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.
Eye-level freezer access is the one thing Samsung's side-by-sides get right, no more digging through bottom drawers for buried frozen peas. The ice maker typically fails within two to three years, and compressor breakdowns often follow shortly after, leaving the fridge warm while the freezer runs or killing the whole unit. Repair costs routinely hit four figures, parts take weeks to arrive, and independent techs actively steer customers toward other brands. If you need a fridge that runs quietly for a decade without expensive failures, GE Profile and LG deliver similar capacity with far better long-term reliability.