Single door is nicer bc you only have to open one door, the french doors you often have to open both bc they are too small to get to things unless it’s in the door compartment. Opening or closing both doors with things in your hands gets old, and if you want to get into the meat drawer you have to open both sides fully then slide a huge tray out to get to it. Good luck opening one door and trying to squeeze a casserole dish in.
Single doors close somewhat automatically, might need a knee or hip nudge. French doors are more manual, closing each door individually. French doors often beeping bc they didn’t get closed correctly. They have a little flap between the doors that gets worn out and loose, so that will also make it annoying to close.
Single doors open up out of the way, french doors always have one side flapping in the way making sure neither side of the counter can be used easily.
Single door type fridges are usually very simple, easy to fit a lot of stuff in them, french door fridges seem bloated, tons of wasted space.
French doors are more expensive and seen as a luxury item, despite single door fridges being common due to cost I think people perceive french doors to be an upgrade, but imo it is a downgrade, thus unpopular.
Funny because double-doors fridges are called “American fridges” in France because it’s an American thing.
Different purposes. The french door will cut the needed clearance space in half.
My French door fridge is wider than a standard single door fridge. If I had a single door fridge, I would not be able to open the door all of the way because of limited space in front of the fridge. I don’t think any style is superior to another. There are just better styles for space and arraignment of your kitchen.
They also consume more power than single door fridges due to additional seals and breaks in insulation.
With the freezer in a door underneath is the way. It works with thermodynamics.
Except from what I’ve read, the freezer on bottom actually uses more energy.
I’m not sure what to believe, but freezer on bottom has always made sense to me. The fridge is used 10x as much as the freezer.
Cold air drops, no additional motor needed to cool fridge with freezer is on top.
Compressor is also on the bottom, putting out heat near the freezer needing it to run more
Frozen foods typically weight more, bottom freezers are harder for some because oh having to bend over and lift heavy stuff.
Top freezer hands down.
