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Frost Free Fridge Freezer, Are they any good?

  • 07-02-2012 10:14am
    #1
    ronan45
    Registered Users Posts: 1,584 ✭✭✭


    I need to replace my fridge freezer and was going to go with a frost free type. I looked on some other message boards and have read that they tend to be troublesome and unreliable! Any thoughts from anyone who has purchased one? Does it do what it says on the tin?


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  • #2
    Stove Fan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,081 ✭✭✭Stove Fan


    ronan45 wrote: »
    I need to replace my fridge freezer and was going to go with a frost free type. I looked on some other message boards and have read that they tend to be troublesome and unreliable! Any thoughts from anyone who has purchased one? Does it do what it says on the tin?

    Our bosch exxcel frost free is about 2 years old now and has been reliable but can be a bit noisy on the defrost cycle:(. Loud cracking noises, apparently the internal plastics contracting and expanding.

    Apart from that it's great and no issues.

    Stove Fan:)


  • #3
    ronan45
    Registered Users Posts: 1,584 ✭✭✭ronan45


    Cheers stove fan. Noise in wouldnt mind once it doesnt ice up lol. My freezer is like a polar ice cap :(

    thanks for your input buddy


  • #4
    rubberducky79
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10 ✭rubberducky79


    I have had a bosch one for about 3 years with not problems (touch wood) as previous poster said sometimes hear a cracking noise but nothing major noise wise.


  • #5
    choobles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 72 ✭✭choobles


    Would always go for frost free, the hassle it saves in regards to not having to defrost is brilliant!


  • #6
    Wyldwood
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,162 ✭✭✭Wyldwood


    Don't buy a Hotpoint frost-free freezer. I have one and it has never auto-defrosted. I have to unscrew the back behind the drawers and use a hairdryer to defrost it or it would take a week!


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  • #7
    byte
    Moderators, Regional North West Moderators Posts: 19,130 Mod ✭✭✭✭byte
    byte


    I have an Electrolux one for over 3 years now. Can be occasionally noisy, but not enough for me to care, and it does as I expect it to (not frost up).

    What model is your Hotpoint, Wyldwood? Are you sure it's a Frost-Free? Perhaps there is a fault.


  • #8
    Wyldwood
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,162 ✭✭✭Wyldwood


    byte wrote: »
    What model is your Hotpoint, Wyldwood? Are you sure it's a Frost-Free? Perhaps there is a fault.

    It's a Future FZA50 with "Frost free" written on it. I had the Hotpoint serviceman out to it and he told me to adjust the front legs so that it was higher on the front & would drain easier & that "those frost free things never work"! Should have sent it back when it was under guarantee. I'm just waiting for it to die so I can replace it now. Never buying anything Hotpoint again.


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