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[KatieBMumsnet]

We've been asked by the team at Servis to gather your ideas for what would make your perfect family fridge - share your top needs/ desires below and you'll be entered into a prize draw where one MNer will win a £100 JL voucher.

So, what's the perfect design? What colour should it be? How many shelves? What special storage does it need? What else should it do? Is bigger always better? What about environmental factors?

Servis say: "We would love you to tell us how you would design your fridge, from a great piece or art to the outright crazy, let us hear how creative you can be! We look forward to reading your best ideas"

Servis are soon to be running a special competition on Facebook to win the fridge of your choice "giving you the opportunity to win a fridge exactly the way you like it. Fancy having your child's favourite drawing, your best photo or just a unique design...well you can. And don't worry, if you like our fridge freezers just the way they are then that's fine too" keep an eye out for more info.

Please note comments from this thread may well be used on the Servis pages on MN.

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MNHQ

[ThatsSoVanquish]

Rotating or pull-out section or shelves so you don't forget about stuff that's been pushed to the back.

A reinforced shelf for jars and heavy joints of meat.

A hidden drawer for chocolate and medicine would be good.

Smooth bottomed salad drawers. Random nooks and crannies are hard to clean.

[VivaLeBeaver]

My ideal fridge would have salad drawer at the bottom.

Top of the salad drawer would be the first shelf. Then another two or three shelves above this and these been fully adjustable to can be put wherever.

Little shelves in the door, one big one at the bottom for milk, juice, etc. no egg holder......never put eggs in the fridge.

Black exterior. No sticky out door handle, it needs to be a recessed grip type thing in the top of the door.

Most important thing is that the back of the fridge inside doesn't ice up nor does it make food go soggy. Our current one does and dh nags at me if I shove something to the back of the fridge by accident and it gets wrecked.

Also can the temp dial say colder/warmer rather than numbers? I never know which way to turn it to make it colder or warmer.....I am a bit dim though.

[EauRouge]

I'd like a fridge with a 2 beer limit so that DH doesn't stuff it full of beer leaving no room for anything else (he doesn't even drink that much).

Much bigger salad drawers.

Yes to removable and rotating shelves. I'm too short to see what's at the back of the top shelf.

Matt finish in a colour that doesn't show up every tiny handprint.

Door shelves to be slightly taller so that bottles don't fall out when DD1 yanks the fridge door open.

[GreatGooglyMoogly]

I would like adjustable storage but definitely a drawer/ area on the bottom of the fridge for raw meats that might drip. Temperature-adjustable fruit and vege drawers. The freezer needs to be deep enough for family sized pizzas to fit in! I prefer the freezer above the fridge (or next to each other if an American-style 2-door fridge). I would like a water dispenser to encourage the children to drink more and get it themselves - it would also free up door space as we currently have a Brita water filter. The whole thing should be frost-free. No egg holder. Easy-clean. Quiet - as we have an open plan downstairs and a sofa-bed and the fridge/ freezer has been known to keep guests awake!

[Glitterfairys]

If I could design my ideal fridge it would be a big American - style double door fridge freezer in high gloss red. One side would be a fridge with a water wine dispenser and the other side a freezer with plenty of big storage compartments. Ideally in the fridge I would like a salad drawer that kept the salad crisp as mine does the opposite at the moment for some reason. I could do with a new fridge as mine is a bit past it so this has got me thinking.

[arabella99]

My Fridge/Freezer has to be big and would (considering the weather now) have at least four rows of ice-cube tray drawers or an ice maker and little partitions to hold the lollipop moulds upright until they freeze :-)

[daimbardiva]

Being easier to clean would be fantastic - all the bits to be easily removable and possible to fit in the dishwasher. Essential to be able to adjust the shelves. Rotating shelves is a fab idea, though I don't know how that would work!

No egg storage.

More cheese storage!

Specific wine storage area.

[Backpaw]

I want a double door so that the left handers don't complain abut everything being on the 'wrong side'.

A larger drainage hole so that it doesn't flood too often.

A lip on the top shelf to stop jars and bottles landing on my head.

