Seeing as its white goods recommendation time, I could use some help picking a new fridge freeze. I currently have a flat back hotpoint mistral one. When i got it I loved the idea of the flat back design as our cats, kept climbing behind the old one! However this thing as been a disaster, I have replaced the themocouples in it many times which has extended its life however the last time I did it made little difference, and it is time for the thing to go. I think the problem lies with the defrost/frost free, it that it ice is building up after while it just turns off and i have to turn the whole things off and on to bring it back to life (how the temp reading can then change 10-20 Kelvin I have no idea!) Why can't I get one that does not auto defrost/frost free that was always an easy job to do and they lasted 10+ years seempluz! This thing has a pipe from the freeze to the fridge section and a fan to give it air, which is a nightmare of complexity, the fan assist means the top of the freezer is the coldest unless it goes off then it gets warmest, giving it a really bad range of temperatures, and in fact causes lots of ice build up on the food.
At the moment lots of Hotpoint seem to show up seeing we already have one are the new ones any better? I would prefer another brand really.
So some guide lines
Maximum of £500 price, prefer £300
Silver/Gray/Aluminium Colour
At least 4 shelves in freezer section.
5+ years of life.
Own cooling element in fridge section, not ducted
Simple.
NO FANs.


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