How to Choose a Refrigerator

If you have a broken refrigerator, or if you just decided to buy a new one, with a good old you automatically encounter a huge number of offers. How to choose a refrigerator competently? Which models of the refrigerator will last longer, which refrigerator repairs will cost less, and which refrigerators will require repair less often than others? About everything in this article.

So, if you have a small budget for buying a refrigerator, you will pay attention to the following brands of refrigerators: Ariston, Indesit, Stinol, Atlant, Beko, Nord, LG. All these refrigerators are assembled on the territory of the former USSR. Consider them in order. How to choose a refrigerator?

When choosing a refrigerator Ariston, Stinol, Indesit (all three brands belong to the Italian company Merloni), you will encounter the following possible problems: leakage of freon in the frosted part of the evaporator of the refrigerating chamber, leakage through the heating circuit, leakage through the lining connections, leakage through the borate tube. In general, everything flows. All of the above types of repair of refrigerators are expensive. For replacing the evaporator in the foam part, when repairing the refrigerator in Minsk, you will pay from $ 140. and higher. For the replacement of the evaporator refrigerating chamber in a twin-engine refrigerator from 110 cu. This is the most reliable type of repair, since if you simply eliminate the leak at a particular location (it costs about $ 50), in many cases the hole has been formed for several months beside it. I personally changed the evaporator in a twin-engine refrigerator, where, before me, the master eliminated the leak through the locks and the return pipe. Conclusion: it would be cheaper for a customer to immediately replace the evaporator. A major drawback of Russian refrigerators Ariston, Indesit, Stinol is the low quality of plastic, the fragility of pens, shelves.

Beko refrigerators are a separate story. In addition to the poor quality of the plastic, they often detach the evaporated evaporator of the refrigerating chamber. Variants of repair: replacement of the evaporator (from 140 cu and above), replacement of the cabinet (also cheap). Choosing a Beko refrigerator may prove to be successful, as well as choosing an Indesit or Ariston refrigerator , but not as often as I would like ...

Refrigerators LG . These refrigerators produce a plant in Ruza (Moscow region). Their trouble is the same as with previous brands: a leak in the foamy part. But there is one complicating moment: the condenser is also in the foam part, and behind the metal panel. The cost of repairing a refrigerator in Minsk is from about $ 150. Very often require repairs, even 4-5 year-old refrigerators.

Refrigerators Atlant . I will not talk about Atlanta as a whole. The choice of an Atlant refrigerator, sometimes it is, is more successful than choosing an inexpensive "imported" refrigerator. But there are some models with which it is better not to communicate. This is Atlanta 4012. This refrigerator is just a killer! I repaired refrigerators in Minsk, I ran into this model three times. And all three times will be remembered for a long time ... In all three cases the age of the Atlant 4012 refrigerator was less than 5 years (factory warranty 3 years). In one case, 3 motors burned (in 4 days), the capillary tube was clogged (atypical for isobutane refrigerators) and a leakage through the return tube in the foamed part. In the second, everything is the same, only the motor was changed only once. In the third case, the leak was not only through the evaporator, but also in the "heating loop". Do not mess with this model at all!

Nord refrigerators are a worthy company for the above brands of refrigerators. All the same troubles.

When choosing a refrigerator , in order to avoid leaks in the foam part, it is better to buy refrigerators with the Full no frost system, in which there is simply no evaporator in the refrigerator compartment.

So what to buy? Nobody will answer this question to you. Even quality brands such as daewoo, samsung, bosch often have a breakdown immediately after the warranty period. Choosing a refrigerator more reliable brands, you simply reduce the probability of an early breakdown of the refrigerator. Unfortunately, the times of "eternal" refrigerators "Zil" are already behind ... Modern refrigerators are designed for 7-10 years of work.

Good luck when you buy a refrigerator!