frenchdoor vs side by side fridge

[mb168]

I like the idea of the French Door. I have a side by side now and large items just can't go in it like pizzas or racks of ribs. When I was a kid in the 70's we had a freezer on bottom and I liked it back then but they kind of fell out of favor and were hard to find.

 

[dizneechic]

The fan on the fridge that blows the cold air up from the freezer to the fridge part died just a few days before Christmas after we'd had the fridge for just over a year (very inconvenient but fortunately we had a backup). We replaced the fan, but it happened a second time not long ago but mysteriously started working again. Maybe a design flaw?

Our freezer control board also died after us owning the unit for 3.5 years, ours is a GE though. Apparently they had a known problem with some boards made in China (bad capacitors) and were replacing boards for customers within a certain time frame. We we're long out of warranty and past the time frame it should have failed but I called and emailed anyhow. It cost us $175 to fix, $100 for the new board and $75 for the emergency labor call (before everything defrosted) and GE agreed to at least send us a check for the cost of the board (well $92 - their cost). Anyhow while I was po'd that a 2500 fridge broke after only 3 years, I was pretty happy they agreed to reimburse us, especially since we were out of warranty.