Fisher & Paykel pitches dual compressors and ActiveSmart preservation tech at a premium price, but the brand is a ghost in North America: almost no one owns these, and the few who mention them online usually buy something else. That invisibility matters because you're paying luxury money for a refrigerator with a thin service network, uncertain parts availability, and zero ownership community to prove it holds up past year three. If you want premium without the Sub-Zero price, buy the Bosch. If you want the real thing, save up for it. This is the refrigerator equivalent of a beautiful rental listing with no reviews.
LG's side-by-sides offer generous capacity and eye-level freezer access, but the brand's linear compressor disaster from 2015-2022 makes this a hard sell: those units died at 2-6 years with $750-1000 repair bills because warranty covers the compressor but not the labor or the motherboard it killed. Current rotary compressor models might escape that fate, but there's no long-term proof yet, and the in-door ice makers still fail regularly across all eras. If you find a simple model without the ice maker and pair it with a bulletproof extended warranty, the layout works well for families who need wide shelves and hate bending for frozen goods. Everyone else should buy a GE Profile or Whirlpool and sleep easier.