True was established in 1945 in
St.Louis, Missouri, as a commercial refrigeration specialist.
If you've been to a Wegmans or Whole Foods, chances are your ice cream
or frozen dinner was stored in a True freezer.
That commercial quality is built into the residential kitchen equipment.
With the ability to customize and with solid commercial construction
True has become a leader in refrigeration design.
In this video, you learn about True's best features, a few problems, and a comparison
to their main rivals, Sub-Zero and other brands throughout the video.
At the end, you'll learn whether True refrigerator is right for you.
They manufacture six different residential products.
Their Pro 48 inch, their Pro 42 inch,
plus four columns in all refrigerator, freezer, beverage and wine storage.
Let's look at the pro units first.
Both the 48 and 42 inch pro units are side by side or refrigerator and
freezer, not French door types like the Sub-Zero Pro. Like their commercial units,
these units are all stainless steel.
Stainless is a better interior
because it absorbs cold better than enamel or painted materials.
It's much easier to clean because it's non-porous.
There are no crevices for germs to high in stainless steel.
That's why all surfaces in commercial kitchens are stainless. From the outside
in, True has solid handles and hinges.
The door can hold itself open at a 120 degree angle.
The refrigerator has ten optional colors and six hinge designs.
So if you want an orange refrigerator with pewter hinges, True has that option.
You can also buy it with a glass window to see into the refrigerator like they do
in restaurants or with a stainless steel door. As expected,
True has two compressors and two evaporators to keep the moister,
warmer air of the refrigerator separate
from the dryer, colder air of the freezer. The controls are on the front and are
easily changeable by one degree increments.
The shelving a solid glass with the bins being stainless steel with hard plastic
all illuminated by beautiful ramp up LED lights.
Before we get into problems, let's cover the columns.
I think they're very interesting.
They're available on glass or stainless
steel fronts with the ten colors and six accents.
Their columns are the largest and hold more than any other brand.
Their refrigerator column is 24.7 cubic for a 36 inch,
which is larger than any other comparable product.
Sub-Zero's 36 inch Classic
refrigerator column is the closest at 23.5 cubic.
The BSH brands are 20.6 cubic feet.
The True wine column has all the best aspects of wine storage with the Low-E door
to keep UV light from bleaching the tannins you wine. Like Sub-Zero,
it has two distinct temperature zones
from 40 to 65 degrees, so you can effectively store wine
at different temperatures. Like the refrigerator,
the wine column can hold the most with
150 bottles in the 30-inch size.
The True beverage column is designed to hold all different types of beverages,
from wine bottles to soda cans available in a 30-inch size. True's a solid unit.
However, there are important and common
features that True doesn't include in their products.
True has correctly identified
the maintenance problems of an icemaker built into the refrigerator. So no ice
makers available in any True residential refrigeration.
They do, however, sell under counter ice units.
Unlike JennAir, Sub-Zero and Thermador,
True does not have a built in water dispenser.
The most common sizes for refrigerator
freezer combinations is 36 inches wide.
The True Pro is 42 and 48 inches.
For columns,
it's 30-inch refrigerators with 18-inch freezers.
You can't place a panel on any True
refrigerators, unlike every other brand. True uses regular glass on their shelves,
unlike JennAir and Sub-Zero's nanotechnology coating that helps control spills.
As with any upscale appliance,
you have to be sure that True has local residential service.
Of course, they have a huge network of commercial techs,
but with their new residential products, this could be an issue.
Always inquire about the service before you buy any brand.
If you're planning a stainless kitchen or
need a unique look, True should be considered.
It has the solid stainless construction
and excellent capacity. The quality's excellent as most grocery stores depend on
True. However, Sub-Zero, Thermador,
JennAir and Miele all manufacture decent competitive refrigerators with water,
ice and better sizes for a residential application.
So True should be considered.
But know you do have a range of options.
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