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Thread Number: 91200
/ Tag: Refrigerators
Good reliable refrigerators in 2022? |
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| Post# 1157134 , Reply# 1 8/16/2022 at 21:25 (611 days old) by qsd-dan (West) | ||
Sadly, we're in a very bad place at the moment in refrigerator design and reliability. Your 22 year old GE is probably a better bet than a new anything right now. Also, since that ref has been around a long time there's most likely parts all over Ebay for it. Parts availability for some newer refs are sketchy right now.
I'm still interested what's considered reliable at the moment. I love old refs but will probably never own one, so it's nice to know what's good, just incase. | ||
Post# 1157206 , Reply# 3 8/17/2022 at 15:42 (610 days old) by SudsMaster  (SF Bay Area, California) |
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That may be a tough call.
If your GE is working well enough, I'd leave it be. I suppose eventually something mechanical (compressor or ice maker if any) could go bad, but... if it ain't broke... When I bought this place 15 years ago it had two GE fridges - a SxS in the main kitchen and a top freezer in the enclosed patio "kitchen". Both were on their last legs, and probably somewhat more inefficient power-wise than modern stuff. So I replaced both with Kitchenaid numbers. The SxS in the main kitchen has been quite good. The top freezer in the patio kitchen, not so much. The main problem with that one is the attractive curved doors soon caved in (as soon as the warranty ran out). Probably a mfg defect where the insulation inside the door was stuck to the stainless exterior and then contracted as it aged. I was quite busy with my job at the time and just kind of shrugged it off. It looks a bit odd, but the fridge otherwise works just fine. Along the way I acquired a '48 single door GE fridge, which a neighbor was getting rid of as he was moving. He said it worked fine. It's probably showing somewhere here on AW. It needs a new door gasket and an exterior paint job. But those things are quite reliable, I gather, and eventually I'll probably get it running again. | ||
| Post# 1157305 , Reply# 7 8/18/2022 at 19:57 (609 days old) by pumper (SE Wisconsin) | ||
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Post# 1157333 , Reply# 9 8/18/2022 at 23:35 (609 days old) by neptunebob (Pittsburgh, PA) |
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Datalady, we have the Frigidaire like yours... While we had no trouble with the shelves and ice maker, the whole unit just screams "Cheap!". The inner liner is very thin plastic and has hairline cracks in the refrigerator and a huge crack in the middle in the freezer. I would like to know if other brands are any better.
In my opinion...
The most reliable refrigerator will be a lower priced top freezer model with or without an ice maker. If the ice maker fails, the cooling is not affected (as in all fridges). Look for mechanical controls although they are probably all electronic now. Maybe even look for one with coils on the back, with one less component to fail.
If you like the bottom freezer buy one with a single door for the refrigerator compartment, it must seal better.
If you must have the dispensers, go with a side by side refrigerator of a conventional size, not a counter depth, from one of the mainline manufacturers. I don't know if GE or Whirlpool might be better put together than a Frigidaire.
Stay away from the all the rage bottom freezer with the "Saloon" doors, I hear nothing but woe about them and they are much more expensive than the other types.
Also, from this forum, why are people spending as much as a used car on Sub zero, True, Miele, Monogram, Cafe and those built in models? | ||
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