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One added benefit that I hadn't factored in is that I now save money from my ice addiction having the plumbed in FF with ice maker. I used to spend on average £2-3 a week on ice, so the FF should pay for itself in 7-8yrs!........ 
New American style Fridge Freezer needed
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Soldato
If you have the space and if you need the room, I believe it was the Samsung RR35H61657F stainless larder fridge (John Lewis) that you could also get the matching freezer and they sell a joining strip so you end up with two full size units and costs less than some American-style. Trouble I find with American-style is you lose a great deal of internal storage space due to the water or ice dispenser(s).
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Not lost any space on ours as we didn't want either of those.
Just something else that needs cleaning/will get manky, plus we have a tap in the kitchen already.
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Had our LG for 6 years now, no problems at all - very very nice piece of kit - LG also do 5 year warrantys on some
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This is why we chose the Deawoo, the amount of room taken up by the water/ice dispenser meant that the others weren't much bigger than the freezer you get in a normal fridge freezer combo
Soldato
We have a Samsung side-by-side in the garage and a Maytag French door in the kitchen. Samsung is about 6 years old and has had a few issues freezing up when it's not used (we went on holiday for 2 weeks and the fridge temp wouldn't drop, same now it's in the garage) but just turn it off and leave the door for a day and it sorts itself out.
I definitely prefer the French door style over the side-by-side. The layout is just a lot better for us.
I definitely prefer the French door style over the side-by-side. The layout is just a lot better for us.
Soldato
So I thought, but the lads at work also reckoned you needed an island unit in the kitchen too, thankfully I got both with my new extension so I have officially 'made it'....
Whenever I mention getting a fridge/freezer with an ice marker/water dispenser people act shocked and go "but they need plumbed in though!?" as if it's the hardest task in the world to run a length of pipe under a kickboard and plug it onto an adaptor under the sink.
Actually depends where your fridge will be located in relation to the water source, not everyone can hide it behind kickboards.
a couple of questions on the american style :
- is there some cleaning regime you have to use to for ice cube system (ice cubes in trays in regular freezer can taste stale if you do not use them promptly so you have to turn them over regularly)
- is there anything that helps ensure door closure ? - at least once a month can cram some stuff in, and do not then notice, sometimes an hour later, that door was still a jar, because stuff blocked complete closure.
(Also saw JL Samsungs now seem to have 2+3 year guarantee offer)
- is there some cleaning regime you have to use to for ice cube system (ice cubes in trays in regular freezer can taste stale if you do not use them promptly so you have to turn them over regularly)
- is there anything that helps ensure door closure ? - at least once a month can cram some stuff in, and do not then notice, sometimes an hour later, that door was still a jar, because stuff blocked complete closure.
(Also saw JL Samsungs now seem to have 2+3 year guarantee offer)
My Samsung bleeps like mad after a few minutes of the door not being closed, so the door thing would never be an issue.
We always Use the ice to never cleaned that, but it is very easy to just pull the ice hopper out and throw it all in the sink if you wanted to do that...
We always Use the ice to never cleaned that, but it is very easy to just pull the ice hopper out and throw it all in the sink if you wanted to do that...
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Modern ones beep if you leave the door open too long(ours does anyway).
Also has wine chill timers for the freezer and all sorts of other fancy gubbins.
