You can bet that LG has looked closely at the economics of replacing the sealed cooling system with a more reliable one versus paying the claims, etc. Of course, LG has more reliable options so who knows what their internal costs are and the internal politics. And there is more of it coming-water heaters (barely work now), washing machines and more refrigerator crap. It's a bogus objective that comes at a very high cost to consumers. The government doesn't care how much we spend replacing and repairing appliances because they want to show everyone how much they're doing to help the environment. Any savings on energy is over shadowed by repair costs over the life of the equipment. Add that to the poor quality control in Chinese and Korean factories, and the consumer is losing big.įor example, AC units that have a very high seer rating (high energy efficiency) fail more often and cost more to repair than low seer units. The more efficient compressors and refrigeration equipment become, the less reliable they are. Part of the problem is US and European governments forcing companies to make more and more efficient appliances. The failure rate is so high, LG has settled two class action lawsuits in the last few years regarding the compressor, yet LG refuses to change the design, switch to a more reliable compressor type, or even admit the problem.Īll appliances produced now days have reliability issues. Linear compressors are cheaper and there are a few other advantages for refrigerators: however, none of that makes up for the failure rate of the design used by LG. Piston compressors last 20 to 30 years, but the government wants them gone, so companies are stuck with lower life compressors. The LG Linear compressor has a poor life expectancy when compared to different types of reciprocating compressors like the piston or scroll typically found in AC units, or the digital inverter compressors used by Samsung and others. Unfortunately, LG uses linear compressors. They're functional, efficient and attractive. So overall, I can live with this fridge but definitely wouldn’t buy an LG again unless they were do do a much better job on their design. More room should be available to keep more drinks. The right door has some room too, but just not enough if you keep a lot of tall drinks. You can fit maybe two soda bottles in it, and that’s it. there is no place to put a lot of drinks in this fridge. I have two teenage boys, who drink a lot of milk, juice, soda, etc. Then they will chime at you until you close them. The doors close on you when you open them, but don’t close all the way. I’m not sure what the difference between the two is, but you should have the option to have it make what you need, whether it be 3, 6, 10, 20, etc.ģ. The craft ice is wonderful, but you have to manually turn on the process to make either 3 or 6 of the ice balls. There is no fox for this, according to LG support.Ģ. So when you go to get your drink, and haven’t finished filling up your cup with ice, which is slow to dispense anyway, you have to close the door again and start the slow dispensing process again. The door I’ve dispenser won’t dispense ice from the left door when you open the right door. However, where it falls down are thing that could have been easily fixed with the design.ġ. I love most of what this refrigerator has to offer, like the craft ice, the French doors, the fridge/freezer shelf and the room is great.
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