New Delhi, Nov. 4 -- If your new refrigerator still expects you to hack away at ice, you're settling for yesterday's technology. Be wise to the chaos that used to come with old single-door fridges and draw the line: never buy a model that skips frost-free technology.

Why does this feature matter so much? It's because frost-free refrigerators reimagine kitchen convenience and food safety. How? New fridges come with built-in fans and heat elements and effectively circulate cool air and gently melt away ice before it can blanket your shelves. The result? A fridge that keeps a genuinely even temperature top to bottom with no sudden freezing at the back, no forgotten curry containers transformed into ice bricks, no summer fruit lost to frost....