Thoughts on gaggenau fridge?
I know there’s no BIFL fridge but we are in the market for longest lasting one we can find and went to our local appliance store with the intention of looking at the Bosch 800 series in person. I’m so glad we did because the interior feels so cheap, the plastic drawers were so flimsy and at $3500 it seems like it’s not worth the money.
I feel kinda insane that we’d rather raise our budget to about $10k in order to find something we actually feel good about and have been thinking about maybe gaggenau, linked here: https://www.abt.com/Gaggenau-Vario-400-Series-20-Cu.-Ft.-French-Door-Refrigerator-Bottom-Mount-Freezer-36-Inch-Wide-in-Custom-Panel-RVY497790/p/209164.html Gaggenau Vario 400 Series French Door Refrigerator - RVY 497 790 | Abt
Has anyone owned a gaggenau fridge and can comment on its quality? The store does not have this on display so we’d be rolling the dice. But the photos look like the interior is really well made (you can see the way the shelves are showing fasteners in the pics).
We are also open to any suggestions if anyone has some at 10k, preferably less!
These are the features we want:
- Either stainless steel or panel ready
- French doors, preferred to have freezer on bottom but not necessary since we have a basement freezer.
- No flimsy shelves/drawers. Would be nice to have less plastic and ideally metal racks/basket drawers but looks like that can only be found in vintage fridges (which we’ve also looked into but they are all so small for our needs)
- NO WATER DISPENSER ON OUTSIDE. Inside is fine but would be best without one at all.
- Ice maker is fine but also not necessary
Posted Jun 30, 2025, 3:05 AM UTC