Ours was the side-by-side model that came with the house, which was only 1 1/2 years old. We had rented the house unfurnished for 13 months and the renters warned us that the design of the fridge made for minimal storage. Plus the front of the "stainless steel" fridge had already had to be replaced at less than a year old as it was showing rust (same problem with the dishwasher).
We moved in less than two weeks ago and almost immediately found that if anything, the renters had understated the problem. We dashed off to Best Buy within a couple of days and got a Samsung French door model with the freezer on the bottom for about $1500. We're already loving the increased storage. The water filter seems a bit better than the old model as well as the ice cubes are quite as stinky (though we're still going to get whole-home water filtration from Nova next week). We did choose to NOT have a water and ice dispenser in the door as many folks have told us that is the most problematic part of any fridge that has them. We do have a water dispenser inside the fridge but you have to pull out the freezer drawer to get ice. I can live with that.
The old fridge is now out in the garage to be used as a backup cooler for cold beverages and maybe some bulk frozen foods from Costco's (which I wish I didn't have to schlep down to Orlando to go to!) once I get the outlet wired for that (the electrician is coming tomorrow).
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