We don't see many F&P fridge reviews here but I think there have been a few who liked theirs.

One thing I notice about its design that should make it more reliable than many french door fridges is that the dispenser in the door only does water, not ice. If you are going to put an ice dispenser on the door, you need to put the icemaker in the upper fresh food compartment, not the lower freezer. That means you somehow need to move up air cold enough to make ice without freezing any of your fresh food. Doing that requires more complexity and leads to more failure points. Just putting water in the door like F&P did is nice and simple, and you can just go down to the freezer to get your ice.

I looked at the 33" CD fridge they put out... very nice looking. The appliance store winced when I said I could only find two... Samsung & FP... he said they stopped selling Samsung frig's as they had too many problems. He said the FP was a really good one... guess I will go with the FP myself. It did not have an ice maker either... but I make my own now and we are not huge ice users anyway.

Just looked on FP site and I can get a CDFD 31 1/8" wide actually, w/wo door water.

I have a CD F&P bottom freezer fridge w water on the door. I cannot recommend this brand. The fridge door will not stay open unless it is swung completely to the extent of the the hinge's arc - really, really wide. It is a huge drag - every time I open the thing it starts closing as I grab a second item. Shortly after purchase, I found a piece of plastic on the floor. It was part of a hinge. Not too long after that, the freezer drawer would not slide properly. Service was called and neither could be fixed. I still don't know to this day if there was anything wrong w the hinge. The repair person said it wouldn't affect the door. He spent a long time leveling the the fridge but it did no good. Also, the stainless seems to be of low durability. It's just my husband and myself in the home. We're both rather careful, yet somehow we have a couple of small dents that we can't recall causing. It's too bad. It's a good looking fridge inside and out. I like the sparse interior without all the bulbous plastic. Very poorly rated by that consumer magazine.

Forgot to mention the weird sounding compressor. Has quite the noticeable start up noises.

I understand the different sound is because it uses a different type compressor, someone mentioned that as the why and nothing was wrong. The problems you have w/door is bad, especially sense they did not fix it. Was thinking it might have been a level problem but you say that didn't correct it. I want the FD type, but still the complaint about the service is troubling... and the denting. I don't have much choice in the size option I need... the Samsung is really having problems right now when I googled their company.

Perhaps by the time I will buy one, things will be better. The one I am using is fine and would just as soon put off the expense if the new cabinet will be the right size for both... need to check that.

Thanks for your response, and happy Houzzing!

I've had my FP now for a year. I have the single door, water outside with freezer on the bottom and I love it. We are expecting delivery tomorrow for another one a my boyfriends house which will be installed hopefully next week after cabinets are done. I haven't had any problems with mine at all. It is so quiet I hardly even hear it. It has plenty of room inside and easy to care for on the outside. Easy to wipe down with stainless steel cleaner. I think it looks really pretty too. No regrets whatsoever.

Thanks Jancy Great to read... it seems most peeps like their FP branded stuff... like the DDs. Though I know one great appliance does not mean the others are... thanks to Houzz researching/replies.

I'm considering purchasing this fridge for my basement rec room (space issue) so I'm very interested in updates

Ours is about 2 years old. CDepth, French doors. No problems. (No ice or water in door.) We had few choices due to a height restriction.

Thanks Lori... that is probably the same one I am looking at. Good to hear your review!

Would love to know if any problems have occurred since initial postings.