Fridge help, please

9 years ago

My husband is really insisting that whichever new stainless French door fridge we buy has an External water dispenser.

But I HATE the way the ice maker takes up so much precious fridge space inside.

We hardly ever use ice, and we have a big family so the more fridge space the better.

Is there such a thing as a fridge with an external water dispenser but no ice maker, or with the icemaker in the freezer?

Or any recomdations on a large capacity French door fridge with external water dispenser with the smallest ice maker possible?

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Debbi Washburn

9 years ago

If you can fit a full depth ref, the Kenmore Elite 74032 model is awesome. It has a door in door and the water / ice in the other door but the ice maker is thin and completely in the door so you still get shelves on that side and no space is taken up in the regular shelves. I helped a friend of mine to get a new ref. He was very resistant to give up his old side by side and didn't want water in the door.. Once he got this ref. he was completely sold! It is big, well lit and easy to organize... I believe it is made by either LG or Samsung so you can go to those if you don't want Kenmore.

The best thing to do is go to the appliance store and open ref. to look specifically for the ice dispenser size and how the freezer compartments are. You can't tell any of this by shopping online. That is what we did and it did not take long to rule out certain models and justify higher prices for others...

Good luck!

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Comments (6)

dchall_san_antonio
9 years ago
If it has French doors then the freezer is underneath, right? Does he want to crouch down to get ice cubes? Is there a unit that pumps ice cubes up to a higher level?
wildchild2x2
9 years ago
Could you compromise with an internal water dispenser? There are FD fridges on the market with those. I have seen them on Samsungs and GEs.
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hwierenga
Original Author
9 years ago
I want the internal water dispenser. They seem at more space efficient, Tim me. But he wants an external.

there are some GE fridges that have that have a slim icemaker hidden inside the door and the shelves on that side of the fridge are still usable, just skinnier. Does anyone have any experience with these?
Buehl
9 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
I have a CD FD bottom freezer refrigerator with an external water dispenser and no ice dispenser. My DH also insisted on the dispenser!

But, my refrigerator is around 10 years old and has been discontinued. It's a GE Profile. (I remodeled in 2007/2008.) I'm surprised no one has one today...

Try asking on the Appliances Forum: http://ths.gardenweb.com/forums/appl
quiltgirl1
9 years ago
Can you just put in an under counter ice maker? I have aLiebherr and I purposely opted out of an ice maker because of the room they take plus water line frequently gets plugged causing problems. I keep a bag of store bought ice in freezer for those very few times we need ice.