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I like the side by side with the water attachment. Right now we are renting and it has the freezer on top fridge on the bottom and I hate it. It's so hard to keep things organized. Once we buy this house (in the process of buying the house we are renting) the fridge will be gone and I am buying a new one. The fridge is about 20 years old anyway.
We got a good deal on our French door, bottom freezer model at Lowes. Normally we skip the extended warranty but the deal on the Lowes fridge was better than home depot's, and since this is an appliance with a digital panel we went with the ext warranty as well.
I had a standard top freezer for years and years and hated it because I can't even count how many times I had shattered Tupperware from something falling out of the freezer as I was rummaging through it. My new fridge has drawers that allow me to organize the contents and I have yet to drop anything from it.
Counter depth French door, external ice/water vendor. LG. Adore it.
It keeps door items cold, uses space efficiently as it doesn't need a long vertical separater between fridge and freezer like the side-by-side, and has a "space-saver" ice maker in the door which doesn't require the loss of door-storage. The deep french doors create a convenient platform at waist-level when a fridge door is open that lets me put multiple items to "compose" my drink or cold-cut snack without moving. (I know - it sounds silly, but i love the little silly stuff too!)
Was warned by people who had side-by-side that they won't store big trays, pizza boxes, large turkeys, etc. This LG has a very useful rollout top tray in the freezer for smaller items like bacon, cheeses, cold cups, ice-bucket for us ice-hounds who need it, whatever.
I have a french door bottom freezer. No fancy tray/drawer in between but I love this design. Most utilities will give you a few $ if you buy an EnergyStar rate one.
I bought our refrigerator at a scratch-and-dent place. The "scratch" was on the side of the unit. I fixed it myself for under $10 - a can of primer, a can of black appliance paint, and some sandpaper. I got the refrigerator for 50% of what it would have cost to buy it from Best Buy, Lowes, Sears, etc. And it was still considered "new" and was under warranty, and I even got an extended warranty on it.
I like the french door option. I was reluctant to try it at first, but I really like not having to bend over to look in my crisper drawer! I'm taking things out/putting them in the drawers a few times a day, but may only go into the freezer every couple of days.
My lesson learned on them, however: I had one in a house where the fridge was in the corner. This doesn't work well. The door against the wall didn't allow me enough clearance to get the deli tray all the way open before hitting the in door shelves. They need to have more than a 90 degrees clearance.
I like the french door option. I was reluctant to try it at first, but I really like not having to bend over to look in my crisper drawer! I'm taking things out/putting them in the drawers a few times a day, but may only go into the freezer every couple of days.
My lesson learned on them, however: I had one in a house where the fridge was in the corner. This doesn't work well. The door against the wall didn't allow me enough clearance to get the deli tray all the way open before hitting the in door shelves. They need to have more than a 90 degrees clearance.
This is hugely important! Same problem at a relative's house - the fridge is in a corner and one french door will not open fully. It whacks you on the behind while you're looking for the item inside.
I'd like one that doesn't ****ing freeze all the food I put in there.
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