Gadgetory

hi I'm Andrew Gebhardt for CNET today I'm taking a look at the Frigidaire FP BC to 277 RF this is a twenty two point six cubic feet French door refrigerator it's counter depth and it's part of frigidaires professional line of appliances it's 3,500 bucks so it's pretty expensive and this has a lot to do to justify the lofty price tag especially since it's $900 more than the comparable Frigidaire Gallery we've already reviewed and here's the thing it's actually really similar to that gallery take a look at the interior of the Frigidaire Professional now take a look at the interior of the gallery nine hundred bucks more and I have a lot of trouble telling them apart it includes a lot of the same features the folding shelf I really like the flip up shelf it even has the same smudge-proof stainless exterior but you're paying nine hundred extra bucks and basically you get these different looking handles a little bit of a different display and controls on this inner LCD panel here that's it and here's the kicker the Frigidaire Gallery was twenty six hundred dollars and we didn't think it was worth that this one is 35 so the math really doesn't add up the probe does improve on the gallery's performance but slightly and the middle shelf and the top shelf of the main body of the fridge still run warm the FDA advises against keeping spoiler Bowl foods above 40 degrees on the default setting of 37 degrees that middle shelf and top shelf ran over 40 this is also counter depth so it's designed to blend in make it look almost like a much more expensive built-in fridge for a lot less I'm not a big fan of the trend though you're sacrificing space for style and paying more for it so look this isn't a bad fridge the touch panel works well the light is pleasant looking under the dispenser but there's just nothing that instills me with a sense of enthusiasm and for $3,500 that really really should be it does undercut the prices of the high-end models of the competition but it also can't keep up for more please be sure to check out my full review on cnet.com for seen it I'm Andrew governor