A little over a month ago, hhgregg, an electronics and home appliance company that is headquartered here in Indianapolis, and Samsung reached out to me and asked if I wanted to an in-home review of the new Samsung 23 cu. ft. Capacity Counter Depth 4-Door FLEX™ Refrigerator with FlexZone™ in black stainless steel and keep it. I repeat, and keep it. I obviously said yes because who in their right mind says, “A beautiful, new refrigerator? Hmm, while it’s tempting– no thank you. Have a great day. Bye.”
The fridge, who remains nameless though I’m leaning toward Foxy, arrived almost a month ago.
Doesn’t she look like she was made to live in our kitchen?
Let me pause for a second and talk about the black stainless steel. Amazing is one word I would use to describe. It has such a cool, sleek look to it, and it’s also better at hiding smudges than regular stainless steel. But I wouldn’t know anything about that because our one year old never touches the fridge nor does he clamors to help us shut the doors every.single.time. we open a door while he’s within eyeshot.
The Samsung 4-Door FLEX™ has a triple cooling system which features three evaporators and two compressors for ultimate freshness, resulting in food staying fresher longer. Yay for pushing the limits with those expiration dates.
The top portion of the fridge is the refrigerator, which is different from our old standard fridge where the freezer was on the top. I’ll say that it’s a lot nice seeing everything at eye level now instead of having to crouch down.
There’s a lot space in the door compartment on the right side. Plenty of room to hold our collections of butters, salad dressings, coffee creamers, and mammoth-sized bottles of barbecue sauce and ketchup.
The space on the left door compartment isn’t as ample as the right due to the ice and water dispenser, but I can live with it.
The ice maker is pretty streamline. Since there’s not much space directly underneath it, we store yogurt there because it’s the best fit.
The very top shelf with the condiments can flip up for storage of taller items.
There’s also two humidity-controlled crisper drawers for fruits and vegetables. The drawers do a good job because we always have lettuce, and the lettuce is definitely lasting longer in this fridge compared to our old, standard fridge.
One feature I like, is the adjustable shelf on the right side of the fridge.
If we have taller objects that we need to accommodate, we can slide the front part of the shelf back. The shelf also flips up if we need even more vertical space.
That concludes the upstairs portion of the tour.
Moving downstairs, the two bottom compartments are separate. The left side is a freezer. The right side can be either a freezer OR a fridge, with four different cooling settings– fridge at 41°F, chilled at 30°F, soft freeze at 23°F, and frozen at -9° to 1°F.
We currently have the lower right compartment as a freezer, but we’re leaning toward making it a fridge section, especially with Christmas coming up– things are going to get pretty tight in the main fridge area. We have a small deep freeze out in our garage, so we would just move some of the freezer food out there.
Both the right and left compartments are identical. Each features three storage areas in the doors, two drawers, and top shelf.
The shelf also slides out, making it easier to grab things, like Owen’s waffles.
The drawers are really deep. So there’s plenty of space for Brad to store his super gross banana-flavored popsicles.
Annnd I just realized the date on those pecans says 12-12, which means that I probably need to discard them because pecans are only good for 2 years in the freezer.
Moving to the outside of the fridge, there’s a fancy touch screen and the water and ice dispenser. I like how the area lights up when you use the water and ice dispenser. This comes in extra handy at night so I can make sure the water is, in fact, making its way into my water bottle.
My only complaint is when the cubed ice comes out, little ice chips tend to scatter everywhere, even when I put my water bottle or cup all the way up in an attempt to catch everything. Buuuut, if Owen is near, he’ll run over and attempt to pick up the tiny pieces of ice and hand them to me, which helps with his fine motor skills/pincer grasp.
Well, there you have it– our new fancy fridge!
This post is sponsored by hhgregg and Samsung. As always, all opinions are 100% my own.
NOW THIS is a fridge! So beautiful!
Right? When Brad got home from work on the day the fridge was delivered he said, “I feel like this is one of those fancy fridges in rich people’s houses who don’t even use the fridge– it’s just there to look good.” Haha!
Wow! I have massive fridge envy! I also think we could easily be good friends because of the contents of your fridge! Large selection of salad dressings, condiments, yogurts, cheese and wine! People make fun of my obsession with salad dressings – I seriously have 10 in my fridge!
