Product review (5 stars): Sturdy Performer
I've owned this model since mid-2005, buying it from the Army Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) (a.k.a., PX) on Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan. As with most major appliances purchased through AAFES, I had my choice of ONE in the side-by-side refrigerator category (only one make, and only one model of that make), so I purchased this puppy with more than just a little hesitation.

A little background... I needed an EXTRA refrigerator, beyond the one that the military assigns to families in housing. This one NEVER fit in the little space that is accorded to refrigerators in the little kitchens of military family housing, so the "rental" fridge always got that spot. As a result, I must confess to abusing the ever loving daylights out of this fridge. It has been parked a covered carport, shoved into the corner of a 2nd story patio, and now it sits in an outdoor storage shed in the backyard with an extension cord running out to it. It was obviously shipped first to Japan from the U.S., I then shipped it to Germany, and then I shipped it back to mainland Japan. I've had it running almost continuously on a temperature controller in order to maintain a specific temperature (I'm a home brewer, so I've used it mostly for fermenting and cold-conditioning lagers), so it has been forced to cycle on and off far more often than any refrigerator should ever be made to do.

Today? Well, it STILL works just as well as it did the day I bought it and brought it home. I couldn't be more happier with it. It still makes ice, it dispenses water, it chills, it freezes, it just plain RUNS, and RUNS, and RUNS!! A GREAT refrigerator!!

Imagine, having a choice of ONE model at the time of purchase, shipped through 4 international moves, installed outdoors, and yet it still works like a charm more than 9 years later!