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Originally Posted by jyl

My side by side residential fridge died at only about 6 years old. Not a low end model, Frigidaire "Gallery Professional". The repairman told me it was not realistically repairable. I was so mad that I bought a True commercial refrigerator. I figure they are made to run for decades, big compressor, and everything is easily accessible for repair/replacement. Only disadvantage is no door shelves (wife whines about that) and noisy (like everything, you get used to it).

When we recently went fridge shopping I did a ton of research. My findings were pretty simple - they're all crap. We went with a reasonably priced one because they all got such terrible reviews. I'd rather spend $2k than $5k if they both are lucky to last five years.