• Alborlin@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    I was sleeping for fridge about a year ago, i didn’t find a single “smart” at all. Max tech was door ice and managed 🌡️ with digital dials

    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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      5 months ago

      Really? I’m in the US and went to Home Depot, Lowes, Costco, and Best Buy. Our requirements:

      • ice dispenser in the freezer section - ice dispenser’s in the fridge have a high failure rate
      • external water dispenser
      • preference for french door fridge (freezer below fridge)
      • strong preference for no smart stuff
      • not LG or Samsung; strong preference for Maytag or Whirlpool

      So, here’s what we found:

      • about half of the french door refrigerators had “smart” stuff
      • about half of the remainder of french door fridges had a water dispenser in the door, the rest either had none or it was inside the fridge
      • only one french door refrigerator had an ice machine in the freezer, the rest either had none or it was in the fridge; water dispenser was inside the fridge

      So we bought a side-by-side fridge from Whirlpool, which met all of our requirements except the french door design.