Hey friends! As promised, here are the answers and intel from my instagram poll and question box regarding picking a refrigerator. I took a poll asking if you prefer side-by-side or French door.

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The results: 17% side-by-side and 83% French door

Personally, I have been wanting a French door fridge for quite some time (the photo above is our old side-by-side fridge). After seeing people’s responses, I still want one, but had a lot of new things to lớn consider! For instance: I don’t want the ice in the door and would rather have it in the freezer drawer, but I need to lớn be ok with little dirty hands grabbing ice out of the bottom drawer. Also, the kid’s likely wouldn’t be able to lớn get their own water if the dispenser is in the inside door as opposed to lớn on the outside of the fridge. These are important things to lớn consider and I love how helpful the NTK community was!

Some important things to lớn consider:

the actual interior space (note below that all are not the same size)
counter depth verses standard size
if you want ice in the fridge door or in the freezer
if you have a deep freezer/alternate freezer space
if you want the ease of the ice/water dispenser, or if the door fridge space is more important to lớn you
what is the umbrella company that makes the fridge

Below is the intel on specific types, things to lớn consider, etc. *HUGE SHOUTOUT* to lớn my VA Jessica for getting all this info together. I put them in order of the number of positive responses they received.

I am linking some that received lots of praise sánh you can jump over and kiểm tra them out and get a visual.

KitchenAid: 190 positive responses

Recommended platinum interior, sexy, lots of fridge space and extra drawers
Easy to lớn clean, adjustable shelves, good drawers for snacks (additional drawers)
Counter depth is poor, if you can find one that’s deeper, bởi it
- However a lot voted that counter depth looks much better
Ice in freezer, water in fridge, never breaks
Water dispenser: get the pressure point below water dispenser sánh 1 hand operation
15 people bởi not recommend
- parts are very hard to lớn replace
- freezer doesn’t stay closed, ice maker problems
- constant hum noise
- Interior drawers can be flimsy

KitchenAid 20-cu ft Counter-depth French Door Refrigerator with Ice Maker (Stainless Steel) ENERGY STAR

KitchenAid 23.8-cu ft Counter-depth French Door Refrigerator with Ice Maker (Stainless Steel) ENERGY STAR

GE: 147 positive responses

GE Profile series highly recommended-easily fits a large pizza box
GE Cafe Series: lots specified this was the best, has a Keurig built in
One model, not sure which has built in water pitcher that refills
GE Adora series recommended
Slate finish recommended, no stainless steel better for fingerprints
Ice maker inside the door
8 people bởi not recommend
- fans has gone out multiple times

GE Profile 22.1-cu ft Counter-depth Side-by-Side Refrigerator with Ice Maker (Stainless Steel)

LG: 144 positive responses

Water/ice on left, see through door on right is a favorite
Good ice maker!
LG Inverter linear: look at consumer reports, không tính tiền through some libraries
Chill drawer is great
Can have a flex drawer (bottom right) to lớn decide if you want a fridge or freezer. Can get at costco
36 people bởi not recommend
- compressors aren’t reliable

LG InstaView Smart Wi-Fi Enabled 21.9-cu ft Counter-depth French Door Refrigerator with Dual Ice Maker and Door within Door (Fingerprint-Resistant Stainless Steel) ENERGY STAR

LG Smart Wi-Fi Enabled 29.5-cu ft 4-Door French Door Refrigerator with Dual Ice Maker and Door within Door (Fingerprint-Resistant Stainless Steel) ENERGY STAR

Whirlpool: 136 positive responses

Dont get bottom freezer, ice problems
People love the extra drawer for snacks/pizza boxes
3 people recommend Gold Series
Smudge proof option, can find at Lowes for a good price
*Most recommended fridge by repair/maintenance techs
Easy repairs
11 people bởi not recommend

Whirlpool 24.5-cu ft 4-Door French Door Refrigerator with Ice Maker (Fingerprint-Resistant Stainless Steel) ENERGY STAR

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Samsung: 130 positive responses

Easy slide drawers
4 door flex
186 people bởi not recommend
- Lemons, maintenance issues, repairs techs say they are awful

Samsung 28-cu ft 4-Door French Door Refrigerator with Ice Maker (Fingerprint-Resistant Stainless Steel) ENERGY STAR

Samsung Family Hub 22-cu ft 4-Door Counter-depth French Door Refrigerator with Ice Maker (Fingerprint-Resistant Stainless Steel) ENERGY STAR

Frigidaire: 33 positive responses

Gallery series, full size and beautiful
- 2 ice makers and spot for cans
4 people bởi not recommend

Frigidaire Gallery 26.8-cu ft French Door Refrigerator with Dual Ice Maker (Smudge-Proof Stainless Steel) ENERGY STAR

Maytag: 22 positive responses

Made by same company as KitchenAid
Very similar to lớn KitchenAid french door
2 people bởi not recommend

Maytag 24.7-cu ft French Door Refrigerator with Ice Maker (Fingerprint-Resistant Stainless Steel) ENERGY STAR

Maytag 22.1-cu ft French Door Refrigerator with Ice Maker (Fingerprint-Resistant Stainless Steel) ENERGY STAR

Bosch: 15 positive responses

Bosch 800 25-cu ft French Door Refrigerator with Ice Maker (Fingerprint-Resistant Stainless Steel) ENERGY STAR

Kenmore: 15 positive responses

3 bởi not recommend
- Kenmore elite ice maker never works

Cafe fridge: 7 positive responses

Jenn-Air: 5 positive responses

Thermador: 4 positive responses

Electrolux: 4 positive responses

Fisher and Paykel: 1 positive response

Ikea: Lots of drawers, not too big, spout water dispenser

Notes from the comment box/DMs:

Kitchenaid and Maytag fall under Whirlpool
A lot of people recommend shopping fridges at Costco
People are divided on french doors: don’t lượt thích that you have to lớn open both doors or that one has to lớn be closed before the other or it won’t seal. However, just as many people say there’s extra space and it looks nicer.
8 people said a sub zero fridge is to lớn die for
A lot of people agree water dispenser in the door takes up important real estate
A lot of people recommend counter depth because nothing gets lost and makes your kitchen look bigger, BUT just as many say you lose too much space sánh make sure to lớn get bigger.
Water spout inside the door makes it hard for kids to lớn get, but gives you more space in the door. Some said it’s a plus that kids can’t mess with it
Fridge with freezer at the bottom has the most space
Kitchenaid has good prices on scratched/dented one at Sears online outlet
Get one with lots of interior lights, makes it feel huge
Get one with a drawer between fridge and freezer
Make sure freezer has layers to lớn it
Crisper under the door to lớn fridge is a great feature for snacks/kids
Solid plastic shelves in freezer better kêu ca the grates
Freezerless fridge is awesome (3 people mentioned this)