French Door Refrigerator With Ice Maker Review
French-door fridges combine functionality and form. They feature stylish double doors that show an enormous fridge on top, and a freezer drawer beneath. Special features such as through-the-door dispensers, ice machines with higher-end features and flex drawers that can be customized make them stand out from the rest.
We contacted Ladina Schopf - interior designer, architect and founder of LS Projects - for her tips on how to select the right one. We looked at the capacity of storage, layout, and energy efficiency among other features.
GE Profile Counter Depth French Door Refrigerator
The name of the series suggests that the GE Profile series is targeted at people who want to incorporate cutting-edge technology into their kitchens. This refrigerator is packed with features, from an in-the-door Keurig K-cup coffee maker to a smart water dispenser. But these flourishes don't mask mediocre performance, especially in the refrigerator's freezer and an ineffective temperature-controlled drawer. This refrigerator is costly and I was expecting better.
This fridge is a good choice, despite the small blip. It has a large freezer compartment, which is uncommon in counter-depth French door refrigerators. Furthermore, it holds a good amount of frozen food in comparison to similar models.
The fridge has 17 shelves and compartments. The refrigerator compartment has 18.5 cubic feet of space, which is about what you would expect from the size of a French door fridge that costs this much. It also has a decent-sized icemaker that is tucked away in the left door, but it's not the largest I've seen.
You can alter the shelves in both compartments to create customized storage arrangement for whatever you have to keep. The interior design of the GE PYE22PYNFS also looks attractive. The LED lighting adds a nice accent. The bins for storage inside come with a third shelf that can be folded down to store tall objects. The drawers come with temperature controls, so you can set them to Beverage, Meat, or Deli settings. The drawers are easy to shut and open however I found the textured plastic coatings a bit hard on my fingers.
The GE PGE29BYTFS Smart Refrigerator includes the complete set of features you'd expect from a refrigerator in this price range, including Wi-Fi and app support via GE's SmartHQ software. The app, available for iOS and Android devices, lets you control your fridge from anywhere in world, and has numerous options for customization. It will also send notifications when the door is unlocked, when the freezer or fridge must be defrosted and when the filter requires a change.
It would be great to have GE PYE22PYNFS offered Precise fill which is a feature available in a handful of GE refrigerators that allows users to set the amount of cups they wish to dispense. The fridge displays a countdown timer to show you how much water is left, but it's not as effective as Precise Fill.
Bosch Counter Depth French Door Refrigerator
Designed to look like a seamless part of your kitchen Bosch's French-door refrigerator looks seamless and is an eye-catching piece. The fridge uses fingerprint-resistant stainless steel, which is a great feature for busy households. It also features a veggie compartment that keeps fruits and vegetables fresher for longer, and two compressors for preserving food items. The Ice maker is among the best we've ever tested, and it produces a pyramid-shaped form of ice with a low water consumption. This fridge is ideal for a small household or a kitchenette that wants a built-in appearance and top-of-the line food preservation.
This fridge was rated the top in our Refrigerators Test due to a variety of reasons. The freezer temperature remained steady at just above 0° Fahrenheit and never fluctuated more than a fraction - this is essential to avoid freezer burn. The fridge section of the refrigerator also performed well. It reached the temperature it was set within an hour and remained at that temperature throughout our testing.
Bosch is known for its premium appliances and appliances, so it's not a surprise that this counter-depth refrigerator is also a smart appliance, with the option of connecting to your home Wi-Fi as well as Bosch's Home Connect platform. This app allows you to monitor and control your refrigerator remotely from your tablet or smartphone. The refrigerator is expensive, however it has excellent features and functionality for the cost.
While the fridge is an amazing piece of equipment, it's important to know the limitations. It has a small shelf space, so you may require some creativity when it comes to storing large items. The shelves aren't spillproof and can easily be stained or damaged by sharp items. The trays are easily removed from the fridge. However, they should be cleaned regularly to prevent the growth of mold.
If you're considering this refrigerator, make sure to review our opinions on the GE Appliances French Door Refrigerator and the Bosch Bottom Freezer Refrigerator.
LG Counter Depth french door fridge freezer nz Door Refrigerator
The LG LRFLC2706S counter-depth refrigerator is a great choice for those who require plenty of space in a small frame. It has a sleek, fingerprint-resistant stainless-steel finish and features thick handles that make them comfortable to grip. Inside, the refrigerator has a standard french door fridge with ice & water dispenser-door layout with gallon-sized bins for the doors on each door, two rows of shelves for spill-capture, and a set of more spacious drawers. The top shelf on the right can be folded to provide more space for taller items. There's also a full-width drawer to store deli items and an internal water dispenser.
The refrigerator comes with an ice maker, making it easy to transfer the ice when needed. The freezer also features innovative design features such as sliding drawers that help you organize your items. It comes with a large bin for storing frozen food, and a separate bin for ice.
Another awesome feature of this refrigerator is its Smart InstaView panel. It lets you manage the refrigerator's temperature as well as lighting via your smartphone. It's an easy way to keep track of your fridge and manage it, especially when you're away from home.
