Side-by-side fridge/freezer combo hardly available anymore without an ice cube dispenser

  • Erstellt am 2022-08-21 18:22:20

K a t j a

2022-08-21 18:22:20
  • #1
We are considering getting a new kitchen in the next few years. For that, we want to set up a side-by-side fridge/freezer combo separately. While flipping through, I now see about 80% of the appliances with ice cube dispensers. I seriously wonder, who constantly needs ice cubes? I don't know anyone, literally zero in my entire circle of friends and family, who uses ice cubes. And that for over 40 years. So why are these parts on so many devices? If you don't want them, the selection decreases enormously. Another problem would be that the new location wouldn't have a water connection, which you presumably need for that?
Does anyone here have such a dispenser and how often do you use it? Is it really something that enriches your life or just nonsense that gets dirty and pointless as it sits?
 

SoL

2022-08-21 18:25:27
  • #2
See if they need a fixed water connection, many just have a tank.

Need: Rarely.
The same applies here: Having is better than needing.
In summer, it is quite comfortable.
 

kbt09

2022-08-21 19:08:02
  • #3
So I use ice cubes a lot, but not from the usual SbS dispenser, rather from the icemaker in the freezer compartment of my Liebherr. If you don’t need water/ice, then if you want such a device, you should rather look at the French Door models. Cooling at the top with double doors and full usable width, freezer at the bottom. I find this much more practical to handle.
 

K a t j a

2022-08-21 19:11:39
  • #4
We just didn’t like the double door. Then you always have to open two doors instead of one. I find that rather annoying, and you lack the third hand to stash things and close all doors again at the same time. Of course, the usable width is nice.

Liebherr would also have been my preferred brand, but in my opinion, they only have 120 cm width. We can manage a maximum of 110 cm, so we have to settle for a 90 cm one.
 

chand1986

2022-08-21 19:16:37
  • #5
I think the icemaker is bad.

We need relatively a lot of ice because of making cocktails and liking lemonade with ice.

Good ICE CUBES (so big and solid) are simply made with a mold with water in the freezer compartment. What comes out of the dispensers… well.

Rewe has these massive ice balls in a bag here, they are very good. Before messing around with water connections and all that.
 

kbt09

2022-08-21 19:17:22
  • #6
I think the doors can also be opened independently ... but maybe a 70 cm wide model of a stand-alone fridge-freezer combination would make sense. Combined, only 1 door, larger width and sensible layout, with the freezer at the bottom and the fridge on top.
 

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