Product review (5 stars): Crushed ice, anyone?
I happened to acquire this fridge for FREE with the purchase of a new condo. Let me tell you something... I've owned many refrigerators in my day, for the price, this one is the bee's knees. It is flawless except that it's not REAL stainless steel. It has satin finished aluminum doors, but has the look of stainless steel.
I'm not sure if all the models have the same features, but my model(ends in 04) has a crushed ice feature and a neat-o blue light I leave on all night. I feel like the prince of Norway when I ask my friends, "Cubes or crushed?".
The filters are $40, but being from L.A., I would pay twice that to be able to drink my tap water. I fill my empty water bottle every morning with the water from my fridge (which save me $1.75 a day). I use the water for coffee, recipes, cooking pasta, my cats, and even filling my fishtank. The filter in this bad boy removes a lot of crap my fish don't need.
As I said to a fellow Whirlpool GD5DHAXVY owner, to clean the "faux stainless" doors get the ZEP stainless steel cleaner. Not ONLY does it smell like lemons, it works like gang-busters on your entire kitchen.
So... DO IT!!! Pay the $1100 for this kick-ass fridge. Your friend will love you more.