Best Refrigerators: 12 Top Models for June 2025
CR's lab tests reveal top refrigerators from brands including GE, LG, Samsung, and Sub-Zero in several styles
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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 270 models across all configurations: bottom-freezers, built-ins, French-doors, mini fridges, side-by-sides, and top-freezers.
The lines between these 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
Best French-Door Refrigerators
Below are the two highest-rated French-door refrigerators. To see more models, check out our list of the best French-door refrigerators and our full French-door refrigerator ratings.
Best Side-by-Side Refrigerators
Below are the two highest-rated side-by-side refrigerators. To see more models, check out our list of the best side-by-side refrigerators and our full side-by-side refrigerator ratings.
Best Top-Freezer Refrigerators
Below are the two highest-rated top-freezer refrigerators. To see more models, check out our list of the best top-freezer refrigerators and our full top-freezer refrigerator ratings.
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Best Bottom-Freezer Refrigerators
Below are the two highest-rated bottom-freezer refrigerators. To see more models, check out our list of the best bottom-freezer refrigerators and our full bottom-freezer refrigerator ratings.
Best Built-In Refrigerators
Below are two of the highest-rated built-in refrigerators. To see more models, check out our list of the best built-in refrigerators and our full built-in refrigerator ratings.
Best Mini Fridges
Below are the two highest-rated mini refrigerators. To see more models, check out our list of the best mini fridges and our full mini refrigerator ratings.
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.
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