Our
old one was over ten years old – and somehow I think it should have lasted
longer than that [we have one in the utility room that is old-old and
still going…]
but things just aren’t made to last these days…
or maybe there’s too
many fancy parts on them
that cost too much to repair – ha.
It
was dying a slow death… it began making noises a while back every
time it would re-fill the ice maker… then it started dumping a big pile
of water on the floor…
We lived with that for a while...
And as the noise got LOUDER I noticed a huge
sheet of ice on the bottom
of the freezer…hmmm.
Turns out it was the defrost motor… and after some
research… the decision was made to begin looking for a new one [fridge –
not motor.]
There
were a couple of problems though –
One – the noise had become almost constant
[well… it seemed like it – we were actually unplugging it every now and
then to be able to watch the telly undisturbed…]
AND, two - we were going to
both be out of town
for almost a week, so of course my anxiety went on fire alert – there
was no way it was going to stay plugged in while we were gone. We made
the decision to move everything out to the extra [old-old] fridge and
freezer [new-new] while we were gone…
But
on a whim we thought we’d take a look around our fair city and
see what
was out there.
Oh. My. Who knew you could spend $6,000 or more on a
fridge?
Wowsers.
Now, if you did [and could do so with no reservations] – Good for you!
It’s just
– I can’t… and really don’t want to…
But I
REALLY wanted one of those refrigerators with the freezer drawer across
the bottom – try as I might, I couldn’t make it fit our space.
Have
I mentioned we live in an old house? Our counter depth is a little [? -
ha] less than what
is standard today --- so I had to adjust my wish list just a bit –
bottom line – I wanted ice and water in the door – It’s something we’ve
had for the past ten years and we use both of these conveniences every
day. So we looked and we looked –
And
then my sweetheart asked if there were any clearance models – voila --
>
There it was… stainless, no less [without the shiny-smudgy part on
the sides]
and it was within our budget!
It’s got a few more fancy
buttons on the front along
with the standard ice and water…
and it’s got theater lighting [LED]
inside that comes on in sections when you open the door – WHO KNEW we
needed theater lighting?!
Ha.
I also love that the ice maker is in the door --
I rarely used the little shelves there in our other fridge [nothing much fits AND what did would fall out on my toes - ha -
So I don't miss them at all - and having it in the door frees up even more space inside the freezer. [The freezer part has theater lighting too - ha]
We've had it a couple of months now --
We've had it a couple of months now --
and I'm still not used to it lighting up in stages - lol.
Oh! One last thing it has that we never knew we NEEDED [lol] -- is the retractable cord in the back - Seriously - SO NICE to not have that electrical cord all jumbled up in the back... not a feature we'd have EVER thought to ask for, but very nice indeedy...
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