The Smart InstaView feature is neat but it doesn't enhance the performance of the fridge. In fact, it took longer to defrost and chill food in this fridge as compared to other fridges we tried. This is likely due to its greater capacity.
The doors are a different issue with this fridge. The handles with a sunken design allow shorter people to open them from the bottom. However, taller people still have a difficult time closing them without slamming them. It would have been much better if these had front-mounted handles.
The LG Counter-Depth MAX fridge is an excellent option for those who want to combine the look and feel of a French-door refrigerator with a more efficient design. Its capacity is above average for a counter-depth model, and it cools evenly and has a good layout. It's also a little less than the most expensive counter depth refrigerators that have an icemaker, which makes it a desirable choice.
Frigidaire Counter Depth French Door Refrigerator
This Frigidaire french style american fridge freezer door refrigerator is a great choice when you're looking for a French door fridge that doesn't break the budget. It's a basic refrigerator that may not be as eye-catching as some of its competitors, but it still has enough features to make it a good choice. Its main feature is the temperature adjustable drawer, which helps keep foods such as meat and vegetables fresher for longer. It also has a large water and ice maker dispenser.
The "Chill Drawer", which is located above the two crisper bins, is another nice feature. The drawer lets you redirect a portion of your fridge's cooling power to this area, so that you can keep food items which need extra attention. This feature is adjustable using a slider located outside the drawer. You can also alter the general cooling settings for the entire fridge. I've found that the general settings are more effective than the specific ones.
During my tests, the refrigerator's temperatures were fairly constant across the different areas of the refrigerator. The temperatures in the top and bottom of the fridge didn't vary very far from 38 degrees, and even the middle of the fridge was within one degree of 36. This is a pretty good performance however it doesn't rank among the best non plumbed french door fridge in our ratings.
This fridge has a few other neat features, including a temperature-monitoring display that alerts you to fluctuations and provides a forecast for the day ahead. You can also pair this fridge with a smart thermometer for more precise readings of your fridge's temperature.
The Frigidaire FGHB2866PF's exterior is made of grey-bodied stainless steel that has a "smudge-proof" finish. It wards off streaks and fingerprints better than other stainless steel finishes I've seen.
Stephanie Cronk is the executive editor of Reviewed's Commerce/Product Reviews team and oversees the site's buyer's guides as well as test-product reviews. She has more than 15 years of publishing and commerce experience, mostly in digital and retail. Stephanie is committed to finding and recommending the most effective products for consumers, with a an emphasis on home products and technology.
French-door fridges combine functionality and form. They feature stylish double doors that show an enormous fridge on top, and a freezer drawer beneath. Special features such as through-the-door dispensers, ice machines with higher-end features and flex drawers that can be customized make them stand out from the rest.
We contacted Ladina Schopf - interior designer, architect and founder of LS Projects - for her tips on how to select the right one. We looked at the capacity of storage, layout, and energy efficiency among other features.
GE Profile Counter Depth French Door Refrigerator
The name of the series suggests that the GE Profile series is targeted at people who want to incorporate cutting-edge technology into their kitchens. This refrigerator is packed with features, from an in-the-door Keurig K-cup coffee maker to a smart water dispenser. But these flourishes don't mask mediocre performance, especially in the refrigerator's freezer and an ineffective temperature-controlled drawer. This refrigerator is costly and I was expecting better.
This fridge is a good choice, despite the small blip. It has a large freezer compartment, which is uncommon in counter-depth French door refrigerators. Furthermore, it holds a good amount of frozen food in comparison to similar models.
The fridge has 17 shelves and compartments. The refrigerator compartment has 18.5 cubic feet of space, which is about what you would expect from the size of a French door fridge that costs this much. It also has a decent-sized icemaker that is tucked away in the left door, but it's not the largest I've seen.
You can alter the shelves in both compartments to create customized storage arrangement for whatever you have to keep. The interior design of the GE PYE22PYNFS also looks attractive. The LED lighting adds a nice accent. The bins for storage inside come with a third shelf that can be folded down to store tall objects. The drawers come with temperature controls, so you can set them to Beverage, Meat, or Deli settings. The drawers are easy to shut and open however I found the textured plastic coatings a bit hard on my fingers.
The GE PGE29BYTFS Smart Refrigerator includes the complete set of features you'd expect from a refrigerator in this price range, including Wi-Fi and app support via GE's SmartHQ software. The app, available for iOS and Android devices, lets you control your fridge from anywhere in world, and has numerous options for customization. It will also send notifications when the door is unlocked, when the freezer or fridge must be defrosted and when the filter requires a change.
It would be great to have GE PYE22PYNFS offered Precise fill which is a feature available in a handful of GE refrigerators that allows users to set the amount of cups they wish to dispense. The fridge displays a countdown timer to show you how much water is left, but it's not as effective as Precise Fill.
