Hoover HHSBSO6174XK Freestanding American Fridge Freezer, Total No Frost, 521L Total Capacity, 90.2cm wide, Stainless Steel, 34004186

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More information on quality can be found in this old but still very helpful article from Harvard Business Review. Inside, it is a little basic with regards to any extra features, but it does have a multiflow cooling system to keep the cold air circulating around the fridge and freezer to help maintain a constant temperature. It’s A+ energy rating means it doesn’t cost a fortune to run either, and while it’s not as quiet as some of the other models in this list, it’s 44dB level is far from noisy. The first is brand. Looking at the brand of the product is often a really good indicator for judging product quality. For example you’d expect a much higher quality product from a brand known for providing excellent quality than you would from an unknown or even a budget brand.

The freezer comes complete with transparent freezer drawers, giving full visability of the food stored.This Hoover side by side fridge freezer comes with a total net capacity of 529L, made up of 344L fridge and 185L freezer capacity, internal LED lighting, and adjustable glass shelves. Transparent freezer drawers give you full visibility of the food stored, as well as door balconies for extra storage

The LED lighting provides excellent visibility across all shelves, lasts longer and consumes 15 times less electricity than a standard bulb. Next up is material. Read through the product description for Hoover HHSBSO6174XWDK American Fridge Freezer to get an understanding of the materials the product is made from. Some materials will obviously be known for delivering better quality item than others. You might also have decided that you’ll only accept a product made from a particular material. The next step for us was to look at all of the products that fall within the Fridge freezers category, of which we found 184 products at Argos. So we pulled together all of the prices of these products to analyse the average prices as well as finding the cheapest and most expensive options.

From the outside the look and feel is that of a far more affluent product and the chilled water dispenser and ‘twist and serve’ ice-cube makers are nice touches at this price point.