Why do most refrigerators open from left to right, but microwaves do the opposite?

The direction of opening the refrigerator door is important

Have you noticed that, except for double-door refrigerators, most refrigerator doors open from left to right ? Why is that? In fact, it has something to do with our hand-using habits .

In order to ensure the sealing, the refrigerator door is sucked tightly when closed, and it requires a lot of force to open it. However, most people are right-handed and their right hand is stronger. It is more convenient to open the door from left to right with the right hand.

If you open the door from right to left with your right hand, your entire right hand will be blocked between the person and the food after opening it, which is inconvenient for subsequent operations (there is an extra step of putting your right hand down).

Of course, there are also appliances whose doors open from right to left - microwave ovens .

The same principle applies. Since it doesn't take much effort to open the microwave door, you can use your left hand to open it, and your right hand is responsible for more complicated actions - open the door with your left hand, put food in with your right hand, then close the door with your left hand, and operate the panel with your right hand.

In order to take the needs of left-handed people into consideration, there are some refrigerators that open their doors from right to left and microwave ovens that open their doors from left to right. There are even products that cater to both left-handed and right-handed people - refrigerators that can open their doors on either side and microwave ovens that open their doors from top to bottom, which can be used happily by both left-handed and right-handed people.

Which one is yours? Go home and observe it tonight!

In addition, choosing a refrigerator is not that complicated. Things like double doors, cross doors, variable frequency and fixed frequency, direct cooling and air cooling... are not difficult to understand.

As long as you master the following 6 points, you can easily choose the right refrigerator for yourself.

This article's technical support comes from: CVC Weikai