'll see if that's a problem. Can't insulate yourself against
> every vagary, but I did the best I could. And I thank everyone who
> contributed to the original thread. Many comments were very helpful.
>
> I am going to be thrilled to send my current refrigerator to the Happy
> Cooking Grounds! Damned thing even has rust forming around the
> through-the-door ice dispenser, which hasn't worked in 2 years. Just
> drips from errant ice cubes that fall into the spout from the freezer.
>
> Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
>
> ---

Hi Terry,
The layout of that model is almost exactly like the Kenmore model we picked
3 years ago when we re-did our kitchen. It is extremely flexible and holds a
ton of food.

We've been very happy with it in general, however, does have door closing
issues which have driven me crazy since we had it. I've learned to
compensate, but still get halfway up the steps and hear that annoying
triple beep which means I've not closed it correctly once again. You're
right to look for a model which assures good closing every time. Fridge
doors should close themselves.

Our model does have an icemaker inside the freezer which is fine. We also
have a water dispenser in the door, but it is very shallow, just a ledge to
rest the edge of the glass on, and doesn't take up any inside room that I
can see. It is also now superfluous, since we have added a filtered water
faucet on the sink.

Jon

On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 06:52:19 -0800 (PST), Kalmia
> wrote:

>On Feb 21, 10:15*pm, Terry Pulliam Burd > wrote:
>
>
> I also had a very
>> subjective door-closing "test,"
>
>
>Please explain this for those unhappy people among us who may be
>facing a fridge purchase soon.
>
>Jealous, here. I'd love to have a freezer-on-bottom fridge, but will
>stick it out with my side by side.

I opened one door then gave it just a push to see how well and easily
it closed. Repeated with the second door. Many of the refrigerators
had a "main door" that included a tall metal flap that retracted when
open, thus making an extra seal with both doors were closed. That was
usually the door that failed the door-closing "test," as it wouldn't
quite shut without a good shove. The Samsung popped back into place
with just a nudge. I also liked that both level of trays were
presented when you open the freezer drawer.

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

---

"If the soup had been as warm as the wine,
if the wine had been as old as the turkey,
and if the turkey had had a breast like the maid,
it would have been a swell dinner." Duncan Hines

On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:29:05 -0500, I am Tosk
> wrote:

>> http://www.number1direct.com/product.jhtm?id=81749
>
>HA!! That's the one I recommended, we have it in Black, couldn't be happier and
>the price per cubic foot is much less than many other brands.. I am sure you
>are going to love it. The temp controls for the freezer and top area are very
>accurate. There are several other great features like "quick freeze" and open
>door chimes, etc...

And I remembered that when I fired off the first post! Thanks!

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

---

"If the soup had been as warm as the wine,
if the wine had been as old as the turkey,
and if the turkey had had a breast like the maid,
it would have been a swell dinner." Duncan Hines

"Terry Pulliam Burd" > wrote in message
...
> After running all over southern California...okay, all over Orange
> County, I have now looked at just about everything that's available in
> a French door, stainless (or stainless-like) refrigerators. I
> discounted units with through-the-door water and ice dispensers,
> mainly b/c my experience with them has not been positive and they take
> up way, way too much refrigerator door space. I also had a very
> subjective door-closing "test," as I found most of the Whirlpool
> umbrella units had one or both doors that didn't close well. This
> would start out as a minor irritant and segue into a major irritation,
> I suspect. I also wanted a refrigerator that was "Energy Star
> compliant." Taking all this into consideration plus shelf and drawer
> design, we settled on a Samsung:
>
> http://www.number1direct.com/product.jhtm?id=81749
>
> Bill found the unit I liked online and they offer free shipping and no
> sales tax (in this part of SoCal, sales tax is a whopping 8%). We're
> paying an extra $90 to have it brought into the house, uncrated and
> installed, so what we saved on the sales tax got pretty much eaten up
> by the delivery, but most of the stores I visited charge $75 - 125 to
> deliver, uncrarte and install. Also, the cheapest price I found for
> this same unit was at The Great Indoors and was $1,449. Some of the
> reviews on this refrigerator complained that it was noisy when making
> ice, so we'll see if that's a problem. Can't insulate yourself against
> every vagary, but I did the best I could. And I thank everyone who
> contributed to the original thread. Many comments were very helpful.
>
> I am going to be thrilled to send my current refrigerator to the Happy
> Cooking Grounds! Damned thing even has rust forming around the
> through-the-door ice dispenser, which hasn't worked in 2 years. Just
> drips from errant ice cubes that fall into the spout from the freezer.
>
> Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd


I got 50 bucks from SCE when I decommissioned my old fridge.

Paul

Terry Pulliam Burd wrote:
> After running all over southern California...okay, all over Orange
> County, I have now looked at just about everything that's available in
> a French door, stainless (or stainless-like) refrigerators. I
> discounted units with through-the-door water and ice dispensers,
> mainly b/c my experience with them has not been positive and they take
> up way, way too much refrigerator door space. I also had a very
> subjective door-closing "test," as I found most of the Whirlpool
> umbrella units had one or both doors that didn't close well. This
> would start out as a minor irritant and segue into a major irritation,
> I suspect. I also wanted a refrigerator that was "Energy Star
> compliant." Taking all this into consideration plus shelf and drawer
> design, we settled on a Samsung:
>
> http://www.number1direct.com/product.jhtm?id=81749
>
> Bill found the unit I liked online and they offer free shipping and no
> sales tax (in this part of SoCal, sales tax is a whopping 8%). We're
> paying an extra $90 to have it brought into the house, uncrated and
> installed, so what we saved on the sales tax got pretty much eaten up
> by the delivery, but most of the stores I visited charge $75 - 125 to
> deliver, uncrarte and install. Also, the cheapest price I found for
> this same unit was at The Great Indoors and was $1,449. Some of the
> reviews on this refrigerator complained that it was noisy when making
> ice, so we'll see if that's a problem. Can't insulate yourself against
> every vagary, but I did the best I could. And I thank everyone who
> contributed to the original thread. Many comments were very helpful.
>
> I am going to be thrilled to send my current refrigerator to the Happy
> Cooking Grounds! Damned thing even has rust forming around the
> through-the-door ice dispenser, which hasn't worked in 2 years. Just
> drips from errant ice cubes that fall into the spout from the freezer.
>
> Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
>
> ---
>
> "If the soup had been as warm as the wine,
> if the wine had been as old as the turkey,
> and if the turkey had had a breast like the maid,
> it would have been a swell dinner." Duncan Hines
>
Are you sure no one chased you while you were running around So Cal in
search of the perfect refrigerator?