The Frigidaire FFTR1835VW is a budget 30-inch standard-depth top-freezer refrigerator. It's a basic, no-frills unit, with full-width movable shelves, high-capacity door bins, and a pair of crisper drawers. It's also compatible with a twist-tray ice maker, which is sold separately. It's rated as being garage-ready, with an advertised operating range of 45 to 110 °F (7.2 to 43.3 °C).
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Our Verdict
The Frigidaire FFTR1835VW is a decent fridge for everyday use. It's a fairly compact unit but offers pretty decent capacity in both the fridge and freezer cabinets: as long as you aren't regularly making large casserole dishes or storing large amounts of things like yogurt cups or canned drinks, you shouldn't run out of space too frequently. Temperature uniformity is good across the shelves in the fridge, but quite warm on the lower door bin: use that latter space only for items that you want to chill, not necessarily keep cold. The crisper drawers do a decent job of keeping produce crisp and fresh, though you're still likely to notice some wilting after a week or so with delicate foodstuffs like lettuce or celery.
Consistent temperatures across shelves in fridge cabinet.
Freezer temperatures are highly consistent.
Fridge and freezer cabinets have a usable, practical layout.
Does a satisfactory job of preventing produce from wilting.
Lower door bin is quite warm, making it unsuitable for temperature-sensitive foodstuffs.
Fridge cabinet is somewhat narrow.
Freezer cabinet is a little small, especially with optional ice maker installed.
The Frigidaire FFTR1835VW provides decent produce preservation performance. Its crisper drawers don't seal especially tightly, leading to a slight loss of internal humidity inside. As a result, delicate greens like lettuce or spinach will evaporate moisture faster than they would in a better-sealed compartment, and become wilted and mushy within the span of a week or so. The fridge cabinet is quite dry, so you can expect delicate produce stored outside the crisper drawers to begin wilting faster.
Does a satisfactory job of preventing produce from wilting.
Main fridge cabinet is quite dry, causing delicate produce to wilt.
The Frigidaire FFTR1835VW's refrigerator capacity is satisfactory. While the fridge compartment and door bins aren't massive or customizable, the entire space is at least laid out in a way that makes it pretty easy to fit taller or bulkier items, like bottles or stacked meal prep containers.
Fridge and freezer cabinets have a usable, practical layout.
Fridge cabinet is somewhat narrow.
The Frigidaire FFTR1835VW is a decent option for storing frozen food. Its freezer compartment doesn't offer showstopping capacity, but it's laid out practically and has few obvious protrusions or bump-outs that really cut into the usable volume when squeezing in larger boxed items. If you really need more space, not purchasing the optional ice maker nets you roughly 15% more usable space.
Fridge and freezer cabinets have a usable, practical layout.
Freezer cabinet is a little small, especially with optional ice maker installed.
The Frigidaire FFTR1835VW provides impressive overall temperature uniformity. In the fridge compartment, temperatures are very uniform across all the shelves. However, the door bins, especially the lowest one, trend a handful of degrees warmer than the rest and shouldn't be used for highly sensitive items like milk or cream as a result. Freezer temperatures are thankfully very uniform, with consistent compressor cycling and no long temperature spikes due to the defrost cycle.
Consistent temperatures across shelves in fridge cabinet.
Freezer temperatures are highly consistent.
Lower door bin is quite warm, making it unsuitable for temperature-sensitive foodstuffs.
The Frigidaire FFTR1835VW's ice-making performance with its optional IM117000 ice maker is good. While its production rate is nothing to write home about, its ice bucket is amazingly large, especially for a compact appliance like this one, and can hold enough ice for bigger gatherings.
High-capacity ice bucket can hold enough ice for bigger parties.
Ice production rate is insufficient for quickly producing enough ice for larger gatherings.
Performance Usages
Changelog
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Updated Mar 12, 2026:
We've added a link to the Maytag MRT311FFFE in the Ice Maker Rate section of the review to provide an alternative with a higher ice production rate from its ice maker.
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Updated Jan 19, 2026:
We've updated the text in this review to reflect new tests added with version 1.1 of our test bench.
- Updated Jan 19, 2026: Version 1.1 of our refrigerator test bench provides new information regarding authorized service provider coverage for different manufacturers, the availability of replacement parts, and operating noise. For a more detailed breakdown of the changes made, see our full changelog.
- Updated Oct 08, 2025: Review published.
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Differences Between Sizes And Variants
This fridge is available in three colors, each variant having a different model number. We expect all units to deliver identical performance.
| Model Number | Color |
|---|---|
| FFTR1835VW | White |
| FFTR1835VS | Stainless Steel |
| FFHT1835VB | Black |
We tested the FFTR1835VW, and for those interested, here's the product label.
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The Frigidaire FFTR1835VW is a basic 30-inch top-freezer refrigerator. It's a decent, but not spectacular performer in many respects: temperatures are quite uniform from the top to bottom shelf in the fridge cabinet, barring a rather high door bin offset, and foodstuffs placed in the freezer will be cooled to a similar level regardless of where you place them, beating out alternatives with an inverter-controlled compressor like the LG LTCS20020S in this respect. However, it's worth noting that the latter does a better job of keeping produce crisp. While the Frigidaire's interior layout is simple, it makes very good use of its interior space, with a similar refrigerator capacity to wider 33-inch models like the GE GTS22KGNRWW.
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