Over sixties - Advice please re. American style fridge freezer.

[BillyGoatGruff007]

We're in our sixties and hoping to completely refurb. the kitchen and I really, really want an American style fridge freezer.
People tell me I will find it a nuisance keep having to stoop to floor level to get to the salad / veg drawers and lower shelf as I have used a standard upright f.f. all my married life.
Does anyone here in their sixties who has one of these models have any advice please ?

[DaisyAdair]

But don't you have to bend down at the moment to get things out of the bottom of your ordinary fridge freezer?
I'm in my sixties and if I had room in my kitchen I'd have an American style one, it's all about mobility rather than age surely.
Just get one and enjoy it

[concertplayer]

The only way to completely avoid stooping down is to have a separate
fridge and f/f fitted at eye level. But I am not sure if the furniture
beneath would be strong enough to carry it.
There are a large number of f/fs available with the fridge at the top
and freezer at the bottom - so not too much bending down

[Lonecatwithkitten]

There are some American style fridge freezers that are fridge top and freezer ( in drawers) at the bottom. Hotpoint make this one and Samsung make this one.

[Farahilda]

You could reclassify the drawers as beer holders, and keep your frequently used items higher up?

[BillyGoatGruff007]

Daisy, yes precisely; I do have to bend to floor level to get things out of the lowest drawer in our current model and this is one reason why I want the American style as they have larger capacity and I won't have to struggle to force the freezer drawers out 'cos I've over filled them (that's my theory and I'm sticking to it).
Thanks for your comment, much appreciated.

[BillyGoatGruff007]

concert player, wish we had the space but unfortunately not. Good idea 'though.
Thanks lonecat, I'll have a look at those.
Farahilda, that'd please the OH.....

[Qwebec]

The freezer at the bottom is incredible really I would never go back to the reverse. As for overflowing freezers, well unfortunatly there is no magic trick
drawers help, but even with an additionnal chest freezer, everyone I know needs to be careful not to overfill them

[Out2pasture]

i'm retired and bought this

www.samsung.com/ca/consumer/home-appliances/refrigerators/4-door-flex/RF34H9960S4/AA

it's amazing, everyday stuff is at a nice height.
the bottom freezer is drawers easy to organize and fits a full sized turkey.

[BillyGoatGruff007]

Now that would be perfect Out2, but I'm in the U.K. and it doesn't look like they do that model here.
But I think I'm sticking with the side by side model and if I find it awkward when I'm not so mobile, well then that will be the time to reconsider.
And hopefully, it won't be for ages yet.

[LifeIsGoodish]

Costco do a similar FF, with double doors for the fridge, but a big drawer door for the freezer. (I'm currently lusting after it.)

I have an American style FF and dislike the narrowness of the freezer.

[LifeIsGoodish]

m.costco.co.uk/view/p/hotpoint-ffu4dx-a-rating-quadrio-fridge-freezer-fridge-292l-freezer-110l-delivery-only-included-181669

And if you google double door fridge freezers you get quite a range available in the UK.

BTW I also dislike the narrowness of the veg drawers. I can never get all our veg into them. My parents, in their 80s, American FF users for 30+y, and now only catering for 2-3 people, have also always found this a problem.

As you can see, I'm not a fan of the style, and would never choose it for myself, had I the choice.

[poisonedbypen]

Don't get a side by side one. The freezer is too narrow & everything falls out. I'm desperate for mine to die (Whirlpool, has been incredibly unreliable but refuses to die properly) so I can justify the Costco one (does it have ice though, we love the ice?)

[LifeIsGoodish]

Ohhhhh fridge porn!

http://m.johnlewis.com/mt/www.johnlewis.com/browse/electricals/fridges-freezers/fridge-freezers/american//N-adsZ1z0rns1?defaultSortOption&&requestid=22839477&unjtttredirect#page_loaded

[BillyGoatGruff007]

Oh blimey ! decisions, decisions.......
Thanks LifeIs