“Does it have leveling legs, ice maker cutoff, removable grille, unit cut off switch”
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I will answer my own questions. Whirlpool, in spite of some very inexpensive but very annoying omissions, it is a beautiful well functioning appliance, but why do you try to save $10 of cost by cutting corners? 1) No, there are no leveling legs. Repairman said they use to have them but now leave them off. Since the unit is on wheels, I had to put stick-on felt pads in front of unit to keep it from rolling out each time I open it. Fortunately, my floor was fairly level but some are not. Very bad shortcut. 2) The ice maker has a cut off but you have to remove the whole unit to access the cut off. A full tray is very heavy and can easily break plastic slides. It is also very difficult to remove and the repairman had to show me how to do it. Very poor design. 3) The bottom grille is removal but there are no instructions in the manual. Repairman had to show me. It is necessary to remove the grille for vacuuming the dust under the unit. 4) The user manual is generic and not specific to the unit. Very bad shortcut. 5) Upon delivery most of the plastic shelves were stuck in place. The repairman had to lubricate them. One shelf particularly shifted side to side when pulling out the bin under it. The repairman said they use to have a post on both sides of the shelf support but eliminated one so the shelf now shifts on that side. He said the only way to repair was to drill a hole for a new post. Nope!! However, I noticed the shelf is not quite wide enough to fit snuggly and is about the thickness of a car door edge. So I went to an auto shop, bought 2 lengths of clear vinyl door edge guard, and pressed onto edge of glass shelf. Wala, shelf fits tightly and no more shifting. Very bad shortcut with a very cheap fix. 6) No unit cut off switch. If you need to cut off the unit for cleaning, you either have to roll out unit and unplug from the wall (that can create an arc) or use the house circuit breaker. Very bad shortcut. 7) I wish there had been more shelf supports for more flexible shelf arranging. Here you are basically stuck with the shelves placed as they thought they should be. With my old Samsung you could place shelves in all sorts of combinations. Here I had to take out one shelf completely so I could put 2 liter bottles at the bottom to save lifting, and the plastic door shelves do not look strong enough to hold lots of drink bottles.
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