Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site terak.UUCP
Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!bellcore!decvax!ittatc!dcdwest!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!hplabs!hao!noao!terak!suze
From: suze@terak.UUCP (Suzanne Barnett)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: refrigerator selection
Message-ID: <981@terak.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 13-Jan-86 13:39:08 EST
Article-I.D.: terak.981
Posted: Mon Jan 13 13:39:08 1986
Date-Received: Sat, 18-Jan-86 08:27:09 EST
References: <113@rruxa.UUCP>
Organization: Calcomp Display Products Division, Scottsdale, AZ, USA
Lines: 35

> I am currently looking for a new refrigerator.
> I prefer one with a bottom freezer but, due to their scarcity I will
> probably end up getting a side by side.
>  
> I would like to see some comments on experiences people have had with 
> refrigerators from different manufacturers.
> What is more important funcionality or energy efficiency?

Saturday we went to the library to do some research on
different refrigerators, the July 85 issue of
_Consumer_Reports_ covered teh subject, and it is condensed in
the '86 _Consumer_Reports_Buying_Guide_. I don't remember any
mention of the freezer location, though they did give sizes of
the freezer compartment and the refrigerator compartment.

Also, in their recommendations section, it said that if you're
planning to own the refrigerator for its lifetime (~15 years)
energy cost could outweigh purchase cost, if planning to keep
it only a few years, the other way around, unless one lives in
an area where electricity is very expensive. The top six
models covered were overall rated about the same but the
features varied greatly. The top 6 models were:

	Amana TC18G
	Whirlpool ET17HK
	Sears 63771
	GE TBF17CF
	GE TBX18ZF
	Hotpoint CTF17HF
-- 
Suzanne Barnett-Scott
uucp:	 ...{decvax,ihnp4,noao,savax,seismo}!terak!suze
CalComp/Sanders Display Products Division
14151 N 76th Street, Scottsdale, AZ 85260
(602) 998-4800