Re: [MBZ] OT refrigerators
Here, a 20 lb. bag of ice cubes costs $2.00 ... on the desert, ice is king, so having plenty on hand is important. I solve that issue by simply buying as many 20 lb bags as will fit in the chest freezer. To make better use of the space, and the ice, I break down the 20 lb. bags into plastic grocery bags of ice cubes [about 5 lbs. each] simply tie the flaps to keep cubes contained and stuff them around the other items in the freezer. Need to ice down the cooler, bring out as much as needed, done deal. Replenish stock as necessary.. it is a win/win because the freezer, full of ice runs less often, than if it has empty space. Through the course of the summer "ice me" season, I may spend $100 total for ice.. which is less than the cost of an ice maker, a new fridge, or the cost of running a fridge to make ice.. On Sun, Jul 10, 2016 at 7:49 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > The ice maker in our side by side 8 year old Kitchenaid has a lot of anger > issues - hurls the ice so that half ends up on the floor. Otherwise, we > like it. > > On Sun, Jul 10, 2016 at 9:32 AM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > On July 10, 2016 at 8:55 AM Curt Raymond via Mercedes < > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > > Could also get some ice cube trays and *gasp* make ice manually... > > > > > > I'm with Curt. > > > > $10 worth of Rubbermaid trays and you're set for the next 10-20 years. > > > > I like to keep 1 tray of cubes on hand in the winter, in the summer I > like > > to have enough to fill my little ice chest plus a tray for drinks. > > > > And I keep gallon jugs of ice in the chest freezer to keep it full. I can > > always take it out if I need room for a bulk meat purchase. > > > > Mitch. > > > > ___ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT refrigerators
The ice maker in our side by side 8 year old Kitchenaid has a lot of anger issues - hurls the ice so that half ends up on the floor. Otherwise, we like it. On Sun, Jul 10, 2016 at 9:32 AM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > On July 10, 2016 at 8:55 AM Curt Raymond via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > Could also get some ice cube trays and *gasp* make ice manually... > > > I'm with Curt. > > $10 worth of Rubbermaid trays and you're set for the next 10-20 years. > > I like to keep 1 tray of cubes on hand in the winter, in the summer I like > to have enough to fill my little ice chest plus a tray for drinks. > > And I keep gallon jugs of ice in the chest freezer to keep it full. I can > always take it out if I need room for a bulk meat purchase. > > Mitch. > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT refrigerators
On July 10, 2016 at 8:55 AM Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:Could also get some ice cube trays and *gasp* make ice manually...I'm with Curt. $10 worth of Rubbermaid trays and you're set for the next 10-20 years. I like to keep 1 tray of cubes on hand in the winter, in the summer I like to have enough to fill my little ice chest plus a tray for drinks. And I keep gallon jugs of ice in the chest freezer to keep it full. I can always take it out if I need room for a bulk meat purchase. Mitch. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT refrigerators
Could also get some ice cube trays and *gasp* make ice manually... It seems odd to me to spend a bunch extra on an ice maker which will cost more to have when I could just make it myself Curt Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Sat, Jul 9, 2016 at 6:24 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes wrote: If ice is the biggest issue, and you have a chest or upright freezer in addition to a fridge, freeze milk jugs of water. When you need ice, take them out of the freezer and smack them on the truck bumper or concrete, cut it open and voila, you have crushed ice. Rick Sent from my BlackBerry Z10 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT refrigerators
The ones I am looking at are currently about 40% off at Lowes. I will probably check the other local stores to see what they have. On 7/9/2016 9:44 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: I thought you learned your lesson about buying appliances at a big box stores. Lowe's and Home Depot suck... Curt Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Sat, Jul 9, 2016 at 5:15 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes wrote: Our current refrigerator is a Whirlpool side by side stainless. With these side by sides there never seems to be enough room. Also, the ice maker in it will hold enough ice to fill up my big thermos water jug that I use when working outside on car lots. If I end up having to work outside more than 1 day in a row the ice maker will not fill back up by the next morning between using all of the ice in the morning and whatever is used in the house during the day. Usually by the time I get home in the