Input on "best" refrigerators on the market wanted

[rekit]

Best wish for you. I hope LG has indeed finally fixed their linear compressor issues, but that's a risk you have to take. After all when you ask us you are only going to get our past experience and opinion.

Regarding to durability, I truly believe that people who use something to make a living knows best no matter what tools you buy. I would trust an Uber driver on car durability, and commercial kitchens and restaurants for refrigeration. Sure you cannot buy the commercial grade stuff for home but you can try to understand why they are using what they use and why they are more durable, and pick the equivalent build quality and products in residential use.

I know from my experience water dispenser is the first thing to fail on old fridge and I usually disconnect it. I would trust an old Whirlpool / GE way more than an LG / Samsung because of what they have already proven to be. Future could be different as always.

Wife and I were taking an Uber and she made a wrong turn. (I knew the route). I asked her if she ever used Waze, and she had never heard of it. We were stunned. She had been Ubering for a year.

 

[spk2000]

The most dependable refrigerator is the most basic and cheapest one. Freezer on top and refrigerator on bottom without icemaker or water dispenser. The more bells and whistles you add the more sophisticated the programming and parts become which increases failure rates. The 4 door models with Keurig built in are too complicated with hot water stored in the freezer just asking for problems but this is what everyone likes while it is working.

 

[Rmay635703]

Well, I certainly respect peoples reasons for purchasing particular products, but I don’t think it’s a valid review for everybody on such a small scale.

I wouldn’t look for a refrigerator to last more than 15 years or so and for me personally by that time, I want all the appliances in the house replaced anyway.

I have a 1972 Harvest Gold in the basement.

One of the neighbors has a 30’s era unit as their main fridge, was cleaned up and refilled. If something gets old enough it becomes a better decorative set piece than whatever new chrome crap is on offer