Originally Posted by Nickshu (Post 8874337)

I bought a $3600 Kenmore Elite French door fridge 4 years ago (along with a full compliment of Kenmore Elite appliances). Note that Kenmore fridges are rebadged LGs. Our fridge has been a piece of junk and the repair guy (who has been out for it several times, as well as our crappy Kenmore Elite dishwasher) has basically said they suck now.
I will never buy Kenmore again.
Steer clear of LG too since they are the same thing.

Maybe Samsung or Bosch. Or go higher end like Viking.

Originally Posted by intakexhaust (Post 8875416)

I thought Kenmore were made by Electrolux. Anyways, some may have the useless bells, whistles and look good but not one maker today has a decent compressor. One used to get 30+ years out of a new fridge.

Originally Posted by motion (Post 8875562)

And to add.... I think it would be cool to have a wifi tablet built into the fridge along with some high quality, hidden speakers (with a thumpin' bass) that would fill a kitchen. Would make a great music streamer, and an interface to recipes.

Originally Posted by Dan J (Post 8875451)

Get a Sub Zero and stop screwing around

Originally Posted by 1990C4S (Post 8875856)

I thought the same thing. And then I went inline to read their reviews. Something has changed, and not for the better.

Originally Posted by Grimm (Post 8875051)

I work in the appliance industry and sit on the advanced product development steering committee. Trust me, consumers will expect, at a minimum, all high end appliances to provide some basic level of connectivity. Your generation might not want that, but the younger generations all will expect it. Read about the Internet of Things to get some background.

All our appliances will connect to the Internet to provide monitoring, basic controls, and, most importantly, remote connectivity for service and support. It's already happening.

Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy (Post 8875628)

It's called an iPad. You're welcome.

Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy (Post 8875137)

As for the other features, I find it hard to believe that anyone cares about having an internet browser on their refrigerator when they have a far superior device in their pocket. It will be much like car infotainment systems - within a year the system is obsolete and inferior to a smartphone app that is continuously updated, running on hardware that is replaced by the user every two years. My wife and I am 35, and I in particular am very tech aware and work in a high tech industry. I could not be more indifferent to the internet features of my fridge. I do, however, greatly care about quality construction, clever features to allow it to store my food more efficiently, attractive industrial design, and reliability. So when I buy a new higher end model, likely within the next six months after we remodel our kitchen, I won't be looking for any of the features that you mentioned. On the contrary, I will avoid such pointless features because they add complexity and cost and reduce reliability. So there's my opinion from a focus group of 1.:)

Originally Posted by jyl (Post 8875551)

I have a True brand commercial reefer. I think it is a 3/4 HP compressor. No bells, no whistles, no cute cheese and egg compartments, just a big noisy steel box of cold. We keep ice, ice cream, etc in the freezer downstairs. And I can put a pot of hot stock straight into the fridge without warming everything inside to 70F.

Why the hell would I want my fridge to talk to the Internet? It's the dumbest idea I've ever heard of. If some Millennial buys this house from my estate and wants his fridge to network with his Internet-enabled vibrator, he can buy his own damn fridge.

Originally Posted by berettafan (Post 8875870)

I shouldn't need 'support' for a fridge.

It's fine to spew corp-think when you're at the office but please don't try to sell us that nonsense here. 'service' and 'support' are just the appliance industry trying to get into the pockets of their customers AFTER the sale.

Originally Posted by motion (Post 8875562)

And to add.... I think it would be cool to have a wifi tablet built into the fridge along with some high quality, hidden speakers (with a thumpin' bass) that would fill a kitchen. Would make a great music streamer, and an interface to recipes.