Best Fridges of 2025, Lab-Tested by Our Engineers
See top performers in every style—including French-door fridges, built-in models, and mini-fridges—from such brands as Dacor, GE, LG, Samsung, and Sub-Zero
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The refrigerator lab at Consumer Reports is always busy. Our testers are constantly evaluating new models and adding them to our refrigerator ratings, which currently have more than 250 models across all configurations: bottom-freezers, built-ins, French-doors, mini-fridges, side-by-sides, and top-freezers.
The lines between categories, though, are blurring. Today’s refrigerators have more doors, and features that were once exclusive have trickled down to more budget-friendly styles, such as top-freezers and side-by-sides.
- Best Refrigerators: French-Doors Side-by-Sides Top-Freezers Bottom-Freezers Built-Ins Mini Fridges
- How CR Tests Refrigerators
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Best French-Door Refrigerators
Want to see even more highly rated French-doors? See our guide to the best French-door fridges from our tests.
Best Side-by-Side Refrigerators
Want to see more side-by-sides? Head over to our expanded report on the best side-by-side refrigerators from our tests.
Best Top-Freezer Refrigerators
If you need a simpler or even smaller top-freezer, consult our list of the best top-freezer refrigerators from our tests.
Best Bottom-Freezer Refrigerators
For more brands and sizes, see the best bottom-freezer refrigerators from our ratings.
Best Built-In Refrigerators
If you have less space to play with or you prefer another brand, check out our deeper dive into the best built-in refrigerators.
Best Mini-Fridges
Want to see more mini-fridges? Here’s our guide to the best mini-fridges you can buy.
How CR Tests Refrigerators
During testing, we outfit each refrigerator with thermocouples in a climate-controlled chamber and monitor it for more than a month, collecting more than 5.4 million temperature readings that identify warm and cold spots, to determine which models will keep your food fresh longest. We also factor in survey data from thousands of CR members to judge brand reliability and satisfaction. All of that—and then some—informs CR’s refrigerator ratings and each model’s Overall Score. Below, you can take a peek into our refrigerator labs to see how we evaluate these essential appliances.
Get more information on CR’s refrigerator tests.