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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Tuesday, February 02, 2016 - 12:41 pm 
LOL, Mameblance, I suspect she is right about cleaning the bottom freezer, I have one, love it but I haven't cleaned it once since I got it and it has been a few years.
Lately I have been thinking about cleaning it, LOL, which will involve taking out the lower basket and wiping out the bottom.
Nothing really spills in there, but I do have ice that has somehow fallen down there.
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Jmm
Moderator
08-15-2002
| Tuesday, February 02, 2016 - 5:30 pm
Thanks, guys, all good points to consider.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Tuesday, February 02, 2016 - 5:47 pm
We have a side by side and I am waiting for it to die. Unfortunately, it's only 12 years old and going strong. I want, want, want the French door top with bottom freezer/drawer because I am so sick of not being able to get things to fit properly! We eat a ton of fresh veggies and fruit, and it never fits in the two drawers that are available.
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-30-2000
| Tuesday, February 02, 2016 - 5:59 pm
I like my side by side, *except* they don't work well in corners. My freezer side opens against the wall, and since you can't swing the door more than 90 degrees, you can't pull the drawers/sliders out for easier cleaning. Kind of a pain.
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Texannie
Member
07-15-2001
| Tuesday, February 02, 2016 - 6:31 pm
LOL Mame, I have had mine for 3 years too and haven't cleaned it. not sure why you would need to unless something spilled or thawed. But I have had to empty it out and I find it really easy to get stuff out.
teach, that's another reason why i love ours. so much room for veggies.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Tuesday, February 02, 2016 - 10:25 pm
We had a side-by-side, thinking we would love it, and did not. Don't even think about getting a frozen pizza in there! We now have the freezer drawer on the bottom kind and like it much better. When I say we, I mean food service in our house, Bigdog. Bigdog is food service. I am travel and transportation.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-24-2003
| Wednesday, February 03, 2016 - 8:15 am
I haven't cleaned my freezer as yet either. It would be a matter of just sliding out the basket drawers and cleaning the bottom. I LOVE the freezer drawer on the bottom. When I had usual freezer door on the top, things would sometimes fall out like Fibber McGee's closet.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Wednesday, February 03, 2016 - 9:37 am
So glad to see I am not the only one who hasn't cleaned the freezer, LOL.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Wednesday, February 03, 2016 - 3:41 pm
I currently have an upper freezer (and that is from 1986!) but previousl had a used fridge that we got from a couple where the wife wanted one of the then new side by sides. It was a Norge with a bottom freezer and we LOVED it. I let my ex keep it when I divorced him.
The French door ones sound good to me.
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Christy358
Member
07-10-2007
| Wednesday, February 03, 2016 - 11:55 pm
No side by side. It sucks, nothing fits. My ideal set up would be a small fridge and a large freezer. Or even half and half.
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Jmm
Moderator
08-15-2002
| Thursday, February 04, 2016 - 5:33 pm
I appreciate all the information. We're still looking, don't want to make a mistake on something we're going to use for years.
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-30-2000
| Thursday, February 04, 2016 - 6:06 pm
I can't clean my freezer side, without moving the fridge. Because of that door opening issue.
That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it. 
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Keldogg
Member
08-12-2005
| Thursday, February 04, 2016 - 6:25 pm
oooh, I never knew we had this thread. I have a side by side in my kitchen, and another fridge in my garage that has the top half freezer. If I only had one, I totally would not do the side by side, because its too narrow. But putting the bigger things outside, the smaller items inside works great.
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Sugar
Member
08-15-2000
| Thursday, February 04, 2016 - 7:48 pm
We love our French door fridge with a large freezer on the bottom. It is a Kenmore that we have had for 2 years.
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Abby7
Member
07-17-2002
| Thursday, February 04, 2016 - 11:03 pm
If you get a side by side be sure your space is wide enough space so both sides can open all the way. ( Kar, I agree w/you....but also depends on space).
I've had all kinds..100% vote for bottom freezer fridge/pull out. So much easier getting items in
Eta juju just read your post re frozen pizza w/a side by side. I understand. Took years, but I can get one in now.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Friday, February 05, 2016 - 8:46 am
Is French door same thing as side by side?
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Snoopsmom
Member
02-19-2003
| Friday, February 05, 2016 - 9:12 am
Mame, a side by side and a French door are the same in that they both have two doors that open out. The difference is that the side by side has doors that run the full length of the fridge with one side the fridge, and the other side the freezer.
On the French door models the doors run a little longer than halfway vertically and the door portion is the fridge with the freezer on the bottom being a pull out drawer.
