any thoughts on (Summit) refrigerator drawers
rubyvine
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A Few Thoughts On My True Refrigerator
Comments (26)We purchased a Hoshizaki R1A-FS fridge recently. Overall, I love the fridge. It is brutal and totally dominates all the weak residential fridges. Pros: 1. R1A-FS maintains the temperature much better than the older Kenmore (rebranded Whirpool). The Kenmore fridge does not keep the temperature well when we open the door frequently (I kept a stand alone thermometer inside the Kenmore fridge to check the temp. the fridge does not report the actual temperature itself). The commercial fridges are designed much better to maintain the temperature and to deal with frequent door openings. Thanks to the powerful compressor and for strong forced air circulation inside the fridge. 2. All stainless steel interior and exterior. Stainless interior does no absorb smells and easy to disinfect. Plastic is porous and absorbs smells over time. The residential fridges with stainless steel interior cost beyond $10k. That's crazy. Most of the cheaper residential fridges do not have real stainless anywhere (the front door is regular coated steel). 3. Hoshizaki gives full 3y warranty (the compressor is under 5y warrarny). Warranty for the most of residential Fridges is 1 year. For comparison, True commercial does not give ANY warranty for residential use. That's why I excluded them. 4. Parts are heavy duty. The steel is heavy gauge. The condenser motor is Morrill with 12years of design life (of non-stop use). The compressor is Copeland. Everything is easy to access if repair is needed. 5. Ease of maintenance. The condenser cleaning is very easily. You can access everything by removing 6 screws on top of the unit. you do not need to move the fridge anywhere. In comparison, vacuuming of the Kenmore fridge is hell. The condenser is at the bottom and you can not vacuum all of it easily. The condenser is a dust magnet and the only way to clean it well is to use a strong leaf blower. The compressor is also at the bottom of the fridge and it i hard to access. 6. The delivery guy helped me move the fridge into the house. R1A-FS is more than 300 lbs and it's hard to lift it alone. 7. There is alot of space inside. 8. Price. It is below $3k and much cheaper than comparable residential fridges (e.g. Blue Star, Hestan, True residential, etc). Cons: 1. The noise when the compressor and condenser fan are on is about 60-62 dB (I measured it with my cell phone). It is not hat bad, comparable to a window A/C or a room fan on high setting. The noise is mostly from the condenser fan. The compressor and the evaporator fan do not make much noise. The noise could be reduced by using a larger condenser and a different blower design. Of course, that would make it more expensive. The blower motor for the condenser runs at 1550 rpm. I am not sure it it has to run that fast. 2. The power consumption could be lower. They could use PSC or EC blower motors instead of the shaded pole motors. That would increase the price....See MoreThoughts on Kenmore Refrigerators.......
Comments (5)Check out the Appliance 411 website. They can help you tell who makes what. If you get the actual serial number of the exact model (or models) you are interested in you can be sure you know who makes it. Follow the Kenmore ("See Sears Below) link which appears in several sections on the page. It explains what information you need from the serial number to know for sure.A Kenmore refrigerator could be Whirlpool, Frigidaire, Amana among others. - Jim Here is a link that might be useful: Appliance 411 website...See MoreRefrigerator -- Summit? GE?
Comments (0)My son has a 24 inch Liebherr in his apartment and has been having the problems that have been documented elsewhere in this forum -- icemaker not working, ice on the back wall. Has had several service calls and it is not fixed. He's renting and the owner has now said he can buy a new unit rather than risk more fruitless service calls. So, he is looking at choices--- the Summit looks good -- two compressors -- but doesn't have the ice maker which he wants. Any thoughts on what to get? Have read good and bad about LG, the owner is encouraging GE, but the Summit seems like the best unit except for not having the icemaker. Budget is about $1400....See MoreFridge and Freezer Drawers -Summit?
Comments (1)Am also looking at freezer drawers and wondering if the Summit offerings are reliable. The price is half what other offerings are (Perlick and Sub-Zero). Appreciate any feedback folks might have....See Morerubyvine
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