afternoon it has filled about half way back up, then we use ice in the evening using most of what was made, then in the morning it is filled about half way back up again. After a couple of days I really do not have enough ice to fill up my jug. So this leads me to start looking at these new french door refrigerators with the slide out freezer in the bottom. I am most interested in one that has dual ice makers, they have one in the door and one in the bottom freezer. We do not use bulk ice that often but when we need it, it would be great to have it. In my little bit of research I am tending to lean toward Samsung or LG. The Whirlpool/Maytag/GE seems like they are way more expensive than what you can get from LG/Samsung. Anybody have any refrigerator experience they would like to share? Online reviews seem to be no help really. Any website I find seems to be an advertisement for 1 brand or the other. Also, Lowes seems to be having a massive sale that lasts a few more days. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT refrigerators
I thought you learned your lesson about buying appliances at a big box stores. Lowe's and Home Depot suck... Curt Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Sat, Jul 9, 2016 at 5:15 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes wrote: Our current refrigerator is a Whirlpool side by side stainless. With these side by sides there never seems to be enough room. Also, the ice maker in it will hold enough ice to fill up my big thermos water jug that I use when working outside on car lots. If I end up having to work outside more than 1 day in a row the ice maker will not fill back up by the next morning between using all of the ice in the morning and whatever is used in the house during the day. Usually by the time I get home in the afternoon it has filled about half way back up, then we use ice in the evening using most of what was made, then in the morning it is filled about half way back up again. After a couple of days I really do not have enough ice to fill up my jug. So this leads me to start looking at these new french door refrigerators with the slide out freezer in the bottom. I am most interested in one that has dual ice makers, they have one in the door and one in the bottom freezer. We do not use bulk ice that often but when we need it, it would be great to have it. In my little bit of research I am tending to lean toward Samsung or LG. The Whirlpool/Maytag/GE seems like they are way more expensive than what you can get from LG/Samsung. Anybody have any refrigerator experience they would like to share? Online reviews seem to be no help really. Any website I find seems to be an advertisement for 1 brand or the other. Also, Lowes seems to be having a massive sale that lasts a few more days. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT refrigerators
On Sat, 9 Jul 2016 18:29:06 -0500 "Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes" wrote: > The ice maker is just one issue, a medium sized one. The larger issue > is our current fridge is just not large enough, and the space is narrow > with no room for larger items. Yup, that's what side-by-sides are like. Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT refrigerators
Found one in OKC http://oklahomacity.craigslist.org/app/5575246312.html Meeker : http://oklahomacity.craigslist.org/for/5660849436.html this is like the one we bought at our base. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT refrigerators
The ice maker is just one issue, a medium sized one. The larger issue is our current fridge is just not large enough, and the space is narrow with no room for larger items. On 7/9/2016 6:19 PM, Russ Williams via Mercedes wrote: If your fridge is working Ok you can buy a counter top ice maker. Sam's has them, a friend bought on of the 10# models. Works great but the storage bin is on the small side. Or do like my uncle and the last base I worked at and go to a restaurant supply house and see if they have a used commercial ice maker for sale. One of our mechs found one at a restaurant that was going out of business. We all chipped in and bought it for 150 bucks. Was nice to be able to fill up an ice chest to keep the fish I caught cold on my 2 1/2 trip home with out going ans paying Achmed an exorbitant price for a bag of ice. Commercial ice makers sell for $1800 and up new. Russ On Sat,7/9/16 16:15, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes wrote: Our current refrigerator is a Whirlpool side by side stainless. With these side by sides there never seems to be enough room. Also, the ice maker in it will hold enough ice to fill up my big thermos water jug that I use when working outside on car lots. If I end up having to work outside more than 1 day in a row the ice maker will not fill back up by the next morning between using all of the ice in the morning and whatever is used in the house during the day. Usually by the time I get home in the