• Lemminary
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    121 year ago

    I replace the water filters the way I wash my legs: I don’t.

      • @[email protected]
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        21 year ago

        I DO clean the nozzle - but I removed the water filter. There was a bypass piece.

        I bet leaving an old filter in is WAY worse than a bypass, since there’s nothing to get stale/gross.

  • @[email protected]
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    Water from your … fridge?

    In our country we have faucets. You can get cold water, hot water or mix it with knobs on spout.

    Or you mean the waste water from ice build-up ?? Oh, now it kind of makes sense…

    • @[email protected]
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      61 year ago

      These fridges provide ~4c filtered water and some provide ice. A few even provide two different sizes of ice.

      • @[email protected]
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        51 year ago

        I think I have one of those ice cube trays in my freezer. The last time I used any was probably 3ish months ago or so? I this this about sums up the need I can see in a fridge that has a tap connection to provide ice…

        • @[email protected]
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          Need Want.

          Everyone’s different.

          My mother empties and refills the 4 trays in her freezer daily.

    • @[email protected]
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      111 year ago

      Having an automatic ice maker in the freezer is pretty awesome. then if you have water running to your fridge you may as well have a chilled water dispenser.

      I don’t really care for fridge water but some people like very cold water and the tap isn’t always that cold.

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      North America, particularly 1990-2010, fridges with a water dispenser and ice maker built in were/are pretty common. 3 of the 5 houses I lived in as a kid had one.

      Filtered, colder-than-tap water, and effectively unlimited ice without having to screw around with ice cube trays. Some also provide heated water that’s far cleaner than what comes out of a typical hot water tank, but that feature is rare in my experience.

      They have a filter in the water inlet, and should be cleaned inside/out roughly every 6 months (that part is neglected more often than not).

  • @[email protected]
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    271 year ago

    As if its the most natural thing for a fridge to have a water or ice dispenser .

    Nobody that i know have these and the one that i have seen at a random person, they never used it!

  • partial_accumen
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    41 year ago

    We have a whole house water filter so the fridge one is redundant. I was pleasantly surprised to find out that in our fridge when you remove the filter it the water path just goes into a bypass mode. So we are filterless in the fridge (because we filter elsewhere) and don’t need the filter nag from the fridge.

    • @[email protected]
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      11 year ago

      That’s what I do as well. The fridge, water machine and the coffee maker all get filtered water and I have a flow meter to check the filter usage.

  • @[email protected]
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    161 year ago

    This comment thread is a clash highlighting the ridiculous lengths we humans go under capitalism to get/normalize completely unnecessary luxury items

  • CaptainBlagbird
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    931 year ago

    Is this one of those American things, or am I just ignorant?

    I’ve never changed, or heard about changing a water filter in the fridge 🤔😵‍💫 sounds like I’m living a unclean life…

    • @[email protected]
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      US people have a fetish about ice cold drinks that’s not very common outside of their country.

      Like “the brits drink warm beer (6° instead of -2°), what kind of prehistoric shit is that⸘”

    • @[email protected]
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      291 year ago

      Does your fridge have plumbing + a water/ice dispenser in the door?

      A regular fridge obviously wouldn’t need cleaning of parts it doesn’t have.

      • CaptainBlagbird
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        71 year ago

        Ooooh that makes sende. No my fidge doesn’t, and I’ve never seen that IRL. It looks useful, when I want ice cubes I need to manually fill an ice tray/bag and put that in the freezer.

        • @[email protected]
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          21 year ago

          I had no idea some countries didn’t have ice machines as a pretty much standard option. It’d be hard to even find a house built in the past 25 years that wasn’t pre-plumbed for a waterline for the fridge. I never really thought about it, before.

    • Rob Bos
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      11 year ago

      Ever watch Red Dwarf? That was Lister and Rimmer’s job.

    • @[email protected]
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      611 year ago

      It really is weird. I guess from other comments that this is something about those fancy and expensive fridges that no normal people have with water dispenser on the door and ice sometimes… Maybe?

      • @[email protected]
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        191 year ago

        At least 50% of American fridges do indeed have ice and filtered water dispensers built in and I think they’re great :) ice cold, delicious water any time of the day? Yes please.

