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0 pointslotsofpulp2y ago0 comments

You do not even have to use commercial units. Go to Costco.com or HomeDepot.com or Lowes.com or BestBuy.com and you can filter for fridges without unnecessary frills and see many options.

There are at least 7 different simple top freezers at Costco, and at least 3 French door freezers without even water dispensers.

Not sure what else people want, other than to complain.

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secabeen2y ago

Yep, helped a friend buy a $700 LG yesterday. No features beyond a freezer box and fridge box. No water dispenser, ice maker, no holes through the door, nothing. Just two boxes that get differently cold. I expect it'll last 10 years+.

And without any of those features, it has the most internal space too. All that add-on crap takes up space that could be used for food.

troupe2y ago

The thing that usually breaks on my refrigerators is the plastic shelves. They just don't seem designed to last more than 4 or 5 years at the most. I'm not sure how to filter for "has shelves that don't decompose when kept cool."

secabeen2y ago

Interesting, all the fridges I've seen have glass shelves, and usually metal framing/brackets. The drawers are plastic, and eventually do go, but replacements are available.

zo12y ago

I've never seen fridge plastic decompose. What are you doing to those materials that makes them do that? I've never in my entire life's existence seen plastic inside a fridge that has "decomposed". I've just seen them get grey/cloudy over time if they're clear-plastic, and maybe crack. Besides that, indestructible.

troupe2y ago

The white plastic just stops being able to hold the glass shelves to the metal brackets and chips/cracks until it can no longer hold weight. This is a 12 year old LG refrigerator.

Decompose is probably not the right word, but it loses whatever property makes plastic usually last a long time.

lotsofpulpOP2y ago

I have never seen or heard of that happening. Are they being overloaded?

troupe2y ago

I don't think so. Just a typically loaded fridge. The shelfs have metal arms and then plastic holding the glass to the metal. Structurally the weight is on the plastic though and the plastic breaks. This is on a 12 year old LG refrigerator that works just fine on staying cool.

D13Fd2y ago

Have you actually tried this? In my experience if you do it this way you just end up with the low- or ultra-low-end stuff that lacks those features, but is also of generally poor quality.

lotsofpulpOP2y ago

Yes, I have, multiple times in the last 15 years. I usually buy LG, but GE/Whirlpool/Frigidaire have been fine for me too.

I have 2 of these in my home and after 6 years, there is zero noise, zero complaints. Just have to vacuum behind it every now and then to make sure air flow is happening.

http://lgeus.to/Y0PbYh

https://www.lg.com/us/french-door-refrigerators

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secabeen2y ago

And without any of those features, it has the most internal space too. All that add-on crap takes up space that could be used for food.

troupe2y ago

secabeen2y ago

Interesting, all the fridges I've seen have glass shelves, and usually metal framing/brackets. The drawers are plastic, and eventually do go, but replacements are available.

zo12y ago

troupe2y ago

The white plastic just stops being able to hold the glass shelves to the metal brackets and chips/cracks until it can no longer hold weight. This is a 12 year old LG refrigerator.

Decompose is probably not the right word, but it loses whatever property makes plastic usually last a long time.

lotsofpulpOP2y ago

I have never seen or heard of that happening. Are they being overloaded?

troupe2y ago

D13Fd2y ago

Have you actually tried this? In my experience if you do it this way you just end up with the low- or ultra-low-end stuff that lacks those features, but is also of generally poor quality.

lotsofpulpOP2y ago

Yes, I have, multiple times in the last 15 years. I usually buy LG, but GE/Whirlpool/Frigidaire have been fine for me too.

I have 2 of these in my home and after 6 years, there is zero noise, zero complaints. Just have to vacuum behind it every now and then to make sure air flow is happening.

http://lgeus.to/Y0PbYh

https://www.lg.com/us/french-door-refrigerators

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