Hotpoint FF200E

Thanks to the previous reviewer we avoided calling out someone to fix the fridge almost exactly 2 years after we bought it. it iced up and the fridge stopped cooling food, the freezer appeared to carry on working. It was a case of emptying the freezer and removing a 18x2x5 inch block of ice behind the back panel inside the freezer compartment. I've just turned it back on and so far so good. You do need a long Philips screw driver to take the back off. On the plus side it is a huge fridge, and I like the ice cube trays in the front of each compartment of the freezer. The doors also hold quite a lot, but this makes them heavy and they do have a habit of ...  Read the complete review

Absolutely lousy. Ours is two years old now and the fridge area just doesn't keep things cold. Milk lasts three days at most. By checking online I've found this is a common fault that the manufacturer is trying to ignore. Basically people cleverer than me have worked out that ice builds up behind the freezer panel. The only way to resolve this is to empty the whole fridge and freezer, remove the trays and panel, then defrost with a hairdryer! Wish I'd hung on to my old fridge freezer now!