Which Refrigerator to Buy?

[MadAxe]

My 10 year old LG double door refrigerator (this) has been giving me issues pertaining to cooling. The top mounted freezer section gets ice buildup but the bottom refrigerator section has no cooling. I have got it repaired twice by LG technicians but the issue keeps reoccurring after every 3 months.
I'm looking to buy a new refrigerator but cannot decide which one to buy.
My budget is 75k.

• As per the above table explaining the rule of thumb for selecting a refrigerator, a double door refrigerator would be sufficient for me.
• A good double door bottom mounted freezer one from Bosch is costing around 75k offline (this)
• At the same price, Samsung, LG (this) and other brands are offering Side by Side and French Door ones but imo their freezer section takes too much space of the refrigerator as a whole (40% of total capacity) and an Indian household does not require that much freezer space. But they do look more premium and have more space than a similarly priced double door one.
• But most side by side and french doors do not have any BEE Star Ratings.
• Between a similarly priced Side by Side and French Door, the side by side has more capacity and also more features (for instance convertible freezer). Does the convertible function really work or is it a gimmick? I won't be able to utilize much of the freezer area so can I control the temperature of just the upper half of the freezer portion and convert into refrigerator while keeping the lower half of freezer portion as it is?
• Also is a bottom mounted freezer one better than the top mounted one in the long run? Wouldn't it take longer to cool since the cold air would travel from top to bottom part of refrigerator?
• I would also like to know your brand preferences and why. ( For me, Bosch > LG > Samsung)
• At the moment, I'm inclined towards this LG model as it is the only side by side I could find with 3 star BEE rating and is convertible as well. (Not sure about the convertibility of just upper or lower part of freezer as mentioned above)

Apologies if my thoughts are all over the place. I'm confused which one to buy and need your valuable insights and advice. Feel free to recommend better alternative products or any other suggestions or tips related to refrigerator.

 

[vishalrao]

How long does the express freeze option run for? Or do you have to manually stop it?

Also, can multiple people in family install the app and control the same fridge?

I am most likely going to get an LG with ThinQ support in the coming days so I can update here the app experience...

 

[Sushubh]

Express is permanent on my model. At least that's what LG demo guy said. Makes no sense tbh. But it is what it is. So I would have to disable it manually. I haven't used it so far so not sure if there is any auto timer. Fucking fridge didn't come with a manual. Qr code scan takes you to a very generic online guide that doesn't have any useful information.

LG HTML Manual

gscs-manual.lge.com

Device is account specific but it can be shared. So multiple people can access same device. I control dad's AC from my profile even though it's associated with his account.

Guide above says there is a timer.

Express Cool

This function can quickly cool a large amount of foods such as vegetable, fruit and so on.

This function is enabled and disabled in turn each time you press the button.

This function automatically terminates after a specific period has passed.

Even if the Convertible function is on, Express Cool function only works in the fridge compartment.

Tagging @vishalrao in case he did not see the updated version of this post.

 

[Jonas]

Can you monitor energy consumption via app? Does it have ISEER rating?

 

[Sushubh]

No power consumption data in app.
No star sticker on the device. LG product page has no consumption data .

 

[igloo]

Energy consumption shows in report tab.

 

[Sushubh]

Lol. Why did they move it away.

Ok so reports tab show cumulative usage for the month. AC section still has a more detailed consumption data. I guess fridge models supporting this feature would also have a detailed section.

 

[anmolbhard004]

@Sushubh this ux behaviour is common with samsung models also , I have to restart the fridge to control it again. it would frequently lose the connection.
and I have no control over it if I convert my freezer into fridge.

@vishalrao dont keep much hopes from these connected fridges, tbh they seem to me a gimmick

 

[Sushubh]

Lol. Out of the blue, app changed the ui of fridge module. But the problems are not fixed.

I changed temperature of fridge compartment. App ended up showing error. But the command was passed and fridge does show the updated temperature. God knows why LG can't fix this issue lol.