specialty refrigerators

[mrbigjas]

1. when i was in spain a couple years ago, i noticed these great refrigerators--they were basically taller and narrower than most american refrigerators. just right for someone like me who lives in a house that's about 1000 sq. ft. and i said, someday when i replace my fridge, i'm getting something like that. so i'm not really in a fridge replacing mode, but i'm in the early stages of kitchen planning, so i'm googling around for something like that and come up with this:

http://www.conservrefrigerators.com/conserv.html

which is shaped like that (only 24" wide, but nearly 7 ft tall), and is also supposed to be super energy efficient and all. any of you seen these?

2. several years ago here on eg, i remember a fridge thread where people were discussing these fancy schmancy fridges that look like cabinets, including having glass doors and nice latches and everything. but the key thing i remember about them was that the compressor is a separate unit that you can mount outside your house like a central air conditioner or something--again, an interesting option for a small house, when it comes to noise and heat issues.

anyway, all my googling on eg isn't turning up that thread, nor is it turning up a website. i must be losing it, because it wouldn't seem that this would be that hard to find.

anyone know anything about these, or similar things?

[tangaloor]

Liebherr makes completely enclosable refrigerators that look exactly like your cabinets when installed. I have a couple, and they're pretty normal in Germany. Here they're some kind of fancy specialty item and cost about three times the going rate in Germany (not to mention you get a tiny fraction of the configurations).

(Side note: My appliance repair guy says they have a new type of variable-capacity condenser and shouldn't be affected by the difference in power frequency, so if you can provide them with 240v, it might be interesting to try it out. I didn't have the benefit of his advice at the time I bought and ended up going with the expensive local sources.)

They also make them freestanding if you prefer, and they're tall and narrow. Thermador has a new range of tall and narrow units, but the repair guy didn't seem too impressed. Also, they cost even more than the Liebherrs.

[mrbigjas]

very cool tangaloor, thanks! that definitely wasn't the company i was thinking of in #2, but it looks more along the lines of what i'd like.

[Linda Rose]

so i'm googling around for something like that and come up with this:

http://www.conservrefrigerators.com/conserv.html

which is shaped like that (only 24" wide, but nearly 7 ft tall), and is also supposed to be super energy efficient and all.  any of you seen these?

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Did you check out the capacity of that refrigerator? 7.1 cool, 3.4 freeze, 10.5 total . No way I'd be able to survive with that. I just upgraded my 18 cu ft to 26.1 because I was always hurting for frige space.

[mrbigjas]

hm, good point. i wonder what the capacity of mine is.

but it's OK, it's always half empty anyway. and having even less space would be good. more frequent shopping. maybe a separate drink fridge for beer and wine.

i still think it's neat.