Many people can easily live without a microwave oven, coffee maker, dishwasher and other excesses of modern civilization. But that's not something really difficult to do, because it is without a refrigerator. He stands in almost all houses and apartments, but if not, it must plan to buy in the near future. But you need to know how to choose the right refrigerator for your home. Enough to understand the basic characteristics of the device and to compare them with their needs.
The first thing you need to determine - is the size of a refrigerator. at this stage, the error can be critical, because the device does not fit in size and will not fit in the allotted space beneath it.
- Small (height - 80-160 cm, width - 50 cm, volume - 50-60 liters).
- Mini-bars (height - 80 cm width - 50 cm, volume - 50-60 liters).
- The European standard (height 205 cm, width - 60 cm, volume - 50-140 liters).
- Average size (width 80 cm, height - 170 cm, depth - 60-70 cm, volume - 200 liters).
- Large size (width 60 cm, height - 195-210 cm, volume - 350-850 liters).
Also consider the size of the open state of the art, when all the doors open. At this stage, do not rely on feedback from other buyers, all the better to measure and understand, what size is best.
Refrigerators and freezers
Internal compartments different functional features. Cold rooms are of four types:
- for short-term storage (3-5 days);
- for long-term storage of frozen food in advance;
- for freezing or refrigeration;
- for quick freezing (freeze products fully within 1-2 hours).
Freezers, in turn, are divided into:
- 1 star (*) at a temperature -6 ° C;
- 2 star (**) with temperature -12 ° C;
- 3 star (***) with a temperature of -18 ° C;
- 4 star (****) with temperature -24 ° C.
If you do not need long to keep fresh fish, meat, fruits, vegetables - it is better to buy a device with a cooling chamber short-term storage and freezer on the two stars. It is a reliable refrigerator, which will be cheaper.
defrosting system
Besides temperature, the chamber also differ defrosting method. For refrigerating and freezing compartments are either drip defrost or automatic No Frost system.
The droplet must manually remove the ice from the walls. And No Frost ice is frozen not thick due to the periodic switching blower system for drying moist air within the chambers.
None of the defrost system is not perfect. Reviews of the owners of units with an automatic system suggests that this method of defrosting quickly dries products. A manual way takes time to defrost mandatory at least once in six months.
Compressor
From this part it depends on the reliability of the device. Compressors are six types:
- piston;
- replaceable productivity;
- rotary;
- oil-free;
- elektrogazodinamichnye;
- linear.
It should also be noted that, in refrigerators or embed one or two compressors. Better than the last option because it is more economical power consumption.
The cheapest and reliable compressors - rotary. But their disadvantage is noisy work. Linear vice versa is very quiet, but expensive.
Additional functions
When buying a refrigerator is also important to take account of its additional functions, as some of them are very useful, while others simply do not need.
prolonged cold preservation function after a power outage is useful in areas where frequent problems occur with light.
ice generator I need not for everyone.
freshness zone zero temperature control is important for a long-term storage of fresh fruits, vegetables, herbs, meat and fish.
antibacterial some consider a marketing ploy, as subzero temperature is not conducive to the growth of bacteria.
Built-in TV not required if there is a separate kitchen, or you have a tablet.
"Vacation" feature lets not turn off the device during the absence.
Protection of children necessary when there are small children in the apartment.
other criteria
To select the refrigerator, which will fully meet the expectations, it is necessary to take into account more factors such as design, energy efficiency, warranty and brand.
With regard to the aesthetic appeal and ease of cleaning is difficult to give advice, because here everyone has their own preferences. On the criterion of efficiency devices are divided into different classes, which can be found in our other article. Together with the guarantee you need to consider the availability of service and spare parts.
Known manufacturer usually indicates the reliability and quality of equipment.
Final purchase algorithm refrigerator
Realizing what are refrigeration units, depending on their characteristics and functional features, you can make a purchase plan. It can be:
- First, determine the location for the instrument, measure its dimensions.
- Decide how many products need to be simultaneously stored in the refrigerator. According to these criteria, choose the optimal size of the refrigerator and freezer.
- Think about which of the additional features will be useful.
- Next, review the proposed options, make a list of them, or table.
- From this list, select the refrigerator 10 based on the criteria of price, quality and aesthetic appeal.
- On the Internet, read reviews on the account selected options and narrow down the list in half.
- Check in any of the remaining brands of refrigerators has certified service centers in your area.
- After all stages of the selection stop for one embodiment, and buy it.