Product review (1 stars): Do NOT buy a Sidekick
I would rate this no stars if I could.  When I built my house in 2005, one of the model homes had Sidekicks.  It seemed like such a nice idea, so I designed my kitchen to accommodate the Whirlpool Sidekick refrigerator and Whirlpool Sidekick Freezer.  Many of the neighbors also purchased Sidekicks.  Due to my own oversight, I hated the freezer from almost the first day.  I did not realize it was frost free and would defrost constantly, not allowing me to keep anything in the freezer for more than a few weeks without it getting icky (especially the ice cream).  Then the freezer started making a loud "Tick, tick, tick" noise and some other strange noises.  Then the refrigerator stopped cooling--the day before my daughter's graduation party.  The repair man got a new part for the fridge (compressor maybe?) under warranty, although his labor was not covered.  The freezer fan was loose and hitting some other part, which was causing the strange noises.  You could see a gouge out of it where it was hitting.  He jerry-rigged it by taping it down.  So now, a couple years later, both problems are happening again.  The freezer has been making the horrible noises again for a long time, but I figured I can live with that.  But right before Father's Day, my fridge again stopped cooling.  It works intermittantly, going from 25 degrees to 60 degrees for no reason and generally staying about 50-55 degrees even set at the coolest level.  I am using a fridge in my garage because I can't trust it, and I have two huge, matching, stainless steel problems in my kitchen.  All of the neighbors that I know bought Sidekicks have replaced at least one of the two units, so it is not just a problem with mine.