Samsung 647L French Door SRF644CDLS (Real Stainless)

Please allow me to preface this report with the fact that we still own an operating VERY OLD KELVINATOR FRIDGE that my parents purchased new in 1952!……………… In 73 years, all that it ever asked for, was a new Thermostat!…. Even the Seals and Inner Plastics are still intact !!!!!! …………… In 1980, while courting my fiancée, we purchased 2 RankArena Cyclic Defrost 360 litre Fridges as we were living in 2 houses. They’re still in operation flawlessly as 24/7/365 beer fridges at work and in the garage ……… 46 YEARS ON !

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One extreme to another these days, with endless rubbish Refrigerators posing as “Cutting Edge Latest Technology” that don’t even come close to surviving the warranty!…………………. You have to wonder what they were thinking, when they can’t get correct, the basic functions required of a fridge, yet think people are happy to throw the new fridge away every 4 to 6 years when it’s not viable, or even possible in my case, to repair these “nightmares” foisted upon us. …………….. If it’s not the MotherBoard, it’s the IceMaker, or the inbuilt “Soda-Stream”, or the PC built into the door, or the Automated Stock Control, etc etc!…………..

So many modern cars are no better!……………

Circa 2014/2015, we ordered a new Samsung approx 680 L side by side 2 door Fridge with its own Soda Stream System built in, plus filtered fresh cold water, plus crushed or whole ice pieces; all dispensed on f door without opening fridge. For the next 2 years, the technician was summoned to address the unsolvable desire to run too warm throughout, and minor issues with the Soda Stream and Ice Maker. 5-7 visits failed to help solve the main issue. ………..

Samsung offered to swap but our model was no longer available, and no other model of similar size had the SodaStream System. ……….

So we settled for a smaller approx 630 litre model with similar features. Within months, this 2nd fridge began playing up severely with its Ice Maker System they could not resolve, even after 5-7 visits by their mechanic. ………. Fridge no 3 was delivered and no 2 taken away. This 3rd fridge, the 647L French Door model in the above subject line, only came even tho warranty had expired, because we highlighted under duress, that problems were non stop from fridge no.1 and their name was on the line. ………….

Things went well for over 2 years, before the water dispenser decided to begin freezing and refuse giving water and making new ice. Again, the mechanic would make his “pilgrimage” to our kitchen several times which in a desperate move, pulled the fridge apart to expose some very poor design and poor engineering that I, as a VACC Automotive Engineer and Air Conditioning Technician, could see immediately……….

Because every other feature was working, we refused their offer of refund of what we paid 10 years earlier, due to many price rises in that 10 years, and hoping to be better off sticking with the “devil we knew”. The refund would be pushing it to buy a bar fridge ! ………..

It’s a sad indictment on our chinese white goods industry that permeates the world because good quality is no longer made due to more than double cost price for quality that humans refuse to buy. We only have the world financial crisis to blame, as 99% of all purchases of every single white goods is chosen as the cheapest possible. ………….

Don’t know what we’d do without our other VINTAGE FRIDGES that have been a miracle and Godsend on more than a few occasions!…………. Lord Kelvin would be truly chuffed and honoured!……….. Unfortunately, his name has been truly INSULTED, as it has been hijacked to this day on appliances of very poor service quality, and lack of longevity like most on today’s market.