I have! As I was ordering my new F&P bottom mount fridge last spring, I noticed that the showroom had one of the F&P french door models. It looked great, but I couldn't consider it because I don't have the room. FWIW, I love our F&P refrigerator! You should check them out.

Hi,
I have seen the refrigerator. In fact, we have purchased their double ovens and cooktop, and wanted to purchase the fridge also, but...the handle style is very different from the rest of their products. That may not matter to you if you don't have handles that you need to match.

Also, I am a Consumer reports subscriber and their fridge is at the very bottom of the list as far as quality rating goes. Maybe not a good choice? But, I do not own one, and other may have differing opinions.

Not the FD but I do have the older bottom mount F&P refrig. No problems so far (6 months). I wanted counter depth, no ice and water so my choices were limited. The layout makes for a lot of storage in a smaller frig. When I was looking 1yr to 6 months ago no one seemed to have any problems.

I've had my bottom mount FK fridge for a year & a half & I LOVE it. I don't know anything about the low CR ratings, but honestly, I don't put a lot of stock in CR ratings anyway, because I think they have more to do with cost than quality.

What I love about it: The easy clean surface (it's white), the style, the size, the tight tight seal which keeps things SO fresh, the pleasant little beep when you leave the door open.

What I don't like: the tight tight seal which actually means you need to give the door a little extra pull, or break the seal with a fingernail, in order to open it.

I would buy one again in a heartbeat.

I have owned and enjoyed a Fisher Paykel French Door unit since April. We got the model with water in the door.

I like the amount of large-item storage in the fd models. It's nice to be able to put a large tray of veggies or a couple of slabs of marinating ribs on the wide fridge shelves. Also, even though I miss my ice dispener in the door, the large amount of door shelves makes up for that.

Things I don't like: the freezer drawer ice dispenser doesn't keep up with my family's usage. You have to open both fridge doors to roll out the veggie/deli trays.

The stainless front doesn't show fingerprints and smudges all that much, either, and I like that the sides are stainless 'colored' instead of black like many units are.

One of my doors was damaged upon arrival and they immediately ordered a new one for us. The replacement took several weeks to arrive, as it had to come in from New Zealand, but the damage was cosmetic and didn't effect the use of the fridge.

Hope this helps! Let me know if you have any questions!

Sandy

THANKS so much everyone for your input!
Sandy....On the freezer drawer; when you pull it out, is the ice bin at the front of the drawer, or do you have to pull it all the way out to get to the ice...?
Also, does it make crushed ice also? THANKS again!!
Would love to see pictures if any of you have them available!!

The other nice thing about FK's is that their footprint is small compared to the inside space. Somehow they just managed to design a package that gives a lot more inner real estate, compared to the same outside footprint of many other fridges.

I saw that Lowes is listed as a place to purchase them...not seen them in our local store. Anyone know if they are putting them on display??

Here is my fridge in all of its' unstaged glory! LOL

It is counter depth, so I included one that shows it's true depth. Also, I included one of the freezer open and you can see the location of the ice box: upper drawer of freezer on the far left.

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Sorry for the poor lighting. I couldn't get a decent picture using the flash without a lot of glare from the stainless.

Sandy

Sorry that I didn't answer all of your questions, Bama.

No, it does not do crushed ice. There are times when we miss that (for margarita's and martini's mostly) but never really used that feature much with our old fridge.

Because the ice bin is in the top freezer drawer, you do have to open the entire drawer most of the way to get at the ice. But honestly, the drawer glides so easily that we whip it open and closed without a thought.

A couple things that I've never had before and really like/use:

Door Alarm (let's you know if a door is ajar)
Measured Fill (the water dispenser will measure out 4 oz., 8 oz., etc of cold water for you)
Freezer Timer (you can put something in the freezer, set the timer, and it will let you know when time is up...no more forgotten bottles of white wine chilling in the freezer.)

Hope this helps!

Sandy

busybme: THANKS for all your info! The pictures are great! It helps so much to actually see it in a real home! Glad to hear that you are pleased with it. The finish looks really nice....glad to hear it doesn't show fingerprints as easy as regular stainless.