Sadly, I have requested a pickup on the Quad that I just received last week. I could not wait to get that fridge and am surprised that I just didnt like it too much for multiple reasons: The shelves in the main fridge section are not adjustable. Well, one shelf can be moved about 1 inch, none of the other ones can. With the things we tend to keep in the main part- they just would not fit well. The fridge door bins have a wire that wraps around to help keep taller items from falling out. Well, the wire kept popping out when you tried to pull something out of the bin. This happened multiple times and we only had the refridgerator a couple days. Seemed like it would be a major pain putting up with that all the time. I was unable to see in person the quad in the platinum color prior to ordering. It did not look good in my kitchen with my other stainless. I was worried about that but thought it would be easier to clean than the stainless. Also, the handles look really cheap, like crumped tinfoil on a silver platter. Just did not look good at all in MY environment. Had I ordered that stainless steel, I may have been able to compromise on everything else so that I could have those fresh food drawers which I really really wanted. I can not say anything bad at all about the performance as far as temp goes. That seemed to work great!

Northstar reliability = crap. Like you, I liked the look of it too, but the dealers near where we lived (San Francisco) both told us "Don't Buy It." The dealers (plural!) told us this. Evidently Northstar is notorious for failing, repeatedly. How frustrating to have all of your fridge / freezer contents spoil ONCE, let alone more than once! Also, they are v. expensive to run as they do not have to comply with energy requirements (others will pipe in and correct me, I'm sure, but it's something about because the compressor is separate from the body it therefore avoids classification as a fridge / freezer, thereby not falling under those guidelines). We were looking at it for our next home (which is where we now are, in CO). So, to keep checking it out, we called both the CO dealers and service agents, and they also told us that Northstar is a dud! So we bought Thermador Freedom Columns instead. A while ago (so it's no longer in the archives) there was a discussion about Northstar and someone chimed in that their parents had Northstar and had had nothing but problems. I felt so bad for them!

If the choice is between LG and Samsung, I would say LG all the way. They have been very reliable from sales and personal experience. If you are in a rural area, make sure you have service near you. LG studio and LG are basically the same with slight feature differences and warranty difference.

We purchased the Fisher Paykel French door counter depth with water dispenser last year. We have always gotten side by sides with water/ice dispensers, but decided to go with a French door. We decided on FP based on the recommendation of the owner of the appliance store. It was pretty evident that the French door refrigerators with ice dispensers had significant issues. He has had good luck with the FP; it was a bonus having the water dispenser on the door. We bought it sight-unseen, as it was for a shore property, and we weren't there at the time. I was leery of going with FP, as we had huge headaches with Dishdrawers that we had in the past, but I was reassured that he hadn't seen any issues with the refrigerators. So far, no issues. Complaints: 1) the ice maker is pretty skimpy, not cranking out cubes even when set on Ice Boost. 2) the slide-out bins in the fridge are split in half, but are in a single drawer, so both the fridge doors have to be open to pull the drawers out.