afternoon it has filled about half way back up, then we use ice in the evening using most of what was made, then in the morning it is filled about half way back up again. After a couple of days I really do not have enough ice to fill up my jug. So this leads me to start looking at these new french door refrigerators with the slide out freezer in the bottom. I am most interested in one that has dual ice makers, they have one in the door and one in the bottom freezer. We do not use bulk ice that often but when we need it, it would be great to have it. In my little bit of research I am tending to lean toward Samsung or LG. The Whirlpool/Maytag/GE seems like they are way more expensive than what you can get from LG/Samsung. Anybody have any refrigerator experience they would like to share? Online reviews seem to be no help really. Any website I find seems to be an advertisement for 1 brand or the other. Also, Lowes seems to be having a massive sale that lasts a few more days. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2016.0.7640 / Virus Database: 4613/12585 - Release Date: 07/09/16 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT refrigerators
Son replaced all kitchen appliances with LG over a year ago at big saving. So far no problems, and his wife likes the ultra quiet dishwasher very much. He entertains business associates and neighbors frequently, but seldom big groups. He has two previous fridges in the garage; one full of beer for him and his former college team mates who come by fairly often, and the other which has an ice maker and holds other stuff. I have a ten plus year old Amana with a bottom drawer freezer/ice maker which has never given a bit of trouble besides the ice maker freezing up when I rarelly used it for a couple of years. A full defrost thawed it out and it's been fine ever since. When the time comes that it does need a new compressor or whatever, I'll get it fixed because I probably wouldn't be as satisfied with any other. Gerry Joel Cairo wrote: > I bought a big (the biggest) Samsung top-french-door, bottom drawer > fridge about 1.5 yr ago, I think it is like 33cuft. The bottom ice > maker quit working about 9 months ago, guy came and determined the fill > tube had cracked and frozen up, replaced that and it started making ice > again. This was just some little plastic tube about a foot long. But > it goes on strike every few days and I have to hit the reset button on > the ice maker to get it to cycle and start making ice again. The > adverts say it can make up to 10lb ice a day, that is more like 10lb/wk > if it keeps working. The top maker that feeds the door seems to work > OK, I think I only had to recycle it once when it ran out of ice in the > drawer. The bottom ice maker is now starting to get wonky again, I > might call them soon and have them come and replace it. > > The top ice maker holds maybe 5lb of ice, the bottom is just a big tray > under the maker that the ice dumps in then slides out when you pull out > the drawer. > > The fridge part is kinda nice except to get the bottom meat drawer open > (it is as wide as the interior) you have to open both doors. There are > 2 1/2 drawers for vegs, you can open them either side with just that > door open. > > The guy who came said they have a lot of problems with the Samsungs and > LGs and whatnot, none of them are very high quality these days and > probably won't last that long as they use small motors and compressors > to get the energy ratings but since they are running flat out they wear > out fast. Plus that fill tube issue was a common one, go figure a $3 > part fails like that so easy. > > I bought the extended warranty, 3 years I think, so I am covered another > 1.5yr. > > My SIL has a Bosch fridge though it is not that big and is a > side-by-side, but it is a nice unit. > > I was going to put a dedicated ice maker in my new kitchen but my wife > had a fit about it for some reason I could not understand. Last weekend > we had a bunch of people here, and of course ran out of ice in about 2 > hours. Sent the kids to get a coupla bags, my wife remarked we needed a > bigger ice maker... duh ya think? I think that is the way to go, put > one in your shed and have as much as you want. > > --R > > > On 7/9/16 5:15 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes wrote: > > Our current refrigerator is a Whirlpool side by side stainless. With > > these side by sides there never seems to be enough room. Also, the > > ice maker in it will hold enough ice to fill up my big thermos water > > jug that I use when working outside on car lots. If I end up having to > > work outside more than 1 day in a row the ice maker will not fill back > > up by the next morning between using all of the ice in the morning and > > whatever is used in the house during the day. Usually by the time I > > get home in the afternoon it has filled about half way back up, then > > we use ice in the evening using most