Refrigerators

The best new models make room for more fresh food and convenient features, and offer attractive energy savings

American shoppers are piling more fresh food into their grocery carts. And retailers are responding by making more room for fruits, vegetables, and other “perimeter foods” that are usually placed along the outer edges of stores. The freshness trend isn’t only changing the layout of many American supermarkets; it’s also having an impact on refrigerator design. Take the Samsung Chef Collection RF34H9960S4, a top-scoring model with four doors (pictured on page 78). Its bottom-right chamber can be switched from freezer to refrigerator for those who’d rather have more room for produce than Popsicles. Another feature we’ve seen more of in our labs is dualevaporative cooling. With standard refrigerator design, the fresh-food compartment is cooled with air from the freezer. Our tests confirm that refrigerators with dual evaporators are better at maintaining optimal…

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Consumer Reports Kitchen Planning and Buying Guide (Digital) - 1 Issue, January 2017

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