Should You Buy a Fisher & Paykel Fridge Freezer?

Fisher & Paykel is one of the most popular fridge freezer brands as well as being well known for its dishwashers, washing machines and ovens. The company behind Fisher & Paykel also manufacturers Haier Fridge Freezers.

If you are wondering how Fisher & Paykel fridge freezers compare to other brands, our guide below collates all the key info in a single place. We've compared over 13,000 fridge freezers by objectively and impartially analysing over 34,000 user and expert reviews and 30+ awards from hundreds of different review sites.

Fisher & Paykel are recognised for their good selection of premium and moderately popular fridge freezers. Their fridge freezers start at $3,689 for the RS36A80J1 which has a height of 2,028mm, a fridge net capacity of 331L and a freezer net capacity of 144L and go up to $4,049 for the RS36W80RJ1 which has a height of 2,028mm, a fridge net capacity of 331L and a freezer net capacity of 144L. The average price of a new Fisher & Paykel fridge freezer is $3,869.

Is Fisher & Paykel the Best Fridge Freezer Brand?

So are Fisher & Paykel fridge freezers any good? We give every fridge freezer a Kagoo Score by analysing its specs, reviews and prices and comparing this to its competitors. By aggregating this data across all fridge freezers we are able to impartially rank all the fridge freezer brands.

Our detailed analysis taking into account all of the above factors found that Fisher & Paykel is the 18th best fridge freezer brand out there.

Let's look at how Fisher & Paykel fridge freezers compare to the other fridge freezer brands across each of the key facets that make up the Kagoo Score.

At an average purchase price of $3,869, Fisher & Paykel fridge freezers tend to be more expensive than most other fridge freezer brands.

There's a smaller selection of Fisher & Paykel fridge freezers available compared to other fridge freezer brands, with only 2 Fisher & Paykel fridge freezers currently on the market in the US. Fisher & Paykel also have worse reviews than the typical fridge freezer brand, with the average rating of a Fisher & Paykel fridge freezer being 68%.

When it comes to energy efficiency the average annual running cost of Fisher & Paykel fridge freezer is $96 (based on a person typically using a fridge freezer for 24 hours per day), which makes them less efficient than most other fridge freezer brands.

What Do the Fisher & Paykel Fridge Freezer Reviews Say?

We've added up all the reviews for every Fisher & Paykel fridge freezer to work out the average distribution of reviews for Fisher & Paykel and then compared this to the other fridge freezer brands.

Over 86% of user reviews for Fisher & Paykel fridge freezers are 4 stars or higher. This compares to 91% across all fridge freezer brands.

How Many Industry Awards Have Fisher & Paykel Fridge Freezers Received?

After checking thousands of expert review websites we couldn't find any industry awards for Fisher & Paykel fridge freezers. The table below shows the number of awards given to the most popular fridge freezer brands. The largest number of awards provided by each review source is highlighted in green.

Compare all award winning fridge freezers

Number of Awards	Samsung	Hisense	Bosch	LG	Whirlpool
	9		4	1
	2	2		2
	1
Total	12	2	4	3

How Reliable Are Fisher & Paykel Fridge Freezers?

We checked over 34,000 reviews to find comments about the reliability of Fisher & Paykel fridge freezers. 10 of these reviews that mention reliability of which 92% were positive. Therefore the vast majority of Fisher & Paykel fridge freezer owners and reviewers thought the product was reliable.

So, most people think that Fisher & Paykel fridge freezers are good quality. Now let's take a look at some of the reviews for Fisher & Paykel fridge freezers that mention reliability:

RELIABLE

the door seal is simply too flimsy to make contact with the fridge body

is easy to manoeuvre due to the built in wheels

NOT RELIABLE

the fridge door simply did not seal - ever