So... any refrigerator brands head and shoulders worse or better than others?

[d08]

LG or bust.

I have an LG fridge and it's terrible, even Soviet era fridges were much better. Door hinges don't hold properly so air gets in, it's frozen shut every week. Had an LG monitor which was also trash.
I've better experience with Samsung electronics but their fridges seem to suck.
Generally I'm over Korean products, they make shortcuts like the Chinese.

 

[tetramorium]

I have an LG fridge and it's terrible

A chilling tale, ho ho

 

[SoyUnGanador]

So, I went with a.... Kenmore. Yea, a brand no one talked about I think. I think they just sell other manufacturer's brands. Costco, 90 day returns no questions asked. I'll try and snap some pics when it comes in and let everyone know if there were initial build quality problems.

Thanks for the help everyone!!!

 

[Baron]

Cool. How much did it cost? I usually to Costco once per week but I've never bought any appliances there.

 

[SoyUnGanador]

$1,499, it was "on sale" a few hundred dollars off the normal price. But they don't have them in the store, I actually drove to the local Costco and they had only 3 refrigerators out, the cheapest one was like $2,500. They've got hundreds online.

 

[tango29]

LG is a bust, according to
https://prudentreviews.com/reliable-refrigerator-brands/
Most Reliable Refrigerator Brands: GE, Bosch, Whirlpool, KitchenAid
Least Reliable Refrigerator Brands: LG, Samsung, Frigida

We have a now 11 year old LG, and only problem was when cooling fan stopped due to dog fur accumulation. We got it for over 50% off when they were closing a Best Buy in the area and clearing out inventory.
Previously we had a Gibson that came with the house. Now that was a workhorse. It lasted 18 years for us and was most likely at least 10 years old when we moved in. I'm not sure they are made anymore.
Good luck with the new fridge.

 

[gwb-trading]

I'm about to give up on the Samsung. Just bought it probably 6 or 7 years ago, maybe less, but not much less, and I think its gone. On yalls suggestion I tried to do the diagnostic thing, it did not show any errors (other than change water filter and ice maker plugged, but those don't affect the cooling and have been showing for years).

Several days ago after I made the post I pulled it out and swept all the dust off the panels with the slits, it did not help (there was not much). Then earlier today I opened the back panel and got a hand vacuum and vacuumed all the dust I could see on the radiator looking shrowd thingies, it did not help (not surprisingly, again not that much dust).

I don't see anything plugged or especially dirty or anything. Everything is clean back there. So I think the condenser or evaporator or whatever it is that does the cooling is just no longer working properly. There is some "super cooling" button you can hold down to put the cooling into overdrive, and that DOES seem to get it down to the proper temperature, but that only last for a little while and its back to normal mode where the temperature is like in the 50s.

Barron's advice was that its probably best just to get a new one, its probably gone and the cost to call in a work order will be a bunch and will probably be wasted given that cost and the cost to fix it will probably be comparable to buying a new one. While I am always hesitant to take Barron's advice - he is at least a 9 out of a 10 on the sketch rating - I feel he is right this time around.

So its new refrigerator time. Any brands that stand out as much better than the others, or much worse than the others? I prefer not to get another Samsung. Is Frigidaire any good? Looking at prices they seem to be cheaper than most of the other brands.

Thanks for any suggestions!

You have already encountered the reality that Samsung refrigerators are not reliable. Samsung is the only brand I strongly avoid for refrigerators due to experiences my neighbors have had with them.

I currently have a KitchenAid refrigerator. It has worked flawlessly for the past 7 years in my current home. I also had KitchenAid refrigerators in previous homes; all have worked well.

 

[SoyUnGanador]

You have already encountered the reality that Samsung refrigerators are not reliable. Samsung is the only brand I strongly avoid for refrigerators due to experiences my neighbors have had with them.

I currently have a KitchenAid refrigerator. It has worked flawlessly for the past 7 years in my current home. I also had KitchenAid refrigerators in previous homes; all have worked well.

Yep. What is funny is that I knew that going in. I did research and found out that the freezer on top/refrigerator on bottom, with no ice maker/water dispenser, was generally the best quality wise, and which brands were generally recommended over others (with Samsung being on the non-recommended list, and the list generally consistent with what people said in this thread). I told my significant other that therefore we needed to get a [Maytag] model with freezer on top, no ice maker or water dispenser. My significant other said thanks for doing all that research, but we are getting a side by side Samsung. LOL, you win some you lose some...

 

[Baron]

Yep. What is funny is that I knew that going in. I did research and found out that the freezer on top/refrigerator on bottom, with no ice maker/water dispenser, was generally the best quality wise, and which brands were generally recommended over others (with Samsung being on the non-recommended list, and the list generally consistent with what people said in this thread). I told my significant other that therefore we needed to get a [Maytag] model with freezer on top, no ice maker or water dispenser. My significant other said thanks for doing all that research, but we are getting a side by side Samsung. LOL, you win some you lose some...

So what you're saying is your significant other didn't think your research was very significant.

 

[SoyUnGanador]

So what you're saying is your significant other didn't think your research was very significant.

Haha indeed, but in fairness to me, my significant other wouldn't think ANYBODY'S research on the subject matter was significant, that Samsung refrigerator just looked too good for anything as silly as "research" to matter!