The refrigerator is in and I finally peeled off the protective skin of plastic. I must say, this unit is lovely. I love the blue readout control panel, mostly because it's a nice change from green. :) Interior: The interior refrigerator has one split shelf and two slide out shelves. the bins for the door include a bin for cans of soda, a dairy shelf, and two more shelves--that's all on the side that does not have the ice cube dispenser. On that side there is one shelf, full length and depth, a very tiny shelf that is almost impossible to fit anything into and an upper shelf that is oddly shaped and definitely not full width and depth to accommodate the ice maker. The full width and depth of the door shelves easily handle two gallons of milk each. That's four gallons of milk! But I'm guessing that would be a lot of weight on one door. The other full depth & width door shelve is on the side that has the ice maker. It can only fit one gallon because the icemake curves into the space needed for another gallon. I took out the soda can holder since we don't drink sodas much and it looked like it only fit about 5 or 6 cans, unless you could stack more on top. I could quickly see myself as being the official soda stocker! The actual shelves for food and fresh produce are sturdy. The top two shelves are split and can be moved to different levels. The lowest shelf, the one above the produce, is stationery. One of the shelves splits horizontally to help when extra height is needed. I did this to put an elongated gallon container of lemonade, but the container hung off the edge since the space was rather shallow, so I have decided it is a nice feature, but not very practical. I am, however, still trying to figure out the best use of space. Fresh produce bins are roomy and have a humidity control slide bar (typical in most refrigerators). The full width deli/pantry plus drawer is nice and you can choose three settings according to what you want to place inside--fresh, deli or chill. Lighting is LED, nice and bright. The water filter is located at the top right and very easy to access. The ice maker works quite well and other than the cubes dropping, is very quiet. Water through the door is chilled to perfection (who needs ice?). The saddle to activate the water and ice is easy to push, perhaps too easy for little hands but my "baby" is fourteen, so no worries for me. If you have children it's something to consider. The controls are taking a little getting used to, but there is a power cool and a power freeze, for those times when you need either the refrigerator or freezer to cool/freeze at a faster rate. There is also a light for the water/ice maker, a door alarm that can be turned on/off, and icemaker on/off button and an Energy Saver button. The freezer has a very thin tilt out drawer that is a nice place to put bags of Steam Fresh veggies (love those things!) and/or frozen entrees. Pretty much any box that is smallish in size. The pull out drawer is roomy and unobstructed by an ice maker (this is the 237 model, not the 238 that has dual ice makers). The lower freezer section could hold two turkeys and maybe a ham, but I can't say with confidence since I still haven't filled mine up yet--can't decide what to put in it. The SS is shiny and beautiful. . .now. I can see that it will be work to keep it clean. The handles are rounded tubes that are concave in relation to the doors. There is a SAMSUNG label in the upper right hand corner. The freezer drawer handle pulls up to unlock the freezer drawer, which glides open. The one thing that shocked me about this refrigerator was that it is not level front to back. When you set it up next to an end panel, you will notice that the freezer drawer area is set out more than the refrigerator section--like the entire unit is leaning backward a bit. This might be a huge negative for those wanting a refrigerator with a flush-to-cabinets front. We also ran into some frustration with setting up the icemaker, in that not all parts are supplied. If you are considering this refrigerator, the water line is near the top, which means your water supply should be located higher in the wall. Because our refrigerator replaced an F&P whose water line was near the bottom, thus our water supply box was set low, the water supply hose on the Samsung was short by about 18", so we had to do a little shopping before we were able to set up the water line. Overall, I am very happy with my purchase and pleased with the product. I hope that this review might help someone considering the unit. If you have questions, holler!

sdionnemoore -- I am interested in your comment about the fridge not being level front to back. My husband and his friend just brought our new RFD237AARS in from the garage and slid it into place. We noticed the same thing, that the front is too high and that makes the freezer area stick out from the wall more than at the top. When we put the level on it, it's seriously out of whack and there doesn't appear to be a way to lower the front. We called Samsung Canada and the support person was basically useless. Did you call Samsung in the US (I assume you are in the US -- I wonder if they had anything more helpful to say than the Canadian support person.) I read another comment on a different site that the owner put his up on shims at the back, which we might try ourselves. The whole setup seems a bit flaky to me. I've never had to level a fridge before so I don't know if they are all like this.

I understand about the curved doors and handles on this fridge. Because of its placement in my kitchen (near the pantry door, at the end of a line of stuff), its not a problem for me that the fridge sticks out a bit. This could be a problem if the fridge were in the middle of a line of appliances, though. OTOH, any (most?) FD fridge needs clearance on each side, so both main doors can open fully (i.e., 180 degrees) -- particularly for removing interior shelves and bins while cleaning. It depends how the door hinges work -- how far the doors bend back when opened fully. This may be easy to overlook when you see a row of fridges in a store. I've had my Samsung #238 running since about Labor Day, and overall am very pleased with it. Its very quiet (compared to an ancient Amana that had gotten pretty noisy over the past year), and I like the interior LED lighting fine. [I understand a local repair service deals with Samsung stuff, but haven't needed them as yet. Service may be an issue: To be safe, its wise to verify local service availability for this (or any) brand.] If I have any complaint, its been with Samsung's "Energy Saver" feature. A button somehow makes the fridge operate on less energy. I've tried using it twice, but both times after a few days condensation appeared along the center vertical crack between the two main doors. [When I turn Energy Saver off, this condensation disappears.] The first time I turned this feature on the fridge had been running for a few days, and so was presumably fully chilled. The second time, we left town for a few days and the fridge was not opened or used. Maybe I won't be able to use Energy Saver at all, or perhaps it depends on seasonal variation in humidity -- not sure yet, but I can't imagine what else it might be. This is a minor concern for me, but it may be more important to other potential buyers.

I'm seriously considering a Samsung 28.5 cu ft FD (either the RFG 297 or the RFG298). I've put to bed my other concerns, but I am very worried about the quietness--or lack thereof--of the machine. My kitchen and living room are one and the same. The floor is (non-backed) tile, and this area opens to the rest of the tiled house. Thus, sounds really travel throughout the home, and after reading some of the posts, I'm worried about the possible noise level of the machine. I have to have a standard depth refrigerator, so I can't consider the high-end machines (ie Liebherr) that only "whisper" since they are available in cd only. I know the ice maker can be noisy, especially when dropping into an empty bin. I can live with that as it's an occasional noise. But what about general operation? Is anyone happy with the noise of the Samsung FD in an open living area?