Which “American Style” Fridge freezer?

[dendroica]

Hi,

I am looking to buy a side-by-side for a budget of £900. Can anyone provide any recommendations? I have read the ukwhitegoods guide and undertand that these “sub-1k” fridges are prone to quality issues, but budget does not allow considering more expensive ones.

I have been looking at the following models:
LG GWL227HBQA
SAMSUNG RSH5UBBP1
DAEWOO FRSU20DCB

I don’t really want to go near the Samsung one because of all the issues with the earlier models (have these really been resolved?). What about the LG or Daewoo ones? Are either of these likekly to be better reliability-wise? Are there any “known or suspected isues” with any of these fridge freezers?

Any advice would be very gratefuly received…
Cheers,
Den

[ELDAR59]

Re: Which “American Style” Fridge freezer?

i wouldn’t get too excited about any of the above brands really den.

what i would do if i was you, is look for an admiral american f/f.

ideally what you want is an old stock model, made by admiral (maytag) and not whirlpool, as they later were.

i’m sure if you searched hard enough, you’d find a retailer that had one of these knocking about, so to speak.

hth, but the above brands are as you say ‘american style’ why not go for the real thing, instead of a big box that looks the same?

make sure it’s admiral made though!
you should get one for just above the money you’re talking about.
definitely worth stretching the budget.

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