By mugwump from San Antonio, Texas on 10/8/2007

Pros

It's very attractive.

The narrow doors, when open, take up less floor space in the kitchen than a full-width door would. For kitchens with an island, this could be a big advantage.

Having the fridge compartment on top is great for us, since we are both tall. It would not be suitable for either children or shorter adults.

It's very quiet. We never even notice when the compressor kicks in. Since it sits next to our living/dining room, this is a big plus.

Cons

The smooth finish on the front shows smudges, unlike the crinkle finish on our old fridge. (It does have crinkle finish on top and sides.) This is not a problem for just my spouse and me, but, if we had kids, it would be an irritant.

The beeper that sounds when a door or the freezer drawer has been open too long was/is annoying, but I see its necessity. It's way too easy not to close the doors or the freezer drawer completely, even when you're paying attention. After several weeks of use, however, we've gotten accustomed to taking the necessary care in closing the doors.

The French doors require considerable force to open. I suspect a child might have difficulty opening them. We've learned to hold one door closed while opening the other one. Also, the doors need to be closed one at a time rather than simultaneously to ensure proper closure.

The French doors are not as convenient as I expected. I often don't recall on which side of the fridge a given item is stored, so I end up opening both doors anyway. As I become more settled in where I keep things, this should become less of an annoyance.

There is less room in the refrigerated compartment than in our old 25-cubic-foot Kenmore, and there is less flexibility in configuring. We had to permanently remove one shelf in order to have enough room for taller items in the body of the refrigerator.

Having the butter compartment at the top of the door isn't handy for us. Since we keep our butter in its own air-tight container anyhow, we relocated the butter compartment to the middle of the door and permanently removed its cover.

The egg keeper takes up too much space, and I discarded it in favor of the one from the old Kenmore.

Finding things in the freezer drawers is much less convenient than in a top-mount freezer compartment. This is primarily a function of its being down low, and partly because the drawer design doesn't allow the frozen items to be separated conveniently by shelves and/or door racks. Think "chest freezer."

The icemaker arm knocks ice cubes into the interior of the freezer compartment when the top freezer drawer is being pulled out -- unless we are very careful.

The deli drawer is just as useless as I expected it to be. I'd much rather have those several inches of vertical space available between shelves. See above about having to remove one shelf. I think the stainless steel model is available without a deli drawer, but all my other appliances are black so it was not an option for me.

Having two 60-watt lightbulbs in the refrigerator compartment is overkill and generates a lot of heat when the doors are open. I'll be replacing them with 40-watt (or less) bulbs.

Bottom Line: I would give more thought to a single-door style if I were buying another refrigerator, but I do like having the refrigerator compartment on top.

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By MrsCarley from Bethesda, MD on 2/19/2007

This LG is a great refrigerator. The shelves are easy to move and logical, the platter drawer is so handy, and best of all, this is the quietest fridge I have ever seen.