hularider's Full Review: Roper RT14DKX (14.4 cu. ft.) Top Freezer Refrigera...
When my trusty old Kenmore died, my Dad bought me a new Roper. He should have saved his $600.
The Roper was nothing but problems from Day One.
On arrival, the door for the butter tray was missing, as were some of the wire shelves. Neither the store nor the company honored my requests to send replacements. For a year I was told things were "on order." Once the year was up, I was told that it was off warrenty, and therefor I would have to pay for the replacement parts.
Supposedly an "Energy Star" item, my electric bill went up a good $30 with the installation of this power guzzler. I suspect this was largely due to the compressor working overtime to fill the airspace between the freezer and the main compartment with ice, and trying to chill the entire kitchen, as the seals never did seat properly.
Each spring, for the five years I owned the fridge, the freezer would be lined with dead fruit flies which were, for some unknown reason, attracted to spending the final moments of their short lives in my frozen vegetables. They had no problem at all finding their way into the freezer compartment.
With a mind of its own, the Roper would randomly decide to either defrost everything in the freezer, OR freeze everything in the freezer, on the top refrigerator shelf, and in the vegetable bins.
OK, the vegetable bins were not so random. If the Roper were set for any temperature that would let milk keep more than two days, everything in the vegetable bins would freeze solid. At the same time, nothing in the door would stay cold.
Whoever designed this refrigerator has never had to clean one. The plastic floor, raised presumably for ventilation, had an amazing ability to collect ice - except when you wanted to keep something out of it. At one time, a bag of frozen peas broke, the little green spheres immediately sought the most impossible places from which to retrieve them - primarily under the plastic floor. That was the day that I learned that to properly clean my Roper required a socket set with a ratcheting handle and a wet-dry vacuum cleaner, as well as the usual tools.
The molded-in detailing and bolted-on panels had an amazing ability to collect assorted crud and to prevent anything but a new toothbrush from extracting the mold and unidentifiable scum which seemed to collect on a weekly basis.
The best way to clean this refrigerator seemed to be to completely empty it, unbolt all panels, carry them outside and powerwash them.
I never did figure out what the little metal hook on the bottom of the door was for. It hung down just far enough, and stuck out just far enough, that it managed to slice open the top of my left big toe the first few times I opened the door. (OK, I'm a klutz, but it was The Evil Attack Fridge from Hell!) I finally removed the door, yanked the *&^%$#! thing off, and put the door back on. Didn't seem to make any difference in operation.
On its arrival, I had done as I do with all new appliances. I'd given it a thorough cleaning and waxed it with a good automotive wax. About a month after the fridge was deposited in my kitchen I noticed dark dots all over it. Rust had begun. I carefully removed the rust with steel wool and touched up the spots with one of those appliance paint pens. It soon became obvious that I was in a losing battle. Within three years, the fridge looked like a beer fridge in a shipyard.
Finally, last year when we began restoring the house in ernest, we decided to remodel the kitchen. The Roper was dragged outside with great exultation and currently sits, unplugged, in the garden tools area where I use it to store seeds. When I get my new seed safe, then it will go to the dump.
Why not donate it to Goodwill or some such? They wouldn't take it.
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