Monday, December 22, 2008

Buying a Fridge

Thought I would share the information we learned in hopes it might have some value for someone else. Here is what we learned in our day-long research session:

Basically we have concluded that the style of the fridge says more about its reliability than the make/model.

Most reliable fridge: Top-mount no ice maker

Add an ice maker, decrease the reliability by about 7%
Go with a side-by-side or bottom mount along with the ice-maker decrease reliability ANOTHER 7%

Did the decrease in reliability factor into our final decision? Somewhat. In the end we went ahead bought another Kitchen-Aid bottom mount. Bottom line for us was capacity. The bottom mount design adds about 4.5 cubic feet. With six people in the house- size is a major factor for us. We hope it wasn't too much of a gamble. If it goes bad I might have to reconsider my "worst ever" purchase rating.

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