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[–] EmergMemeHologram@startrek.website 76 points 1 year ago (3 children)

This is a problem of the fridge manufacturer’s making.

They chose shitty double doors, then they put in features to blame us for “misusing” them. Single door fridges never had this problem (we all know the slamming sound of a single monolithic fridge door flung too wide, with the rattling of your bottles of soy sauce, and jam jars, ketchup bottles, and the lemon juice you haven’t used in 3 months).

[–] spankinspinach@sh.itjust.works 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This was weirdly nostalgic. And I have a single door fridge

[–] uis@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

I think everyone here single door fridges. It's Europe though.

[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I hate double doors, when you shut ours to quickly, the escaping air will pop open the freezer door just slightly... it's such a shit design.

[–] EmergMemeHologram@startrek.website 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's an inferior technology.

The double doors have to seal together in the center, there's a flap (called an articulating mullion) that swings when you close the door and creates the seal between the doors from the inside of the fridge.

But there are two problems: the force of swinging the flap stops the door's path and blocks it from closing if it's misaligned at all (or the seal is misaligned, or loose, or cheap), and it's attached to one door making one side easier to close than the other.

It makes for a more finicky design.

You can improve the reliability of your fridge closing by organizing the items you pull out the most to the side without the mullion attached.

[–] Takumidesh@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

I like that I can have a big fridge without needing space for a huge door to swing out.

[–] derpgon@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago

Been there, done that, but it was a double door (top and bottom halves) fridge. We constantly had this problem.

[–] criticon@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My single door fridge does this 🤷

[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago

Ours does too, it's about 12 years old and started not closing properly a few years ago. We trouble shooted it, tried a bunch of fixes to make it seal properly that didn't work, then gave up and got a child fridge lock for like $15 to just hold it shut. Works perfectly.

[–] Aelar64@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why are you putting soy sauce in your fridge

[–] EmergMemeHologram@startrek.website 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Because that's how my mother stored it

[–] Aelar64@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] EmergMemeHologram@startrek.website 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I'm now realizing ketchup and soy sauce don't need to live in the fridge... I've never considered this before.

[–] ChronosWing@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nope, most condiments don't need to be stored cold.

[–] LeafOnTheWind@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They stay fresh a bit longer though

[–] ChronosWing@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 year ago

If it does its miniscule, you will use all of it before it ever goes bad.

[–] solinus@lemmy.cafe 1 points 1 year ago

Funny enough my family stores ketchup in the fridge but not soy sauce