Product review (5 stars): WHAT CHOICE WILL YOU MAKE?
FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS MY REFRIGERATOR FREEZER WOULD AT TIMES MAKE A LOUD WHISTLING SOUND HEARD THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE. THERE WAS NO ESCAPING IT! IT SOUNDED LIKE A STRANGE TROPICAL BIRD FROM THE JUNGLELANDS OF ZOTHIQUE. IT COULD GO ON FOR OVER 5 MIN. INFURIATING, BUT AT LEAST THE FREEZER STILL WORKED. I CAN'T DESCRIBE THE SINKING FEELING I WOULD GET WHEN I HEARD THAT SOUND, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT WHEN I WAS IN BED. WHO LOOKS FORWARD TO SPENDING A FEW HUNDRED ON A NEW REFRIGERATOR? A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO THE WHISTLING GOT EVEN WORSE, AT TIMES ALMOST CONSTANT. I WAS ALL SET TO GO TO LOWE'S OR HOME DEPOT TO LAY OUT 500 DOLLARS. LUCKILY, I STOPPED INTO THE LIBRARY TO USE THEIR COMPUTER TO READ A FEW REVIEWS ON REFRIGERATORS. JUST BEFORE I WAS ABOUT TO GET UP AN LEAVE I SAID TO MYSELF, LET ME LOOK TO SEE IF ANYONE ELSE HAS A FIX TO THIS WHISTLING PROBLEM. I HAD LOOKED BEFORE AND NEVER REALLY FOUND ANYTHING THAT WOULD HELP. LO AND BEHOLD! THERE WAS A YOUTUBE VIDEO OF A MAN REPLACING THE FAN MOTOR IN A WHIRLPOOL FRIDGE THAT LOOKED PRETTY MUCH LIKE MY MODEL. HE SAID THAT THE BALL BEARINGS SOMETIMES WEAR OUT IN THE MOTOR. HE REPLACED IT SO EASILY -- WITH ONE HAND AS THE OTHER HELD THE CAMERA. I COULD DO THAT, I SAID. SO I SPENT 17 DOLLARS ON THE EBAY TO PURCHASE THIS PRODUCT. IT TOOK ME LESS THAN THIRTY MINUTES TO INSTALL IT. THAT WAS OVER 2 MONTHS AGO. NO WHISTLING BIRD IN MY FREEZER. JUST POLAR AIR AND FROZEN FOOD. IT WAS AS IF I HAD REBOOTED MY FRIDGE TO ITS EARLIER HALCYON DAYS. SO WHAT CHOICE WILL YOU MAKE: $500+ OR <$20. THE CHOICE IS YOURS.