rashbre central: Design faults of the NEFF built-in refrigerator

Sunday, 17 March 2024

Design faults of the NEFF built-in refrigerator


 

I suppose I expect that a company that specialises in White Goods will be quite good at making, say,  a refrigerator. It is the ultimate white good. A white box, with a door that you can put things in.

<Neeep>

Except the designers haven't fully understood the brief. We bought it a couple of years ago because the previous unit's heat exchanger had failed and was going to cost £absurd to repair. This new unit was the one that fitted the same hole and could do the same job of keeping things cold.

<Aruga>

Except it had been designed by playful clowns. Here are some of its more obvious faults.

  • It takes up the same space as the prior model yet has a lower capacity
  • There are unsufficient shelf spacers so it is not possible to configure it optimally.
  • The door shelves don't go right the way down.
  • It is not possible to store a typical UK 2 litre milk in the door
  • It is not possible to stand a wine bottle in the door
  • It is not possible stand a wine bottle in the shelving area.
  • If we use the space on the shelves to the edge then it is not possible to close to fridge door.

The makers of this £1000 fridge should be ashamed of themselves.

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