First, buy American and second, you'll want to always buy American. Over the years many major appliance brands have come and gone with many either outright failing or most being bought out then, incorporated together. Regardless, there really is in fact not too many brands left on the American market that are independent. Most are outright faulty in various ways however, the most dependable by far are some of those listed above. You can always count and trust in a GE Monogram or KitchenAid refrigerator. Standard American brands like Frigidaire and the latter two are overall the best investment dollar for dollar. Furthermore, many of the American brands have replacement parts that are made in America and are therefore much cheaper to order and ship. The GE Monogram or built-in KitchenAid units are the Cadillac of appliances. We would suggest buying American when it comes to appliances. They are far more reliable and again- much, much cheaper to repair since most of the parts come from Kentucky and not Korea as compared to Samsung and LG (those brands we do not recommend to purchase). Many foreign brands like Bosch, Gaggenau, LG and Samsung are good brands and have very sleek designs. However, replacement parts can be very hard to find and expensive especially European import refrigeration companies. For these reasons we always tell customers looking to buy new or used appliances to just buy American for reliability, ease of find parts and hassle-free repair experiences.