Fisher & Paykel ActiveSmart 519L Bottom Freezer (RF522B Series)

The door won’t self close as our previous F & P fridge did. This is particularly annoying as the left hand hinge models doesn’t come with a surface mounted handle as per the model right hand hinged door models do. This makes it difficult to keep the stainless steel door surface free from finger marks.

Very happy with this 18 months in… so much better than the kelvinator we inherited. Quiet, efficient and effective.

Had this fridge for 11 months and from day 1 it has been noisy. Service techs have investigated and brushed it off as the way modern fridges are designed with smaller high speed compressors that cycle on and off more frequently. Consequently, we hear it humming over the top of the tv, and when sleeping in our upstairs bedrooms we can still hear it humming all through the night.

The no-spill glass shelves further contribute to the problem because if you have a glass jar on a glass shelf in a vibrating fridge, you get further noise with the glas...

Performance

The fridge maintains a consistent temperature and which can be easily adjusted using the touch side panel on the inside of the fridge. The temperature of the upper compartment (fridge) and lower compartment (freezer) can be individually adjusted. There are also 'Fast Freeze' and 'Bottle Chill' functions which can be activated on the inside of the fridge to quickly freeze items and quickly chill bottles in the fridge compartment. The latter function is a time saver for those last minute gatherings.

There are also two plastic tubs i...

Had a very similar size from Electrolux which lasted a long time. But to be honest I truly love the look of this unit. The freezer layout is very easy to use and much more practical than my previous fridge - Easy to see everything and plenty of room. The fridge section is roomy and easy to reach all that it contains

The fridge itself is ok. Does what it's meant to do however that stupid plastic crisper cover is THE WORST design ever. For the money paid, why would someone think it's ok to have 2 little plastic clips in place to hold up yet another and slightly heavier piece of plastic up. This gives me endless anxiety when it falls not place...I think I've sworn each time it falls down. Please rethink future designs as I bought the fridge based on reputation on good quality and this feature is most definitely not any good.

Our family have been loyal customers of Fisher and Paykel for two decades, and had previously enjoyed stylish and reliable products, with great after sales support. Those attributes are now relegated to history and Fisher and Paykel has become a brand we will avoid.

The tipping point was last week, when we bought a brand new Fisher and Paykel fridge and freezer.

It was faulty from day one. Kept icing over and issue became worse by the day. The motor was running continuously trying to keep freezer cold. Water started pooling on the floor, pre...

Our old F&P fridge lasted a fair number of years, after some small warranty repair, and we got used to the layout so the new one had to be F&P again. Similar experience to the last purchase, a brand new fridge has issues. This time it's an ice builds up inside the freezer, which gets open once a day, with room temperature around 20-25 degrees and low Canberra humidity. Obviously, the door seal is faulty on the two weeks old fridge. I think that's the last product we bought of this brand, Fisher & Paykel.

I don't know if we just got a dud or what, but we have had this fridge for just over 2 years and its really just not good, was never great but has gotten significantly worse over the last 8 or so months and is now out of warranty.

The first issue we had was is if you place food in the wrong area of the fridge, expect it to be frozen. I've had countless things on various shelves come out with ice shards, even on the default temperature setting or warmer.

Then, within the first 18 months, the spring-type element that bounces the fridge door b...

Nice flat finish and the hidden door handles. Interior plastic and plastic door shelves are of good flexible plastic and not brittle that tend to crack. Layout is excellent and very roomy. Led light is nice and bright. Well priced. A temp reading would be a nice addition.

What you might not like...
The stainless steel finish looks great but needs lots of up keep with constant wiping of finger marks around and near handles. Any dings stands out unlike a white door.
The door seal sucks in tight when closing and if you have to quickly reopen its ...

It is super quiet, easy to clean.
Plenty of door compartments. Love drawers in freezer so easy to sort things
Door alarm is handy
Temp consistent though can slightly freeze products at the back of fridge
Keeps fruit and veg fresh for longer
Just love my fridge It works as hard as I do in the kitchen. I'm so glad it performs well and looks great too

Well below standard of it's usual competitors.
Poor Construction/Quality control and has needed Tech attendances twice already since buying new from Harvey Norman (June 2020)

It looks good & works OK, but lots of underlying issues.
Discard memories of the Quality F&P brand.
We purchased b/c of our space limitations.
Expensive for product brand that's dropping towards bottom of the heap.. (built in Thailand unlike our prior F&P fridge/freezer it lasted 20+Yrs) Declined even further compared to even 5 years ago. Our initial Installer notted So...

Ongoing problems with this fridge from the beginning. Loud noises and had it serviced 3 times and eventually died last week of only have it for 3.5 years and was told to fork out $500 for parts and no guarantee it will fix the problem.
Will never purchase a F&P fridge again.

I love this fridge/freezer. It is energy efficient, quiet and keeps everything at a great temp, especially with the control drawers in the crispers. The lighting is so bright making it easy to see what you have. So easy to use the freezer with the easy glide out drawers. It even has a thin draw to store pastry sheets or pizzas. Great buy.

I purchased this fridge 2 1/2 years ago , unpacked and installed by Good Guys and never moved by me since. I recently discovered a sizeable gap in top door when cleaning which FP technician said must have left factory like that. After adjustment to close gap requiring considerable brute force by FP I can notice a much heavier pull required to open the door now. So how much extra electricity was wasted before restoring the door to how it should have been in the first place? Not happy to pay $170 for shoddy assembly.