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jeff47

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7. All of them.

Sun Mar 25, 2012, 10:00 PM

Mar 2012

There's positives and negatives for each layout.

The most energy efficient is freezer-on-top, followed by freezer-on-bottom, followed by side-by-side.

Freezer-on-top tends to be less usable day-to-day, because you have to bend down for the fridge. And we use the fridge much more than the freezer.

Freezer-on-bottom has the disadvantage of being harder to find stuff in the freezer. You also can't do ice in the door with a freezer-on-bottom fridge.

Side-by-side solves those accessibility problems, but it's harder to put large things in the fridge and freezer.

It kinda comes down to what your priorities are and how you use your fridge.

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What's the best style for a refrigerator/freezer? [View all] hedgehog Mar 2012 OP

Or inconvenient, but energy efficient intaglio Mar 2012 #1

I purchased a new refrigerator about a year ago. Laurian Mar 2012 #2

This is exactly what I want next, and glad to hear your positive review. northoftheborder Mar 2012 #9

Hanging horizontal on the wall above the counter postulater Mar 2012 #3

What brand and model do you have? CottonBear Mar 2012 #4

Ours is like the one in this photo postulater Mar 2012 #5

compressor on top helps. mopinko Aug 2012 #17

I have a side by side Ruby the Liberal Mar 2012 #6

All of them. jeff47 Mar 2012 #7

We have Ice in the door with our freezer on the bottom GE Profile. LOVE that fridge. auntAgonist Jul 2012 #16

My next one is going to have the freezer on the bottom. I want the fridge, which I use more often, Warpy Mar 2012 #8

I agree with another poster HeiressofBickworth Apr 2012 #10

Freezer bottom quakerboy Apr 2012 #11

My daughter recently bought a side-by-side and regrets it. The freezer is too small. Paper Roses Apr 2012 #12

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freezer on top tru Apr 2012 #15

I prefer the freezer on the bottom model Kaleva Aug 2012 #18