What brands are good for fridge / freezers

alanjones60

Northern_Wanderer said:

My current Zanussi fridge freezer (frost free) is 12 years old and going strong. I believe my previous fridge freezer which was also a Zanussi was at least 20 years old when I left it in a property I sold. I actually bought it second hand and it looked new/ still had wrapping on in places so I don't know how long it had been used before I got it. My memory fails me but I'm sure I got another Zanussi because I was impressed with the longevity of the first one. I don't know how well they are made now of course, things change.

Im the same with my beko frost free fridge freezer.
See my post from eairler.

But you can bet it wont last as long as this one iv got now has.
I dont think anything is built to last now

chrisw

Fridges/freezers usually go on and on. The first things to break are usually the internal plastic parts such as the shelf runners and drawer fronts. Paying more may get you better quality internal plastics.

MysteryMe

I had a Zanussi fridge freezer which went on for 20 years, only changed it when I got a new kitchen last year. I now have a Hisense fridge freezer.  It's OK, not familiar with Hisense as a brand but it was the right size and colour. Too early to say how long lasting it will be. I purchased from AO, it was worth buying the yearly membership for the discount and free delivery and disposal of the old fridge freezer.

Alnat1

I'd forget a brand name and look at how much energy it uses as well as price. They all have to use the same formula to work it out, so it is a proper annual comparison.

This is an appliance that is (hopefully) going to run 24/7 for the next 10+ years, so the lowest energy use is going to save you money over time.  A unit that uses 100kWh a year less than another is going to save you around £25 a year.

I'll also mention that frost free freezers stay that way by doing automatic defrosts every so often that use electricity to do it. The MSE way is to manually defrost it yourself every 6-12 months   

Northern_Wanderer

Alnat1 said:

The MSE way is to manually defrost it yourself every 6-12 months   

That's true but I can't be bothered with that task anymore! So until I can get an AI droid to do it for me I'll stick with frost free.