Isn't Modern Technolgy Wonderful! (Beko CDA543F)

Member Name: Glasgow Girl

Product:	Beko CDA543F
Date:	26/02/09 (159 review reads)
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Advantages: No defrosting ~ Ever Agian!

Disadvantages: Should have bought one Years Ago!

BEKO Fridge-Freezer - CDA543F

We first started using this great fridge-freezer around three months ago.
We had used an old combination of separate fridge and freezer for years with the fridge being a gift from a nephew who was moving to a new home and had a new fridge already fitted in his new kitchen. That nephew has moved house three times since then so that'll give you some idea of just how long we'd had the old set up.

We were investigating a new charity shop in our local shopping center when we spied what looked like and amazing bargain...
A factory reconditioned Fridge Freezer at a very tasty price.

We duly took delivery of said fridge freezer and have been its happy and very contented owners ever since.

On looking on the Internet I was able to find loads of helpful tips and wrinkles about keeping a frost free freezer. You see our old set up was anything but 'Frost Free' and so that particular 'technological advance' turned out to be the first of the benefits gained by having this great new fridge freezer in our home.

Allow me to describe this Fridge Freezer in more detail;

Key Features
(apart from being 'Frost Free' I mean ... ;)
It has a capacity overall of 10.5 cu.ft
It measures only 1830 x 545 x 600

For those with a passion for the environment it is also an A Class Energy Efficient fridge-freezer.

It has adjustable glass shelves which have easy to clean,plastic, front trims.
The evaporator section, vital to the efficient running of any frost free item and to freezers in particular, is well 'hidden' being to the rear and with really good 'guard rails' behind each of the shelves, preventing any fridge items from slipping down and blocking the runaway ... it also has cold wall technology, which I believe means anyone can touch the outside and not know there is a very efficient fridge freezer running at as low a temperature as -19 working away on the inside ...

The fridge section has an automatic defrost (what a boon this is!) and an interior light, which fits neatly behind its domed 'shade', in the roof of the fridge.

The width of the shelves is very good, with nothing to interfere in any way with accessing your favourite chilled goodies.

One section of my old fridge that I never really got around to making best use of was the salad crisper. However, the crisper in this fridge freezer combination is really quite large and divided into two separate drawers, something I have found most useful in that it's encouraged me to buy more salads (good for me and the family, health wise)and has proven a great storage area for any bargains we might pick up at the supermarket.

Allow me to explain.
We love 'real' Italian coffee and just a few weeks back it was on offer for less than half price in our local store. Because I know 'real' coffee keeps for Ages when kept in the fridge, I was able to avail myself of quite a few packets, knowing I could pop them into the crisper drawer for safe keeping without disturbing the salads already there ...
Many weeks later, We're still benefiting from that particular 'bargain buy'!

Where was I?
Oh yes ... The Freezer ....
This great combo has a 4 star freezer with five drawer compartments and an 'Ice bank ' at the very top where you can lace those ice packs for use in cool bags and when you go on that picnic ...Summer won't be long in coming now, and we're more ready than we've ever been, thanks to this great little innovative little section alone.

There is a similar model on the market that has a water dispenser on the front. I much prefer the smooth uncluttered and therefore easier to clean,lines of this great fridge-freezer. And others models have an ice maker facility included, although that can add significantly to the overall cost of any fridge freezer.

Overall I can wholeheartedly recommend this brand of Fridge Freezer to anyone wanting an efficient and not too costly fridge-freezer.

Summary: A great fridge-freezer at a fair price

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