Shelves that pull out so you don't have to rummage at the back for the pickle.

Different 'chillzones' so you can keep some items cooler. And a little area for defrosting things.

[GladbagsGold]

I would like a self shutting fridge door. Also a section for putting Help Yourself DC food in and then another door for Stuff We Need For Meals So Hands Off. I want it to text me to tell me if we're running low on vital things.
And if it could somehow be powered by children bouncing on the trampoline that would be very energy efficient please.

When you have finished that perhaps you could also give me the moon on a stick, I know...

[Backpaw]

Glad - you just need a big mousetrap on the stuff you want to keep. DH always eats whatever I have just bought for tonight's dinner.

Something that tells you when the milk is on the turn before you ruin a perfectly good cuppa by pouring it in.

[gazzalw]

Possibly a 'blackboard/whiteboard' type area for writing notes etc....

[WowOoo]

I'd like my fridge to have adjustable shelves.
I sometimes change it around and would like to adjust the height without needing tools.

I also need the shelves to be really strong.
In our last fridge the cover of the veg drawers snapped. They should have been much stronger.

5 shelves for fridge and 4 or 5 for freezer.

I'd like compartments inside door to be easily removable for washing and strong also. Adjustable would be a bonus.

[Cambam2010]

I'd like a fridge where the temperature in the door compartment was the same as near the back panel of the fridge. I like cold milk on my cereal! I'd also like an assortment of shelf heights, with maybe 'stepped' shelves so that you can stand tall items up on one side but not lose a shelf on the other side.

No need for the egg holder or butter dish - these are always removed from my fridge.

I'd like there to be an alarm if the door has not shut properly and perhaps even a display to alert you if the temperature needs increasing to cope with the volume of food.

[Lioninthesun]

Please could you do an easy clean option - not chrome? Fed up of only having the choice of white or chrome!
My fridge is good space wise and has 3 shelves, bottle rack and large salad drawer. I would like more door space though as the 2 door shelves have big plastic teeth things, presumably to hold things in place, but if things aren't put in correctly then it pushes outwards into the fridge and breaks the salad drawer when the door is pushed closed - no need to have teeth at all... (hopes that makes sense!). Would be nice to have a door with a frame on it like the lil davinci art frames to put kids paintings or photos - that way none of them will fall off or get bent etc - link to what I mean www.amazon.com/Dynamic-Lil-Davinci-Display-Cabinet/dp/B000IF7JYC?tag=mumsnet&ascsubtag=mnforum-21
My change for the freezer part is for a thin shelf where you can slide either a box of ice lollies or an ice cube tray. My freezer compartment has 2 long tube-like useless ice cube trays you slide in either side of the top drawer and you fill up from one hole at the top. They are impossible to see how much water you need to put in and impossible to break up to get the ice out. Also the plastic cap for the water hole leaks. Real waste of space and I'd rather use a tray but can't just balance water on top of my frozen veg!

[MummyBtothree]

My ideal fridge:
Something that is available in various colours
Special racks inside for pop bottles (similar to a wine rack)
More space for milk etc
Shelves that are easier to clean
An alarm that bleeps when the door is left open
The inside of the fridge could tell you where is best to store food e.g raw meat on the bottom shelf, cooked meats above etc.
A special compartment for keeping chocolate and biscuits cool.

[telsa]

Range of bright colours
Strong handles, not plasticky
Energy efficient
Alarm if open or in need of defrosting
Narrow and tall (my kitchen is small)
Strong freezer front drawers. Mine have split and don't pull out very well.
Adjustable shelf sizes.

[threepiecesuite]

Deeper fridge space so can lie 2l pop bottles down vertically.
Easy to remove and clean drawers - at top of fridge.
Light which doesn't break after1 month (yes you, Beko)
Quieter humming, no gurgling
White or cream or pale green exterior colour.
White wine dispenser on front. :-)

[MadMonkeys]

I'd like adjustable shelves so I can change the shelf heights easily.

No egg holder.

Integral fridge thermometer showing temperature at the front and back of the fridge. And a thermostat with digital controls to set the desired temperature instead of fiddling with a tiny dial and never quite getting the temperature I want.

