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Advantages: frost free.

Disadvantages: Too noisy and some designs are inconvenient.

Last Bank Holiday I purchased a refrigerator, Beko CDA 539F on my local Currys shop for a cost of £239.99, £60 less than the original price.

General information

Brand name: Beko

Model: Frost Free Combi, fridge freezer, CDA539F

Size: 1535x545x600mm (hxwxd)

Colour: white

Performance:

The fridge compartment has 3 adjustable glass shelves and 1 salad crisper. The net storage is 134 litres.

The freezer compartment has 3 food drawers and 1 ice bank which is at the top. The net storage is 63 litres.

Energy efficiency class: A

Energy consumption- Kwh/year: 293

Operating noise level dB(A): 41

Conservation time from failure: 14h

It's guaranteed against breakdown for 12 months and made in Turkey.

What I like

The freezer compartment defrosts automatically. The size and the colour are suitable to my family. By the way the ice bank works well.

What I dislike

I know it will be noisier than my old one because of the frost free and the size, but when it works I found it a lot noisier than I thought.

This model has reversible doors to left or to right, but you just can open those less than 135 angles. I feel very inconvenient to put in or take out big sizes of food, the glass shelves and the salad crisper.

The glass shelves are too heavy and not easy to remove the water marks when you wash those. I also worry about my eggs and wines on the plastic racks.

My lessons

Because I also bought a TV and a washing machine at same time I didn't spend a lot of time on refrigerators.

I'm not familiar with the brands of refrigerator on British market. I had totally no idea about Beko, but I thought if it can be sold in the UK it must be a reliable brand. So I paid my attentions on the size and the price instead of the brand.

Last, but not least I did not read any products review about Beko. I wonder whether I would have purchased the refrigerator if I had read some reviews or done some searches in advance.

I will not recommend it even it's cheaper a lot than others.

Summary: I will not recommend it even it's cheaper a lot than others.