Is this one of those American things, or am I just ignorant?
I’ve never changed, or heard about changing a water filter in the fridge 🤔😵💫 sounds like I’m living a unclean life…
It really is weird. I guess from other comments that this is something about those fancy and expensive fridges that no normal people have with water dispenser on the door and ice sometimes… Maybe?
At least 50% of American fridges do indeed have ice and filtered water dispensers built in and I think they’re great :) ice cold, delicious water any time of the day? Yes please.
They’re not even that “fancy/expensive” as it’s fairly standard
if i want cold water, i just let the tap water run for a bit and drink that. granted, its not ice cold, but do you really need it to be freezingly cold?
I do like that my countries tap water is perfectly drinkable/inflammable. I have no need for such fridges.
Just fyi inflammable means flammable .
https://youtu.be/Q8mD2hsxrhQ?si=LfqrhXvprpebrcJT
Inflammable is something that can be inflamed
Most of North America, the tap water is perfectly drinkable; but it can still be improved with extra filtration.
These also provide water colder than a tap can.
To be clear, very much a luxury item, not a necessity in any way. They’ve just become quite common over here.
The filters are also particulate filters; they won’t do much if your water is actually considered unhealthy due to bacterial contamination/you’re on a boil water notice.
Wait…mnot only do y’all not have garbage disposers; you don’t have refrigerators with built in ice machines and water filters? That’s crazy. You you’re just stuck having to get ice from those little refillable trays?
Does your fridge have plumbing + a water/ice dispenser in the door?
A regular fridge obviously wouldn’t need cleaning of parts it doesn’t have.
Ooooh that makes sende. No my fidge doesn’t, and I’ve never seen that IRL. It looks useful, when I want ice cubes I need to manually fill an ice tray/bag and put that in the freezer.
US people have a fetish about ice cold drinks that’s not very common outside of their country.
Like “the brits drink warm beer (6° instead of -2°), what kind of prehistoric shit is that⸘”
Ummm… What water filter?
I don’t usually lick the ice buildup off the back of the fridge, but I’ll keep it in mind if I ever choose to.
I don’t usually lick the ice buildup off the back of the fridge
Me neither. That’s a “sometimes treat”, to quote Cookie Monster betraying everything he ever believed in and indeed was.
Water from your … fridge?
In our country we have faucets. You can get cold water, hot water or mix it with knobs on spout.
Or you mean the waste water from ice build-up ?? Oh, now it kind of makes sense…
North America, particularly 1990-2010, fridges with a water dispenser and ice maker built in were/are pretty common. 3 of the 5 houses I lived in as a kid had one.
Filtered, colder-than-tap water, and effectively unlimited ice without having to screw around with ice cube trays. Some also provide heated water that’s far cleaner than what comes out of a typical hot water tank, but that feature is rare in my experience.
They have a filter in the water inlet, and should be cleaned inside/out roughly every 6 months (that part is neglected more often than not).
These fridges provide ~4c filtered water and some provide ice. A few even provide two different sizes of ice.
I think I have one of those ice cube trays in my freezer. The last time I used any was probably 3ish months ago or so? I this this about sums up the need I can see in a fridge that has a tap connection to provide ice…
“There’s this light on the front of my fridge. It’s some kind of error thing, it says ‘replace water filter?’ Why should a water filter only last six months. That’s ridiculous. My last refrigerator never did this. I paid a lot of money for this appliance and I feel it’s really unfair that you’re trying to tell me I’m somehow responsible for this. This is unacceptable. When can I expect delivery of my new refrigerator? You have to understand I’m not a technical person, I should not be asked to mess with this myself. I am absolutely not paying for a technician visit for this. This refrigerator is clearly defective and I want a new one. What do you mean consumables are not covered by warranty? What is a consumable? No, that is unacceptable. If you don’t deliver a new refrigerator to me right away I am going to charge back my credit card. I am very disappointed in this purchase and your company’s performance.”
As if its the most natural thing for a fridge to have a water or ice dispenser .
Nobody that i know have these and the one that i have seen at a random person, they never used it!