of what was made, then in the > > morning it is filled about half way back up again. After a couple of > > days I really do not have enough ice to fill up my jug. So this leads > > me to start looking at these new french door refrigerators with the > > slide out freezer in the bottom. I am most interested in one that has > > dual ice makers, they have one in the door and one in the bottom > > freezer. We do not use bulk ice that often but when we need it, it > > would be great to have it. In my little bit of research I am tending > > to lean toward Samsung or LG. The Whirlpool/Maytag/GE seems like they > > are way more expensive than what you can get from LG/Samsung. Anybody > > have any refrigerator experience they would like to share? Online > > reviews seem to be no help really. Any website I find seems to be an > > advertisement for 1 brand or the other. Also, Lowes seems to be > > having a massive sale that lasts a few more days. > > > > ___ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change del
Re: [MBZ] OT refrigerators
If your fridge is working Ok you can buy a counter top ice maker. Sam's has them, a friend bought on of the 10# models. Works great but the storage bin is on the small side. Or do like my uncle and the last base I worked at and go to a restaurant supply house and see if they have a used commercial ice maker for sale. One of our mechs found one at a restaurant that was going out of business. We all chipped in and bought it for 150 bucks. Was nice to be able to fill up an ice chest to keep the fish I caught cold on my 2 1/2 trip home with out going ans paying Achmed an exorbitant price for a bag of ice. Commercial ice makers sell for $1800 and up new. Russ On Sat,7/9/16 16:15, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes wrote: Our current refrigerator is a Whirlpool side by side stainless. With these side by sides there never seems to be enough room. Also, the ice maker in it will hold enough ice to fill up my big thermos water jug that I use when working outside on car lots. If I end up having to work outside more than 1 day in a row the ice maker will not fill back up by the next morning between using all of the ice in the morning and whatever is used in the house during the day. Usually by the time I get home in the afternoon it has filled about half way back up, then we use ice in the evening using most of what was made, then in the morning it is filled about half way back up again. After a couple of days I really do not have enough ice to fill up my jug. So this leads me to start looking at these new french door refrigerators with the slide out freezer in the bottom. I am most interested in one that has dual ice makers, they have one in the door and one in the bottom freezer. We do not use bulk ice that often but when we need it, it would be great to have it. In my little bit of research I am tending to lean toward Samsung or LG. The Whirlpool/Maytag/GE seems like they are way more expensive than what you can get from LG/Samsung. Anybody have any refrigerator experience they would like to share? Online reviews seem to be no help really. Any website I find seems to be an advertisement for 1 brand or the other. Also, Lowes seems to be having a massive sale that lasts a few more days. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2016.0.7640 / Virus Database: 4613/12585 - Release Date: 07/09/16 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT refrigerators
I don't really have a point of reference on this, as this is the first French door fridge we have owned. I suspect it takes space from the fridge. Dan Sent from my iPad > On Jul 9, 2016, at 5:26 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes > wrote: > > I wondered what the deal was with these small 2nd drawer between the top frig > and the freezer. From what I am seeing the ones that have dual ice makers do > not have this drawer, the ones that have it only have the bottom freezer. > Does the 2nd drawer take away from upper frig space? > >> On 7/9/2016 4:23 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: >> When we moved into this house in 2011 we bought a French door fridge by >> Maytag. The one thing we wanted was a drawer between the fridge and freezer >> section. These are great for beverages and other stuff that you access >> regularly so you're not opening the main fridge. >> >> I think ours is around 24 cubic feet and we bought it as a floor model close >> out for around $1700. It normally sold for around $2100. >> >> As for the icemaker, it makes plenty of ice but with guests in the house or >> a big demand it won't keep up. As this isn't a regular issue, we just grab a >> bag of ice and put it in the big upright freezer we have in the garage. >> >> I didn't think I would like the lower freezer drawer setup, but it works >> well and stores a fair amount of stuff. >> >> Dan >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >>> On Jul 9, 2016, at 5:15 