Kenmore 4661352 Top Mount Refrigerator Review

The core reason to buy this fridge is the amount of food space it puts in a narrow slot. The rest of its strengths follow from how it is built.

Capacity in a narrow footprint

Total capacity is 20.2 cu ft, split into 15.12 cu ft in the fresh food section and 5.09 cu ft in the freezer. That is 33-inch-class capacity in a cabinet 29.72 inches wide, which is the whole point of the model.

Quiet, steady cooling

The inverter compressor varies its speed instead of switching on and off at full power. That holds temperatures steadier and keeps noise lower than a traditional compressor. Buyers on Amazon most often praise how quietly it runs.

Garage ready

A built-in temperature sensor keeps the fridge cooling reliably from 45°F to 110°F ambient. It can live in a garage or a hot utility room where a standard fridge would struggle, as long as the space stays within that range: a garage that drops below 45°F in winter is outside the rating.

Energy efficient

It is ENERGY STAR certified at 382 kWh/year, a low annual draw for a fridge this size, and the inverter compressor is the reason: it holds a steady temperature instead of cycling hard. Actual use depends on how full the fridge is, how often the door opens, the room temperature, and whether the clearances are respected, so a garage-ready fridge in a hot garage will use more than the label figure.

Practical interior

Three full-width glass shelves adjust to your load and are spill-proof, so a leak stays on one shelf. Two humidity-controlled crispers slide out, and six clear door bins include a gallon bin for milk and juice. LED lighting keeps the interior bright. Full-width shelves take sheet cakes, party trays and large pots that split shelves cannot.

Simple by design

Automatic defrost means no manual scraping. The fridge and freezer have separate temperature controls, the doors are reversible, and a door alarm warns you when one is left open. There is no water line, no filter and no ice maker, so there are fewer parts to fail.

The trade-offs are real and worth knowing before you order, because a couple of them send buyers back to the search bar.

No ice maker, and not ice-maker-ready

There is no ice maker and no preparation for adding one. If ice matters, this is not the fridge.

No freezer light

The refrigerator compartment has LED lighting. The freezer does not.

Basic freezer organization

The freezer has one wire shelf and two door bins, with no basket and no drawer. That is fine for a second fridge and tight for a primary freezer.

Standard depth

At 31.69 inches deep with the door closed, it stands proud of standard 24-inch counters. It is not a counter-depth fridge.

Clearance requirements are larger than the width suggests

The cabinet is 29.72 inches wide, but the required opening is about 36⅛ inches wide, 72 inches high and 31½ inches deep, with roughly 3.2 inches of clearance on each side, at the top and behind. The side panels run warm in use, so those clearances are not optional.

Interior controls

The temperature controls sit inside the cabinet and take some getting used to.

Delivery condition and cooling failures

Buyers on Amazon most often praise performance, size and value, and the large majority of ratings are four or five stars. A minority report cracked corners on arrival, and some report a unit that does not cool. Opinion is divided on temperature and on whether buyers would buy it again, and durability feedback, from a small number of reports, skews negative. Inspect the unit on delivery, keep the packaging, and check that it cools in the first days while the return window is open.

Short warranty

The warranty is one year on parts and labor.

A 30-inch fridge that needs a 36-inch opening is the single biggest reason buyers get burned, so measure before you order.

The clearances are for airflow and for the warm side panels. The 62.41 inches of depth with the doors open tells you whether the doors will clear an island or a wall.

The doors are reversible, so the hinge side can be swapped to suit your kitchen. Measure the opening, the doorway the fridge must pass through, and the turn into the kitchen before ordering.

The 20.2 cu ft breaks down into 15.12 cu ft of fresh food space and 5.09 cu ft of freezer space. The fresh food section works well day to day: full-width adjustable glass shelves, spill-proof so a leak stays put, two humidity-controlled crispers that slide out, and six door bins including a gallon bin for milk and juice.

That layout suits a small kitchen that needs maximum capacity, or any household adding an overflow or garage fridge. The freezer is where it is tight: one wire shelf and two door bins reward stackable containers and disciplined shopping.

Let the fridge stand upright for a few hours after delivery before plugging it in, especially if it was laid down in transit. Set the fridge around 37°F and the freezer around 0°F, then check with a separate appliance thermometer, because built-in dials are approximate.

Leave the specified clearances, since the side panels run warm. The fridge is frost-free, so there is no manual defrosting. Vacuum the condenser coils once or twice a year, and wipe the door gasket and check its seal periodically, because the gasket is the most common service item on this kind of fridge.

Inspect the unit on delivery for dents and cracked corners, and check that it cools within the first days while the return window is open.