This means you never really have to manually fill an ice tray, that kinda thing.
I saw this on an American YouTuber’s vlog and was shocked that such a thing exists. As a lover of ice, I would love to have a water connection directly to my fridge to keep generating ice but I have never seen such a setup in India.
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Yes, it’s very common on mid level and high end fridges here.
Yes, I think if your fridge doesn’t do that it’s kind of implied that it’s a older model of a refrigerator
Mine doesn’t but many do.
In the last place I rented the fridge had a hookup for ice and cold water but no one had made it happen. We even had the kit to tap the water line.
I hooked it up. I’m still waiting on the thank you card from my landlord and all subsequent renters.
You’re welcome.
Mine does not. Our kitchen was designed before such considerations and I don’t feel like running the plumbing required.
Yes and I love ice
Mine is old enough that it does not. But that is a very common thing.
Yes. It’s essential, if I need a fridge and I do. I love my ice in the door.
Americans drink with ice in a lot of our drinks.
Here you go- maybe less common in India, but available. https://www.croma.com/lg-635-litres-side-by-side-refrigerator-with-smart-diagnosis-gl-l257cpzx-shiny-steel-/p/270503
Yep. My fridge has two ice makers. One regular cubed or crushed and one designer ball ice.
Not only do I have a fridge that makes ice and water for me – I have a countertop nugget ice maker that makes 44lbs a day. Ice is heaven.
Mine even has a filtered water pitcher built into the inside of the door. You can take it out, fill up multiple glasses and put it back. It fills up every time you close it. It’s amazing.
Mine doesn’t. My house is old and it’s more time/money/effort than I’m willing to invest to run plumbing to make it feasible to have one
Yes. This is very common.
It’s very common. Then we can go a step further and add screens with YouTube and the weather app on the door.
In my experience, most fridges do *not* have an ice machine. However, I’ve lived in apartments my whole life and come from a lower-middle-class family.
My fridge has this feature, but it’s not hooked up. I would have had to run a water line over to the fridge to connect it and blah blah not worth it. (My home is quite old.)
My in laws have a very tricked out fridge that will give you multiple configurations of ice, and when you add water it’ll chime and tell you how many ounces you’ve taken. It stresses me out a little tbh.
Nope. We are an ice cube tray home.
Yes. However, I’m a few years shy of 40 and this is my first one.
No, and I’m not interested in the tradeoff of minimal convenience for the expanded complexity, upkeep, and cost of such a superfluous addition.
Filling ice trays just isn’t that hard.
Fairly common in middle/upper class homes to have ice/water in the door.
It’s a bit of a luxury, but it’s a huge timesaver and definitely worth the expense and maintenance.
I have a really basic refrigerator/freezer. No ice maker or water hookups. When we remodeled our kitchen we didn’t really want a huge fridge.
My fridge in Germany does this too.
I live in the US but my dad lives in UK. Last time he was over, he purchased an icemaker kit and installed it in his freezer when he got back (yes, he had to drill a hole through the back for the water line and power to go in). Worked fine for the rest of his life.
It’s common but it also means more likely that things are going to break in your fridge.
My current fridge has had issues 3-4 times were the ice maker has broken.
My next fridge, I’m going back to a basic model where you need to use ice trays and if you want cold water you leave a jug in the fridge.
I love ice, and a lot of it. Unfortunately , the ice in refrigerator ice makers tends to take on the taste and smell of whatever is in your refrigerator unless it’s used right away.
Mine has 2! one for a door dispenser and one into a tray in the freezer, as for the water dispenser it’s not actively cooling, but the water line through the fridge cools. About enough for a glass. If you’re filling a big container, it’ll start pulling water thats just tap temp.
New houses usually have a water line there for you but old houses like mine don’t so we have a plain fridge
Yeah, I think that’s common among most American households, especially in the past 10 years. I remember as a kid our fridge made ice, but didn’t have a spout for water or ice. You had to open the freezer and scoop it out. Nowadays I have cold water and ice whenever I want.
I’ve got ice and water in the door *and* a container of ice in the freezer too!!
I’ve got all the ice!!!
Isn’t this a thing everywhere? We have them here in Australia.
I have an automatic icemaker but not the cold water option