Check where it was made. Like me, you might change your mind

Oh no, I daren't, I don't want to ruin it !!! pmsl

Anyone I know who has ever had Smeg stuff has ended up developing tourettes after a while. Apparently they are very expensive to repair if anything goes wrong (and they have a tendency to do that. Often).

There was a really good forum I found when I thought my washing machine broke (but it was the wire from one of my bras trapped in the drum ), it was a white goods forum where people shared their experiences of different makes of kitchen stuff and there was really good advice on there if something went wrong. I can't remember what it was called which actually makes what I just typed totally irrelevant.

There is a white goods forum?

I have an American fridge freezer. 

But are you sure it is not french?

I think there's quite a few. The one I went to wasn't where people argue about who had the best spin on a washing machine or owt like that, it was a help one where you could get really good buying and repairing advice (and sometimes save a few quid).

Karma, did it shrug with a nonchalent air as you abused it?

Thats a shame - I would love to get into a fight about spin cycle speeds.

When I get home I shall lift its tail and see if there is a label. 

Mon dieu

Theyre freakishly hooj and expensive arent they? 

what is hooj?

We've got a samsung one - had it for 8 years. We decided not to have the ice making/cold water bit coz it made the freezer section really small

Friends of ours bought one will all the gubbins a year later and I have been jealous of them ever since - crushed ice on tap is the absolute business

I want this one to break down now so that I can upgrade it *kicks it*

I have a samsung laptop and it is the best one I have ever had.
I loved my samsung phone .
So I think samsung fridge may be the next step

Mine is a Kenmore.  Or maybe a Fridigaire.  No idea, really.  It has two doors. I put food in them sometimes, but not really very often. When there is food inside them and I'm hungry I get food out of them. More often than not though I open the doors and stare into them hoping to find something inside there worth eating.

It didn't even raise an eyebrow. Sitting there with it's onions and it's garlic. Giving it large. Meh!

If i had the space for an big american fridge/freezer i would have one. We have a Gorenge fridge freezer for the past 3 years and its still going strong. Have thought about having electrics put out to my shed and a freezer put in there so we can buy in bulk for the seemingly tight budgets to come.

Call me old fashioned, but the Lerkal shop has lots of fridge/freezers and may keep stuff cool on your be'alf. It's a moot point whether it's more cost effective not to buy one and rely on them!

GJ, I have a v v effective 'overflow' fridge/freezer in this weather 'oop north'...outside the back door!

I have a Bosch.  About £1500's worth of space, and there's usually only about a fiver's worth of stuff in it (mostly water).

If you are going to have a fridge/freezer then it's vair important to have some sort of system/rotation.  In the early days of our relationship we were taken in with the, "buy a quarter beast and half a lamb scam!" and the "Fill your freezer and save money!" myth. If you are both working you never get around to it.
Now we are lucky enough to be sole and home based traders, we just cycle to the local shops and buy what we need on a daily basis.

The biggest scam is the energy rating.  The concept is that if you have enough insulation the thing will need less energy to run so it will be greener.  In reality they cannot put the insulation on the outside of the fridge freezer because it would be too big to get into the kitchen, and once it was in the kitchen you would not be able to get in there yourself, let alone open the doors.  So they keep the outside the same and put the insulation inside.  Energy problem solved.  Food storage problem created: there is no longer any room in there to keep much in.  But, the 1 water bottle and a yoghurt that manages to squeeze inside will be comforted to know that they have a very low carbon footprint.  The Pizza man will be pleased to take your call for a home delivery though.  You won't see much in the way of energy rating compromises with his oven.

Big fridge in the kichen.

Chest freezer in the garage for the o/h when you snap.

No charge.