New Refrigerator

I am very pleased with the new LG refrigerator (LRTLS2403S) in the basement.  Much more energy-efficient, and larger than the ancient one.  Separate humidity controls for the 2 crisper drawers.  Pocket handles (which are new to me) so nothing sticking out.  More shelf adjustments and the shelves are "spill-proof".  Which is only a 1/4" lip around them, but that helps.

There are deeper door shelves, a shelf in the freezer, and my temperature settings are more adjustable.  Using 2 different thermometers (that agree with each other), I have the freezer set to 0 and the cooler set to 34 (F).  I actually have "excess storage space"!

The ancient refrigerator got so bad it was creating a 2" block of ice beneath the freezer and I had to tap it off (carefully) with a small crowbar every couple of months, LOL!

In fact, with the freezer have a shelf, I am going to reverse my freezer habits.  I've used the kitchen bottom freezer more small containers and the basement one for long-term storage of meat in larger (shoebox-sized) containers.  Which was awkward, because all those small containers in the kitchen freezer wanted to fall over when I pulled out the freezer drawer.

The new refrigerator just has a freezer door at eye level and none of the containers have to move at all.  And since I take out an individually bagged portion of meat out of a meat-specific container every day (I get too organized sometimes, LOL) and a small container of frozen leftovers only every few days, it makes more sense to have the larger containers in the more-awkward kitchen freezer.  They don't fall over each other when I pull the drawer out.  

I used to use the small-container leftovers more than the larger-container meat ones.  But cooking habits change over time.  So that should work out better.

And I'm glad I bought the new refrigerator when I did.  Today (looking up the model number to post), I discovered the price went up $200!  Sometimes, I get lucky.  I am normally lucky about major things (and no complaints about that at all), but not so much all the minor ones.  So "lucky" on a minor matter is a nice change.