Side by side counter depth refrigerator without ice maker

Q: Is there a bottom freezer refrigerator with a water dispenser?

An ice and water dispenser isnt a necessity, but its a common feature in bottom freezer fridges, including models with French doors or a multiple-door design. Typically, a bottom freezer refrigerator with water dispenser is located on the door of a model and dispenses ice and water at the push of a button.

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What is the most reliable side by side counter
Does a fridge without an ice maker need a water line?
Which brand has the best side by side refrigerator?
Is there a bottom freezer refrigerator with a water dispenser?

I looked on AJ Madison and saw the Fisher Paykel (SparklingWater mentioned) and it's only 17 cu ft, so too small.

I currently have a refrigerator that I like very much, it's a single door, bottom freezer, but my KD highly recommends getting a counter depth refrigerator for our kitchen remodel.

Truth is, I don't like or want a French door refrigerator. I have "French doors" to our bedroom closet and just dumped "French doors" to my old pantry (now torn out) and I've had it with having to open two doors every time I want something. I really, really like my single door refrigerator, which is only 1 year old. Open one door....everything is visible and easy to reach, and no issues opening internal drawers.

The problem is, my door will just barely clear the island I am installing by 3/4". My solution is - so what, I swing open the door first, then stand in front of the food to get what I need. Maybe we'll just see how it works after the remodel...and then decide.

I wonder if they make a counter depth, single door...have to go check that out....didn't look for that one yet.
We will not put water hookups where our fridge will be in the remodeled kitchen. We have no interest in ice makers or water dispensers.

Thanks for your input!

Icemakers and water and ice dispensers are popular, but they’re also consistently the source of the two biggest complaints owners have about their refrigerators, according to Consumer Reports member surveys.

In the most recent surveys, covering just over 125,000 refrigerators that members bought new between 2011 and 2021, we learned that 15 percent of models had trouble making ice, and 15 percent of models with a dispenser had problems dispensing water or ice.

The most obvious way to avoid these pitfalls is simply to choose a refrigerator without either feature. That can be difficult because most refrigerators on the market, particularly wider ones, have at least an icemaker. But such a move does have another advantage.

“Icemakers and water dispensers take up a lot of space inside the refrigerator,” says Larry Ciufo, who oversees CR’s refrigerator testing. “If you get a model without them, you’ll be able to maximize your storage space.”

In CR’s refrigerator lab, our engineers wire up models with thermocouples and monitor the refrigerators for more than a month in a climate-controlled chamber. They collect more than 5.4 million temperature readings for each model to detect warm and cold spots—for CR’s temperature-uniformity test—and determine which refrigerators keep food fresh longer.

In addition, Consumer Reports’ member surveys allow us to create predicted-reliability and owner-satisfaction ratings. All this data informs our overall refrigerator ratings, which include more than 200 models.

CR members can read on for ratings and reviews of the best refrigerators without either a water dispenser or an icemaker from our tests—two top-freezers and bottom-freezers, and a French-door—from Haier, Ikea, LG, Samsung, and Whirlpool. (CR hasn’t tested any strong-performing side-by-sides or built-ins without a dispenser or an icemaker.)

Correction: On May 31, 2022, this story was updated to reflect the correct overall scores for the products listed. A prior version included overall scores that inadvertently drew on older predicted reliability and owner satisfaction data.

Daniel Wroclawski

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What is the most reliable side by side counter

Considered the best side-by-side counter-depth refrigerator, the Whirlpool refrigerator features 20.6 cubic feet of capacity with plenty of space in the freezer. Whirlpool's Accu-Chill technology manages the temperature to keep food cool.

Does a fridge without an ice maker need a water line?

No, you do not have to install the water line. The ice maker itself doesn't take up too much space in the freezer, so you could just turn it off and pretend it's not there.

Which brand has the best side by side refrigerator?

1 on our list of the Best Side-by-Side Refrigerators is the LG Door-in-Door LSX26366 with a score of 3.8 out of 5. This fridge has 26 cubic feet of storage capacity and comes in two stainless steel finishes.

Is there a bottom freezer refrigerator with a water dispenser?

An ice and water dispenser isn't a necessity, but it's a common feature in bottom freezer fridges, including models with French doors or a multiple-door design. Typically, a bottom freezer refrigerator with water dispenser is located on the door of a model and dispenses ice and water at the push of a button.