Frustrating Fridge (Zanussi ZUD9154A)

Member Name: whatanoldbag

Product:	Zanussi ZUD9154A
Date:	24/01/08 (144 review reads)
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Advantages: Frost free, good storage for loads of small things; not very expensive product

Disadvantages: Flimsy add-ons, poorly designed salad drawer

had one of these fitted by the kitchen people when I had my kitchen re-done, so I didn't really choose it - it came in a package.

I have to say, if I were buying a fridge and choosing just that, I wouldn't have this one, now I've had it for a year.
It has adjustable shelves and is quite deep which is good, but the highest shelf is very shallow (to give you more height for the second shelf) which limits what you can use it for. I end up stacking up yogurts and storing pickle jars there. I do find I lose things at the back on the bottom, as you can't easily see what's there. Compared to the last built under fridge I had visibility is poor.

The attachments in the door (egg holder, cheese box etc) are pretty flimsy - the skirt which is supposed to hold bottles securely broke the first week, and the salad drawer is an extremely annoying lift up design. This makes use of the space I suppose, but you put your salad in the"drawer" by lifting up a flap (there are two - one on each side) but the flap when level is then the bottom shelf of the fridge. So having put the salad away you then put other things on top and have to take them out in order to get to your veggies. I find myself trying to squeeze cucumber through a tiny gap and bruising my veg to avoid having to take everything off the bottom shelf just to get it.
Trying to look on the positive side, it would probably be OK if you were a single person with this fridge - I am feeding a family of five and it's a bit small (we have another Fridge freezer in the utility room, which stores e.g wine, large joints, leftover food etc. cos this one is not up to anything like a 5lb chicken with other things too). It would also be OK if you bought lots of packets of sliced meat, ready meals, things that stacked neatly on top of one another.

Door storage is pretty good - the door drinks holder takes 2 x 4pint carton of milk for example, plus a bottle.
It looked fine in the shop.....

Summary: not suitable for a family that will fill it right to capacity - Ok if you're single!

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