AFayiz
December 22, 2013, 2:41pm
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Re: French door fridge Vs Normal fridge plus separate deep freezer
I did a lot of research before buying my fridge. There are many, many french door makes and models available, but I chose this Samsung model for the following reasons:
The inside space. Like I’ve said above, the fact that you can configure the space to suit your needs (it has flip up shelves and shelves that slide in to accommodate tall items like I trifle pedestal bowl or large stock pot), and also the width inside means I can put oblong serving platters or 13x9 pyrex dishes in without a problem.
The flex drawer between the fridge space and freezer. I mentioned that I use it primarily for my kids snacks and such, but it is another amazing feature/space saver. I was hosting a baby shower for a friend and I was making mini shot glass size desserts…I was able to get 30 mini desserts cups to chill in the that drawer with no issues at all! There is no way I would have been able to do that in a side by side fridge. The flex drawer also is configurable. It has an adjustable grid that moves up and down and right left to accommodate bottles too. It also has 4 different and separate temperature controls for this drawer alone.
The fridge is extremely energy efficient, which was important to me.
The freezer portion is very deep. It also has an extra shallow drawer that pulls out and this is where I store my frozen packets of samosas, shammi kebabs, frozen naan etc (basically anything that can lie flat).
Now I will be perfectly honest, all my meat I still keep in my second fridge’s freezer portion in my mudroom, but that’s just because I still have it. My actual freezer portion of my french door fridge in my kitchen is quite empty. If I ever decided to get rid of my second fridge, this one would still be more than enough for my needs. Admittedly, I do not make and freeze salans or store alot of frozen foods, so you may want to consider keeping a small chest freezer if you find that you freeze alot of things, but I personally have not found the need for it. I sold my chest freezer that I had in my old house when I moved into this new one and bought this fridge.
The only drawback I’ve found is that 1) the ice maker is very loud lol! About once a day, when it dumps the ice, it makes a crashing sound but we’ve gotten used to it lol. Also, the sides shelves of the fridge are long enough to fit the extra tall ketchup/condiment bottles, but again, that is a very minor issue.
Overall, I’m very please and literally in love with this fridge. It’s the best purchase we made for our new home.
Thats where im afriad of. I dont want to end up taking the expensive fridge and then finding that Oh it just dont suit my needs. I also like its dispensing function a lot. However my sister in law also freezes lots of things however it means i may have to research more