Showing posts with label refrigerator ice maker. Show all posts
Showing posts with label refrigerator ice maker. Show all posts

Saturday, July 12, 2014

Frigidaire Gallery : FGTC2349KS 22.6 cu.ft. Side by Side Refrigerator - Panel ReadyBlack

Frigidaire Gallery : FGTC2349KS 22.6 cu.ft. Side by Side Refrigerator - Panel ReadyBlack
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  • Frigidaire Gallery FGTC2349KS 2260 cu ft CounterDepth Side by Side Refrigerator with SpillSafe Sliding Glass Shelves 3 Humidity Controls Quick FreezeIce External IceWater Dispenser StarK Certified and Requires Custom Panels
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  • Frigidaire - FGTC2349KS

This refrigerator is awful. The ice and water in the door is impossible to use. We get water and ice all over the floor no matter how hard we try not too. Its a design flaw. Also the doors do not close properly, service says its just how they are made, not a defect. I hate this refrigerator.

Wednesday, July 9, 2014

24" Wine and Beverage Cooler Finish: Black Cabinet With Stainless Frame Glass Door

24' Wine and Beverage Cooler Finish: Black Cabinet With Stainless Frame Glass DoorI own this model and have had nothing but problems with it. At first, it would not keep items cold enough. I complained to the manufacturer and their excuse was that it was not a full size refrigerator and I should not expect it to be as cold.

Then, the refrigerator started freezing everything and would not shut off. The manufacturer sent a local repairman who replaced the thermostat under warranty. Six months later the same problem was occurring.

After researching this thermostat problem with my Marvel refrigerator I found many others complaining of the same freezing problems.

The manufacturer is well aware of the problems with the thermostat on these models and have done nothing to correct it.

Don't buy.

Sunday, September 29, 2013

Supco RIM961 Replacement for Whirlpool W10190961 5 Cube Icemaker

Supco RIM961 Replacement for Whirlpool W10190961 5 Cube IcemakerI bought this model to replace my broken ice marker. The Whirlpool OEM part cost anywhere from $50-100. This one was listed at 50% less. Works great!

Old ice maker was metal with plastic coating which had worn off. This one is all plastic and the cubes do not stick.

Fairly easy to replace if you can find the tech guide for removal.

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Saturday, August 3, 2013

Whirlpool W10278125 Drip Pan Kit, Chrome

Whirlpool W10278125 Drip Pan Kit, ChromeWOW am so happy that I trusted the other POSITIVE reviews on this product. Item came EXACTLY as described: (2) 6" (small) drip pans, and (2) 8" (large) drip pans. I have been struggling for years with drip pans purchased at the flea market (for my Whirlpool range), and never understood until now that the flea-market pans were the reason my burners (& pans) would not sit 'level' (completely flat), my food and oil always going to one-side of the pan, a real pain when cooking. One reviewer mentioned that the above drip-pans were actually made by Whirlpool, and that is why these work. Thank you to that reviewer that pointed that out, you are 100% right! I just installed these 4 drip-pans and although they look very similar to the flea-market ones, using these, the burners now lie COMPLETELY FLAT!!!!!!!! I could not be more happy, and wish I knew about this years ago! I am going to purchase 2 more sets right now so that I have them ready for later on when these get dirty.

When I had an authorized Whirlpool dealer order and install new parts for my stove top, they did not fit well or work correctly. Needless to say that was a big waste of money. I decided to gamble a few more dollars and ordered a new surface element and drip pans from Amazon. My stove top is like new again. To keep the drip pans looking like new I clean them with Easy-Off Heavy Duty Oven Cleaner.

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These drip pans are the only ones I've found to fit my vintage Whirlpool Range. I didn't fully realize how critical a drip pan could be until I was cooking and had the burner element actually disengage. When it cooled off I discovered how poorly the "universal" drip pan fit. I tried two replacements before discovering this item on Amazon, but neither was any more successful than the first. This set was well worth the money, which was actually cheaper than one of the 8" universal drip pans I tried. The fact that there were a total of 4 pans in this set means I won't have this problem again any time soon!

NOTE: The original drip pan part number per the manufacturer was 308540, which is no longer available.

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My stove looks like a million bucks with these new drip pans. I got the black, and was very pleased with the quality. They were very easy to install, just pull out the heating element and put the new pans in place after removing the old stainless steel ones. I am hoping the black will look cleaner than the stainless which showed every little spill. The fit was perfect for my Whirlpool range, too. I had read some of the universal pans don't always fit right; these do. I would highly recommend these!

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Drip pan kit is perfect! So much better than the generic in the store. We rent our beach house in the summer and someone had put something heavy on one of the burners and ruined it. Only then did I discover that the burner really didn't have adequate support from the drip pan, a generic, which didn't really fit. The Y frame "feet" did not touch on all three points with the generic. Now with the Whirlpool drip pans/ring combo I feel confident that my new burner, supported by a drip pan/ring combo that fits, will last. The real Whirlpool replacement is worth it!

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Thursday, July 25, 2013

Koolatron 28-Quart Soft-Sided Electric Travel Cooler, Black

Koolatron 28-Quart Soft-Sided Electric Travel Cooler, BlackI will preface this review with this caveat: Auto coolers are not refrigerators. They will keep cold things cold, with help.

