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Hotpoint RFA52
by manontour
I ordered my Hotpoint Fridge Freezer shortly after moving into my apartment purchasing at the retail price of £240.
I had a small space in my kitchen to fit the unit and the fridge freezers dimensions of 545x580mm I had no problems in installing the unit. The unit measures up at 1740mm tall and can use the space above for a ... top shelf to store various cook books etc.
I bought our unit in white. This colour can show up the occasional marks but the smooth surface of the fridge is easy to maintain and clean. The unit runs quietly and has never caused a problem in our open space kitchen/living room.
The unit itself is advertised at storing 155 liters, more than we really need as a 2-person family. Fridge space includes 3 shelves that are adjustable to set levels. the shelves are made from a safety glass so it is possible to see through the shelves and helps to see food at the back. Again, the shelves can be wiped down clean. The fridge has an interior light that again improves visibility.
The built in thermostat on the top right hand side can be adjusted depending on how cold you need your fridge. I have never quite understood the need for this setting personally, as it is possible to accidentally set the fridge to '5' that will result in frozen milk! The thermostat is quite hidden to the point that it would not be too easy to knock the thermostat to the wrong setting.
There are 2 salad departments set at the bottom of the fridge with pull our drawers. these are quite useful for separating fruit from vegetables. However, once they get full it isn't the easiest to reach the older fruit at the back. This doesn't seem to be an easy problem to get around and just takes a bit of dedication to do a stock rotation.
The fridge door also has shelves useful for storing bottles, milk and includes an egg locator section.
The freezer space set below the fridge is also quite generous to a 2 person family. It works on air flow cooling and comes equipped with anti bacterial lining. One flaw would be that there is no auto defrost but this is generally built into the more expensive models and is reflective of the price.
The freezer has 4 compartments from pull out drawers. Storage space is advertised at 3kg. The drawers are made from clear polycarbonate or similar material. Due to the frozen nature of the freezer, it is not so easy to see through the drawers and the drawers are slightly flexible so when a drawer gets stuck for some reason it is possible to break the drawer if you are struggling to open it. This is what happened to me on our top shelf. This hasn't caused a problem to function but doesn't look so appealing and something you should bear in mind before forcing it.
The lower 3 drawers all include a blue ice cube tray built in. I quite like this feature and use it regularly over the summer. It just takes a small amount of water to fill the tray and is easy to add too much making the removal of the cubes quite tricky.
The unit has a power failure storage time of 9 hours so not so much of a worry during a power cut! However there is no temperature warning built in. I have had to defrost the unit twice in the two years I have owned it for.
Environmentally, the fridge freezer is CFC & HFC Free with an efficiency rating of A+. The overall weight of 56kg can be moved if required (more shuffled due to the awkward size but not too heavy to be carried by 2 persons.)
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Bush BSFF50144
by leoniestacy
I had just moved into my new house, had no furniture and money was tight. I need a fridge and freezer, so when looking on Argo's website I came across this.
It was reduced to £150 which was in my budget so I brought it.
When it got delivered, It came in thick cardboard packaging, and it was a nightmare to get the fridge ... out of it, the cardboard was too tightly fitted around it, with no way to open it or for me to get it off. After struggling for about half an hour it came off. Both the bottom and top were secured with polystyrene. Everything was in the fridge such as the draws, plugs and manual guide.
When setting it up you have to make sure there is spacing provided for the fridge freezer to be installed and have proper ventilation. It explains how many cm's in the user guide.
There are four bits on the bottom which is meant to make it easier to slide around, I don't know if it was our floor, but it wasn't easy to slide and I had to get someone to come and help me move it.
You have to turn on the fridge freezer and leave for 24 hours plugged in before you can start using it, I think this is standard for most fridges thought.
The fridge freezer is 143cm which is not very high, but we thought it was perfect for us (which at the time was me, my partner and a baby). It's a manual temperature control fridge and the setting are inside the fridge on the top. Its all white and does need cleaning a fair bit, as stains do show up.
On the inside of the fridge there is a egg rack for 12 eggs (this is removable if you don't want them), another shelf which is suitable for butters (smaller bits) and then a drink rack.
In the actually fridge there are 3 shelf's and a fruit and veg drawer, the fruit and veg drawer is a fair size and we found it fitted all of our fruit and veg in no problem.
The fridge itself is a fair size and we never found we ran out of space to keep out food. Although the fridge does always look full.
The freezer is smaller than the fridge; it has 3 plastic drawers and a ice cube tray.
The top drawer is very small you can fit in the ice cube tray and maybe 3 ice-creams.
The middle drawer is a far size and you can fit a lot into this.
I found although the bottom drawer was very deep it wasn't as wide as the others, so you can't fit stuff like pizzas in this one.
My only problem with the fridge freezer was after 6 months, we realised there wasn't enough freezer space for us, and I was struggling to fit food in there, you could only fit a few days' worth of frozen stuff in there, and if you like me, I like to be stocked up on food (just in case). We had to buy a chest freezer as well, but even with that I still run out of space, so depending on how much food you like to have you may a problem with the freezer. A very good basic buy though.
Key specifications
Energy efficiency rating: A+.
Energy consumption: 214kWh per year based on standard test results for 24 hours.
Storage capacity 5.65 cu ft.
Net fresh food storage volume 112 litres.
Net frozen food storage volume 48 litres.
Star rating: 4.
Climate class N.ST.
Noise level 43dB.
Fridge specifications:
3 glass shelves.
Bottle rack in fridge door.
Egg rack.
12 hours power failure safe storage.
Freezer specifications:
3 plastic drawers.
Ice cube tray.
General information:
Ambient temperature 10 to 43°C and therefore not suitable for use in garages.
Top fridge, bottom freezer.
Reversible door.
Manual temperature control.
Size H143.8, W49.5, D56.6cm.
EAN/MPN/UPC/ISBN: 4870047.
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Hotpoint FUFM181P
by kpdude
After taking the time to find out the brand of Fridge Freezer we currently have inside our student house, I was surprised to find out it was a Hotpoint FUFM181P, which had not currently been reviewed yet.
I am far from a Fridge Freezer expert, however I will advise the best I can.
The Hotpoint FUFM181P is a decent ... sized and spacious Fridge Freezer, which has a classy white finish. You can't go wrong with a white Fridge Freezer, as it will blend in to almost any kitchen.
It's not the biggest Fridge Freezer I've ever had the luxury of having at home, and at only 60cm wide, this may not be big enough for large family's. We currently have 6 people in the house, but we actually have an additional Fridge and separate Freezer to cope with us. As a plus point though, for smaller kitchens where size is limited, this would be ideal.
Inside the Fridge, there are 3 storage boxes along with 4 additional storage departments, which would normally be used for salads and vegetables.
In the Freezer department, there are 4 drawers, which in it's self is quite spacious.
After reading through the manual, apparently there are Bacterial liners within in Fridge Freezer, which protects your food from any lurking germs. There is also an anti defrost setting as well, which I quite like.
There is an appliance time of 11 hours, which means that in the case of a power cut, your food will be fine for this amount of time.
The only downside I can think of is that there is no timer or temperature metre, which is always useful to have.
As we did not buy the Fridge Freezer ourselves, I did a bit of research on costings. It appears you can pick this up in the region of £400, which isn't too bad for a Fridge Freezer.
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