Thread Number: 72339
/ Tag: Refrigerators
Are there ANY French doors on the market WITHOUT glass shelves? |
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Post# 956084 , Reply# 1   9/4/2017 at 12:02 (2,396 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)   |   | |
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Meanwhile, I curse my apartment's Frigidaire refrigerator for its wire shelves every time a small item or something without a flat bottom like a plastic bottle of pop tips over; or tips sideways, pushing something else over. I hate them with...well, not exactly a passion, but damn close.
To answer your question, I've never seen a French-door refrigerator with anything but wonderful, sensible, glorious glass shelves.
You'd probably have to step up to one of the commercial brands to find what you're looking for. |
Post# 956085 , Reply# 2   9/4/2017 at 12:09 (2,396 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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French Door fridges are regarded as premium, TOL product. And as such, even the least expensive will have glass shelves as glass shelves are viewed as a premium attribute.
When I was looking for my bottom mount 7 years ago, I didn't want dispenser in door but just an ice maker. I had difficulty finding one with glass shelves as I'd lived with wire sh3elves for 27 years and detested them vs. glass shelves. I find them easy to keep clean and doesn't cause a downstream ripple effect if something is accidentally spilled. |
Post# 956088 , Reply# 3   9/4/2017 at 12:15 (2,396 days old) by ea56 (Cotati, Calif.)   |   | |
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I'm with you Supercod, I hate glass shelves in refrigerators too. I purposely bought a BOL 15 cu ft GE with wire shelves and ordered an extra shelf which now gives me more actual storage space than our previous 18 cu ft, GE that also had wire shelves.
I go grocery shopping once weekly and I have plenty of room for all the fresh produce, dairy and meat that the two of us use in a week, no need for a monster fridge that would dominate our small townhouse kitchen. From what I've seen in the stores those French door fridges look like they have a whole lot of wasted space and a lot of plastic parts just waiting to break. And as far a ice makers and water coming out of the door, just more needless crap to break down. We don't use much ice, really only if we have company, so making a few trays of ice cubes now and then is no hassle. Eddie |
Post# 956089 , Reply# 4   9/4/2017 at 12:20 (2,396 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Post# 956094 , Reply# 5   9/4/2017 at 12:51 (2,396 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)   |   | |
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Et tu, Eddie? 😭
Thank you, Bob, for mentioning what happens with small spills/drips on wire shelving. First it drips through the top shelf all over items on the middle shelf as well as the open space around those items, thus continuing onto items on the bottom shelf...where it finally stops because it's a solid freaking surface!
The mess could have been contained on the top shelf and wiped up with some disinfectant and a damp rag. Instead, you're reaching for that airline-bottle martini you shouldn't have along with a few of the Xanax you stole from the old woman in the next apartment after you found a master key to the entire building taped under your fusebox because you now have an entire refrigerator to clean!!
Anyway...that's why wire shelving is bad. This post was last edited 09/04/2017 at 14:25 |
Post# 956100 , Reply# 6   9/4/2017 at 13:31 (2,396 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)   |   | |
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Post# 956102 , Reply# 7   9/4/2017 at 13:36 (2,396 days old) by ea56 (Cotati, Calif.)   |   | |
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I agree with you about the mess you have on your hands is something leaks on the top wire shelf of a fridge. Thats why I'm really careful on how I place things in the fridge, and make sure the covers are secure. In all my life I've probably only had to deal with a mess like this half a dozen times or less. But I've also had splills on glass shelves and they can be a big mess to clean too, especially if the spill migrates to the plastic frame work around the glass shelf, and gets under the plastic. And if its a big enough spill it can still overflow over the edge of a glass shelf and mess up other areas too.
Any fridge can be a PITA to clean if something spills. I like wire shelves better because I) They don't break and 2) Hot food cools off much more quickly when the cool air can circulate better, which wire shelves facilitate Eddie. |
Post# 956119 , Reply# 9   9/4/2017 at 15:09 (2,396 days old) by LordKenmore (The Laundry Room)   |   | |
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Frigilux, you don't need to worry about cleaning the refrigerator! Remember, you live in an apartment now. Just let everything get messy, and move to a different apartment next summer. You lose the cleaning deposit, but isn't never cleaning a refrigerator (among other horrible things to clean) worth $200?
And if rumors about your cleaning habits start flying about your small town, well, just say it's "fake news."
LOL This post was last edited 09/04/2017 at 15:43 |
Post# 956120 , Reply# 10   9/4/2017 at 15:12 (2,396 days old) by LordKenmore (The Laundry Room)   |   | |
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Add me to the list of people who have no real desire for an ice maker. I like gadgets as much as anyone here--but my practical side shudders, and sees an icemaker as one more thing to break. That water line to the refrigerator is just one more potential flood hazard. And the water filters they have now are just one more expense to deal with.
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Post# 956158 , Reply# 13   9/4/2017 at 18:59 (2,396 days old) by cuffs054 (MONTICELLO, GA)   |   | |
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The MOL Frigidaire 18cf top mount that was in the mini-manse when I bought it has glass SLIDING shelves that I find very handy. |
Post# 956269 , Reply# 15   9/5/2017 at 13:14 (2,395 days old) by brucelucenta ()   |   | |
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In answer to your original question: NO, there is not. |
Post# 956285 , Reply# 16   9/5/2017 at 14:52 (2,395 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c )   |   | |
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Have wire shelves in a real refrigerator with manual defrost and a big chrome latch on the door! |
Post# 956380 , Reply# 17   9/6/2017 at 08:15 (2,394 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA)   |   | |
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Post# 956394 , Reply# 18   9/6/2017 at 10:28 (2,394 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land)   |   | |
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Like adults have nothing better to do than remove all the shelves, climb in and close the door behind them...?!?!? This post was last edited 09/06/2017 at 11:07 |