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Frigidaire Commercial Stainless Steel 19.53 cu. ft. Refrigerator (FCGM201RF)

Product Review

Blog of January 24, 2011

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INTRODUCTION

This is 'Fork's product review of the Frigidaire Commercial Stainless Steel 19.53 cu. ft. Refrigerator (FCGM201RF).  'Fork and The Missus included a large refrigerator (and upright freezer)- gotta be automatic defrost - in their staying-put survival list of kitchen appliances.  Advertised at 19.53 cubic feet, it seemed about as big as they could acquire without going over the commercial top.  Big meant to them adequate longer-term food storage and passable intermediate-term food storage for what might could be family members hunkering down with them. 

There was no comparable that 'Fork and The Missus could find to compete with this 'n'.  Others' reviews were mostly positive (and for good reason, he thinks) for the commercial product - a refreshing air hereabouts after bad times hereabouts with a non-commercial refrigerator/freezer.  When 'Fork got to feeling inconvenienced and insulted in the alternative Whirlpool possibility freezer-driven, the dealing got done in a flash.

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Whassup With This

Price was pinchy.  Delivery was fine and better than fine.

Conclusion:  a keeper.

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Why 'Fork would recommend this freezer to a friend and not to an enemy.

Pro:

1. While this runs 24/7, it's not a noise that upset either 'Fork or The Missus.  (When Miss Bess talks to 'Fork two rooms away while 'Fork fetches from the fridge's innards, he still can't hear her clearly.)  It's not the noise of the clunky noncommercial Frigidaire POS that 'Fork and The Missus endured for too long.  Door-open gets noise up a tad obtrusive, which is not ever but briefly

2. Does not freeze some veggies as did the POS predecessor

3. Does not dry out loosely sealed, open cheese packages and such in a rush, as did the POS Frigidaire predecessor

4. Defrosts twice-a-day about 12 hours apart, keeping contents looking and feeling as clean and fresh in appearance as the moment you put whatever in it

5. Lots of space in a 7-11 kind of way . . . impossible to easily tip over anything on the wire shelves which are mucho sturdio 

6. Big wheels (though, not rollers)

7. Easy to clean underneath

8. Easy on the eyes

9. Stainless skin on the mostly see-through door looks distinctively good and the see-through works well

Con:

1. Door does not reverse

2. Light (adequate when on) is only manual, not dually manual as an ambient source of light and as a pride of presentation and automatically as an assist on access

3. Quieter would have been better

4. Lots of space in a 7-11 kind of way . . . wire shelves which are mucho deepo to get stuff easily out-of-sight-out-of-mind for lack of built in slide-out drawers, platforms, and such