We also have the smudge proof fridge and love it, the only issue we have is hard water (we live in AZ and even with a water softener its still pretty hard) from the ice maker/water dispenser leaves a line on the front and the ice gets everywhere so we keep a kitchen mat in front in case an ice cube gets away.
Congrats on the fridge!
You can never have too many salad dressings. I hear you on the hard water. Ours is terrible and we even have a newish water softener. I’m trying to stay on top of wiping the fridge off when any ice chips fall down.
Justin really loves the black stainless too! Are you considering switching out the rest of the appliances to match? I want to come over and pet it. Would that be ok?
I don’t blame him, black stainless is so pretty! No, since we don’t plan on staying in this house for more than 2 years we’ll move the old fridge back in before we list the house, and we’ll take this fridge with us. You can come over and pet it anytime!
I know what fridge to get the next time we’re in the market for one. SO BEAUTIFUL!
Right? It’s gorgeous in real life!
Oooh, how pretty! I’ve always loved the look of stainless steel, but now that we have a stainless steel fridge for the first time in our rental, I’m realizing how much more work they are to keep looking nice. Nice to know that there is a pretty option that isn’t as smudgy and fingerprinty!
Yeah, it still gets smudgy, it’s just harder to see than on traditional stainless. It might also help that it’s not super bright in our kitchen. 😉
That is one gorgeous fridge!!
~Liz
It is! Especially in person!
It looks as though it was designed by a family ‘person’ because it has some great features. Maybe I can get one some day 🙂
I’m always a fan of products that are designed for real people. 🙂
I am so jealous!! I have a Samsung fridge and I love it, but I wish I’d gone with the four door! The black stainless looks awesome too!!
Thanks! Congrats on the new fridge!
I love the review of this fridge! I have a similar layout where my fridge is right up against the wall. Do you find that you lose any access to drawers, or that they the drawers can’t open all the way with the left side against the wall. I switched to eating mostly paleo in the past year and my current fridge is just too small and difficult to get in and out of!
My husband and I just bought this exact fridge in December. We love it!
Oooh, aaaah! We have all white appliances by choice. But, our microwave died last week (moment of silence, please). We went to Lowe’s to find a replacement microwave in white. We were leaning towards a convection microwave oven, in white … Until I saw the Samsung Black Stainless Steel collection – wow!! And that fridge … TO DIE FOR! We have white Samsung French door fridge now, but the black stainless fridge is s dream! So we are now debating about starting with the black stainless microwave to meet our immediate needs … In a few months get the matching convection range (the kind that is a double oven in the same size as a regular range – an incredible investment for my cookie decorating business!)And eventually upgrade the fridge to black stainless. It is a tough decision: get a basic white microwave to replace a basic white microwave. Or … Start upgrading appliances over time for a fresh look (which would then – naturally – include getting a cool backsplash, and refinishing our outdated orangey cabinets … And just really changing the look of our kitchen (which I desperately want!). Or … Spend $199 and call it good for years. Ha!! Darn you black stainless steel! Why did I have to see you! 😉
Are you able to open the drawers and clean them out with the wall right there? Thanks!
I have to politely disagree. I compare this refrigerator to a trophy wife. She is beautiful to look at but high maintenance. I can’t seem to keep it organized, can’t figure out the best way to store items and the 34 cu ft is so deep, I struggle to reach things in the very back.
May I asked what is the width of your fridge cabinet? I have a wall on the left and I want to make sure it has enough room for the door to be opened on the left. Thanks
What is the width of the space you put the fridge in? I have the same setup in my kitchen with the wall butting up against the door and I’m very concerned about the doors and how much it will open. Same fridge will be delivered next week. I would appreciate any advice.
Thanks!
Hi Elle,I am facing a similar issue with my fridge space right against a wall. Are you able to access the drawers easily?
The dark finish is very sleek and sexy looking. I have the same layout and same question as many others who have asked about the wall on the left side of your beautiful fridge. When designing our kitchen layout, this made the most sense from limited options. We haven’t purchased a new fridge because of this concern and still have our old stainless single door model. We’d love to update the look. It appears by your pictures that you can access the drawers however they don’t extend fully. My guess is to remove the drawers for cleaning, you would have to pull out the fridge so that the door can swing fully open (or just do a wipe down). I think I would be careful not to put anything sticky or drippy in those left side drawers.