Hi lemmings!

Moving into a new flat soon and will need to buy both fridge and freezer preferably in one combined unit. Been looking at the side-by-side ones. Anyways Ive got little to no knowledge about fridges and freezers and was wondering if there are any typical “gotchas” to look out for?

I am based on the EU and would prefer to buy from an EU brand too. Any recommendations or tips are plenty welcome!

Thanks as always ☺️

  • DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone
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    2 days ago

    Thanks, we’re coming up on three years for this fridge, so now I know what to expect. (Also in Australia). We bought this particular fridge not because of brand, but because we’re renting and the kitchen has a stupid cutout space between cabinets and this is the only fridge that fits.

    • thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works
      2·
      2 days ago

      We’re likely in a similar boat, due to the size of our fridge nook. We had the LG 530L French Door Fridge Stainless Steel GF-B505PL previously, that the compressor failed in.

      I’d you aren’t already, you should be pulling the fridge out every six months or so and cleaning behind it to keep the compressor free from dust bunnies.

      We managed to just squeeze in a Hitachi 638L 4 Door French Door Fridge in the same space, even though it juts out by ~10cm - the added 100L capacity (and bonus unplumbed ice maker) was worth the trade-off.

        • thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works
          2·
          11 hours ago

          Yeah, that’s basically it - there’s a small removable filter/container in between the two vegetable drawers that you fill up with water.

          It then pumps the water into an ice tray in the freezer, and dispenses ice into a tray every few hours.

          Edit - it looks like this:

      • DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone
        2·
        2 days ago

        I’d you aren’t already, you should be pulling the fridge out every six months or so and cleaning behind it to keep the compressor free from dust bunnies.

        Thanks, appreciate that.