We've Lab-Tested Hundreds of Refrigerators. These Are the 12 Best Fridges of 2024.
See top performers for every style—from French-door fridges to built-in models to mini fridges—from brands such as Dacor, GE, LG, Samsung, and Sub-Zero
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The refrigerator lab at Consumer Reports is always busy. Our testers are constantly evaluating new models and adding them to our refrigerator ratings, which have more than 250 models across all configurations: bottom-freezer, built-in, French-door, mini fridge, side-by-side, and top-freezer.
The lines between categories, though, are blurring. Today’s refrigerators have more doors, and once exclusive features have trickled down to more budget-friendly styles, such as top-freezers and side-by-sides.
- Best Refrigerators: French-Doors Side-by-Sides Top-Freezers Bottom-Freezers Built-Ins Mini Fridges
- How CR Tests Refrigerators
“We’ve even seen models that give you the capability to convert some compartments from freezer to fridge and vice versa,” says Breann Chai, who oversees CR’s refrigerator testing.
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Best Side-by-Side Refrigerators
Want to see more side-by-sides? Head over to our expanded report on the best side-by-side refrigerators from our tests.
Best Top-Freezer Refrigerators
If you need a simpler or an even smaller top-freezer, consult our list of the best top-freezer refrigerators from our tests.
Best Bottom-Freezer Refrigerators
For more brands and sizes, see the best bottom-freezer refrigerators from our ratings.
Best Built-In Refrigerators
If you have less space to play with or you prefer another brand, check out our deeper dive into the best built-in refrigerators.
Best Mini Fridges
Want to see more mini fridges? Here’s our guide to the best mini fridges you can buy.
How CR Tests Refrigerators
During testing, we outfit each refrigerator with thermocouples in a climate-controlled chamber and monitor it for more than a month, collecting more than 5.4 million temperature readings that identify warm and cold spots, to determine which models will keep your food fresh longest. We also factor in survey data from thousands of CR members to judge brand reliability and satisfaction. All of that—and then some—informs CR’s refrigerator ratings and each model’s Overall Score. Below, you can take a peek into our refrigerator labs to see how we evaluate these essential appliances.
For more information on CR’s refrigerator tests, see our How We Test Refrigerators page.
@consumerreports We collect more than 5.4 million temperature readings for each fridge in our temperature-controlled chambers. To test the freezers, we use frozen spinach to see how well they keep the packages frozen. See ratings + reviews at cr.org/home #refrigerator #appliancesareeverything #kitchentok
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