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes >>> wrote: >>> >>> Our current refrigerator is a Whirlpool side by side stainless. With these >>> side by sides there never seems to be enough room. Also, the ice maker in >>> it will hold enough ice to fill up my big thermos water jug that I use when >>> working outside on car lots. If I end up having to work outside more than 1 >>> day in a row the ice maker will not fill back up by the next morning >>> between using all of the ice in the morning and whatever is used in the >>> house during the day. Usually by the time I get home in the afternoon it >>> has filled about half way back up, then we use ice in the evening using >>> most of what was made, then in the morning it is filled about half way back >>> up again. After a couple of days I really do not have enough ice to fill up >>> my jug. So this leads me to start looking at these new french door >>> refrigerators with the slide out freezer in the bottom. I am most >>> interested in one that has dual ice makers, they have one in the door and >>> one in the bottom freezer. We do not use bulk ice that often but when we need it, it would be great to have it. In my little bit of research I am tending to lean toward Samsung or LG. The Whirlpool/Maytag/GE seems like they are way more expensive than what you can get from LG/Samsung. Anybody have any refrigerator experience they would like to share? Online reviews seem to be no help really. Any website I find seems to be an advertisement for 1 brand or the other. Also, Lowes seems to be having a massive sale that lasts a few more days. >>> >>> ___ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> ___ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT refrigerators
If ice is the biggest issue, and you have a chest or upright freezer in addition to a fridge, freeze milk jugs of water. When you need ice, take them out of the freezer and smack them on the truck bumper or concrete, cut it open and voila, you have crushed ice. Rick Sent from my BlackBerry Z10 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT refrigerators
On Sat, 9 Jul 2016 16:15:28 -0500 "Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes" wrote: > Anybody have any refrigerator experience they would like to share? > Online reviews seem to be no help really. Any website I find seems to > be an advertisement for 1 brand or the other. Also, Lowes seems to be > having a massive sale that lasts a few more days. We had a 21 ft^3 Amana french door, bottom drawer freezer in Los Alamos which we sold with the house. We are currently using a smaller (19 ft^3, IIRC) Amana my parents bought for us when I was in grad school in Texas in the mid- to late-1990s. It has a bottom freezer and both the refrigerator section and freezer section have single doors. We got used to the arrangement of the larger Amana, but when we transitioned back to the smaller, I was amazed how much the door on the smaller refrigerator holds. We stay away from side-by-side refrigerators like the plague because of their waste of space and unusable space. Likewise, though not as badly, the french doors waste space because they have to have two extra door seals in the middle of the two refrigerator doors. Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT refrigerators
On July 9, 2016 at 5:32 PM Joel Cairo via Mercedes wrote:The guy who came said they have a lot of problems with the Samsungs and LGs and whatnot, none of them are very high quality these days and probably won't last that long as they use small motors and compressors to get the energy ratings but since they are running flat out they wear out fast. Plus that fill tube issue was a common one, go figure a $3 part fails like that so easy.He might be right about them not holding up long term. He's way off base in his reasoning of why. Longer runs are better for the compressor than frequent cycles. My parents finally retired their 1959 Coldspot freezer this year. It was still running fine, and had rarely shut off (only for power failures, defrostings, etc) since my brother broke the knob off in 1965 when mom had it set full cold for moving to a new house. I don't know about yours, but my newer fridge doesn't run much once it's cold. Maybe 15-20 minutes, once an hour or so. But it takes a day or two to go from room temp to fully cold. Mitch. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT refrigerators
