Buying a Refrigerator

Frequent party planners: If you host a lot of events, dinners and other gatherings, you'll want to be able to easily accommodate large party trays, platters and other serving dishes that may require a larger area of shelf space.

Condiment lovers or avid soda drinkers: If you like to store a lot of condiments or canned beverages in the compartments of your refrigerator doors, you'll get double the door space from a French door refrigerator.

People who have trouble bending down: One of the biggest benefits of French door refrigerators is the easy access to foods that you use regularly. You can place them at eye level, so they are easy to reach.

Shorter people: If you have difficulty reaching the top freezer, a side-by-side fridge can put both fridge and freezer at eye level, offering an easy way to reach foods from both sides.

Frequent organizers: If you love to have food neatly arranged in your fridge, the plethora of shelves, drawers, compartments and door storage offer a variety of possibilities for organization.

People who want a through-the-door water and ice dispenser: Convenient and easy to use, water and ice dispensers are more commonly found on side-by-side refrigerators.

Budget conscious buyers: Congelador superior models tend to be the most common refrigerators with many low cost options available. Because of the cooling source, you're also likely to save money on both your purchase and your electric bill.

Party entertainers: Like French door refrigerators, these models offer wider refrigerator shelves and spaces and a freezer that can also fit platters of frozen treats.

Energy conservationists: With one cooling source that pushes cold air from the top to the bottom, your refrigerator will use less energy to keep it cool.

People who freeze foods for long periods of time: Heat rises, and cool air rests at the lowest point of the fridge. You'll keep the most regular freezer temperature with one of these bottom freezer models, which helps to prevent freezer burn.

People who don't consume a lot of frozen food: You can store the frozen goods that you rarely use tucked away in the bottom freezer, where they'll keep for a long while.

Busy people on the go: If convenience is a higher priority for you, a bottom freezer may be your best bet. With the freezer on the bottom, your most used food items will be at eye level and easy to reach.

Frequent party hosts: If you need extra food storage space or a beverage fridge, freezerless refrigerators are the best secondary fridges.

Basement wet bars: Use refrigerators without freezers in basement wet bars and man caves for the ultimate experience.

Large families: If you have kids, especially teens, you probably have a variety of beverages that need to stay cool to hydrate your brood. You'll also want to have enough space for all of your food storage.

College students: Students in dorm rooms only have a small amount of space, but it's nice to have a place to store leftover food, drinks and other essentials.

Offices: Stock your personal office with your favorite beverages and snacks with a compact fridge that fits perfectly in even the smallest offices.

People who share kitchen space: If you've got roommates, you may want to keep a compact refrigerator in your room to store your own food and beverages.