'French door' fridge freezers?

Beenie

We have the French door Fisher & Paykel. Absolutely delighted with it.

Chickereeeee

Sophie4120 said:

NatNat77 said:

I bought this one from Appliance City a few months ago and love it, one with a slightly different model number was up for 3k on Samsung website but I think its the same product and is within your budget. It does have water and ice but you can't see them from the outside. There is a beverage centre and the ice is made in two different sizes and stored in trays in the freezer. Apparently the right hand side of the freezer can also be made into a fridge but there's plenty of fridge space for us so I haven't really looked at that. Hopefully it will last us a long time... 

https://www.appliancecity.co.uk/refrigeration/american-style-fridge-freezers/samsung-rf65a967fb1-french-style-4-door-fridge-freezer-ice-water-black-steel/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwk5ibBhDqARIsACzmgLQ1MGCEcz6kUimWPkSjydXacMDYl2diTvgluQ9GyFQjpxtT3FsZrHcaAgfzEALw_wcB

We've also just bought this one - not in use yet as awaiting new kitchen, but managed to get it sub-£2k as Samsung was running a cashback offer throughout December. The other French door contender was the Siemens kf96naxeag - similar price point but no water/ice dispenser, so it was a no brainer once the cashback offer came up. 

Keep an eye on the prices - they do fluctuate regularly! £1999 at some retailers over Black Friday, then went back up to around £2500-£3500 in most online stores. Then Samsung launched the December cashback offer - most places maintained the high price, but one retailer had dropped back down to £2099. With the cashback, this made it even cheaper than black Friday. I'm sure the next offer is just around the corner!

I was also worried about the Samsung fridge reputation - however, they now offer a 20 year warranty on the inverter and I think a 5 year warranty otherwise, which is the main reason we decided to go for it. My folks have also had a Samsung fridge/freezer (with water/ice( for the last 20 years and have had no issues with it.

For years, the customer reviews of Samsung freezers have been 5 or 1 stars, on their own website, independents sites, and judging by comments on MSE, here as well. People love them until they randomly defrost completely. Then carry on working, having ruined a full load of food. I have seen many reviews where it has happened several times, and Samsung have sent someone out each time, found nothing wrong, and done nothing. This put me off Samsung freezers.

Maybe it was/is just their s/a freezers (they have very thin walls compared with the competition to get more capacity), and not the french door style. Warranties don't help when you lose a load of food and they deny its their fault.

NatNat77

I must admit I only looked at the reviews for the one I bought, and they were good. I didn't think to look at them more generally. Hopefully these French door ones are better, they should be for the price! 

I had an issue with their ovens too, a few years ago. Swore I'd never buy another Samsung oven. 

Love their TVs and phones though! 

Astraeus

@NatNat77, the OH was convinced!

So much so, she's suggested we just get on and buy it whilst it's around the £2.1k mark. Sounds from others' experiences though that it might be cheaper at some point so we'll hang fire. Only concern is getting it before they replace it with the ghastly iPad screen one!

Astraeus

Don't suppose anyone has experience of the Samsung Jet cordless vacuums? The 15% off two appliances deal means I could get one for £8...

silvercar

We are on our second Samsung American fridge freezer. The first lasted 14 years. It developed the classic fault after about 5 years and a Samsung fixed it under warranty. This one is about 3 years old, chosen because it was the same size as the old one and I need that to fit the gap. It developed a similar fault and Samsung sent out one of their approved engineers, who said that he was very surprised that it has happened with this model as it really shouldn’t. Anyway, he replaced some parts under warranty. I reported the fault on a Friday and the engineer appeared on a Sunday, my only complaint was that we hadn’t had a call to say when he was coming, so it was luck we were home.

(classic fault is when there is a build up of ice around the fan, stopping the fan from working causing uneven cooling in the fridge. The freezer was fine.)

Astraeus

The pricing on this Samsung is barmy!

It was on at £1.9k in several places and I was going to head to Currys to see about a price match tomorrow morning (need to use up some vouchers). Then, today, it's shot up to £3.6k everywhere!

Madness. Think I'll be hanging fire for now! @Sophie4120, I assume that a similar experience to when you were looking for it, just that I need to be a bit patient?

Chickereeeee

Astraeus said:

The pricing on this Samsung is barmy!

It was on at £1.9k in several places and I was going to head to Currys to see about a price match tomorrow morning (need to use up some vouchers). Then, today, it's shot up to £3.6k everywhere!

Madness. Think I'll be hanging fire for now! @Sophie4120, I assume that a similar experience to when you were looking for it, just that I need to be a bit patient?

£1999 at AC, and many other places, when I just had a look..

Astraeus

@Chickereeeee, that's the FB1 (black) model, I think? We're after the FS9 (inox) model.

If you do have a link to the FS9, that would be terrific. If AC means Appliance City, it's out of stock at £1.89k.

Sophie4120

Astraeus said:

The pricing on this Samsung is barmy!

It was on at £1.9k in several places and I was going to head to Currys to see about a price match tomorrow morning (need to use up some vouchers). Then, today, it's shot up to £3.6k everywhere!

Madness. Think I'll be hanging fire for now! @Sophie4120, I assume that a similar experience to when you were looking for it, just that I need to be a bit patient?

Yes, that was exactly my experience. When I first started looking it was around 3.5k, it went down to 2kish, then back up to 3.5k for about 2 weeks... then it dropped back down to the 2k mark.