Buyer's Remorse, Refrigerator - John Dunn, Consultant, Ambertec, P.E., P.C.

Our old refrigerator of forty years service gave up the ghost recently and we needed to replace it. Unfortunately, the replacement we chose has turned out to have many negative traits.

 It is hoped that if you yourself are looking at something new, the descriptions below will help you avoid the mistake(s) we made.

The model we chose has two "French Doors". When just one door is opened, I find that the other door is an obstacle to reaching anything on the shelves. Also, when the doors close, the left side door is prone to slamming itself shut due to spring loading that causes any glass bottles or jars on that door's shelves to loudly and disconcertingly slam into one another. Nothing made of glass can be placed there. By comparison, the right side door is prone to closing only partially unless one remembers gives that door an extra push.

In short, neither door simply closes itself securely without taking a deliberate caution that a distracted cook may forget to take at this or that awkward moment.

If just the right door is opened, the still closed left door blocks a vegetable drawer from being fully opened. If you need to get a carrot out from the back of that drawer, you have to open both doors which may not be convenient if you happen to have your hands otherwise full.

Note too that this refrigerator does not have a meat bin. That seems to have been a complete oversight which we hadn't noticed at the store.

Another issue is that when just the right door is opened and the internal LED lights turn on, EMI static comes up that utterly overwhelms our radio. If you open both doors, the static level goes down but it can still be heard. My impression is that Part 15 rules of the FCC seem to have been given short shrift.  

In summary, on a satisfaction scale of one to five, I personally give this refrigerator a one-half. I only hope that these observations will keep someone else from making the same purchase decision.

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[John Dunn]

Just for the irony, please see:

https://www.gocomics.com/theargylesweater/2021/06/28