LG's knock-to-see-inside window is legitimately clever and the French door layout is roomy, but the linear compressor underneath has a documented habit of dying between years three and five, taking all cooling with it. Ice lands on the floor because the dispenser angle is wrong, temperature swings freeze lettuce in the fridge section, and when parts are needed they take weeks to arrive. If you need a refrigerator that runs past the warranty window without a $1,200 compressor replacement, this isn't it.
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.