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We rechecked two twin Bosch and Siemens appliances today: in sixteen days one price rose 14%, under the same printed discount. The other genuinely fell. Here is how to te...
The number on the spec sheet describes the appliance, not the opening that has to hold it. We split 47,224 refrigerators and freezers from the European registry by instal...
The fridge hums or will not cool, and the first thought is a technician. Yet two of the three most worrying symptoms are already written on the appliance's datasheet: we ...
Nobody states how many years a fridge lasts. What the law does put in writing is something else: how long it stays repairable. We read the 56,511 records of the European ...
Almost every fridge on display carries an E, and the sector looks stuck. We read 62 Bosch and Siemens EU product information sheets: 39 models declare an efficiency index...
A Bosch KIR81VFE0 fridge costs 772.62 euro, the Siemens KI81RVFE0 costs 1,061.28. The two EU fiches differ on three lines out of 109. We read 230 official fiches, isolate...
The refrigerator compartment never needs manual defrosting: out of 31 refrigeration appliances actually on sale, all 28 with a fresh food compartment declare automatic de...
The Bosch KGN36NLEA declares 305 liters, 239 kWh per year, class E and 42 dB(A). Class E on a scale that goes up to A seems like a failure, and it isn't: in the six Bosch...
Choosing the biggest refrigerator is not the best choice. The right capacity depends on how many people you are, how you do your shopping and how much you freeze. Here's ...
A refrigerator consumes 100-300 kWh per year, that is 25-75 euros. Here are the consumption rates by class, what really makes a difference and how to spend less without r...
No Frost or static isn't a matter of which cools more, but how they manage humidity and frost. Differences, pros and cons and when to choose each one.
The right model is not the most spacious: it's the one sized for your household, your actual consumption, and your kitchen's noise level. Here's a three-parameter grid to...
