I changed 3 refrigerators in 3 years, and I was finally cheated out of experience!The first refrigerator was for "survival", as long as it was cheap and usable. The second refrigerator is for "luxury", pursuing high-end and fancy. The third refrigerator is for "life", not only to be easy to use and durable, but also to be cheap and affordable.
After buying three refrigerators, I suddenly found one thing: many of the functions on the refrigerator are completely unusable (or even more difficult to use),* not low. Except for the revenge consumption of the nouveau riche, it is definitely not recommended.
Split doors
TOP1: Door type
"Who researched such a rotten door shape? ”
There are four common refrigerator door types: one-way door (double or triple door), cross door (two doors on the top and bottom), French door (two doors in the refrigerator, separate door in the freezer drawer), and double door (one door on the left and right).
Among them, the practicality of the door is outrageously low:
Large volume, the insulation between the freezer and the refrigerator compartment needs to be made very thick. The insulation layer of the side-by-side door is longitudinal and longer, so the side-by-side door type of refrigerator with the same capacity is always one size larger.
It is not easy to access, whether it is a refrigerator or a freezer, the compartment is narrow and deep. You can't get food out of the depths at all, and you can't put a wider cutlery in it.
At present, the mainstream door type on the market is:Cross Door, the most abundant product line. If you have a cramped space in your home, you can chooseFrench doors。The requirements for refrigerator capacity are not high, and you can choose itOne-way doordoor type.
Big screen
TOP2: Control
"Advertising is everywhere, and refrigerators are no exception. ”
There is usually a temperature adjustment button or screen on the refrigerator panel, and some refrigerators will replace this part of the area with a color touch screen. There's even a 4K screen, and you can surf the Internet, just like a fixed phone (even bigger than the phone screen).
But one piece of news from the past two years has made people shudder:
** ads will suddenly start on the screen, and you can't turn them off. Many on-screen apps have embedded ads, which are just as annoying as ads on mobile phones. In the eyes of manufacturers, users of such refrigerators are green leeks.
Usage is so low that if it weren't for its inexplicable ads, you'd probably have forgotten that there's a screen here. Such a big TV is idle, what is the use of this screen no matter how well it is done?
There needs to be a screen on the refrigerator panel, which is much easier to adjust than the knob without a screen in the past, and you can see the specific temperature of each temperature zone. But the screen doesn't have to be too good, it's ordinaryBlack and white screenThat's enough.
Multi-temperature zone
TOP3: Temperature
"One more temperature zone, one less space. ”
The earliest refrigerators had only two temperature zones: the freezer compartment and the refrigerator compartment. Later, there was an additional variable temperature zone, which became the triple temperature zone. Nowadays, some refrigerators often have five or six temperature zones, dry to temperature, humidity to temperature, constant temperature and other new terms.
Too many zones aren't necessarily a good thing, at least not my experience was good:
For each additional temperature zone, it needs to be covered with a thick layer of insulation. Correspondingly, either increase the size of the refrigerator or reduce the space in other temperature zones. It can be said that the more temperature zones, the smaller the capacity, and the higher the capacity.
The usefulness of multi-temperature zones is low, **There are so many foods that need different storage temperatures? Even if there were, is it true that people sort different foods according to their optimal storage temperature every once in a while, and then adjust the temperature zone temperature?
For daily use, the three temperature zones are sufficient. If you have special needs, such as storing breast milk, you can choose the third temperature zoneWide range of temperature changesrefrigerators; If the special storage amount is relatively large, it can also be addedLarge-capacity variable temperature zoneFunction.
Ice making
TOP4: Luxury
"True luxury is not about being someone else's appendage. ”
Some people will pursue quality of life and choose refrigerators with a lot of additional features. For example, the refrigerator's job is to keep it fresh, but you prefer to let it make ice and install an ice-making function on the refrigerator.
I'm afraid that only those who have used it know how chicken the ice-making function is:
It is not possible to complete the ice making work in a short time like a stand-alone ice machine, but it is necessary to make ice in advance and then store the ice in the freezer. If you want to use ice temporarily, you can only use the "Quick Ice Making" function.
The ice cubes made by making ice are thin and crispy, and when placed in a room temperature drink, they melt in less than 3 minutes. When you drink a drink at that time, not only does it not have a frosty taste, but it looks like you are drinking a drink mixed with water.
It is not recommended to choose the ice-making function, and it is not better to useIce traysHow much more convenient is it to freeze ice cubes. If you have a pursuit of quality of life, you can buy an independent oneIce machine, rather than opting for an ice maker that is attached to the refrigerator.
Slim Ultra-thin
TOP5: Appearance
"This concept is outdated. ”
Back then, it was quite popular to have a slim, ultra-thin refrigerator, which was lower in thickness than ordinary refrigerators and looked small and exquisite. The thickness of ordinary refrigerators is generally about 800mm, and thin refrigerators can be within 700mm.
But there are two embarrassments that slim refrigerators face:
If the placement requirements are not high, there is no need to choose a slim refrigerator with a lot of value. If the placement is cramped, the slim refrigerator can indeed be put in, but the heat dissipation problem still cannot be solved.
The slim refrigerator was only reduced in thickness, but nothing else changed. **It's two or three thousand yuan higher than an ordinary refrigerator, and I can't figure out who would choose this kind of thing.
The more popular ones now areThin-embedded refrigerator。Not only is it thin, but it is also recessable – the radiator is installed at the bottom, the door shaft does not abduct, and the 90° opening does not affect the drawer's ......Users who need to embed the installation can choose this, ** and the slim refrigerator of the year is not much different.
Antibacterial
TOP6: Health
"The demand for antibacterial in air-cooled refrigerators is actually not high. ”
Anyone who has just made the switch from an old-fashioned direct-cooling refrigerator has an obsession: especially in the refrigerator, the smell is always strong. Therefore, they will be more concerned about whether the refrigerator can remove odor and whether there will be bacteria.
But today's air-cooled refrigerators do not need to add antibacterial and deodorizing functions:
The inside of an air-cooled refrigerator is not completely closed, and even if there is a peculiar smell, it will disappear completely after a few hours.
No one can guarantee the effect of antibacterial function, after all, it is something that cannot be seen or touched.
If you are really worried about the odor, you can buy a separate one laterDeodorizerPut it in the refrigerator (it can remove odor and antibacterial), up to two or three hundred yuan. And a refrigerator with deodorization and antibacterial may increase the price by nearly 1,000 yuan.