<p>I have a Maytag and the small plastic piece that ran the width of the fabulous full-width drawer at the bottom of the refrigerator section broke within a year. Should have had it fixed, but you know how that goes.</p>
<p>I have a kitchenaide I love love love it. the freezer drawers are made of metal. I thought the bending over would be hard on my back but it hasnt proven to be so. I like it so much better than my old side by side</p>
<p>As described above, we very much like side-by-side for our kitchen. (The 1993 model gave us grief with the removable door bins, so I do feel for Treetop’s popsicle stick fun… I used folded paper wedges to keep things place). </p>
<p>My friends that have had narrower side-by-side models did not like them at all due to the very narrow freezer.</p>
<p>I like how my GE french door with freezer on the bottom looks but I can’t fit half of what I would have fit in a regular fridge. Be prepared to have a second fridge in the basement.</p>
<p>Just thought I would add that one of the draws in the fridge broke within two months of the purchase. </p>
<p>I would never recommend this fridge to anyone who entertains or has more than two people living in the house who eat fresh food and keep their fridge stocked.</p>
<p>How much you can fit into a fridge is based on not as much on the configuration as the cubic feet. I can get a lot into my 28 cu.ft. French door fridge! Even though we’re only two, my husband cooks like we’re a family of 12, so we always have a lot of leftovers! This fridge is the first one that I think he won’t be able to overload!</p>
<p>BTW, the model number is RFG279-AARS.</p>
<p>I live in an old home (almost 100 yr old) and have very limited space. I would actually like another side by side with water and ice in door. We have one now and my H loves. I can not find one in stainless that will fit in the space we have. </p>
<p>I think I found a French door that will fit. But none w/ water and ice in door. Doesn’t bother me, but does H. </p>
<p>Weird that we currently have a side by side w/ water, etc., but can’t get now in stainless. I found one in white and black. Why no stainless option?</p>
<p>And why don’t companies realize that not all homes are new and big?</p>
<p>I had to get the cupboard cut bait to make yew fridge fit. I wonder the same thing about the size. And our house and kitchen are not really small. Go figure.</p>
<p>I am reviving this thread as now we may be in the market as well. Just had to replace the washer/dryer and now the fridge (which isnt that old) is going. We had it fixed a few weeks ago. Its acting up again. Repair guy returns Friday. Aside from realizing maybe I need a new repair guy, if we do need a new fridge, I am seriously considering french doors. I do not like a side by side, and I want water/ice in the door.</p>
<p>Any updates? Suggestions? Dietz, did you buy one?</p>
<p>jym, we have a French door Whirlpool. I do like it but food has a tendency to get shoved to the back so the stuff on the lower shelves gets lost occasionally. And I’m forever opening the wrong door – whatever I want is usually on the opposite side. </p>
<p>It’s much more spacious than my old side-by-side and I like having the large freezer on the bottom with a shallow pull-out drawer for smaller items. </p>
<p>Ours has water and ice in the door and a handy alarm that sounds if we accidentally leave one of the doors ajar.</p>
<p>I love love love my french door fridge. I had a side by side and it did not have the room I needed. I have a kitchen aid</p>
<p>We have a Samsung French door with ice/water dispenser. I like it much better than the side by side it replaced.</p>
<p>Does anyone who’s happy with their French door fridges have a specific brand to recommend? I am looking to replace our aging freezer top/fridge bottom fridge with a french door model, because we have a narrow galley kitchen and no one can pass by when the fridge door is opened. Also – does anyone have a model without water/ice on the door? Totally unneeded for our family.</p>
<p>I have a Kitchen Aid without the water/ice on the door. I think this is the model:</p>
<p>[KitchenAid®:</a> Welcome to KitchenAid.com](<a href=“Kitchen Appliances to Bring Culinary Inspiration to Life | KitchenAid”>Kitchen Appliances to Bring Culinary Inspiration to Life | KitchenAid)</p>
<p>I’ve had it almost 2 years; no complaints.</p>
<p>I’m kinda surprised at all the love, I for one like having freezer stuff at eye level as well and can fit a half sheet cake just fine in my regular refrigerator. </p>
<p>That said, regular side by side refrigerators more properly resemble french doors, that terminology was silly XD</p>
<p>Side by sides are divided in the middle; French door fridges are not.</p>
<p>My niece bought a Samsung and is happy a year later. That might be the one I end up getting.</p>
<p>Thanks for the link Mansfield – I’ll check out the Kitchenaid, and the Samsung one too, ttleaf – thanks. I am severely constrained by the size – I have a 33" wide opening in the “frame” of white formica cabinetry that currently houses the aging fridge. Can’t put anything in much bigger without dismantling the whole kitchen (which is tempting). </p>
<p>I remember seeing a high end kitchen showroom once, and they basically created the French door layout by putting two subzero fridges right next to each other – so you had two big doors that opened in the center, then beneath, built in pull out freezer drawers. </p>
<p>Every week, I throw out food that no one ate because they couldn’t see it…</p>
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<p>I’m not sure a French door fridge will solve that problem. I’ve found that since I got a French door model, more food gets hidden way in the back than ever before. I don’t know if the fridge is deeper than a regular side-by-side, but it sure feels that way. The stuff on the lowest shelf is really invisible unless it’s right up front.</p>
<p>“Does anyone who’s happy with their French door fridges have a specific brand to recommend? I am looking to replace our aging freezer top/fridge bottom fridge with a french door model, because we have a narrow galley kitchen and no one can pass by when the fridge door is opened. Also – does anyone have a model without water/ice on the door? Totally unneeded for our family.”</p>
<p>I have a Maytag without water/ice in door (the water dispenser is inside.) My kitchen is also quite narrow so I chose the counter depth model. It’s obviously less cubic feet but for me the most important thing was not having the fridge stick out into my small space.</p>
<p>I have a SubZero with freezer drawer on the bottom. I love it for many reasons. </p>
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<li><p>I’m 5’9", so having things at eye is great. You don’t ‘lose’ things in the produce drawers only to discover it a few weeks later when you wonder if you should call the health dept. </p></li>
<li><p>the 24" depth also prevents ‘lost’ items. </p></li>
<li><p>the drawer is also convenient to organize. </p></li>
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<p>SIL has French doors and I don’t like it. As someone mentioned, the width can be restrictive for items like pizza or sheet cakes.</p>
<p>We replaced a traditional freezer up/fridge down fridge with a french door fridge. The new one has more cubic square feet of space and no water dispenser (to save the space it would require). We all dislike the new fridge because it feels smaller! Our complaints:Food gets lost in the back, esp on lower shelves, we end up having to open both top doors to see inside and to open “deli drawer” on bottom of fridge compartment, and the freezer is incredibly user unfriendly (basically a big basket and a smaller one in the way back). I need to unpack the freezer to reach something that his the misfortune of being under other stuff. It does look pretty and I do have a wide shelf (unlike others’ side by sides), but I regret the decision to get the french door model versus the traditional freezer up style. We have tried reconfiguring shelves, being more thoughtful about where we place stuff, etc. but just plain dislike it. Sorry.</p>