So, we've just started looking at new refrigerators. There's quite a selection out there, and I'm looking for suggestions and recommendations.

While I would love to have one (or, better, a pair) of those glass-fronted SubZeros, they're a little (like 10x) beyond our budget. Frankly, they're beyond any rationale human being's budget, but that's a different story.

Anyway, here are our criteria so far, based on what we've seen.

1. Largish. 22 cubic feet or more.
2. Bottom freezer. Or no freezer at all.
3. Titanium finish or eqivalent.
4. Fully adjustible shelves.
5. Minimal number of crisping drawers.

If that sounds suspeciously like the LG #LDC22720TT it's because that's become our standard. We picked it out of a line-up the other day at Best Buy. But if there are others, similar to it, that we should be looking at I'd surely like to hear about them.

Thanks.

I love the armoire-fridges, Brook... w/ the freezer on the bottom and the double doors atop. Here's a link:
http://www.bestbuys.com/p45018745-General-Electric-Profile™-Energy-Star®-PFSS6PKWSS-Stainless-Steel-(25.5-cu.-ft.)-French-Door-Refrigerator--offers.html

Thanks, Kevin,

We looked at those and similar models from other makers. Trouble is, all of the double-door models have water dispensers, and digital readouts, and icemakers in one of the doors---all of which takes up actual fridge space. Plus the doubles are usually split, giving you two very narrow fridges (or a fridge/freezer side by side), which won't work for us.

What we want is a single door and one large box. What we'd really like is one with no freezer at all, as it's the fridge space we want. But that's almost impossible to find, nowadays, except in very small units like you'd get for a dorm room.

We started out looking at stainless. But the saleman touted us on to the titanium. Two advantages: One, it doesn't show fingerprints and smudges the way stainless does. And, two, it's actually cheaper, which came as a surprise.

May I suggest racks and not plastic shelves that crack?

I always have purchased fridges with racks - a friend of mine purchased the shelves - and hers cracked. Plus I don't feel that the shelves allow for even refrigeration.

Just my lame opinion.

While I agree with you in principle, Mama, there are two problems:

1. Finding a fridge that otherwise meets our requirements that has racks instead of shelves.

2. Adjustibility. Many of the fridges with racks lock you in to the factory installed positions. And, on those that are adjustible, you have to move the whole rack. With shelves, particularly on the newer models, you can get them split, so that you only have to raise or lower half of it.

Where's that an advantage? Just think of the tall bottles you put in the fridge. Milk, wine, juices, etc. When you raise a rack, you have half the space empty; space you can better utilize with a split shelf.

Like so much that boils down to personal choice there is no right nor wrong; just what works for the individual.