Refrigerator...Side by Side VS French door

[havaneselover]

I don't think that there is a right answer on this one and hence why there are so many options. I personally am team french door from now on. I loved the space of my Samsung 32 cu ft. I loved being able to open up the fridge and see everything at eye level and put in big items. During the pandemic I redid the kitchen and put in a 48 inch sub-zero (at an absolute ridiculous cost) and while I love the way it looks from an aesthetics POV it is not the most practical, even at 48inches. The Sub-Zero freezer is just very inefficient with freezer storage. I still find my old French door to be more space sensible. I moved the French door to the laundry room and appreciate the big wide freezer where I can lay a cookie sheet in the freezer drawer and lay out things flat to freeze then I file the flat items like books on a shelf so you can see them all.
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It is beautiful, though.

 

[Sinder]

The old ones from the 80s that were freezer on the bottom, still had an actual door for the freezer, so it was most likely harder to get the stuff out. The newer ones with freezers on the bottom have a drawer, so it is much easier to survey all that it in your freezer at once.

My fridge is from the early 2000's and it has a bottom freezer with the door.
It is a pain, sometimes I have to get on the floor to get something out of the back, but the storage space is huge compared to any of the drawer ones I have seen.

I am shopping around now for a new fridge and I'm going with a side by side because of freezer capacity.

 

[jujubiee4]

Thank you everyone for your advice and experiences!