‘Double door refrigerator’ Vs ‘Single door refrigerator’

Refrigerators have been around the world for decades and have been serving well to mankind. The sole purpose of the refrigerator in the past was to keep the things kept inside it chilled, but today this purpose is just the basic requirement along with other modern features. The advancement and development in technology have brought evolution which now categorizes domestic refrigerators into two types depending on their structure, single door refrigerators, and double door refrigerators.

 

The common difference

In double door refrigerators, the freezer compartment is outsize the main refrigerator while in a single door refrigerator the freezing chamber is inside the refrigerator, hence double door refrigerators seem to have two doors externally.

The customer often falls into the dilemma while choosing from the two kinds because of a lack of knowledge on two kinds in depth. Hence gets confused between the choices which may then lead to frustration in severe cases.

Here are some brief differences between the single door and double door refrigerators.

Parameters	Single Door refrigerator	Double door refrigerator
Refrigerators’ Capacity	50 – 250 liters	235 – 495 liters
Suitable for family having	1 to 3 Members	3 to 5 members
Power consumption	Consumes less power compared to double door refrigerators	Almost consumes 30 to 40 % more power than a single door refrigerator
Size of Freezer	Single door refrigerators have small freezers.	Double door refrigerators have large freezers.
Carpet Area	Requires less floor area	Compared to the single door refrigerators these require more floor area.
Cleaning	Needs to clean the ice manually	No manual cleaning is required
Cooling type	Direct cooling by convection	Frost-free electric fans are provided

 

What really matters?

For refrigerators what really matters is the cooling and hygiene at which modern double door refrigerators are excellent. Now a day’s refrigerators come with technology to keep the edibles inside bacteria free and healthy. So when the main concern is cooling double door refrigerator wins the game.

Capacity

The capacity of double door refrigerators is far more than the single door ones and hence is advisable for larger families with a minimum of 4 members. 

Electricity consumption

The fact cannot be neglected that double door refrigerators consume 30 to 40 % more electricity than single door refrigerators but at the same time, double door refrigerators provide better cooling. The modern refrigerators come with energy rating over it which to some extent helps the customer better understand the energy efficiency of the refrigerator. The excess electricity consumption is spent in cooling the vacant space inside the chamber which can be utilized to cool some other items when the double door refrigerators are smartly packed which can then justify the electricity cost.

Single door refrigerators over double door refrigerators.           

Single door refrigerators eat less electricity as they are compact and are of low capacities. The load is further reduced by not providing fans in the freezers. Single door refrigerator works economically better.

Single door refrigerators are best suitable for bachelors or family of 3 members. These refrigerators are also suitable when the owner has a shortage of space or floor area as these refrigerators are compact.

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