Refrigerator shopping

WanderingJuniper · 07-02-2018, 03:59 AM

So, we are probably getting a new fridge in the next month. It’s been over a decade and our current fridge is apartment sized while our family eats very adult sized portions of food now. Biggest thing is we NEED a bigger freezer. So, question: should we look for a side by side or a standar fridge/freezer combo?
Pros and cons?
Freezer on top or bottom?

Beth1231 · 07-02-2018, 06:06 AM

We have a big pull-out freezer under the fridge with a second big pull-out drawer in the freezer and I like it a lot. Nothing falls on me when I open it and it’s huge.

Pragmatist · 07-02-2018, 06:29 AM

Our refrigerator is over 13 years old so I'm looking for when it dies. I want one with the French doors. I have a friend that says she has never run out of freezer space with hers.

ECingMama · 07-02-2018, 02:42 PM

That are on sale now. Next great sale is Black Friday. Then yes time. Then May.

Soliloquy · 07-02-2018, 04:23 PM

4th of July sales right now.

(Home Depot's "black friday" sale on kitchen appliances is always BEFORE Thanksgiving, not after.)

You can look at the cubic feet of fridges and freezers in the specs. I would highly recommend either getting a 1-month subscription to Consumer Reports or going to the library and studying the refrigerator reviews there.

Do you have the space and budget for a chest freezer? Personally, I prefer to have a refrigerator with more chilled space than freezer space because we buy a lot of produce and fresh foods. I keep most of my frozen foods in the chest freezers in the garage. But if that doesn't fit your needs, once you find ones with more cubic feet, look really carefully at how it's arranged and what kinds of things you usually freeze to make sure they will fit.

MrsHutch · 07-02-2018, 07:02 PM

My mom has a side-by-side fridge (where the freezer is on one side and the fridge is on the other) and HATES it. She says nothing fits in either side, but especially not the smaller freezer side.

If I got to pick I'd get one that's french door fridge on top and big drawer freezer on bottom.

07-02-2018, 03:59 AM	#1
WanderingJuniper Rose Garden Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 10,819	Refrigerator shopping So, we are probably getting a new fridge in the next month. It’s been over a decade and our current fridge is apartment sized while our family eats very adult sized portions of food now. Biggest thing is we NEED a bigger freezer. So, question: should we look for a side by side or a standar fridge/freezer combo? Pros and cons? Freezer on top or bottom?

07-02-2018, 06:06 AM	#2
Beth1231 Deactivated Join Date: May 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 14,962	Re: Refrigerator shopping We have a big pull-out freezer under the fridge with a second big pull-out drawer in the freezer and I like it a lot. Nothing falls on me when I open it and it’s huge.

07-02-2018, 06:29 AM	#3
Pragmatist Rose Garden Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Idaho Posts: 4,924	Re: Refrigerator shopping Our refrigerator is over 13 years old so I'm looking for when it dies. I want one with the French doors. I have a friend that says she has never run out of freezer space with hers. __________________ Sara (ISTJ) married to V since 7/99 Strawberry Shortcake- 3/07 Huckleberry Pie- 9/11

07-02-2018, 02:42 PM	#4
ECingMama Rose Garden Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 16,750	Re: Refrigerator shopping That are on sale now. Next great sale is Black Friday. Then yes time. Then May. __________________ ENFp Wife who is thankful to be in love....17 years Homeschooling Mom of three....15 DD dancer and 12 DS mountain biker and 5 DD calico critter and dolly mommy 12/2014 8/2015 11/2015 9/2016

07-02-2018, 04:23 PM	#5
Soliloquy Rose Garden Why climb a mountain? Because it's there! Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Selkirk Mountains Posts: 52,860	Re: Refrigerator shopping 4th of July sales right now. (Home Depot's "black friday" sale on kitchen appliances is always BEFORE Thanksgiving, not after.) You can look at the cubic feet of fridges and freezers in the specs. I would highly recommend either getting a 1-month subscription to Consumer Reports or going to the library and studying the refrigerator reviews there. Do you have the space and budget for a chest freezer? Personally, I prefer to have a refrigerator with more chilled space than freezer space because we buy a lot of produce and fresh foods. I keep most of my frozen foods in the chest freezers in the garage. But if that doesn't fit your needs, once you find ones with more cubic feet, look really carefully at how it's arranged and what kinds of things you usually freeze to make sure they will fit.

07-02-2018, 07:02 PM	#6
MrsHutch Rose Garden An Enneagram 7 type 1/2 ENTP Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Malawi! Posts: 6,295	Re: Refrigerator shopping My mom has a side-by-side fridge (where the freezer is on one side and the fridge is on the other) and HATES it. She says nothing fits in either side, but especially not the smaller freezer side. If I got to pick I'd get one that's french door fridge on top and big drawer freezer on bottom. __________________ Stacy here! Enjoying my Complementarian marriage to Mr. Hutch since May 20, 2006 Blessed Mama of Miss H (16), Mr Big J (15), Miss T (14), Mr Little J (11), & Mr A (7) Missing three I will meet in Heaven (Feb 2012), (Apr 2016) & (Jun 2020) "Exercise gives you endorphins. Endorphins make you happy. Happy people don't shoot their husbands, they just don't." -Legally Blonde

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