Hotpoint RLAV 21 > Reviews > Keeping cool food .

Author's product rating:   

Performance	Good
Ease of use	Easy
Durability	Satisfactory
Cleaning & Maintenance	Easy
Value for money	Good

Advantages:	seems fine
Disadvantages:	no freezer compartment

Recommend to potential buyers:

yes

Full review

I will now tell you about the fridge my students keep their paced lunches in at my school. .
This fridge is the Hotpoint RLAV 21, a Hotpoint Iced Diamond fridge in Polar White

This is a white freestanding fridge with no freezer compartment. .
This freezer stands83.6cm tall it is 54.6cm wide has a depth of 60 cm. the net capacity is 127 litres.

Open the door it opens on the right, I do not think this can be changed to open the other way.
Inside there are 2 glass shelves and a basket for fruit /veg at the bottom it is possible to stand something on the glass top of this basket below the two shelves effectively giving 3 shelves.

The door is moulded to have 3 thin shelves the bottom one for milk and other bottles, this has a small front partition to it .to keep the bottles from falling over I guess. The next 2 shelves are suitable for butter, eggs, Marge etc...
This fridge has an energy rating A. Using on average annual energy consumption 150kw per hour.

I have needed to clean outside and inside of this fridge a little its easy to wipe over with a cloth.
I checked the price of the Hotpoint PLAV 21 its £169.99pfrom the electric shop £132 from 247 electrical, £128 at http://www.sainsburyskitchenappliances.co.uk/Product_Information.aspx?Produ ctID=1934

So far this fridge seems adequate for our needs storing little Johnnie's packed lunch to keep it cool. . I work in a special needs school so perhaps we are more cautious about keeping children's food cooled than a normal school where I doubt that a fridge would be provided for students use, we also keep our class food tech items in here . l