http://www.summitappliance.com/catalog/model/cp171w

A couple of online reviewers complain of knocking noises, however. I was wondering…could this have to do with the transport over a large distance? Although some people suggest that fridge/freezer on its back is okay, so long as you leave the unit upright for the same amount of time that it was laid on its back so that the oil can drain back into the compressor, AND some even go one step further and suggest that if you are laying it flat, then it’s better to lay it on its side, with the location where the compressor tube juts out at the topmost, it seems that I have also read accounts that it is highly preferable to keep it upright, and even if you have to put it on a handcart, with a slight tilt, then do so only with one particular side tilted higher.

It has to do with the way the compressor tubes are mounted, and so I wonder if this could apply to this model, and improper transportation could have resulted in the knocking noise:

http://ezinearticles.com/?How-to-Move-a-Fridge-Effectively&id=4694799

Or perhaps these people didn’t leave it upright for some time before plugging it in??

However, I see from further reading, that Conserv and Vestfrost are exemplary in terms of using recycled parts for components.

I can also, however, mention Liebherr has a good track record, having been the first company to go completely CFC free. However, our Liebherr CS1350 unit is estimated to use 2*439kWh/a = 878 kWh/a (half for the fridge, and half for the freezer).

Now what I’d really like to do is get an electricity usage monitor and plug the fridge/freezer into it to verify…

I’m far too busy to do Commercials where I invade people’s homes via a B&E and then preach to them about their lack of effort to help save the Planet.
Commercials and the Production to make them use vast amounts of GHG power sources
for Lights and the Diesel Vehicle trucks for mobile Studios and Make-up trailers for the super-stars.

I guess i could start a Non-Profit ECO scam to get funding to post a website about everyone else being poluters , but it’s better for me to keep up the fight to stop those Auto-races and AirShows in Toronto along with the Parades that have Diesel Trucks pulling the floats and Diesel truck driving generators to power the Concession Booth that sell water in Plastic Bottles while Toronto is right on the shore of Lake Ontario.

Sorry folks, Ontario and Toronto want all of use in Buggies pulled by Hybrid robotic animals running on solar cells .
The polution crisis is to fool people while the real plan is to make everyone poor except the White-Elites like Gore and Bill Gates .

Good question about the warranty. We did get a warranty of some sort, and declined the usual extended warranty that so many stores now try to sell you. However, I can’t remember exactly what the warranty is. I’ll have to do some rummaging through files to get that answer for you.

I found the same fridge marketed as the Summit CP171SS and distributed in Canada by http://www.europeanhri.com/about.html

The price is quite a bit cheaper (~$1400 + shipping), but the vendor (Summit) doesn’t have much for warranty or service in Canada?