Should You Buy a Smeg Fridge Freezer?

Smeg is well known for its cookers, toasters, electric kettles 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 34,000 user and expert reviews and 30+ awards from hundreds of different review sites.

The average price of a new Smeg fridge freezer is $1,941.

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 21st best fridge freezer brand out there.

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.

At an average purchase price of $1,941, Smeg fridge freezers tend to be more expensive 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 77%.

Whilst Smeg have a number of interesting features including Flexible Storage, overall they tend to be less feature rich than their competitors. When it comes to energy efficiency the average annual running cost of Smeg fridge freezer is $68 (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 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		96
4 stars		36
3 stars		9
2 stars		7
1 star		12

Over 100% of expert reviews and 83% of user reviews for Smeg fridge freezers are 4 stars or higher. This compares to 91% and 91% respectively across all Fridge Freezer brands.

Looking at just the expert reviews, 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
	93% 4 reviews	87% 6 reviews	93% 3 reviews		90% 2 reviews
	100% 9 reviews		100% 1 review	100% 4 reviews
		84% 1 review			70% 1 review
	78% 1 review		74% 1 review
			90% 1 review
				80% 1 review
						72% 1 review
	80% 1 review
Average	88% 15 reviews	85% 7 reviews	89% 6 reviews	90% 5 reviews	80% 3 reviews	72% 1 review

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 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	LG	Bosch	Beko	Smeg
	9		1	4
	2	2	2		2
	1
Total	12	2	3	4	2

How Reliable Are Smeg Fridge Freezers?

We checked over 34,000 reviews to find comments about the reliability of Smeg fridge freezers. 10 of these reviews that mention reliability of which 76% 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

The build quality is superb

Excellent Build Quality

NOT RELIABLE

3rd party delivery which is not up to scratch

Very poor build quality

catch doesn't feel as strong build quality as you might expect with a fridge of this price

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 Flexible Storage.

Smeg Flexible Storage

Flexible storage means the fridge-freezer has a section that can function either as a fridge or a freezer, dependant on your needs.

Smeg fridge freezers that feature Flexible Storage include the Smeg FQ60XPE ($2,004).

What is the Best Mid-Range Smeg Fridge Freezer?

Smeg FQ60XPE

385L FRIDGE

157L FREEZER

40dB NOISE LEVEL

13kg/24h FREEZER CAPACITY

15h STORAGE TIME

610L TOTAL

$951 OVER 10 YEARS

A+

A great mid range choice, priced at $2,004.23 is the Smeg FQ60XPE, which has a Kagoo Score of 73.

Features We Love:

Large freezer capacity (157L - 8.5 bags of shopping)

Large fridge capacity (385L - 21 bags of shopping)

Icemaker

Multi-Airflow system (fridge)

Door open alarm

A fridge net capacity and classic 610L total capacity fridge freezer, with moderate running costs and freezer net capacity. Multiple reviews mentioned that it has brilliant features but has bad technical guidance and it's noisy.

94 Reviews	16 Reviews
79 Features	Good Features
62 Value for Money	Good
65 Running Costs	$950 Over 10 Years
73 Kagoo Score	Very Good

Our review analysis indicates that Smeg FQ60XPE has very good user reviews with an average user rating of 90%, based on 16 reviews.

PRODUCT REVIEW: SMEG FQ60XP STAINLESS STEEL FRIDGE FREEZER

The Smeg FQ60XPE is 920mm wide, 1,820mm tall, 720mm deep and weighs 119kg.

The cheapest price that we could find for the FQ60XPE in the US is $2,004.23 but in total we found only 1 price for it.

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