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Ok so a freezers afreezer right? As long as it can freeze things and make ice cubes, thats all you need right? Well when we moved house we got a built in fridge so no need for our old and trusty fridge freezer had to go and we needed a larder freezer to fill a gap. We searched all the usual places and looked for a suitable machine. We concidered the cheaper end of the range as we couldn't see the point of spending fortunes, they all do the same thing right? Not entirely it seems.

First off we ordered and collected ours from Comet and is was the cheapest A rated efficiency type machine that came in silver. Fitted in the back of our Golf with the seats down and suprising light for a biggish lump. The usual packaging seems to have protected it well enough and it was simple to unpack and set up, well how complicated could be I guess. There are 3 good sized draws inside with the bottom one being half the size of the others to allow for the workings. Slightly dissapointing but its big enough for a loaf or bread and a couple of baps. The middle draw is pretty standard and the top draw is the "fast freeze" compartment. The outside is a nice metallic silver and the finish is good quality. Controls are minimal with just a coin slotted dial to adjust the temperature, a power light and a temperature warning light.

There really isn't a lot more to say about the freezer, its simple, it freezes things so what more do you need.

It lacks a wonderful de-icing feature but as long as you make sure the door is closed it stays fairly frost free. To de-frost manually it comes with a nice little fold out spout to drain the water off.

So that about wraps it up, it freezes, holds a descent amount, looks ok and is easy to use so all is good then? Not quite...

The one big bug bear with this freezer is the amount of noise it makes. Whooshing, rattling whirring and various other noises disturb the peace, its a relief when it shuts off every now and then. Its a shame because it looks nice, shame to have to hide it away because of it noisy habits.

A friend of mine also has a cheap freezer and thats noisy too so I guess the moral is if you need to have the freezer in the kitchen then a bit of extra spend is worth the peace and quiet.

Overall, a descent freezer, quality made but a bit to noisy to be excellent.