I think my priority other than it not breaking down is refrigerator space and ice maker On 7/9/2016 4:49 PM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote: We bought a Kenmore French door, bottom freezer unit after shopping around most everywhere in OKC. I don't remember who really makes it, but it's been OK so far. Size was one of the main decision factors - it had to fit the existing (1997) space in the kitchen. It has stopped making ice a couple of times, but it turns out that I have remove - reinstall the water filter, and it starts working again (bubble in the line?). It only has one ice maker, and it just keeps up with me in the summer when no one else is using it. We do have another little fridge in the guest house/workshop that is the back-up ice source. It comes in handy several times a year. On Sat, Jul 9, 2016 at 4:15 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: Our current refrigerator is a Whirlpool side by side stainless. With these side by sides there never seems to be enough room. Also, the ice maker in it will hold enough ice to fill up my big thermos water jug that I use when working outside on car lots. If I end up having to work outside more than 1 day in a row the ice maker will not fill back up by the next morning between using all of the ice in the morning and whatever is used in the house during the day. Usually by the time I get home in the afternoon it has filled about half way back up, then we use ice in the evening using most of what was made, then in the morning it is filled about half way back up again. After a couple of days I really do not have enough ice to fill up my jug. So this leads me to start looking at these new french door refrigerators with the slide out freezer in the bottom. I am most interested in one that has dual ice makers, they have one in the door and one in the bottom freezer. We do not use bulk ice that often but when we need it, it would be great to have it. In my little bit of research I am tending to lean toward Samsung or LG. The Whirlpool/Maytag/GE seems like they are way more expensive than what you can get from LG/Samsung. Anybody have any refrigerator experience they would like to share? Online reviews seem to be no help really. Any website I find seems to be an advertisement for 1 brand or the other. Also, Lowes seems to be having a massive sale that lasts a few more days. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT refrigerators
We bought a Kenmore French door, bottom freezer unit after shopping around most everywhere in OKC. I don't remember who really makes it, but it's been OK so far. Size was one of the main decision factors - it had to fit the existing (1997) space in the kitchen. It has stopped making ice a couple of times, but it turns out that I have remove - reinstall the water filter, and it starts working again (bubble in the line?). It only has one ice maker, and it just keeps up with me in the summer when no one else is using it. We do have another little fridge in the guest house/workshop that is the back-up ice source. It comes in handy several times a year. On Sat, Jul 9, 2016 at 4:15 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Our current refrigerator is a Whirlpool side by side stainless. With these > side by sides there never seems to be enough room. Also, the ice maker in > it will hold enough ice to fill up my big thermos water jug that I use when > working outside on car lots. If I end up having to work outside more than 1 > day in a row the ice maker will not fill back up by the next morning > between using all of the ice in the morning and whatever is used in the > house during the day. Usually by the time I get home in the afternoon it > has filled about half way back up, then we use ice in the evening using > most of what was made, then in the morning it is filled about half way back > up again. After a couple of days I really do not have enough ice to fill up > my jug. So this leads me to start looking at these new french door > refrigerators with the slide out freezer in the bottom. I am most > interested in one that has dual ice makers, they have one in the door and > one in the bottom freezer. We do not use bulk ice that often but when we > need it, it would be great to have it. In my little bit of research I am > tending to lean toward Samsung or LG. The Whirlpool/Maytag/GE seems like > they are way more expensive than what you can get from LG/Samsung. Anybody > have any refrigerator experience they would like to share? Online reviews > seem to be no help really. Any website I find seems to be an advertisement > for 1 brand or the other. Also, Lowes seems to be having a massive sale > that lasts a few more days. > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > -- OK Don *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT refrigerators
