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 37,000 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 $4,999 for the RS36W80RJ1 which has a height of 2,028mm, a fridge net capacity of 331L and a freezer net capacity of 144L and go up to $6,299 for the RS36A80J1 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 $4,999.
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 10th best fridge freezer brand out there.
#1 |
Magic Chef
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95% |
95%
57 reviews
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#2 |
South Korea
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88% |
88%
2,312 reviews
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#3 |
Russell Hobbs
United Kingdom
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81% |
81%
360 reviews
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#4 |
Switzerland
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72% |
72%
206 reviews
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#5 |
China
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70% |
70%
165 reviews
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#6 |
Germany
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63% |
63%
1,318 reviews
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#7 |
Germany
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63% |
63%
291 reviews
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#8 |
Slovenia
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61% |
61%
126 reviews
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#9 |
Grundig
Germany
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60% |
60%
476 reviews
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#10 |
New Zealand
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60% |
60%
92 reviews
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#11 |
Westinghouse
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55% |
55%
0 reviews
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#12 |
Gaggenau
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52% |
52%
0 reviews
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#13 |
KitchenAid
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51% |
51%
0 reviews
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#14 |
GE
United States
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50% |
50%
0 reviews
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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.
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At an average purchase price of $4,999, Fisher & Paykel fridge freezers tend to be more expensive than most other fridge freezer brands. 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 more efficient 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 1 Fisher & Paykel fridge freezer 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 69%.
No. Of Fridge Freezers |
Average Price
$925 |
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$0 | $100 | $200 | $300 | $400 | $500 | $600 | $700 | $800 | $900 | $2,699 |
No. Of Fridge Freezers |
Average Price
$4,999 |
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$0 | $100 | $200 | $300 | $400 | $500 | $600 | $700 | $800 | $900 | $7,599 |
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.
5 stars | 67 | |
4 stars | 13 | |
3 stars | 2 | |
2 stars | 2 | |
1 star | 8 |
Over 87% of user reviews for Fisher & Paykel fridge freezers are 4 stars or higher. This compares to 92% across all fridge freezer brands.
Purchasers of Fisher & Paykel fridge freezers frequently mentioned that the product was solidly made.
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 received by 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 | LG | Bosch | Grundig |
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10
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1
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4
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2
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2
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2
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1
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1
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1
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Total |
13
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3
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3
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4
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1
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How Reliable Are Fisher & Paykel Fridge Freezers?
We checked over 37,000 reviews to find comments about the reliability of Fisher & Paykel fridge freezers. over 30 of these reviews mention reliability of which 97% 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


NOT RELIABLE

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