American vs non American fridge freezer

waqasahmed

I ask because there's this regular fridge freezer that says it has 619 litres of capacity.

https://ao.com/product/kgn86aidp-bosch-serie-6-fridge-freezer-stainless-steel-85648-28.aspx

Yet an American fridge by the same manufacturer costs more, has less capacity and the efficiency drops too

https://ao.com/product/kfn96apeag-bosch-serie-6-american-fridge-freezer-stainless-steel-91643-27.aspx

They seem to have more width and less depth too (I have enough space to fit the 910mm of width, and the current fridge freezer is 910mm wide by 680mm deep

With this in mind, what's the real difference between the American fridge and the not so American one? 

BUFF

the double doors?

Sandtree

waqasahmed said:

I ask because there's this regular fridge freezer that says it has 619 litres of capacity.

https://ao.com/product/kgn86aidp-bosch-serie-6-fridge-freezer-stainless-steel-85648-28.aspx

Yet an American fridge by the same manufacturer costs more, has less capacity and the efficiency drops too

https://ao.com/product/kfn96apeag-bosch-serie-6-american-fridge-freezer-stainless-steel-91643-27.aspx

They seem to have more width and less depth too (I have enough space to fit the 910mm of width, and the current fridge freezer is 910mm wide by 680mm deep

With this in mind, what's the real difference between the American fridge and the not so American one? 

The reduction in efficiency I believe comes from the fact you have more door seals and so more areas of leakage. Either in American/side by side style with the long centre division that also eats up space or in the French door style that you've linked to where the doors are split in half. 

In that particular unit the reduced space is presumably because there is a wall down the middle of the freezer and pairs of draws across the width which will all be using up more volume. 

Alnat1

With the price of electricity now, one of the most important things to look for is the rate of kWh per year, which is often hidden away in the specs.

I've just bought a new standard fridge freezer that uses 210kWh/yr to replace a 14 yr old American FF which was using almost 900kWh/yr (that would have been nearly £400 a year at Oct predicted costs!)

waqasahmed

Alnat1 said:

With the price of electricity now, one of the most important things to look for is the rate of kWh per year, which is often hidden away in the specs.

I've just bought a new standard fridge freezer that uses 210kWh/yr to replace a 14 yr old American FF which was using almost 900kWh/yr (that would have been nearly £400 a year at Oct predicted costs!)

Absolutely. I've had to rethink yet again because the fridge freezer wouldn't get through the doors...
So I reckon this'd be the best bet without getting those Samsung ones that use not a lot at all

https://ao.com/product/hfw7819ewmp-haier-american-fridge-freezer-silver-84408-27.aspx?_gl=1*o1bbi3*_ga*MTM0MTUxODE0Ni4xNjI5OTc1NjMy*_ga_4DSXGNC1RH*MTY1ODIzNzQ2MS41OS4xLjE2NTgyMzc0NjkuNTI.

The person before me had a fridge freezer with the dimensions of 178cm (h) x 91cm (w) x 68cm (d) 

Now the depth doesn't actually matter when inside but I figure that it's below 70 given that the fridge freezer probably got into that room via  a bit of tetris. There's another one with more capacity but it's F rated. 

Alnat1

I went for a Liebherr CND5704  (fridge 227L freezer 132L) H201.5 x W59.7 x D67.5 It's a 50/50 split as I wanted more freezer room. It's taller than many FF but standard width/depth. It was on offer at AO when I got it at £549.

It has a D rating and is quoted as using 210kWh/year which will cost around £92/yr (Oct prices) I've had it plugged in with my Tapo energy monitoring plug since 7th July and it generally uses 0.4kWh/day, yesterday was almost 39C here and it used 0.6kWh. 0.6kWh x 365 = 219kWh, so it appears it should use even less electricity than quoted, over the year. 

The Haier you like (fridge 356L freezer 181L) uses 318kWh/yr so (from Oct, price predictions 44pkWh for electric) it will cost around £140 a year to run.

Economy wise, don't buy bigger capacity than you will actually use, your FF will probably be the most energy hungry appliance in your house.

waqasahmed

Alnat1 said:

I went for a Liebherr CND5704  (fridge 227L freezer 132L) H201.5 x W59.7 x D67.5 It's a 50/50 split as I wanted more freezer room. It's taller than many FF but standard width/depth. It was on offer at AO when I got it at £549.

It has a D rating and is quoted as using 210kWh/year which will cost around £92/yr (Oct prices) I've had it plugged in with my Tapo energy monitoring plug since 7th July and it generally uses 0.4kWh/day, yesterday was almost 39C here and it used 0.6kWh. 0.6kWh x 365 = 219kWh, so it appears it should use even less electricity than quoted, over the year. 

The Haier you like (fridge 356L freezer 181L) uses 318kWh/yr so (from Oct, price predictions 44pkWh for electric) it will cost around £140 a year to run.

Economy wise, don't buy bigger capacity than you will actually use, your FF will probably be the most energy hungry appliance in your house.

FWIW, I'm getting lodgers too, hence wanting as big as possible