I bought a big (the biggest) Samsung top-french-door, bottom drawer fridge about 1.5 yr ago, I think it is like 33cuft. The bottom ice maker quit working about 9 months ago, guy came and determined the fill tube had cracked and frozen up, replaced that and it started making ice again. This was just some little plastic tube about a foot long. But it goes on strike every few days and I have to hit the reset button on the ice maker to get it to cycle and start making ice again. The adverts say it can make up to 10lb ice a day, that is more like 10lb/wk if it keeps working. The top maker that feeds the door seems to work OK, I think I only had to recycle it once when it ran out of ice in the drawer. The bottom ice maker is now starting to get wonky again, I might call them soon and have them come and replace it. The top ice maker holds maybe 5lb of ice, the bottom is just a big tray under the maker that the ice dumps in then slides out when you pull out the drawer. The fridge part is kinda nice except to get the bottom meat drawer open (it is as wide as the interior) you have to open both doors. There are 2 1/2 drawers for vegs, you can open them either side with just that door open. The guy who came said they have a lot of problems with the Samsungs and LGs and whatnot, none of them are very high quality these days and probably won't last that long as they use small motors and compressors to get the energy ratings but since they are running flat out they wear out fast. Plus that fill tube issue was a common one, go figure a $3 part fails like that so easy. I bought the extended warranty, 3 years I think, so I am covered another 1.5yr. My SIL has a Bosch fridge though it is not that big and is a side-by-side, but it is a nice unit. I was going to put a dedicated ice maker in my new kitchen but my wife had a fit about it for some reason I could not understand. Last weekend we had a bunch of people here, and of course ran out of ice in about 2 hours. Sent the kids to get a coupla bags, my wife remarked we needed a bigger ice maker... duh ya think? I think that is the way to go, put one in your shed and have as much as you want. --R On 7/9/16 5:15 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes wrote: Our current refrigerator is a Whirlpool side by side stainless. With these side by sides there never seems to be enough room. Also, the ice maker in it will hold enough ice to fill up my big thermos water jug that I use when working outside on car lots. If I end up having to work outside more than 1 day in a row the ice maker will not fill back up by the next morning between using all of the ice in the morning and whatever is used in the house during the day. Usually by the time I get home in the afternoon it has filled about half way back up, then we use ice in the evening using most of what was made, then in the morning it is filled about half way back up again. After a couple of days I really do not have enough ice to fill up my jug. So this leads me to start looking at these new french door refrigerators with the slide out freezer in the bottom. I am most interested in one that has dual ice makers, they have one in the door and one in the bottom freezer. We do not use bulk ice that often but when we need it, it would be great to have it. In my little bit of research I am tending to lean toward Samsung or LG. The Whirlpool/Maytag/GE seems like they are way more expensive than what you can get from LG/Samsung. Anybody have any refrigerator experience they would like to share? Online reviews seem to be no help really. Any website I find seems to be an advertisement for 1 brand or the other. Also, Lowes seems to be having a massive sale that lasts a few more days. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- --BB ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT refrigerators
I wondered what the deal was with these small 2nd drawer between the top frig and the freezer. From what I am seeing the ones that have dual ice makers do not have this drawer, the ones that have it only have the bottom freezer. Does the 2nd drawer take away from upper frig space? On 7/9/2016 4:23 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: When we moved into this house in 2011 we bought a French door fridge by Maytag. The one thing we wanted was a drawer between the fridge and freezer section. These are great for beverages and other stuff that you access regularly so you're not opening the main fridge. I think ours is around 24 cubic feet and we bought it as a floor model close out for around $1700. It normally sold for around $2100. As for the icemaker, it makes plenty of ice but with guests in the house or a big demand it won't keep up. As this isn't a regular issue, we just grab a bag of ice and put it in the big upright freezer we have in the garage. I didn't think I would like the lower freezer drawer setup, but it works well and stores a fair amount of stuff. Dan Sent from my iPad On Jul 9, 2016, at 5:15 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes wrote: Our current refrigerator is a Whirlpool side by side stainless. With these side by sides there never seems to be enough room. Also, the ice maker in it will hold enough ice to fill up my big thermos water jug that I use when working outside on car lots. If I end up having to work outside more than 1 day in a row the ice maker will not fill back up by the next morning between using all of the ice in the morning and whatever is used in the house during the day. Usually by the time I get home in the afternoon it has filled about half way back up, then we use ice