I have a French door, love it and would never buy any other style.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Friday, February 05, 2016 - 10:52 am
Oh, another reason for bottom freezer, hard frozen items won't slip off a shelf (and but you head, or toes)
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Friday, February 05, 2016 - 11:42 am
Thanks Snoops! I think my MIL has the Side by Side.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-24-2003
| Friday, February 05, 2016 - 2:29 pm
Oh, another reason for bottom freezer, hard frozen items won't slip off a shelf (and but you head, or toes)
Yep, that is big reason why I like my freezer drawer on the bottom. Freezer on top with door, it was sometimes like Fibber McGee's closet when I opened it.
I love my freezer drawer on the bottom. Put my arms around my fridge -- "I love you."
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Friday, February 05, 2016 - 10:45 pm
TVCH lovefest alert!!!  
<hugs Colordeagua and her fridge>
Can we get a group hug here?
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Colordeagua
Member
10-24-2003
| Saturday, February 06, 2016 - 10:31 am
I'm in a condo. Getting a new neighbor. They had a one bedroom unit GUTTED! It looks like no other one bedroom in the building. The kitchen it BIGGER. New appliances. Fridge is a Samsung French door with freezer drawer on the bottom. Freezer drawer is bigger than my Amana with regular single door.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Saturday, February 06, 2016 - 12:43 pm
LOL, Colordeagua, when I bought my French door fridge I was amazed at how many different sizes there were. I live in a condo as well and only had one place to put it so I took my tape measure to Home Depot when I went looking.
Some fridges are huge, LOL!
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-30-2000
| Saturday, February 06, 2016 - 1:17 pm
I have a freezer in my garage, refrigerator style (not chest style, those are awful!) and that's where the pizzas go. 
It has several shelves and also room in the door for small items.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-24-2003
| Saturday, February 06, 2016 - 3:23 pm
I have two wire drawers in my freezer drawer. I have top drawer organized with items in plastic and wire containers. Bigger bottom drawer -- I just shove stuff in there. Who knows what's at the bottom of it?  I should organize that drawer too.
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-30-2000
| Saturday, February 06, 2016 - 3:49 pm
Yeah, that's why I don't like the drawers so much. Hard to find that stuff at the bottom.
But then, stuff gets shoved to the back of shelves too, just not as much stuff to move out the way to get to it.
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-30-2000
| Saturday, February 06, 2016 - 4:49 pm
By coincidence, I just saw one of those handy tip posts on Facebook, that suggested lining your fridge drawers and shelves with plastic wrap.
No more cleaning. Just change the wrap when it gets yucky.
That works for me!
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Saturday, February 06, 2016 - 5:06 pm
Hey kinda ON topic ... my fridge has 2 crispers - one just says Crisper. The other says Humidity Controlled Crisper. I hate to admit this, I've never quite known their different uses. Although common sense tells me to keep anything I need really crunchy in the regular crisper. If anyone has any ideas or knowledge or even educated guesses... that would be really appreciated.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-24-2003
| Saturday, February 06, 2016 - 10:46 pm
I have two crisper drawers too. They both have slider controls to regulate the amount of humidity in the drawers.
From the manual:
"Slide the control toward the LOW setting for produce with outer skins. Slide the control toward the HIGH setting for leafy produce."
I put fruit in one drawer and veggies in the other. Don't pay too much attention to the humidity controls.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Sunday, February 07, 2016 - 12:11 am
Thanks Color! Much appreciated. I guess I've been doing something right as I've been keeping lettuce in the Humidity Crisper.
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Jmm
Moderator
08-15-2002
| Wednesday, November 07, 2018 - 9:38 pm
Question - we have a Whirlpool side by side fridge (2 years old) that has been acting strange lately. It works fine for a while and then all of the sudden the freezer stops freezing will go from -4 up to 35 or higher. The fridge section will occasionally have the temperature rise several degrees but not as often as the freezer. Of course, every time we have a repairman out it is working fine. They have tested everything they can and can't pinpoint the problem.
Has anyone else had this problem and could tell me what you were able to do? Like I said it's only 2 years old and was not cheap to buy, I'm not ready to replace it but I need a reliable appliance. Thanks for any insight you can share.
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Firebird05
Member
08-24-2001
| Wednesday, November 07, 2018 - 9:53 pm
Jmm you might try pulling it out and checking the coils back there for dust.
I have big hairy dogs and you would not believe how much hair gets back there.
Funny about repair men that always happens to me too.
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Jmm
Moderator
08-15-2002
| Wednesday, November 07, 2018 - 10:33 pm
Repairman made sure everything was clean and filters, fans, etc. were good. This has almost got to be something electronic. It has an ice and water panel that has a lot of controls on it but since it has behaved with two different repairman they can't check them out apparently.
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