Maytag MFI2569YEW

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• Maytag MFI2569YEW 249 cu ft French Door Refrigerator with Spill Catcher Glass Shelves Quad Cool System WideNFresh Deli Drawer and External Ice Water Dispenser White
• MFI2569YEW
• Maytag - MFI2569YEW

We got this on sale at Best Buy at $1,198 including home delivery. I would say even at $1398 which seems to be the average non-discounted price, we will still buy it.

If you are looking for an inexpensive french door fridge, this is the ticket. Although it's the cheapest among the french door units out there, this fridge does not skimp on functionalities.

PROS:

GREAT LOOKING the stainless steel version we got is beautiful. Fit and finish is nice. Better than a high end GE Profile one we had in our old house.

Spacious both top and bottom section have lots of room

The French Door provide very wide and open access to the fridge section

The Top Drawer in the Bottom Freezer has wheels/gears on it which makes it easier & smoother to roll in and out. Some older Maytag/Whirlpool/Kitchenaid models do not have this and are much harder to open/close. Those older units are simply just rails on slots. My in-laws has a higher end Kitchenaid and their top drawer in the bottom freeze are really difficult to operate.

Feature Rich: Even it is the most inexpensive french door among all brands, it does not skimp on features: water/ice dispenser, humidity control, outside temp display/control, etc.

The water filter is very high capacity (someone told me 750 gallons). The flow rate is great, much better than the older Maytag Plus that it replaced.

The water dispense looks great. The lights are LED and have a blueish tint. Looks very cool!

Tall bottles go into both left and right door shelves

CONS:

The stainless steel seems easy to dent. The delivery guys leaned the fridge on the counter just a bit, and it resulted in a small dent. However, Maytag was great and they are sending a replacement door and a service man has followed up already to arrange the installation

Be careful catching the ice. The ice cubes easily escape the cup. There is a certain technique to it but we trained ourselves quickly.

SURPRISE:

Fridge magnets still work! We thought magnets doesn't work on stainless steel but they seem to still work on this fridge's front doors. That is great! Note that the surface is still definitely stainless steel and not "stainless look" like the LG. I have no idea why the fridge magnet works. May be they just have a think shell of stainless steel over metal... But, this is a big plus for me. I was actually researching how to stick pictures and stuff on stainless fridge, and now I don't need such solution.

Reliability:

We did tons of research and found that this fridge model has a lot of great reviews on a site call viewpoints.com.

The primary alternative at this price range would be the LG and Samsung french doors. Both are around $1400-1500 and neither one includes gas dispenser. The LG reviews are horrible and it has poor reliability records. The Samsung is more expensive with no water/ice dispenser.

Buy Maytag MFI2569YEW Now

We purchased this fridge in 2011 on a rebate special, we didn't think we could afford french doors with a bottom freezer but sure enough, it was a steal. We have had great success with it, and it works beautifully. No weird quirks, no funky refrigeration issues, it just works. The only complaint is the ice maker, it is low capacity and it doesn't refill very quickly. If this one issue could be fixed, this would be the perfect value fridge for french doors and a bottom freeze (which typically runs much higher cost wise).