To shelves in the door instead of one shelf and a load of useless little compartments.

A seal that lasts on the door.

drawers in the fridge that come out on runners so I can get to the stuff at the back without having to get everything else out first.

[Maggietess]

I'd love a fridge with better bottle/can storage so they aren't dangerously stacked and falling out.

Better door storage so that everything isn't poised to fall out! I like others don't need an egg drawer, I'll keep them in their box! More optional storage drawers/boxes/nets that go above the drawers to use wasted space if needs be.

For bottle feeding somewhere that I can stack lots of bottles in the door.

Perhaps stackable accessory boxes for storage that interlock or clip into doors or shelves?

Definitely easier to move/remove shelves.

Maybe it's just me but a temperature dial that isn't 1-5... I never know if that's degrees with 1 therefore being coolest or a scale of cool,with 5 being coolest?!

How about stackable lunch boxes that fit say 3 tall in a specific shelf so I can make lunch the night before and fit them all in the fridge.

Somewhere that spills/water drain to so that I'm not mopping out individuals shelves filled with water.

A fridge that doesn't freeze things stored along the back wall!!

We have replaced about 3 cheese drawers with cracked plastic and 2 shelves...a family of 5 needs durable shelves that don't crack when piled high! I need to pack the fridge since it isn't a super duper big American one so I need it to be made of strong stuff!

And if you can fit all this in to one normal sized fridge freezer ill give you a medal!!

[aristocat]

I want in my fridge ....

An alarm on the door that would 'beep' if the door was left open after 5mins or so.

A temperature display (outside if possible as in industrial equipment)

Deeper shelves in the doors to stop my mayo/water bottles falling out.

An integrated light that does not take away any space from the side or top shelf.

An ice dispenser and a jug that fits into the door shelf properly.

Stronger plastic drawers as mine are starting to split already and we are very careful.

[Simbolic]

It needs to be white, make it in other colours too if you want but I'll only buy a white fridge or fridge freezer.
There would be none of that rubbish printed-on-the-surface writing on it, which fades after a few cleans & irritates me to death. If you want me to display your brand, put an inset that lies flush with the surface on it - no sticky out badges I have to scrub either.

If you sold fridge/freezer door skins like the ones I've got on my kindle & laptop I'd be very tempted to buy those, especially if they are easy to take off & change.
Right now I'd like some with a whiteboard or chalkboard finish on them.
I'm also currently fond of the Van Gogh Blossoming Almond Tree.

Nice solid handles - if you want to sell optional ones at a reasonable price in different styles I'd be interested in that, so some in white, some in chrome - basically the colours I might have in my kitchen on the cabinet doors.

I want it to have 2 doors so I can just open one of them to get something out not the whole thing, both of which have really solid shelves at the bottom that can hold 6 pint bottles of milk or wine bottles.
That means good quality hinges so they can take the weight.
Any door shelves above those need to have high enough sides that if I put a condiment bottle in it, the bottle doesn't come flying out when the door is opened.
It needs a decent lighting strip down the full length centre of the back of the fridge (or each side) to make midnight snacking easier.

2 decent depth salad drawers at the bottom, a full width medium depth drawer above that & 2 smaller depth drawers above that with a solid glass shelf between each.
If I want to keep meat in one of the shallower drawers & it's leaked in there, I don't want to risk spillage onto my veggies when I pull it out.

No weird 'design' feature mouldings in any of the plastic that catch dirt & are difficult to get at to wash.

Doors must open at least 180 degrees.

Ideally, shelves would have slots to slide into on one side with a small extra gap at the top of the slot to give room to tilt(e.g. the left) & a lip to sit on on the other side (e.g. the right) so that they could be tilted to remove them if the door opening is restricted due to kitchen layout, rather than having to pull the fridge out to get at the doors if it's between two cabinets or whatever.

An alarm that sounds if the door is left open for longer than 3 minutes, so if the kids leave the door open I'll know the same day.

An egg storage box that actually looks as if it was manufactured to fit the fridge it's in which will hold 15 eggs. This should be removable for those who don't keep eggs in the fridge & a useful door shelf left.

