I guess, it's a matter a choice, liking and preference more than anything else. We had an old sxs but my spouse was so much impressed with the new stainless, french door one that well, now we replaced the old sxs with the new french door one. Seems to be working great so far but then again, we cook much more fresh food than using freezer ones and so there are days when we don't have to open the freezer at all. If you don't want an external water/ice dispenser, the price difference between the sxs and french door ones is not that excessive but I guess you need to have the patience and the knack to sense good deals at stores. Just do your homework and you would be able to easily beat any advertised store prices buy 25%-30% easily after tax. The depth of the french door ones seems to be a bit more than the sxs ones and so take that into consideration as well. When we were remodeling our kitchen, I missed out on that one but fortunately, the contractor was able to work it out.

I placed and impromptu order for one to go with my Bosch DW and range, and promptly canceled the order when I got home. I couldn't get past the consistently negative reviews - I didn't see many but those I did read were bad.

We have had the Jenn-air 48" built in fridge over 4 years now. I have yet to hear it run in those 4 years, it does have the variable speed compressor which (if you read the working description of that compresssor)--That was posted on GW,It does NOT RUN all the time, like Liebherrs (which does run most of the time--according to their own (Liebherr's) description. The Jenn-air (with the variable speed compressor) will first try to run the circulating fan faster to maintain set temp, if still more cool is needed, then it will start the compressor on slow, and only speed it up as needed. Once the chill has been reached, the compressor turns off and the process repeats---runs circulation fan faster---etc. I can hear a fridge running, (in case you're wondering). I have an Elux Wine Fridge, and when I hear it run more often, I know it's time to clean its filter. The Jenn-air does not warn me "Audibly" as I would really hafta struggle to tell the thing is running, fortunately is has a lite that says change filter (water for ice)--Once a year, so when I do that, I also clean and vacuum out the condensor(or is that Evaporator)The thing with Fins Compare this to Sub-Zero. Their manual says "Thou shalt clean thy filters (for sealed system) every 3 months. We have also seen posts where ppl complain about the noise from the SZ's, as with 2 compressors, more than likely at least one or both are running a good part of the time. When I did call Sub-zero to answer a posters question about "Is it normal for the compressor/compressors to run for about 70% of the time? (Course there was a big argument here on GW), ---claming the user couldnt possible tell if the Fridge was running 70% of the time-----whatever?? I sure can tell when My Elux runs a lot. The anwser I got from the Lady at SZ was, "It has 2 Compressors" sooo (Make your own assumptions here)! I guess we can compare it to a Benz, if ya like, some of them do have 2 compressors too---- A Kompressor and an AC compressor!!! I'll take the other choice, Thanks and I did!! Be careful thou, NOT ALL Jenn-air Fridges have that variable Speed compressor, and I could find nothing to substantiate that: "other Whirlpool Models use the variable speed compressor." (Someone had posted that all Whirlpools use it) Watch out for that one!!!!! Good luck with your pending decision!!! Gary

I vote SxS. . We have the Kenmore Elite badged Samsung CD SxS. Initially, we were worried about the fridge not having enough space as we were used to a full depth SxS & we are a family of 4 (DH, myself and DS1&2--who try their best to eat us out of house and home), but we quickly found out that those worried were unfounded. It has plenty of space, lots of storage bin room, is well lit with LEDs and keeps produce fresh for at least 2 weeks! It also has a can rack in the door and a bottle rack in the main compartment. Ice and water through the door work great. We do have a backup fridge in the garage, but really we only use it for extra gallons of milk (we buy 3-4 at a time) and leftovers in those giant styrofoam boxes from restaurants. I think we had a pie or two in there at Christmas too. Other than that, everything fits nicely in the CD SxS. Overall, very pleased and would purchase it again in a heartbeat. I posted the link to our model below. We also thought it would be a nice change to go FD, but after really analyzing how we use the fridge, SxS made the most sense for us. These are the things we figured out: -Unless you're always making up really long platters/pans of food and storing them in the fridge that way, the extra width didn't really make a difference. What you gain in width you lose in height. Regular size pans (ie 13x9) fit just fine in a SxS CD. -As mentioned above, having to open & close 2 doors can be a pain. Depending on the model, the door may have to be closed in a certain order or the mechanism may inadvertently keep the fridge from closing all the way as well. -Having to bend over and rummage through all the freezer stuff seemed like a nightmare waiting to happen (think chest freezer). The only one that we even considered once we figured out the freezer issue was the 4 door version. -The vast majority of CD FD models require you to open the fridge doors to fully access the freezer space. I maybe could have pulled a bag of veggies through the space between the edge of the open freezer door and the edge of the closed fridge doors--maybe. Anything larger would have required opening the fridge to find/remove anything from the freezer compartment. Not very energy efficient if you ask me. So definitely check this before you buy. -No matter which style you buy, make sure the internal set-up will work for you. Hope this helps! Here is a link that might be useful: Kenmore Elite Badged Samsung CD SxS Fridge