LG MoodUp vs Craft Ice French Door Fridges: Which One is Best for You?

Best French door fridge

Refresh your food storage with LG’s new French Door Fridges. Design and innovation combine in each fridge making it suitable for any kitchen.

In this blog, we’ll help you find the ideal LG French Door Fridge for your kitchen by showcasing and comparing two models:

A LOOK AT THE LG 617L MOODUP™ INSTAVIEW FRENCH DOOR FRIDGE

LG 617L French Door Fridge with MoodUP® LED Door Panels

Major sponsor LG unveiled its MoodUP InstaView Fridge at the recent Vivid Sydney 2023 Festival. With its brightly lit interactive installation along Sydney’s Circular Quay, the MoodUP InstaView Fridge was on display for all to see.

Adding an artistic touch to the kitchen with its unique changeable LED door panels, the LG MoodUP InstaView Fridge can be altered to reflect your mood, style and atmosphere. Bright and new, LG’s 617L MoodUp™ InstaView French Door Fridge offers cooling customisation at its best.

  • Colours For all Occasions

The MoodUp™ InstaView French Door Fridge’s panels boast a wide range of colours that are changeable, so that they can be altered to suit your mood, the season, occasion and even to be in sync with the music playing.

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  • Hundreds of Colour Combinations

22 colours: available in the fridge’s upper panel

19 colours: available in the fridge’s lower panel

Using the LG ThinQ app, you can customise the fridge panels with your own choice of hundreds of colour combinations, or choose from pre-set themes to suit the season, mood or atmosphere at your place.

LG The MoodUp™ InstaView Customisable Fridge Panels

  • InstaView Door

Simply knock twice on the InstaView glass door panel to view the inside of your fridge without having to open it and letting cold air escape. Place essentials such as water bottles and milk near the glass so that you can effortlessly keep a tab on it.

InstaView Glass Door Panel Fridge

  • Cooling Perfection

Looks aside, this LG 617L MoodUp™ InstaView French Door Fridge is powered by an efficient Inverter Linear Compressor, providing fresh for longer cooling technologies so that you can enjoy optimal ingredients, great meals and reduce food waste.

Surround Cooling technology evenly distributes cool air to ensure all food stays fresh no matter where it’s stored. Meanwhile, with a Pure N Fresh filter within the fridge’s interior, food odours are eliminated for a refreshing and hygienic food storage experience.

  • Plentiful Storage

In the top refrigerator of this LG 617L MoodUp™ Fridge, there’s generous storage compartments for cooling all food. Store all fruit and vegetables in the 2x fresh produce crispers while 3x glass shelves nicely suit larger items, with the retractable shelves able to be pushed back accommodating taller jugs, cakes and the like. A total of 6x door pockets and smart ‘Extra Space’ built-in compartments fits smaller items like chocolate and cheese.

LG MoodUP Fridge Features

  • Freezer Flexibility

Five pull out freezer shelves accommodates all your frozen foods whether it’s snap-frozen fruit and vegetables, boxed meals, bulk meat and fish, or ice cream cones. A manual ice maker in the freezer will meet all your drink chilling needs.

  • Built-in Bluetooth Speaker

Simply connect to your smart devices and play your favourite audio via the fridge’s built-in Bluetooth speaker. The LG 617L MoodUp™ Fridge’s colour panels also change to be in tune with the music playing.

  • Smart Enabled

With LG ThinQ® app compatibility, you can remotely control temperatures, change panel colours, receive notifications and monitor energy use via the app on your smart device. And with Smart Diagnosis™, you can troubleshoot issues with the fridge before you have to make a call-out.

LG Fridge with Advanced cooling technology
UV nano in LG Refrigerator

A LOOK AT THE LG 642L CRAFT ICE FRENCH DOOR FRIDGE

Crafted with a luxurious Black design, this LG 642L French Door Fridge provides plentiful storage options and a Craft Ice™ Maker to produce slow-melting round ice that’s fit for entertainers.

Advanced Technology Fridge

  • InstaView and Door-in-Door

Quickly view the contents of your fridge with two knocks on the fridge’s InstaView glass door panel. Use InstaView to view the inside of your fridge without having to open it and letting cold air escape. And with the handy Door-in-Door feature, you can easily grab essentials such as water bottles and milk without having to open the whole door.

Craft Ice fridge benefits
  • Advanced Cooling

Powered by an efficient Inverter Linear Compressor, this LG 642L French Door Fridge is equipped to deliver energy-saving cooling performance across all sections of the fridge.

Enjoy optimal cooling of ingredients, great meals and reduce food waste with Surround Cooling technology which evenly distributes cool air to ensure all food stays fresh no matter where it’s stored. Additionally, with a Pure N Fresh filter within the fridge’s interior, food odours are eliminated for a refreshing and hygienic food storage experience.

  • Spacious Refrigeration

There’s always space for your essentials and treats too with the top refrigerator’s spacious storage options. The fridge boasts one fixed and four adjustable shelves, including one folding shelf to accommodate taller items like jugs and cakes. Two ‘Big Fresh Zone’ crisper drawers ensure all your fruit and vegetables have a home while six door pockets provide plentiful space for water bottles, sauce jars and condiments.

