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It can be extremely hard to tell a good refrigerator from a bad one in today's market. This is because most refrigerators look very similar, and seem to carry out similar functions. Most worthy models provide fairly large and robust feature sets which differ just a little bit from one to the other.

The most important thing to do in order to determine the build quality of a prospective refrigerator is to read the user ratings, and th professional refrigerator reviews. When reading the user ratings, the most important things to look for are compaints about compressor breakdown, and repeated complaints about the breakdown of any one feature. All that glitters isn't gold, and this is especially true when it comes to refrigerators.

When compaints are being repeated about a particular refrigerator feature, this points to the likelihood that the problem is with the manufacturing, and that many or even most of the units will have the same problem Compressor breakdown was mentioned in particular since this is an extremely detrimental problem to contend with. If the compressor goes, all of your food is going to be ruined, and sometimes that can be a few hundred dollars lost in itself.

When looking at a refrigerator with an ice and water dispenser, it is very important to be certain that the dispenser works well. The ice and water dispenser is one of the most likely places to caught with a bad feature problem. Typically, people complain about three things:

1) Cubed versus Crushed doesn't work right-one or the other won't get produced

2) Ice velocity is too strong-leads to broken glasses

3) Tilted dispensor angles lead to too many spills-doesn't come out straight down

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The next biggest thing that you have to look for in a refrigerator, is not so much a breakdown issue, but a space issue. Spatial layout and availability is something that a lot of people wind up compaining about, and are unhappy about, because its never really listed or identified as a refrigerator feature per se. Most consumers pretty much assume that one 26 CU refrigerator will provide them with as much space as the next. But this is not the case.

There are times when users will compain about how small 25 or 26 CU refrigerator seems, and in other cases they will rave about how large a 22 CU refrigerator seems. This is because some units are simply designed more intelligently to make the best use of space, and to organize space in the best way. If a smaller unit for example has better door gallon storage, and more big liquid containers can be put in the door space, then it will effectively free up more space in the main compartment and make it seem like a bigger fridge.

Another example of spatial concern would be in bottom freezer units, which include French Door models. Some bottom freezers are organized wonderfully well with different compartments, and others provide just one big bottom free for all type space. These types of issues, though not focused on in most reviews, are things that users themselves talk about. These are the kinds of things that you usually only realize once the refrigerator has already been installed in your home, and you start actually using it. To summarize, spatial layout is critical-make sure you are happy with it before making a purchase decision.