Where did you see that? I thought the interiors were identical... but I only saw the full depth Blomberg in person.

I looked at both companies' websites. (and I've seen a few videos of the Bluestar). The interior of the Blomberg is white rather than stainless. I supposed it could be white paint over stainless, but that seems unlikely.

I’ll have to look into it.. Thank you!

Anyone else have experience with refrigerators from either of these brands?

Never buy the first year model of anything. Never buy import brands with no service available anywhere.

Neither.

FWIW, I have purchased a number of first year things and almost all of them have been very good. I agree about most imports from China or Korea. I've had good success with imports from Europe and Japan.

Sophie is there a model/brand you recommend in the under $4,000 range? We want counter depth, french door, interior water dispenser and ice maker. Seems a lot of companies are doing away with the water dispenser feature.

KitchenAid. And I think you’re confusing Counter depth with built in. You need to clarify what look you want, and how you’re going to get that.

Thank you. No we definitely want counter depth. We looked into built-in but the price jump is more than we want to spend on this kitchen.

Then I have no idea why you are even looking at BlueStar or Blomberg. And I really really like and recommend Bluestar ranges.

They were suggested to us by a salesperson at a local appliance store, otherwise I wouldn't have known they exist. We really liked the feel of the drawers, sturdy and smooth to open and close in comparison to others. I also liked the way you could fill water with one hand... it just seemed sturdier inside with no plastic cover pieces that break off like in other fridges we have owned.

My thought was BlueStar has such a great reputation they wouldn't be likely to put out a new product unless it's good quality. Could be naive of me? I believe it would cost around $2700 which seems in line with other CD fridges we saw. Now that we've researched more and visited two showrooms we are going to check out one more and make a decision. I really was tempted by built in since we were told they're likely to last 20+ years which would justify the cost! However who knows if that's true... we like to be conservative and it is a big price jump. Not sure the investment makes sense for us without a guaranty!

Bluestar has two frigs with stainless interior, dual compressors, iron-clad warranty going to 13 years, designed and made in the US. And then they have a new frig at 1/3 the price where they specifically fail to mention any of that. So I wouldn't count on stainless or US quality.

We visited our local appliance store again today. They do fully service Blomberg. In fact they told us they only sell brands they are able to service - so no LG or Samsung. I’m tempted by the features this fridge offers and the feel of it. We did look at Kitchenaid as well now that we know they’re the top Whirlpool brand. Thank you all for your help i really appreciate it! Hoping we are closer to making an informed decision.

what did you decide? I had the same question. They look identical. Curious about the interior of the Bluestar.

I was told by distributor of both that Blomberg is making the $3000. Blue star. fiberglass interior.

The $9800. Built in bluestar has stainless. Also can do custom colors. Extra of course

We chose the Blomberg. I love love love how much food it holds, ice drawer is amazing and huge except the freezer is too cold :/ so back half is solid and ice cream is hard. Only other complaint is the drink dispenser gives you only one cold glass of water! After that it’s room temperature. I may have it serviced not sure. Overall we do love it.

I'm checking out the Bluestar. Here are pictures I took in Walnut Creek, CA today.