The handy built-in ‘Extra Space’ compartments fits smaller food items like chocolate and cheese, within easy reach for when you need them most.

  • Freezer Freedom

Make the most of freezing now and eating later with this LG 642L French Door Fridge’s varied freezing capabilities and 261L capacity. A total of six drawers are suitable for storing boxed meals, bags of frozen fruits and vegetables and bulk buys of meat and fish. Within the freezer’s six door pockets, small frozen goods will have a home.

  • Hygienic Water Dispenser

This LG 642L French Door Fridge ensures that staying hydrated can be as hygienic as possible thanks to its UVNano® water dispenser. The plumbed UVNano® water dispenser boasts a built-in UV LED light which keeps the nozzle of the water dispenser hygienically clean. The UV LED light automatically cleans the nozzle without you having to do a thing; so that you and your household can enjoy clean and refreshing water whenever you need it.

LG 642L French Door Fridge

  • Craft Ice Maker

The automatic Craft Ice™ maker creates slow melting round ice that’s perfect for chilling drinks when entertaining. The maker can make up to 30 round ice per day, plenty for everyday water consumption and cooling soft drinks, cocktails and even iced coffee when guests visit.

  • Smart Enabled

With LG ThinQ® app compatibility, you can remotely control temperatures, receive notifications and monitor energy use via the app on your smart device. And with Smart Diagnosis™, you can troubleshoot issues with the fridge before you have to make a call-out.

InstaView Glass Door Panel Fridge

At a Glance: LG MoodUp vs LG Craft Ice French Door Refrigerators

Fridge LG 617L MOODUP™ INSTAVIEW FRENCH DOOR FRIDGE (GF-MV600) LG 642L CRAFT ICE FRENCH DOOR FRIDGE (GF-V700BSLC)
Summary
  • Artistic touch to the kitchen with colours to match your mood and style
  • InstaView – knock to view items
  • Great for entertaining with built-in Bluetooth speakers
  • InstaView – knock to view items
  • Door-in-Door – quickly access essentials without opening the whole fridge
  • Craft Ice Maker – creates slow-melting ice, ideal for entertaining
Fridge Colour

Multi Colour

Black Stainless

Fridge Capacity

384L

368L

Freezer Capacity 233L 261L
Ice Maker Capacity

N/A

13L

Motor Technology Inverter Linear Compressor Inverter Linear Compressor
Cooling Technology

SurroundCooling (DoorCooling + Multi Air Flow)

SurroundCooling (DoorCooling + Multi Air Flow)

InstaView Yes Yes
Door-in-Door

No

Yes

Fridge Shelves 4 5
Fridge Produce Drawers

2

2

Fridge Door Pockets 6 6
Fridge Extra Space

6

6

Freezer Door Pockets 6 6
Ice Maker

Yes – Normal Ice Tray

Yes – Auto Craft Ice Maker

Water Dispenser No UVNano® Water Dispenser
Controls

Touch controls and smart LG ThinQ app control

Touch controls and smart LG ThinQ app control

Handle Type Square, recessed handles Recessed handles
Smart Functions

ThinQ and Smart Diagnosis

ThinQ and Smart Diagnosis

Energy Rating 4-Star 3-Star
Warranty 2 years parts and labour warranty
10 years parts warranty*

*2 years parts and labour warranty on the product, additional 3 years parts only warranty on sealed refrigeration system (compressor, evaporator, dryer and tubing) and addition 5 years parts only warranty on the compressor

2 years parts and labour warranty
10 years parts warranty*

*2 years parts and labour warranty on the product, additional 3 years parts only warranty on sealed refrigeration system (compressor, evaporator, dryer and tubing) and addition 5 years parts only warranty on the compressor

LG French Door Fridge Summary

Powered by innovative cooling technologies with spacious storage, both LG French Door Fridges are equipped to meet the cooling needs of growing households and eager home cooks. With SurroundCooling that’s powered by a durable, quiet and energy efficient Inverter Compressor, both the LG MoodUp and LG Craft Ice French Door Fridges are able to deliver greater cooling performance that’s good for you and your food.

With an InstaView glass panel in both fridges, with a simple knock, effortless viewing of your essential items can be actioned. The LG 642L French Door Fridge also features a Door-in-Door in addition to the InstaView glass door, meaning that items can be retrieved without opening the full fridge door. A plumbed UVNano® Water Dispenser ensures hygienically fresh water whilst the Auto Craft Ice Maker produces round, long-melting ice that instantly elevates the drinks-making experience.

Light up your kitchen with the LG 617L MoodUp French Door Fridge’s customisable LED panels. Each panel can be lit with your combination of colours via the LG ThinQ app to uniquely reflect your atmosphere, mood, or the season. When you’re hosting a party, the fridge’s built-in Bluetooth speaker widely projects audio of your choice for everyone to hear.

Both LG French Door Fridges are ideal for use in kitchens that require advanced cooling technology with style and convenience to match. Creative and artistic homes that want their fridge to match their mood and lifestyle will love the LG 617L MoodUp French Door Fridge. For a practically pleasing cooling experience that delivers on entertaining efforts with instant water and round Craft Ice, the LG 642L French Door Fridge will please!

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