"I have had a lot of experience with many different kinds of refrigerators - commercial, side-by-sde, top-freezer models, you name it. I have never found one so easy to use as this bottom-mounted freezer with a single door! First of all, the most often thing I get out of a freezer is ice - and I do not need a door dispenser for my ice and water. I am just as happy to pop the drawer open, grab what I want out of the conveneint ice tray, and get my water at the sink nearby. (And, the ice maker puts out the ice!!!) But what I really like, is having the refrigerator at counter height!!! Face it - we're in and out of the frig part a whole lot more than the freezer, unless you only eat frozen food. It is so nice to open the door and see everything right there in front of me without having to bend over or else squat like a catcher behind home plate. (And the action of bending over a bit for the freezer is no less troubling than going into a chest freezer, when you think about it.) Now, I had considered the French-door model, in part becasuse it is unique and different. However, in my L-shaped kitchn layout, the refirgerator is at the extreme right end - so even though it would be half-sized, it would be inefficient and somewhat of a nuisance to be opening the left-hand French-door "against" the work-triangle when cooking. (It wouldn't be such a problem, in my opinion, if a French-door model was the central point of the work-triangle, but in my kithcen, the sink is the central point and the range is the left point.) So, I couldn't be happier with this choice of refrigerator and its ease of use. It is also quiet, easy to clean, and well lit, which are all added bonuses!"