Samsung - 17.5 Cu. Ft. Counter Depth French Door Refrigerator - White

This fridge is replacing a similar sized (30-inch wide) 22-year-old top-freezer model. Surprisingly, there doesn’t seem to be much more useable space. I had to put the two shelves in their lowest position in order to have a shelf tall enough for pitchers and tall items. The door bins have such a deep surround on them that you need more space above them than there is available to take things in and out. This is my first bottom freezer. I wish the drawer was more squared off to accommodate frozen items in boxes. The ice maker makes 8 cubes per hour - pretty slow. My little countertop ice maker makes *much* more ice than that. On the plus-side, this unit is very quiet, and I love having fridge items at eye level.

I received a discounted price on this product via the #SamsungInsiders program. The first thing I noticed about this fridge is that there is an alarm to warn you when you leave the door open. This has already saved me a couple of times when I’d have otherwise left the door ajar and not realized. I appreciate the temperature readouts on the top. It was especially nice when we were waiting for the fridge to reach a safe temperature after delivery. One thing I wasn’t happy about is the spacing between the shelves. There is no way to arrange the shelves to stand up a 2-liter bottle. You have to take a shelf out completely, or store these items on their side or in one of the doors. I could barely get a milk jug in if I tilt it to get under the lip of the shelf. I was worried about putting my milk in the door because I’d read that the door of a refrigerator does not stay as cold. So, my husband tested the door with a thermometer and we’re happy to report that it maintained a safe temperature. The shelves are really easy to move/remove. While I wish there were more options for where to move them to, it is really easy to adjust the shelves, much easier than previous fridges I have owned. There’s also one drawer that moves side to side, so that can be nice when you need to quickly move things around to fit something in. I failed to realize that counter-depth would mean a smaller fridge. If I had a cramped kitchen, the space savings would be worth it, but in my case, I’d probably have been better off with a full size fridge in hindsight. That said, I haven’t had problems with running out of room for food, just with it being more work to arrange food to fit inside. I really like the freezer drawers in this fridge. My old fridge had one big main drawer, which was awkwardly shaped and impossible to organize, and a tiny useless drawer over that. This fridge has two large drawers, which provides more useable space. There’s an ice maker in the bottom of this fridge. I don’t use it in favor of having more space, which actually gains me a decent amount of space in this freezer. Doing the same in my old fridge would have gained me another tiny, useless drawer. I like the LED lighting in this fridge. It has a really bright and clean feel, and it’s easy to see everything in the fridge without moving things around. Overall I think this is a great fridge that looks nice, has some useful features, and is easy to organize. If I were buying again, I might get a larger model, and I’d pay more attention to the options for moving the shelves.

I received the Samsung 18 cu. ft. Counter Depth French Door Refrigerator as a part of the Samsung Insiders program and I really want to love it but I just don't. It's not the refrigerators fault I just don't think it's for my family. The stainless steel is beautiful but I never knew you could not put magnets on it. The kids were so sad that they can't display their artwork on the refrigerator. The stainless steel doesn't show fingerprints but it does definitely show smudges. The counter depth is awesome, I do love the extra space in front of the refrigerator especially because there is a cabinet and counter in front of it and is the entry way for our kitchen. The bottom drawer for the freezer is kind of cool but the drawer is kind of heavy for the kids, and items get a little messy as now things are just thrown in the freezer. When opening the freezer drawer ice does fall out every once in a while. I also have to open both refrigerator doors in order to fully see everything in the freezers top storage. I do however love how many items that can fit in the freezer. The refrigerator section is an adequate amount of space but I find that we can't fit a lot of items correctly. We have to sometimes lay down some taller bottles because they don't fit anywhere standing up. The door storages are so thin and small, and very oddly placed that you have to get very strategic in everything's placement. I also had a hard time fitting large pizza boxes because in the back wall of the fridge there is a slight curvature in the center that takes away space on almost every tier. I do like how big and deep the crispers are, the kids love having more snacks readily available. The refrigerator can also get very loud at times, but only when ice is being made. I don't necessarily think this is a bad refrigerator, I just think it's not for us. I think it would make a great fridge for an apartment/condo and /or a family without children. I also believe it would make a great second fridge in the garage where you can't hear it but benefit by its abundant storage. #SamsungInsider

The bell that dings when the refrigerator is not closed is the best. I also love the ability to power chill when you need the items in the refrigerator to chill faster.

We Were limited to only a few choices due to size restrictions. This fridge has everything I need and it’s beautiful also quiet. I was worried that I didn’t have enough room but it’s beautifully laid out also has a great feature, it dings if the door is left open, I would recommend it!

After the fifth time pulling the fridge out, the two front wheels broke. They have a cheap rubber tire over the wheel and both came off the track. Samsung sent out a repair person, but he wasn't able to fix it. The repair person called Samsung directly and they told him to state that the customer broke it or the wheels were broken during the install. Both are untrue. Even the Samsung repair person said that wasn't true. Ultimately the wheels were not fixed and will not be covered by Samsung. Samsung has a very decitful repair practice. If you purchase this fridge, good luck getting any repairs. My advice to you is don't buy any Samsung fridges. I have a geek squad warranty. I'm going to see if they will cover the repair.

They work great, for the price you ant go wrong. I have bought many of these appliances in the past and they are still working great

Great frig. Wonderful delivery service! Thank you.