Skywalker18 said:

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Just got a new one for our house. I went with an LG French door full depth. I researched a TON and what i found is that they are all junk nowadays. The more bells and whistles you get, the more problems you will have. Stick to something basic and you should be fine.

The BIGGEST thing to stay as far away as possible is models with the ice maker in the fridge. You WILL have issues as some point. Bad design.

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Overall I agree about sticking basic. At least set a budget knowing it's not going to last 20 years and you'll be replacing it.

But, oddly enough, LG compressors are crap. Lots of class actions about it. So doesn't matter how basic you go. We had a Kenmore (rebranded LG) with the compressor crap out. It was under "warranty" but was still going to be $1k to replace.

Later moved and house had an LG. That compressor also crapped out on us.

Got the Samsung with the water pitcher and the freezer that makes two different sized ice cubes about 5 years ago. You can also change the door colors, which my wife loves. It works really well (so far)!

As a tangent to agreeing with
ABATTBQ11 .....
maybe we first make sure you're not just a goose making golden eggs to her ... unless you got a half-price sale on the whole house.
Another new design/build was a big shot in Aggieland who quipped that his wife's over-the-top kitchen was a lot of thousand dollar bills money just to warm up Tinsley's chicken ... what was their names?

We got luck with 2013 on-sale Samsung RSG257AARS-XAA-0000 (not Fr.door) ... whose ice maker in-door has yet to be beat in over 50 years = only replaced once ... if you know how to manage ANY of them.

For what's it's worth ... Consumer Reports latest 2-cents



Doesn't 4-grand buy better fun/practical stuff than this anymore?