My husband drives a truck for 12-16 hours per day. He never stops, so I pack his lunch every day. He carries water, energy drinks, veggies, sandwiches, sometimes pizza, etc. He used a Rubbermaid cooler for a long time, but it was too small. He needed a larger cooler that would fit between the seats of the truck and have more space.

This cooler is HUGE. They make two smaller ones, but since I like to load it up with big ice packs, it's a good size. It'll never actually be full unless we take a trip with it, though. 2 liter bottles stand up in it and I'm guessing that six of them would fit. I load it up with 2 1.5 liter water bottles, a couple of 16 oz lowcarb Monster drinks, plus a sandwich, cherry tomatoes fruit and other snacks and the cooler is still about half full even with the two large blue ice bags.

The Koolatron does the job nicely. It will not cool warm things down well and if left on its own, cold things will start to warm up after 8-10 hours, so I put 2 large blue ice bags in the cooler every morning and they come back at night still partially frozen. Any leftover drinks are still cold.

I also purchased the power inverter so that I could plug in the cooler first thing when I get up. I then load the cooler and the ice bags right before he leaves. That helps considerably.

Is the cooler keeping things at 40*? Doubtful, but it's keeping them cold enough that drinks are refreshing and his food does't spoil. He keeps the AC on in the truck all the time, so the cooler doesn't have to work too hard.

A soft sided cooler like this isn't as effective as a hardsided cooler, so there's a bit of a tradeoff, but it's the largest one I could find that would fit where it needed to go (between the seats of a Peterbilt Daycab after removing the drink holders) and it's lightweight. The shoulder strap makes it easy to carry. By the time I load it down with a couple liters of water, drinks, ice and use the bungee on top for his paperwork, it weighs about 30 pounds or so. A hard cooler would be impossible.

The outside pockets are handy, you can even put ice in the drink holder (which will only hold a cup the diameter of a soda can). There's a mesh pocket in the back that's also very handy.

Overall, we're very pleased with this cooler, but unlike the another reviewer, our expectations were more realistic.

I got this cooler in Late Jan 2011. I took it on a cross country trip even through West Tx, NM and AZ. This cooler kept our items cool and we made sandwiches along the way. I just got back from a trip where I did not have a refrigerator in the hotel room. I took mine in with cream for coffee, cheese and beefstick for late night sandwiches. I plugged it in (with the optional powerpack) and everything was still cold. I added a room temperature soda can on day two and by the time I got home the soda can was cold. I also had cold packs in this refrigerator and they were cold enough to ease sore muscles.

I also put all my items in this cooler cold and add an ice pack.

Update,

I just got back from a trip where I was driving all day. I packed my cold items in the cooler and put a pillow of ice on top. The ice pillows I refreeze each night when I am in a hotel that has a freezer. Most days I was driving 10-12 hours. I place the cooler in the back of my SUV and plug it in. I place light colored fabric on top to reduce the solar effect. Most of the driving days were 95-100 degrees. My food arrived cold and some of it was still frozen as I brought frozen food with me to eat at night and the ice pillows were still partially frozen. I will be going to Fl in a couple weeks and will be taking my cooler with me. It is doing a great job for me.

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Great cooler, just remember to chill your products, and a blue chill block (couple of bucks at wally world etc) helps also. Put a weeks worth of sandwich fixin's in and the stuff was still cold a week later. Easy to transport, and just the right size for one person.

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We got this cooler due to its larger size, soft-sidedness, and cooling capability. We have two young kids and we do several family road trips, so we thought it would be a good fit for long journeys, especially keeping juice, milk, string cheese, etc. cool enough throughout the day. While technically the cooler worked, it could have been a lot better, and it really isn't worth the hassles or price for what it delivers.

Having read other reviews, here's what I agree with:

There's a difference between refrigeration and "cooling"

The cooler is quite large

Using this cooler did indeed keep items a bit colder than if we hadn't used the cooling function

However, these agreements don't cover the negatives.

While the item fits on the floor in front of the rear seat in our SUV, the fan is awfully noisy, and pushes out a bit of heat.

The durability and construction is questionable, as a few of the zipper pulls broke on its maiden voyage. We ended up using bent paper clips for the rest of the trip.

the side pockets don't offer enough elasticity to allow much more than paper, cards, or possibly a rigid string cheese stick

when testing prior to departure, the cooler struggled to keep the internal temperature below 66 degrees, even though items came from the fridge, and the house thermostat was set at 76.

After two days, the warm exhaust and droning noise in-vehicle were too much, so we unplugged it and used it as a soft-sided conventional cooler for the remainder of our trips. The cooling unit took up interior space, and the odd exterior pockets weren't useful, and the aforementioned zipper issue made using it less satisfactory than if we had picked up a different cooler for half the price (not even including the adapter).

Bottom line: we're hoping to get $15 at our next garage sale for it (including adapter). A bit of a waste.

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I purchased this cooler along with it's electric adapter. I love it. I've used it in work to keep my lunch cold (the adapter allows you to plug it into an outlet) and it's just like putting my lunch in a refrigerator. You can also plug it into you car's cigarette lighter (which we did on a trip) and that works great also.

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