A fridge is another type of home appliance that cannot be bought urgently. This is a long-term investment and all the pros and cons should be carefully considered before you buy. Later replacing the refrigerator can be difficult.
What to look for when choosing a central kitchen figure? You agree, you rotate around the fridge more often than about the TV, stove or hair dryer;).
Let's be subjective - a family of 4 without a two-door refrigerator is hard to break. Unless you have a basement where you can still build a separate freezer. Therefore, you should ask yourself if there will be space for a large fridge.
Why the two-door?
For a small family, a standard fridge top and a freezer drawer at the bottom will suffice.
If you are a young family, do not exclude the possibility that it may increase in the coming years. As a result, it is better to purchase a larger fridge right away.
Seems like a trifle, but it changes the whole look of the kitchen. There are refrigerators with left and right doors. In some models, the door opening direction is adjustable. This is convenient when the fridge is built into the furniture. If it is further away from the stove or table, a door that opens to the right can be installed.
When you open the door of the refrigerator, its compressor turns on to reset the temperature. Then a rumble is often heard. If a small child is sleeping nearby, or if the kitchen space is with the living space, that sound may be a bit intrusive. Therefore, pay attention to the noise indicators when choosing a refrigerator. They are measured in decibels in dB. Optimum amount - 40-45 dB. Then the fridge is pretty quiet.
Modern fridges are almost all energy class A appliances. One can find A + and even A ++ class devices that have smart energy-saving systems. Of course, they are more expensive, but they are worth choosing because electricity is not lost yet. Each technical description also shows the annual energy consumption. Do not be fooled, these are indicators of the power consumption of the fridge without charge. The more often you open the door, the more electricity it consumes.
These two technologies are essential in a modern refrigerator. NoFrost technology ensures that the inside walls of the refrigerator are not covered with ice or frost, which is caused by excess moisture. The 0 degree zone is usually a single drawer that maintains a temperature of 0 with a minimum of +7 throughout the refrigerator. This drawer is very suitable for vegetables that stay fresh at zero for the longest time.
A rarely used but very useful feature. The fridge sometimes needs cleaning. Defrost the fridge before cleaning. Naturally the fridge melts daily. If you store food in it, it may spoil in the meantime, so you have little time to defrost. Then quick defrosting helps, when the refrigerator raises the temperature to room within a couple of hours and you can then clean it.
Of course, 24 hours is better than 18. Not because you can leave without electricity for longer. This indicator helps when you have to open the door to remove the products. The cold does not leave the fridge so quickly.
Freezers in small and large refrigerators have one interesting feature - fast freezing of food. You put in a big piece of pork and it turns into ice in a few hours. The whole, not just the outside. That is why this feature is needed - to suddenly chill food to 23-30 degrees Celsius. Some refrigerators freeze more food per hour, others freeze less. Professional freezers can cool up to 20 kg. food per hour. Small freezers usually freeze 4-6 kg of food. If you often freeze larger amounts of food (such as meat, mushrooms, berries), you should choose a more freezing model.
It's important. Some like shelves, others like drawers. The shelves are mostly glass and the drawers are plastic. The shelves are usually height-adjustable, so it is advisable to choose shelves if you often find large objects in the fridge (a large pot of soup, watermelon or a mount on a sandwich plate).
You should check with the manufacturer if the shelves are sold separately if you decide to make more shelves than you expect from the model.
Certain models also have additional shelves or drawers for certain foods. For example, is there an egg tray in the fridge? There are also special bottle drawers. If you only store bottles in the fridge, it's probably a wine fridge, not a food appliance. The freezer may have a special drawer for making ice creams. When you turn the knob, the ice creams are automatically scraped and dropped directly into the drawer, where they can be easily grabbed by hand or with a shovel. A small but useful feature.
The dual fridge costs from 700 euros. One-way refrigerator costs 400-600 euros. The price of a refrigerator depends on the abundance of technologies it contains. In addition to most of the features mentioned above, a refrigerator can cost 300 euros, but it is only suitable for those who rarely use it. The larger family needs much more, so be prepared and invest accordingly. A refrigerator is a long-term investment. It will last for at least 5-10 years, so we recommend choosing higher quality models.
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