Product review (3 stars): IF YOU ARE BUYING IT FOR THE SODASTREAM, DON'T
We purchased this fridge last year, May of 2013, and from the get go, the sparkling water dispenser was a disappointment. It is advertised to be the same carbonation level as Perrier. That would be true if we were talking about a Perrier that had been open for 8 hours, while sitting in the sun. This is the way it works. In the door, there is a mechanism that fills a bladder with one liter of water, then it injects the CO2 into the bladder. For some reason this process takes about 15 minutes. Then someone comes by and fills a glass with, lets say .85 liters of water. Then you go by with your glass, end up with a 1/2 cup of semi-bubbled water, the machine goes "FFFSSSSSHHHHHHH", empty. Fast-forward 15 minutes, again not sure why, and you are set up to be disappointed a second time. That isn't the worst part. We noticed after about 2.5 months, that the mech wasn't expelling a full liter anymore. Maybe 3/4 of a liter... Then 1/2 liter... Then 1/4 liter... Finally after about 3.5 months it would just spit at you and "FFFSSSSSHHHHHHH".

We requested a repair order in DEC of 2013 and our repair man was very nice. After messing with it and talking to tech support for about 30 minutes, he finally just ordered a replacement unit for inside the door. That worked great for a while, we had the same mediocre level of bubbles a liter at a time. Until it went to 3/4 of a liter... then a 1/2... then a 1/4...then "FFFSSSSSHHHHHHH". Nothing.

We have since purchased a counter top SodaStream. We are out of warranty now and are being told that the parts, even though this is a sealed unit, have no warranty of their own. Bad business, Samsung.

The only other real (first-world) problem is the ice dispenser. If you select crushed ice, you get nicely crushed ice. If you select cubed ice, you get poorly crushed ice and a few cubes. And the ice capacity is terrible. If you have more that 2 people in the house that enjoy a frost beverage, buy a bag of ice.

The rest of the fridge is fine, plenty of storage, the Flex-zone drawer is nice. The lighting is fantastic, it would be a magical puppet show theater.

All in all, buy a model that has all the features except the SodaStream. You can get a great fridge and a countertop SodaStream for much less than this thing will set you back, especially if you assign a cash value to frustration and the number of times you hear "FFFSSSSSHHHHHHH".