in the evening using most of what was made, then in the morning it is filled about half way back up again. After a couple of days I really do not have enough ice to fill up my jug. So this leads me to start looking at these new french door refrigerators with the slide out freezer in the bottom. I am most interested in one that has dual ice makers, they have one in the door and one in the bottom freezer. We do not use bulk ice that often but when we need it, it would be great to have it. In my little bit of research I am tending to lean toward Samsung or LG. The Whirlpool/Maytag/GE seems like they are way more expensive than what you can get from LG/Samsung. Anybody have any refrigerator experience they would like to share? Online reviews seem to be no help really. Any website I find seems to be an advertisement for 1 brand or the other. Also, Lowes seems to be having a massive sale that lasts a few more days. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT refrigerators
When we moved into this house in 2011 we bought a French door fridge by Maytag. The one thing we wanted was a drawer between the fridge and freezer section. These are great for beverages and other stuff that you access regularly so you're not opening the main fridge. I think ours is around 24 cubic feet and we bought it as a floor model close out for around $1700. It normally sold for around $2100. As for the icemaker, it makes plenty of ice but with guests in the house or a big demand it won't keep up. As this isn't a regular issue, we just grab a bag of ice and put it in the big upright freezer we have in the garage. I didn't think I would like the lower freezer drawer setup, but it works well and stores a fair amount of stuff. Dan Sent from my iPad > On Jul 9, 2016, at 5:15 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes > wrote: > > Our current refrigerator is a Whirlpool side by side stainless. With these > side by sides there never seems to be enough room. Also, the ice maker in it > will hold enough ice to fill up my big thermos water jug that I use when > working outside on car lots. If I end up having to work outside more than 1 > day in a row the ice maker will not fill back up by the next morning between > using all of the ice in the morning and whatever is used in the house during > the day. Usually by the time I get home in the afternoon it has filled about > half way back up, then we use ice in the evening using most of what was made, > then in the morning it is filled about half way back up again. After a couple > of days I really do not have enough ice to fill up my jug. So this leads me > to start looking at these new french door refrigerators with the slide out > freezer in the bottom. I am most interested in one that has dual ice makers, > they have one in the door and one in the bottom freezer. We do not use bulk i ce that often but when we need it, it would be great to have it. In my little bit of research I am tending to lean toward Samsung or LG. The Whirlpool/Maytag/GE seems like they are way more expensive than what you can get from LG/Samsung. Anybody have any refrigerator experience they would like to share? Online reviews seem to be no help really. Any website I find seems to be an advertisement for 1 brand or the other. Also, Lowes seems to be having a massive sale that lasts a few more days. > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] OT refrigerators
Our current refrigerator is a Whirlpool side by side stainless. With these side by sides there never seems to be enough room. Also, the ice maker in it will hold enough ice to fill up my big thermos water jug that I use when working outside on car lots. If I end up having to work outside more than 1 day in a row the ice maker will not fill back up by the next morning between using all of the ice in the morning and whatever is used in the house during the day. Usually by the time I get home in the afternoon it has filled about half way back up, then we use ice in the evening using most of what was made, then in the morning it is filled about half way back up again. After a couple of days I really do not have enough ice to fill up my jug. So this leads me to start looking at these new french door refrigerators with the slide out freezer in the bottom. I am most interested in one that has dual ice makers, they have one in the door and one in the bottom freezer. We do not use bulk ice that often but when we need it, it would be great to have it. In my little bit of research I am tending to lean toward Samsung or LG. The Whirlpool/Maytag/GE seems like they are way more expensive than what you can get from LG/Samsung. Anybody have any refrigerator experience they would like to share? Online reviews seem to be no help really. Any website I find seems to be an advertisement for 1 brand or the other. Also, Lowes seems to be having a massive sale that lasts a few more days. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
