"vortex2" wrote in message
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Hi,

I'm in the process of installing a completely new kitchen at home. I've
left a 90cm wide gap for an "American" style fridge freezer (of course
with
a water supply).

Looking around I have formed the opinion that the US built fridges of this
type are - on the whole - overpriced ****e.

Does anyone out there have strong opinions on these machines?

Samsung have caught my eye as having excellent features/price/performance.



david



We have the Samsung side-by-side model with the icemaker etc. We've had it
nearly two years and are generally pleased with it. It was expensive, but
they've come down in price quite a bit since then.

Pros:

The filtered water & icemaker is fantastic.
Loads of room in the fridge - you can get two whole crates of beer on each
shelf without having to take them out of the boxes.
Impresses visitors

Cons:

The freezer part is a bit small and narrow and as Witchy pointed out you
can't lay large pizzas out flat. It just encourages you to be more efficient
packing it I suppose...
The ice doesn't come out clear (like ice you get in a pub) but white. Only a
minor point I know, but slightly disappointing.

Apart from that, we're well pleased with it and wouldn't go back to a normal
fridge freezer again.