Frigidaire FRT18S6AW Top Freezer Refrigerator ~ Good Basic Refrigerator

The apartment I'm renting included this nice refrigerator by Frigidaire. It looks nice and has performed flawlessly for six months. Take a look at the details:

~ Product Details

The Frigidaire FRT18S6AW Top Freezer Refrigerator doesn't have a ton of bells and whistles, but it certainly includes most of the basic features you'd want in a relatively inexpensive refrigerator.

- Frost proof freezer
- Slide out shelving
- Gallon door storage
- Dairy storage
- Twin crispers

This fridge measures 65 1/8" high, 29 5/8" wide, and 29 7/8" deep. It's 18.2 cubic feet, with 14.13 c.f. for fresh food, and 4.07 c.f. in the freezer section.

It has a pleasing white textured exterior with rounded corners, and has large, rounded, easy-grip handles. I love the feel of the door handles. Mine opens with the hinges on the right side, the handles being on the left. There is no ice maker, which is fine with me. I just use ice cube trays.

The temperature control for the fresh food part is right in the front and easy to reach. It's not in the way and isn't likely to get accidentally bumped and the setting inadvertently changed, which happened to me with another fridge I had. There is a separate freezer temp control, located on the back wall of the freezer. I've never messed with that. It was preset and seems to work fine. I did adjust the fresh food temperature control to colder, but never have changed the freezer setting.

There is no light in the freezer, but I haven't found that to be an issue. The fresh food section has adequate lighting.

~ Fresh Food Section

The fresh food section of this refrigerator features two slide-out glass shelves, that can be adjusted for height. The top shelf also has a clear plastic slide-out drawer for meat/cheese. There are two crispers, each with their own humidity control, at the bottom. These are also clear plastic, and slide out, and of a fairly large size.

The door features three non-adjustable shelves that will accommodate gallon-sized containers. There is a clear plastic dairy/butter storage incorporated into the top shelf. Only the middle shelf has anything that divides it, which is a small raised ridge that creates a space for, say, a six-pack of drinks. Other than that, the shelves are almost too big in way, because smaller items such as condiments just kind of rattle around on those large shelves. These shelves are your typical white plastic, but to me these seem not as flimsy as the ones I've encountered on a couple other fridges I've had.

~ Freezer Section

The freezer section has one wire-rack type shelf with one adjustment option. The door has two plastic shelves, good for organizing smaller items. The freezer seems pretty roomy and easy to access. There's no light in the freezer though. The temperature control is way back on the back wall, but fortunately I haven't had to adjust it.

~ Other Things to Note

Keeping this fridge clean is about as you'd expect. The exterior is great really, because it doesn't show fingerprints at all. The textured surface wipes clean without a problem. The interior glass shelves clean up nicely, and the crispers come out for thorough cleaning.

Actually I've found this is a relatively quiet refrigerator. The fan goes on an off, as you'd expect, but it's not overly loud or annoying, and I'm in a small apartment. It doesn't seem like it's constantly running or anything like that.

I haven't discovered any especially warmer/colder spots in the fresh food section or freezer. This fridge seems to maintain an even temperature throughout.

~ Final Thoughts

The Frigidaire FRT18S6AW Top Freezer Refrigerator is really a great basic refrigerator. It looks nice, it's easy to keep clean, the temperature has been steady and even, the interior is easy to access, and I've had no problems at all. I think it's a good value.