Should You Buy a Smeg Fridge Freezer?

Smeg is one of the most popular fridge freezer brands as well as being well known for its cookers, toasters and dishwashers.
If you are wondering how Smeg 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.
The average price of a new Smeg fridge freezer is $2,999.
Is Smeg the Best Fridge Freezer Brand?
So are Smeg 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 Smeg is the 9th 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%
2,563 reviews
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#3 |
Russell Hobbs
United Kingdom
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81% |
81%
360 reviews
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#4 |
Germany
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73% |
73%
1,318 reviews
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#5 |
Switzerland
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72% |
72%
207 reviews
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#6 |
China
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70% |
70%
165 reviews
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#7 |
New Zealand
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69% |
69%
92 reviews
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#8 |
Slovenia
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61% |
61%
119 reviews
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#9 |
Italy
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61% |
61%
201 reviews
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#10 |
Grundig
Germany
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60% |
60%
476 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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51% |
51%
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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#15 |
Viking
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49% |
49%
0 reviews
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Let's look at how Smeg 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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Smeg Fridge Freezers |
At an average purchase price of $2,999, Smeg 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 Smeg fridge freezer is $71 (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 Smeg fridge freezers available compared to other fridge freezer brands, with only 1 Smeg fridge freezer currently on the market in the US. Smeg also have worse reviews than the typical fridge freezer brand, with the average rating of a Smeg fridge freezer being 78%.
Whilst Smeg have a number of interesting features including Life Plus Drawer, overall they tend to be less feature rich than their competitors.
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Average Price
$2,999 |
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$0 | $100 | $200 | $300 | $400 | $500 | $600 | $700 | $800 | $900 | $5,999 |
What Do the Smeg Fridge Freezer Reviews Say?
We've added up all the reviews for every Smeg fridge freezer to work out the average distribution of reviews for Smeg and then compared this to the other fridge freezer brands.

Expert Reviews
5 stars | 0 | |
4 stars | 1 | |
3 stars | 0 | |
2 stars | 0 | |
1 star | 0 |

User Reviews
5 stars | 131 | |
4 stars | 37 | |
3 stars | 11 | |
2 stars | 5 | |
1 star | 15 |
Over 100% of expert reviews and 84% of user reviews for Smeg fridge freezers are 4 stars or higher. This compares to 94% and 91% respectively across all Fridge Freezer brands.
In the table below we compare the average review score given to Smeg fridge freezers by some of the most popular technology review sites against their reviews for other fridge freezer brands. The best review score from each review source is highlighted in green.
Average Review Score | Samsung | Hisense | LG | Bosch | Beko | Smeg |
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100%
10 reviews
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100%
1 review
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100%
4 reviews
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93%
4 reviews
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87%
6 reviews
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93%
3 reviews
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90%
2 reviews
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84%
1 review
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70%
1 review
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78%
1 review
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74%
1 review
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90%
1 review
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80%
1 review
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80%
1 review
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72%
1 review
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80%
1 review
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Average |
88%
16 reviews
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84%
8 reviews
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89%
6 reviews
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90%
5 reviews
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80%
3 reviews
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72%
1 review
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How Many Industry Awards Have Smeg Fridge Freezers Received?
After checking thousands of expert review websites we couldn't find any industry awards for Smeg 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 | Beko | Smeg |
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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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2
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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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2
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How Reliable Are Smeg Fridge Freezers?
We checked over 37,000 reviews to find comments about the reliability of Smeg fridge freezers. over 90 of these reviews mention reliability of which 83% were positive. Therefore the vast majority of Smeg fridge freezer owners and reviewers thought the product was reliable.
So, most people think that Smeg fridge freezers are good quality. Now let's take a look at some of the reviews for Smeg fridge freezers that mention reliability:
RELIABLE


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Features to Look Out For On Smeg Fridge Freezers
There's a number of great features to look out for on the latest range of Smeg fridge freezers that set them apart from the competition. These include Life Plus Drawer.
Smeg Life Plus Drawer
Smeg fridge freezers that feature Life Plus Drawer include the Smeg FAB32 ($2,300).
Compare All Smeg Fridge Freezers
Find the best Smeg fridge freezer for you by checking our complete list of over 28 fridge freezers
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