Frost-free fridge-freezers

[Ladybyrne]

Hi everyone
I need a new fridge-freezer and had decided on a built in frost-free Zanussi
ZBB5286. Have now heard frost-frees can be unreliable - more to go wrong. Does anyone have any experience of that particular Zanussi F/F or frost-frees in general? Would be very grateful for any advice - need to make a purchase soon. Thanks in advance.

[smurf]

had a frost free for years never had any problem, great because you dont have to defrost, messy job go for it

[mk1975]

i have zanussi,frost free, 4 years now and im very happy.no any probs, touch wood:)

[chas2008]

Zanussi are one of the better ones,Hotpoint have a bit of a poor reputation only found out after mine only lasted 2.5 years...should of done my research first..

[johnk]

Had ours (not a Zanussi) for about 5 years, no problem.

[Ladybyrne]

Thank you all. Feel more confident to go ahead now.

[dance2trance]

They are great but they do tend to fail after 5 years - guess designed that way. My advice make sure you have insurance cover with the company Hoover are free for 5 years but not if the annual sums are more than cost of a new one.

[nannybooby]

I have had frost free ones for yonks and never had a problem

[craft1948]

I have separate frost free fridge and freezer..........never had any problems.

[askyourgran]

Have an LG frost free fridge freezer for about eight years now. No trouble. Great not having to defrost the freezer.

[albaqwerty]

My frost-free freezer has started to fail after 15 years. However, we had a beautiful 15 year relationship. (It's a whirlpool, not a Zanussi, but I cannot fault a Zanussi)

[Old_Geezer]

You're supposed to defrost them ?!? No wonder I can't get the fish fingers in any more.