“Sub-Zero is so boring. The interior of the competitors look amazing and yet SZ looks like it did 20 years ago.”
Ah, @Paul F., I owned a SubZero 20 years ago, and have another now in the home we bought 7.5 years ago. I can tell you your statement is entirely false. The basket compartments alone, are totally different and more convenient, than the older generation of SZ fridges. Current SZ fridges have LED lighting, also an improvement. The door storage, is also different.
As for plastic vs stainless steel interiors…having seen the stainless interiors some brands offer, to me, they’re much darker to view. Thus, they need more lighting. The white plastic SZ uses, is extremely high quality. As such, it doesn’t crack; doesn’t discolor. It’s easy to clean, and will look the same 25 years down the road, as it did on day of install. That is my extensive experience.
”The 48" top rated french door Dacor 'cool-steel' model (samsung) has an interior camera, flexible bottom right space frig/freezer, dual ice maker - whiskey balls/regular cubes, water filter pitcher.”
Hey, if you’re going to choose a fridge because the ice maker can make whiskey balls 🙄, and the fridge part has a camera…if that floats your boat, and is more important to you than the most effective refrigeration, reliability, and customer service…it’s your $$$.
Explain to us why a refrigerator needs a camera? Really, I’m curious.
As a 30 year subscriber to CR, I take their kitchen reviews with a grain of salt. It took CR 8 years, to begin including SZ in the appliance reviews…despite them being increasingly popular. Same for soapstone in the countertop reviews. CR is consistanly behind the times, when it comes to kitchens, as they tended to review appliances that appealed more to the middle and lower end of the ecomomic public. Trust their reviews and ranking of automobiles and lawn mowers…absolutely. Kitchens, not so much.
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