        They’re not even that “fancy/expensive” as it’s fairly standard

      • @[email protected]
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        51 year ago

        I do like that my countries tap water is perfectly drinkable/inflammable. I have no need for such fridges.

        • @[email protected]
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          11 year ago

          Most of North America, the tap water is perfectly drinkable; but it can still be improved with extra filtration.

          These also provide water colder than a tap can.

          To be clear, very much a luxury item, not a necessity in any way. They’ve just become quite common over here.

          The filters are also particulate filters; they won’t do much if your water is actually considered unhealthy due to bacterial contamination/you’re on a boil water notice.

      • @[email protected]
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        21 year ago

        Wait…mnot only do y’all not have garbage disposers; you don’t have refrigerators with built in ice machines and water filters? That’s crazy. You you’re just stuck having to get ice from those little refillable trays?

          • @[email protected]
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            41 year ago

            It’s not. It’s about the quantity. How many trays for ice are you going to keep in the freezer? The machine makes constant ice so multiple people can use the ice and you don’t need to refill the tray everytime and wait.

          • @[email protected]
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            31 year ago

            I never fill an ice tray or open the door. I simply put my cup up to the front of the fridge and ice falls into it. Cubed or crushed. Having to use those little ice trays and pop cubes out of it every time you want ice is what sounds stupid.

    • stankmut
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      51 year ago

      Some fridges have a water/ice dispenser built into the door. Not all American fridges have it and it’s available in other markets too.

  • @[email protected]
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    41 year ago

    Hey Skelly, when’s the last time you cleaned your dishwasher filter? And replaced your HVAC filter?

  • My fridge doesn’t dispense water but the filter I have in the fridge has a handy little timer for the filter replacement (it’s literally just an alarm that goes off in 60 day intervals).

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      The water is cold all the time. It’s nice. My mom’s has it. One day, I too will hopefully join the upper echelon of cold water having fridge people.

      • @[email protected]
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        11 year ago

        Chatgpt:

        Using a water filter ensures that the water you consume is free from impurities, contaminants, and unpleasant tastes or odors. Drinking water directly from a fridge with a built-in water dispenser provides convenience and often includes filtration to improve water quality. It’s all about ensuring you have access to clean, refreshing water easily.

        Sounds like something you would need in a third world country.

  • @[email protected]
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    41 year ago

    This reminded me to change my filter last night and stop ignoring the red light that has been on for 3 months lol. Thanks.

  • EtherealMoon
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    51 year ago

    Damn, people on Lemmy get weird when you have something slightly nice in your house now?

      • Ekky
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        291 year ago

        I don’t usually lick the ice buildup off the back of the fridge, but I’ll keep it in mind if I ever choose to.

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          I don’t usually lick the ice buildup off the back of the fridge

          Me neither. That’s a “sometimes treat”, to quote Cookie Monster betraying everything he ever believed in and indeed was.

          • @[email protected]
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            21 year ago

            Now now, most of us can’t just scarf down cookies and then run around like crazy like we could when we were young. Cut old Cookie some slack, his metabolism isn’t what it used to be.

            • @[email protected]
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              31 year ago

              While you have MOST of a point, I’m 99% sure that him having any sort of metabolism isn’t canon, let alone one that’s changed with age 😄

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          lol Your fridge doesn’t have a filter if it doesn’t have an ice maker or water dispenser.

  • Pyr
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    111 year ago

    But… Do you really?

    How much does a fridge filter actually filter? I am perfectly fine with drinking out of the tap, and the fridge is just filtering the tap water…

    To me it just seems like a cash grab.

    • @[email protected]
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      201 year ago

      Then use no filter but never never let the accumulated bacteria inside the filter fester for too long.

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      Emphatically, without question, YES the filter needs to be replaced and the lines need to be cleaned out regularly. You should try cleaning out the underside of your taps sometimes, too. Water == life, and not just ours, so things grow in it.

      Augh. Makes me think of the time I discovered nobody had ever cleaned the Keurig at work… I’ll never forget when I wiped down the inside of the water tank and discovered the plastic was clear, not frosted gray like I originally thought 🤢