Bottom freezer owners

SmilingMrsF

I'm looking at a fridge that has the pull out freezer at the bottom.  There are 2 tiers of wire baskets in the freezer and it looks pretty roomy.  Here's the thing, since both baskets are wire, when nothing is in the freezer and the freezer drawer is open you can see straight down to the floor.  We'll have wood kitchen floors in our new place.  Do you think icy buildup on outside of food or wetness will fall to the floor each time I open the freezer?  I don't want to worry about water hitting the wood floors everytime I open that freezer.

 

Mryan209

You mean there's no actual bottom to the freezer?  That's bizarre.  I have a bottom freezer that also has two drawers and there is a bottom.  I don't understand how the cold could stay contained without one. 

MNVegas

I have an LG with 2 bottom freezer drawers. The top drawer has wire bottom but the bottom drawer is solid. I have never had any issue with anything falling on the floor from either drawer. Then again I have never had anything in the freezers that had icy buildup either.

day lilies 08

My bottom freezer has the same kind of basket you are talking about. If there is nothing in it and the freezer drawer is open you can see the floor. We have had ours for about 9 months now and the only thing that has fallen out has been the stray piece of ice (we don't have a door dispenser). I always make sure to pick those up since we also have wood floors. Hasn't been a problem for us.

SmilingMrsF

There's a bottom to the actual fridge, but when you pull the drawer open the bins are not made of plastic, they're just wire.  So, when the drawer is pulled open, that's when you can see straight to the floor.  I know it sounds strange, I've never seen a freezer set up like it.

carlab44

We have a freezer like that for about 3 years and also have wood floors. Occasionally little bits of ice or frozen veggies will fall out, but we haven't had a problem with it.

TheBridesMom

It is no different than me opening the door to my 17 yr old bottom freezer and using the wire drawer.  On occasion something (a stray ice cube) might drop, but not often enough to be a problem or annoy me.

Mrs.G123

I am confused by the question.

jacksjerseygirl

That would be why I did not select a bottom freezer with multiple drawers or baskets that pull out separately from the base cabinet/drawer 

I chose the GE Mongram single fridge door with pull out freezer on bottom - it has two sections for storing but neither is left outside of the main compartment. But we also don't use a lot of freezer foods so I'm not storing much in there anyway. 

Knitty

Mryan209:

You mean there's no actual bottom to the freezer?  That's bizarre.  I have a bottom freezer that also has two drawers and there is a bottom.  I don't understand how the cold could stay contained without one. 

My drawers have bottoms, but all the cold comes out around the sides and bottom as soon as the seal is broken. It's not a function of what the baskets are composed of.

OP, I wanted drawers that would contain stray peas and crumbs, so we didn't go for wire baskets.

GildedIcon

I do not like the wire basket style either. My friend has that style, her problem was things would slip down between the wires and then the drawer would not shut completely. I went with LG bottom drawer is solid.