Top mount fridge and Bottom mount fridge

What is the best fridge to buy, top mount fridge or bottom mount fridge? Both are popular design. Both look fairly similar. One look standing on its feet and other one standing on its head. But what if the small differences between top mount fridge styles and bottom mount fridge style can make a big difference?

Let’s look at bottom mount fridge and top mount fridge, and how it will help us to suite our kitchen need.

Top mount Fridge

In top mount fridge, freezer section is at the top of the fridge. In most of the fridge compressor is mount at the rear bottom of the fridge. Most of the energy generated by the compressor is required to the freezer section. Being freezer section away from the compressor helps it to achieve faster cooling as compressor generate some amount of heat while in operation. Being a compressor freezer on top other portion of fridge can be kept cool without any force or extra energy. Hot air rises and cool air falls. If you are regular user of frozen foods. Top mount fridge is perfect choice for you. In top mount fridge you have easy access to the freezer compartment as it is right at your eye level. The biggest disadvantage of the fridge is that the other section which we generally use more than the freezer is below eye level. To access the fridge compartment, you need to bend over to view and take the food out.

Bottom mount fridge

As mentioned above unlike top mount fridge, freezer section is at the bottom of the fridge. The advantage of this fridge is that drink and food are positioned at eye level and easy to access. People with regularly cook fresh food have easy access to the fruits and vegetables. Being a freezer section at the bottom side of the fridge, they make use of freezer drawer rather than the swing door compartment. Advantage of that drawer is you do not need to bend down to access the frozen food. You can just pull drawer outside and have a look at the frozen food.

What fridge I recommend?

As explained above you must decide which suits you best as per your kitchen and daily need. If you regularly cook fresh food and need access very often to the fresh food section go for bottom mount. If you are regularly using frozen food better to go for top mount.

What should we prefer as far as compressor is concern? Top mount compressor or bottom mount compressor?

Most of the time household fridge comes with bottom mount compressor. Very few household fridges come with top mount compressor. The only advantage of bottom mount freezer is the compressor oil returns in the compressor with much ease unlike top mount compressor where compressor need some extra power to suck the oil back from the system. This is only applicable if the compressor is having very less capacity (Like smaller household fridge).