Fisher & Paykel 498L Quad Door RF500QN (Non-Ice & Water)

I bought my Fisher & Paykel RF500QNX1 Fridge from JB-HiFi in June 2024. It's genuinely the best fridge I've ever owned. It's the first time in my life that I haven't run out of freezer space. The quad doors and deep sliding drawers make getting things in and out SO MUCH easier. After seeing the fridge, my parents immediately wanted one too. My only issue was that JB Hi-Fi delivered it with a large redback spider in the box, presumably from the hot delivery van.

F & P RF500QNB1 Quad door fridge - so far so good – Bought this fridge even though online research, including an online Choice Magazine review, rated this fridge poorly (did pay for an extended warranty). When tested it reportedly does not maintain a stable temperature. Some customer reviews seemed to report this problem. In spite of this we threw caution to the wind as it fit our kitchen space well and during a visit to a bricks and mortar store the salesperson assured me they'd never encountered this problem. We've had the fridge two days and whilst WFH today I decided to keep a close eye on the internal temp using a fridge thermometer and taking measurements roughly every 20 mins. Get a life some might say but science requires data! With the fridge compartment set to 3C between 6am to 10pm the temp varied between -5C to -10C (a winter day with house temp around 19C). It mainly sat around -8C and would rise for short periods (10 mins) up to -5C during busy times at breakfast and dinner when everyone is home and the fridge is opened and closed with high frequency. I'm not sure how this compares to other fridges but from my perspective it seems quite acceptable and I'm reassured it quickly returns to a cold -8C. I just hope it can maintain this performance into the future. Especially summer when our last fridge (a 2020 Hisense) couldn't cope with any heat and struggled to keep fridge and freezer at appropriate temperatures. That and the lack of a door open alarm were deal breakers and I can't see myself going back to any Hisense fridge based on that experience. Otherwise, the F&P fridge seems easy enough to live with but if it does start to show temperature regulation issues I'll try and post that info here.