The ability to put wine bottles/fizzy drink bottles standing upright on the bottom shelf without having to remove ALL the other shelves & put the food in a different fridge, even if that's only in one side of the fridge because e.g. the next shelf up is in 2 pieces so I can just remove half a shelf to make the space

No digital displays & led lights to attract children & make them want to press buttons even if serious gymnastics is required to get to them, I've lived for years without this information I'm happy as long as the fridge is doing it's job.
A built in toddler proof lock would be good too.

A 5 year guarantee as a minimum & AAA+ or whatever the newest highly efficient rating is

If it's a fridge/freezer, then the freezer needs to be as big storage wise as the fridge, not half the size & also requires alarms & toddler proof lock.

I prefer drawers to doors for a freezer.
Two would be good, especially if the top one which would be about a third of the freezer space had an option (hidden somewhere no kid could get it by mistake) that swapped it to functioning as a big fridge drawer instead of freezer.
At Christmas, Easter or Birthday time I suddenly need A LOT more fridge space, the rest of the year I'm filling my freezer with bargains.

No ice making thingy.
A slim slidable or removable shelf at the top of the biggest freezer drawer that is deep enough for me to put ice cube trays on if I want to make some, but designed so I can store a big pizza in it instead.
Of course, room for a big pizza with space to put a couple of ice cube trays beside it or a couple of icecreams as well would be ideal.

Must be frost free.
Must also be very quiet & cost less than £1000, available for free next day delivery with a 1 hour delivery slot given when you order that is stuck to (including taking away the old one for free & unpacking & taking away the packaging the new one comes in)

If it's delivered by Jensen Ackles & Colin Farrell then it would be perfect.

[Cherryoats]

Get rid of egg holders, its so redundant in our fridge.
A meat storage area below the salad tray.
Ice maker on the out side.
Lots of space in the door to hold drinks/milk
Child lock/ left the door open alarm would be so helpful!
I love someone else's idea of having the front as a black board ( or white board) - amazing! As long as its still magnetic :)

[sherbetpips]

I would like the fridge to be a full height fridge freezer. I would like the freezer element not to have those silly inner doors that snap off, baskets are fine. Also dont do that little top drawer for ice cubes, it just freezes up and causes a problem. A little ice cube rack is fine. Ooh a fast chill for wine bottles would be brill.
Back to the fridge. Dont mind what colour, white or silver are fine but I would prefer a flat magnetic front. Must have a bottle rack of course and adjustable shelves on the inside door. A cheese box would be good as would a deli box for cooked meats, etc. Cold water or juice storage with a tap would also be great but it doesnt have to be on the outside. Dont have that weird bit of glass above the salad drawers, the plastic bit falls off and gunk gets behind it. Salad drawers - still not convinced on them but would prefer a pull down front with a solid top so things dont leak into the salad drawers.

[ILoveAFullFridge]

My biggy is vegetables:

At least twice as much veg storage as fridges currently seem to have. And not in one mega-drawer, either, but in drawers of different sizes and depths.

Servo-drawers that lift up and out towards you, so that you don't have to scrabble about on your knees.

When I buy fresh veg I want to put the fresh stuff behind the older stuff, and it's a hassle to take out the drawer to rearrange everything. Also the veg drawer regularly needs cleaning, but is rarely completely empty. So I would like a basket within the servo-drawer, which you can lift straight out (nudge the drawer with your knee/toe, and it folds obediently back into the fridge, so that when you turn away and bum-shove the door closed it doesn't crunch against the drawer inadvertently left open).

Skimming through other posts, I see that our current fridge has many of the things on their wish lists - and we didn't even choose the fridge, it was here when we bought the house.

[Itsaburrdiee]

Space is the main feature I would wish for. I am so fed up of trying to cram our weekly shop into 3 shelves.

On the same theme I don't need a separate compartment for eggs. I buy 10 eggs and the compartment is only for 6, taking up space I otherwise need.

Reliability is another important feature. I currently own a frost free freezer that we regularly have to defrost as the bottom two drawers stick, taking away much needed space.