Also Europeans have access to household appliances. Why do Americans think Europeans don't have most amenities that Americans do? Just because the market is small for a few of them? Insane thinking.
Also Europeans have access to household appliances. Why do Americans think Europeans don't have most amenities that Americans do? Just because the market is small for a few of them? Insane thinking.
Ice cuber makers usually imply a through-door dispenser, which constantly leak cold air and fuck up the efficiency of the refrigerator. This also usually implies a divergence from the ideal setup, which is freezer-on-top designs. All others are also far less efficient, requiring either a dedicated ice-only freezer portion just for ice or a side-by-side design with inefficient lateral transfer of cooled air.
In short, we should all be getting "normal" refrigerators at a systemic level, barring reasonable exceptions for things like disability. An ecosocialist planned economy would mandate this, among other things.
Those damn things also break within like 2 year of purchasing the fridge too
Yeah they're very common points of failure. And you have to deal with water line filters and shit.
Aren't the most efficient ones the ones that are like a chest on the floor?
That's the most energy efficient consumer community freezer option, definitely. If you want both a freezer and refrigerator, then I'm not sure because we would need to account for the additional production and redundant cooling systems vs. energy savings from the better cool air retaining abilities of both (and whether they're top opening vs side opening). I would suspect that your standard freezer-top combo is probably the best if it has enough space for your needs and then adding a top-open chest freezer if you need more freezer space.
100% behind this comment, and not just because I'm too lazy to set up a waterline to my fridge.
Hell yeah water lines are annoying as shit, too. Aside from them breaking fairly often, you've now gotta buy proprietary, monopolized water filters.
Also unless you're using a bunch of ice every day they melt and refreeze into an evil network of ice globs.
One less thing to spring a leak and flood your home, too!
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True enough. Those are pretty reasonable, only needing additional insulation on the water line.