Bosch Counter Depth French Door Refrigerator
Designed to look like a seamless part of your kitchen Bosch's French-door refrigerator looks seamless and is an eye-catching piece. The fridge uses fingerprint-resistant stainless steel, which is a great feature for busy households. It also features a veggie compartment that keeps fruits and vegetables fresher for longer, and two compressors for preserving food items. The Ice maker is among the best we've ever tested, and it produces a pyramid-shaped form of ice with a low water consumption. This fridge is ideal for a small household or a kitchenette that wants a built-in appearance and top-of-the line food preservation.
This fridge was rated the top in our Refrigerators Test due to a variety of reasons. The freezer temperature remained steady at just above 0° Fahrenheit and never fluctuated more than a fraction - this is essential to avoid freezer burn. The fridge section of the refrigerator also performed well. It reached the temperature it was set within an hour and remained at that temperature throughout our testing.
Bosch is known for its premium appliances and appliances, so it's not a surprise that this counter-depth refrigerator is also a smart appliance, with the option of connecting to your home Wi-Fi as well as Bosch's Home Connect platform. This app allows you to monitor and control your refrigerator remotely from your tablet or smartphone. The refrigerator is expensive, however it has excellent features and functionality for the cost.
While the fridge is an amazing piece of equipment, it's important to know the limitations. It has a small shelf space, so you may require some creativity when it comes to storing large items. The shelves aren't spillproof and can easily be stained or damaged by sharp items. The trays are easily removed from the fridge. However, they should be cleaned regularly to prevent the growth of mold.
If you're considering this refrigerator, make sure to review our opinions on the GE Appliances French Door Refrigerator and the Bosch Bottom Freezer Refrigerator.
LG Counter Depth french door fridge freezer nz Door Refrigerator
The LG LRFLC2706S counter-depth refrigerator is a great choice for those who require plenty of space in a small frame. It has a sleek, fingerprint-resistant stainless-steel finish and features thick handles that make them comfortable to grip. Inside, the refrigerator has a standard french door fridge with ice & water dispenser-door layout with gallon-sized bins for the doors on each door, two rows of shelves for spill-capture, and a set of more spacious drawers. The top shelf on the right can be folded to provide more space for taller items. There's also a full-width drawer to store deli items and an internal water dispenser.
The refrigerator comes with an ice maker, making it easy to transfer the ice when needed. The freezer also features innovative design features such as sliding drawers that help you organize your items. It comes with a large bin for storing frozen food, and a separate bin for ice.
Another awesome feature of this refrigerator is its Smart InstaView panel. It lets you manage the refrigerator's temperature as well as lighting via your smartphone. It's an easy way to keep track of your fridge and manage it, especially when you're away from home.
The Smart InstaView feature is neat but it doesn't enhance the performance of the fridge. In fact, it took longer to defrost and chill food in this fridge as compared to other fridges we tried. This is likely due to its greater capacity.
The doors are a different issue with this fridge. The handles with a sunken design allow shorter people to open them from the bottom. However, taller people still have a difficult time closing them without slamming them. It would have been much better if these had front-mounted handles.
The LG Counter-Depth MAX fridge is an excellent option for those who want to combine the look and feel of a French-door refrigerator with a more efficient design. Its capacity is above average for a counter-depth model, and it cools evenly and has a good layout. It's also a little less than the most expensive counter depth refrigerators that have an icemaker, which makes it a desirable choice.
Frigidaire Counter Depth French Door Refrigerator
This Frigidaire french style american fridge freezer door refrigerator is a great choice when you're looking for a French door fridge that doesn't break the budget. It's a basic refrigerator that may not be as eye-catching as some of its competitors, but it still has enough features to make it a good choice. Its main feature is the temperature adjustable drawer, which helps keep foods such as meat and vegetables fresher for longer. It also has a large water and ice maker dispenser.
The "Chill Drawer", which is located above the two crisper bins, is another nice feature. The drawer lets you redirect a portion of your fridge's cooling power to this area, so that you can keep food items which need extra attention. This feature is adjustable using a slider located outside the drawer. You can also alter the general cooling settings for the entire fridge. I've found that the general settings are more effective than the specific ones.
During my tests, the refrigerator's temperatures were fairly constant across the different areas of the refrigerator. The temperatures in the top and bottom of the fridge didn't vary very far from 38 degrees, and even the middle of the fridge was within one degree of 36. This is a pretty good performance however it doesn't rank among the best non plumbed french door fridge in our ratings.
This fridge has a few other neat features, including a temperature-monitoring display that alerts you to fluctuations and provides a forecast for the day ahead. You can also pair this fridge with a smart thermometer for more precise readings of your fridge's temperature.
The Frigidaire FGHB2866PF's exterior is made of grey-bodied stainless steel that has a "smudge-proof" finish. It wards off streaks and fingerprints better than other stainless steel finishes I've seen.
Stephanie Cronk is the executive editor of Reviewed's Commerce/Product Reviews team and oversees the site's buyer's guides as well as test-product reviews. She has more than 15 years of publishing and commerce experience, mostly in digital and retail. Stephanie is committed to finding and recommending the most effective products for consumers, with a an emphasis on home products and technology.
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