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Repeatedly broke on 2 Samsung french door units...Since he was a contractor Lowes got both of them back and they were replaced. The third model worked and stayed with the house when he sold it

We bought a Samsung fridge fitting your wife's description about 5-6 years ago. ONLY problem we have had with it is the icemaker only makes about 10# of ice a day. Newer models now make more. With both of us home all the time, we oftentimes went through that much before noon. We both drink a lot of water every day. Bought several of the $9-$10 Yeti clone cups, problem solved.

Good luck . . .

It is now. It never used to be. Foreign stuff is junk.

You guys aren't making this easier. Lol

If I was buying a fridge, or any large appliance now, I would either buy a 10 year old Amana or Maytag or be sure I got the extended warranty.

We bought all new Kitchen Aid appliances in 2013 with the house purchase. I've worked on the refrigerator (auto defrost on refrigerator side failure), the gas stove (oven is too smart and safe two different boards) and igniters on top, gave up on the lights on the bottom of the micro hood. The dishwasher has been pretty good though.

Kenmore Gold refrigerator that we had in the washroom at the other house was built in 2001 and we left it with the house sale. Still going I bet...built by Whirlpool just like the above listed KA.

Side note,

The Samsung giant french door bottom freezer that wouldn't fit in the space at the new house is still going strong. About a 2011 model. I would take a repairman's opinion on the LG and Samsung's in the overall scheme.


Sadly it shows a drop in quality in the big picture over the last 15 years.

I have 3 KitchenAides in 2 houses. Range in age 6-15 years. Never really had a problem with any. And what minor problems I did have were all ice maker related, which were DIY resolved using repairclinic.com.

Also have a Frigidaire and again nary a problem.

Whirlpool= junk.

They make a lot of different brands. Ammana, Maytag, Kitchen Aid,Frigidair and a host of others.

I have had 3 stoves replaced in a 3 year time span, after countless repairs. Have a GE now and narry a problem. (3years)
Side by Side compressor went out after 2 years. Still have this one.
Upright Freezer went out at 4 years. Have a GE now.
Top of the line HE Maytag washer lasted 18 months. Replacement board was more than I paid for the washer. Replaced with regular old "normal" GE and haven't looked back.


My brother in law builds houses, and he had access to the Whirlpool VIP website. I got great prices, which is why I bought all Whirlpool made products. Needless to say, they don't get their appliances from Whirlpool anymore. Samsung and LG now.


Did I mention how big of a piece of chit Whirlpool is? All of the above conveniently failed outside of warranty, before I could get a handle on it being Whirlpools fault.


Clyde

Appliances are now like computer printers. Buy one knowing it is not made to last long and you will be replacing it before long.

The days of an appliance lasting 20 years gone.
Build them cheap and add lots of bells and whistles is the style now. The more things that can break down, the better.

Each to his own. We purchased a Kitchenaid french door model with the bottom freezer in 2012 and have -zero- issues with it. I think it could be quieter when the compressor runs but I only notice it at night so it isn't all that bad. Never had any issues with the icemaker or water dispenser either. Actually we went with their microwave,oven/stove and dishwasher at the same time. No trouble with any of them. Yet.

I personally hate the bottom freezer because I have to kneel down and rummage through it for everything but it works well. I also could care less about the ice maker and water dispenser too ... but my wife loves them. We run reverse osmosis water through them and that may be the reason we've never had any issues with those components.

I have a side by side LG bought in 2007. Still going strong. Don't know if newer models are as reliable, but I feel lucky considering it seems appliances generally have a shorter life expectancy these days. The water filters are more expensive than GE ones though. So we buy the Home Depot replacement filters instead. The ice maker froze up once last year. Took it out, let it thaw, works since then.

We bought our house new, in 2000. Builder put in Whirlpool appliances. We still have and use the original appliances, though we need to replace the dishwasher soon. It still works, just not like it used to (I suspect the impeller pump is worn), and it is very noisy.

So far, the only repairs have been: a seal on the motor shaft of the dishwasher at 14 months old, I replaced the $1 seal;
the stove had the electronic control board go bad under warranty 16 years ago, and about 2 months ago I replaced the oven temperature sensor;
on the dryer, a tub support roller went out and I replaced that;
I had to replace the defrost sensor on the refrigerator twice.

So for me, Whirlpool has been very good.

Same here,I don't like the bottom freezer at all,we've got stuff in there we will never eat,cause we have to dig for it.

I hate the bottom freezer. My wife wanted one and she hates it too.

I should have mentioned we only use the bottom freezer for a few items - and it has the sliding drawer on the top so it's even easier to keep things separate..

But I have a YUGE freezer in the garage that can hold something like 800# of meat.. We buy 1/2 hog and 1/4 steer at a time - couple that with large buys of chicken when it's on sale and the dang thing gets fairly full..

ours is kinda like that too. We have a sliding tray on the top and the bottom has a divider so that helps

Still, I'm sure there is stuff in the bottom that is 2 years old and hasn't seen daylight since we put it in.

We have an upright freezer in the garage - we use that for meat.

Over 16 years ago. Maytag and Amana were both going strong then and providing competition. Once they went under, everything else turned to junk.

When we remodeled a couple years ago, we went with an LG. Two-door, bottom freezer, no ice/water dispenser. It's been perfect. Not one single issue. The only minor nit-noy is that the stainless steel outer isn't magnetic. Can't put up grandkid photos on the fridge any more.

GE may not be good today but i remodeled my house in 1996 and bought all new appliances.my side-by-side frig and my electric range are both GE .all i've done is replace the icemaker in the frig. range has been great,my daughter sells cakeballs and bakes a unbelievable amount of cakes.before christmas she sold 540 dozen cakeballs and baked almost 200 cakes in a 3 week period.every holliday is the same.she sold 200 dozen this week.i keep telling her when the range dies she's buying.

i really don't know what brand i'd buy today.

Not the same type of fridge, but we've had zero problems from any Kenmore that we've ever had.