How are door types compared for usability?

Door choice is mainly about speed of service, aisle space, and what customers can see:

Hinged doors:

Usually quickest for one-handed access.

Need clear swing space, so they suit bars with room behind staff.

Sliding doors:

Great where space is tight and doors would clash with staff movement.

Can be slightly slower when multiple staff reach for different sections at once.

Glass doors:

Improve visibility and upsell and reduce door-open time when staff can see stock.

Can show condensation if the bar is humid or doors are opened constantly.

Solid doors:

Better if the unit is purely back-of-house storage or you want a cleaner look.

In Unifrost’s bottle cooler range you will see variants with different door and finish options (for example, glass-door variants on models like BC10HBEOG, BC20OG, BC20HBEOG, BC20HSEOG). Match the door type to how your bar is laid out and how busy the service line gets.

Read the full guide: Unifrost Under-Counter Bottle Coolers: A Comprehensive Guide.