OT - refrigerator manufacturers
Brooklyn1 wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Oct 2015 22:19:57 +0000 (UTC), "Yes"
> > wrote:
>
> > Brooklyn1 wrote:
> >
> >> Kalmia wrote:
> >> > Yes wrote:
> >> >> Off topic - Are there any consumer refrigerator manufacturers
> who >> make >> refrigerators for use in the home that devote say 60%
> of the >> machine to >> freezer space and the remainder to cold
> space. It >> seems like the >> ratios for regular refrigerators may
> be 20% freezer >> and 80% cold.
> >> >
> >> > Why do you want so much freezer space? Are you 100 miles from
> your >> > food source? I'd rather have more COLD. For me, the
> freezer is >> > just a place to lose or forget stuff.
> >>
> >> For me the solution was simple, I acquired a second refrigerator
> >> freezer, for $100 from a used appliance store, granted it's no
> frills >> but no one sees it in my basement, twelve years later it's
> still >> working fine. For very little money I have lots of both
> extra fridge >> and freezer space... also solves the problem of what
> to do with the >> produce from my vegetable garden. I like the idea
> of a second >> fridge-freezer just in case my main unit stops
> working, I have a place >> to move the food.
> >>
> >> > AND - in case any fridge designers are reading this -- how about
> a >> > foot pedal to open the door when we're laden with stuff to put
> away? >>
> >> That won't solve the problem, you'll still have both arms full,
> get a >> cart/small table on wheels... although a properly designed
> kitchen has >> counter space adjacent to the fridge.
> >
> > Not a feasible solution for me. I live in a 1,000 sq. ft. condo
> > with a galley style kitchen built in the late 70s. It was laid out
> > quite well for then, but attitudes, designs and gadgets have
> > changed drastically since then. My budget hasn't. sigh.
>
> All you'd need is a small cart that folds for storage... how many
> times do you shop in a week? Most times when I do a large shopping I
> place all the bags on the kitchen floor, items for the fridge right
> next to... more than half what I buy gets carried down to the
> basement. I mostly use those cloth/insulated shopping bags. My only
> shopping problem is keeping the cats out of the bags... Barny can claw
> open a 20 pound bag of dried in a heart beat. I have to keep dried
> cat food in 6 gallon galvanized covered pails, I have several. I'm
> positive you don't buy more groceries than I do, I buy more groceries
> in critter food than a family of ten.
>
> Maybe you need to move, to a real house.
Have a spare $400K then?
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