Whirlpool Satina Top Freezer Refrigerator - WRT111SFAF

Attractive, user friendly, and subtly modern.

I have had this fridge for a few months and it has worked perfectly. The stainless/black model is very attractive and modern looking, but isn't obnoxious looking even in an older style home....Read complete review

I have had this fridge for a few months and it has worked perfectly. The stainless/black model is very attractive and modern looking, but isn't obnoxious looking even in an older style home. The interior layout is very functional, with a decent amount of door space for large drink containers (milk, soda, juice, etc) and condiments. In switching over from a larger fridge to this one, I did have to slim down on the number of condiments I had.. Though, there really is no good reason to have 6 different kinds of mustard! The freezer is pretty shallow, but surprisingly tall. It came with one small shelf that only spans 1/2 of the freezer and gives about 5" underneath it. I have it organized so that I can stack things that are in boxes on one side (without the shelf), and use the under-shelf area for my ice cube trays/ice bin. The freezer door holds all of my non-boxed items. I purchased this fridge for my older home that had limited kitchen space. I stuck this fridge in a closet area, with the closet door removed and the proper amount of space above/behind/around it. It has been performing well, with no functional issues. The cold adjustment has a wide range of temperatures, and it took me a few days to get it dialed in perfectly. The only issues I've had with this fridge is that the door is very thick (like all newer style fridges), so I need to keep the fridge out past the wall where it is recessed about 3". This looked awkward at first, as I thought I would be able to keep the fridge flush with the closet trim, but I am over it and no one else has noticed. I would have noticed this if my local store had the fridge in stock, and would have decided to get the fridge anyway because there is no way around it. The fridge is also reasonably loud. I like to sleep with my bedroom door open, which is right off of the kitchen about 10ft from the fridge. I can hear this fridge start up much better/louder than the other fridge I had. Maybe it is because it is in a closet and the sound echos, or maybe it is just a louder fridge. This is not a deal breaker for me, and most people probably wouldn't even notice. I only notice it at night when everything is quiet and I'm falling asleep. My only question to Whirlpool and other companies that make skinny fridges is: Why do you make them so short? I could easily see this fridge with another foot above it being MUCH more desirable to people looking for a skinny fridge. This fridge has the most capacity of any 'skinny' fridge I could find, and while it suits my needs (2 person apartment), I would have liked more capacity in the same width fridge. In my research looking for a skinny fridge, I saw lots of pictures of people using these fridges between cabinets in their small kitchens. All of the pictures I saw had at least a foot gap between the fridge top and the cabinets, or had no height restriction at all (nothing above the fridge).