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The large total capacity top-mount refrigerator with 24 cubic feet of space in the 33 inches wide category has a lot to offer. With a built-in ice maker and electronic temperature controls, this refrigerator offers more than just a traditional-style. It’s designed to keep temperature and humidity levels where they need to be to help keep your food fresher, while providing ice on-demand.
 
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A PROTRUDING NIPPLE - too tight thru doorway
on January 28, 2016
Posted by: Guitartec
I bought this LG fridge in January 2016. It has been quite an improvement over our last fridge. I am a repairman (not refrigerator), so I tend to see what's wrong with things before I see what's right with them. Here's what I see.
PROs...
-The LED lighting is wonderful, although LG should have designed it with some LEDs on the ceiling of the fridge as well as the ones they put on the sides. This would help light up the backs of the glass shelves, as they are a bit dark, but still okay.
-The LEDs in the freezer are a joy.
-There's a lot of room in both sections.
-It's dead quiet.
-No height issues with the fridge door, as other have commented about the door hitting their foot upon opening bit.
-I feel the extended warranty is not necessary, but my wife made me get it. Even still, $124.59 was not a bad deal for a renewable 5 year warranty. I almost hope it breaks!
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CONs... This is going to sound worse than it actually is...
-The butter holder is not big enough to hold all our butter products and it's not moveable.
-Unlike the fridge door, I can't get the freezer door to close automatically. There is a slight alignment issue that causes the freezer door to have a detent in its smooth open/close swing. This keeps the door from closing automatically, no matter how high I adjust the front legs.
-The two front legs are adjustable for height, but they don't go high enough and the right one is positioned right next to a roller, so it's much more difficult to turn with the wrench than the other front leg.
-This last thing upsets me. We have an old home. The doorways are tight, so I MADE ABSOLUTE SURE we had enough room to get this fridge into our kitchen with the fridge doors removed as well as my living room door removed. I even discussed this potential issue with the salesperson. She assured me it would fit. I must have checked and rechecked the measurements 10 times, 10 different ways just to be certain.
So, the delivery guys show up exactly when they're supposed to. The head guy comes in to my home via the same path I planned the fridge to come through. He immediately says "it won't fit". I said "you're kidding, why?". He said "the nipple for the ice maker's water inlet sticks out an extra inch in the back and it won't clear the doorway... they don't tell ya that in the dimensions". I said "how can that be?". Well he was right, so I spent the next 15 minutes removing doors and clearing a much longer pathway to the kitchen through our porch.
IMPORTANT TIP; REMEMBER TO ALLOW FOR ONE ADDITIONAL INCH OF CLEARANCE (FRONT TO BACK) NOT SHOWN ON THE LG DIMENSION SPEC CHART FOR THIS REFRIGERATOR.
Even with these small negatives I've mentioned, I think this LG refrigerator will become an old friend very soon. It's the sexiest appliance we own. I will plumb it for the ice maker in the following months and keep this review updated (if it lets me edit it). CONSIDER THIS FRIDGE!
I would recommend this to a friend!
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The large total capacity top-mount refrigerator with 24 cubic feet of space in the 33 inches wide category has a lot to offer. With a built-in ice maker and electronic temperature controls, this refrigerator offers more than just a traditional-style. It’s designed to keep temperature and humidity levels where they need to be to help keep your food fresher, while providing ice on-demand.
 

Is there an option to change door opening from swinging right, to swinging open to the left?

Absolutely.
8 years, 2 months ago
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Guitartec
   RI
 
The large total capacity top-mount refrigerator with 24 cubic feet of space in the 33 inches wide category has a lot to offer. With a built-in ice maker and electronic temperature controls, this refrigerator offers more than just a traditional-style. It’s designed to keep temperature and humidity levels where they need to be to help keep your food fresher, while providing ice on-demand.
 

This says thru the door ice and water but picture does not reflect that

Where is the thru the door dispenser?
You'd need to buy a reciprocating saw, as this model does not have a door dispenser.
8 years, 2 months ago
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Guitartec
   RI
 
The large total capacity top-mount refrigerator with 24 cubic feet of space in the 33 inches wide category has a lot to offer. With a built-in ice maker and electronic temperature controls, this refrigerator offers more than just a traditional-style. It’s designed to keep temperature and humidity levels where they need to be to help keep your food fresher, while providing ice on-demand.
 

Water Filter

Is there a water filter for the ice maker?
Nope, no filter. I'm plumbing mine from my under counter filter across the kitchen. FYI... the newer plastic piping with push-on connectors is more durable and reliable for this purpose. Don't let a plumber talk you into bendable copper tubing which costs more and is more susceptible to leakage, especially if you ever have to move your fridge for any reason.
8 years, 2 months ago
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Guitartec
   RI
 
The large total capacity top-mount refrigerator with 24 cubic feet of space in the 33 inches wide category has a lot to offer. With a built-in ice maker and electronic temperature controls, this refrigerator offers more than just a traditional-style. It’s designed to keep temperature and humidity levels where they need to be to help keep your food fresher, while providing ice on-demand.
 

How does the fridge open I don't see handles on door.

How does the refrigerator open, I don't see handles on freezer or bottom, other wise it looks excellent
There's a recessed handle on the top of the fridge door and another recessed handle at the bottom of the freezer door. Easier to keep clean IMHO.
8 years, 2 months ago
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Guitartec
   RI
 
The large total capacity top-mount refrigerator with 24 cubic feet of space in the 33 inches wide category has a lot to offer. With a built-in ice maker and electronic temperature controls, this refrigerator offers more than just a traditional-style. It’s designed to keep temperature and humidity levels where they need to be to help keep your food fresher, while providing ice on-demand.
 

Is it possible to order refrigerator without the ice maker?

I believe you can, however, this same fridge is sold at all the other major big box appliance stores. Each one sells it with slightly different features. I believe Sears sells it without the ice maker under the Kenmore name. I think that version has external grab handles as opposed to the recessed ones this LG version has.
8 years, 2 months ago
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Guitartec
   RI