Built-in appliances: five refrigerators in the kitchen interior

A simple and unpretentious "workhorse" Hansa BK 316.3 AA has a basic set of functions and quite ordinary, as for its class, capacity: the volume of the refrigerator compartment is 190 liters, and 70 liters are allocated for the needs of the freezer.

In the freezer of the model, there are three drawers with a transparent front panel — two standard sizes and one of increased volume. As a nice addition, an ice mold is provided. The capacity of freezing products in the chamber is about 3.5 kg / day, and the cold retention time in case of emergency power outages reaches 11 hours.

The refrigerator compartment is not far removed from the freezer in terms of functionality — there is nothing superfluous in it either. The only serious difference is that the automatic defrosting system extends to the upper chamber, while the freezer compartment will need to be periodically cleaned of hoarfrost and ice accumulations with your own hands. Also, the refrigerator compartment boasts a built-in backlight, which many would like to see brighter. The upper chamber is equipped with 5 glass shelves, 2 plastic transparent containers, a hanging curly shelf for horizontal storage of bottles, as well as 4 plastic balconies on the inside of the door. Oh, yes, in addition, the package includes a tray for eggs.

The indisputable plus of the model is economy, which is once again confirmed by the energy efficiency class A++ mark assigned to the refrigerator. In addition to the category of advantages of Hansa BK 316.3 AA, it is necessary to include an antibacterial coating of the inner walls, which increases the hygienic operation of the refrigerator and prevents the proliferation of bacteria and mold. With all this, the storage of food supplies costs adequate money and it certainly won't be possible to go broke on its purchase.

Gorenje household appliances are known far beyond Slovenia, where the brand's headquarters are located and its main production facilities are concentrated. Therefore, it is not surprising that the refrigerator model RKI 2181 is in steady demand among those who are eager to get a built-in kitchen solution.

In the refrigerator compartment of the device with a volume of 189 liters there are 5 shelves made of tempered glass, which are adjustable in height, a special suspension for horizontal storage of bottles and a traditional basket for fresh vegetables and fruits. The camera also has its own secret — a hidden mini-compartment HiddenSpace, designed for cans of soft drinks. The auto-defrosting function operates within the refrigerator compartment.

There is not much to say about the freezer in Gorenje RKI 2181, except for the presence of a spacious XXL box in it, in which there is room for large pieces of meat, chicken or turkey whole and other dimensional contents. The total volume of the freezer is 71 liters. By the way, it will have to be defrosted manually, which is described in detail in the article"Still relevant: instructions for defrosting the refrigerator."

The model will serve as an excellent option for a small family of 3-4 people, providing enough space for storing fresh grub and allowing you to make food preparations in reserve. The only thing that will be required is to fit the refrigerator into a niche for embedding with dimensions of 1775x560x560 mm (in height, width and depth, respectively).

The "die hard" in the row of built-in refrigerators from the American company Whirlpool is made in the form factor of a two-chamber unit of a classic layout, i.e. with a lower freezer volume of 80 liters.

Since we are talking about the freezer, it is worth dwelling on all its features in more detail. As part of the lower compartment, there are two retractable containers on the chassis and an upper traveling shelf of a smaller size. The minimum temperature inside the freezer is maintained at a level up to -24 °C, also in the arsenal of its functions there is a fast freezing mode that ensures maximum preservation of nutrients and vitamins in products.

The freezer implements Stop Frost technology, which is a kind of drip defrosting system. Frost and ice accumulate on a special metal plate to be washed under water only 1-2 times a year. In terms of efficiency, such an auto-defrosting system loses to the classic No Frost, but not so significantly.

The Whirlpool ART 9811 refrigerator compartment has a volume of about 228 liters, and in its rich equipment there are 5 shelves made of tempered glass along with a drawer for storing vegetables and fruits (with an internal partition). A lot of things in the chamber are sharpened for the convenience of storing bottles, in particular, a shelf-balcony on the door and a hanging grid for horizontal stacking of elongated containers. The only thing missing in the compartment is an egg tray.

Important trump cards in the sleeve of the model are branded functions: Fresh Control (automatic microclimate control) and 6th Sense technology ("sixth sense"), which monitors the temperature inside the chambers and redistributes air flows to the desired zones for maximum cooling efficiency. The refrigerator belongs to devices with energy consumption class A++, increasing the readings of the electricity metre by about 247 kW over a year of continuous operation. The model will fit well into a family of 3-4 people, allowing you to store a sufficient amount of food and freeze them for the future.

In the assortment of refrigeration equipment from the South Korean brand Samsung, there are a lot of both freestanding and embedded solutions. One of the notable representatives of the kind of embedded household appliances is a model with a hard—to-remember name — BRB260087WW.

In the "insides" of the refrigerator, a functional "filling" is hidden from prying eyes, led by a quiet and durable inverter compressor, which is covered by a 10-year warranty. The motor pumps two separate air streams: for the freezer (72 liters in volume) and the refrigerator (191 liters), respectively. In the naming of the manufacturer's technologies, this system was called Twin Cooling, and in simpler words, we see a device with two independent cooling circuits.

There are a lot of things in the Samsung BRB260087WW refrigerator compartment: high-strength glass shelves, a convenient hanging bottle holder, a fully retractable Take-Out tray, as well as a spacious freshness zone where the optimal humidity level is maintained and the temperature regime is flexibly regulated are provided to the user. A Metal Cooling panel is adjacent to the back wall of the refrigerator compartment, the use of which in the design helps to equalize the temperature faster when the door is opened frequently.

The reason for the pride of the freezer is the equipment of a convenient Easy Slide pull-out shelf located on the upper level of the chamber. Her company in the compartment is a pair of standard containers for storing frozen provisions. The strength of the lower compartment lies in the high productivity of freezing products (13 kg / day), and when it is necessary to quickly cool a large amount of contents to a minimum temperature in one sitting, the fast freezing function comes to the rescue (by analogy with fast cooling for a refrigerator).

As with most colleagues on the shop floor, the No Frost system, antibacterial protection, LED backlight and sound indication of open doors were used on board the refrigerator. The touch control panel of the device is located at the very top of the case and is equipped with two digital screens for displaying temperature readings in the refrigerator and freezer. Devoid of serious disadvantages, the BRB260087WW model deserves to be paid the closest attention to it.

The German company Liebherr has long held a leading position in the refrigeration industry, which is confirmed by the example of an embedded type model with the ICN 3376 index.

At the heart of the device is a quiet and wasteful compressor in terms of electricity consumption (38 dB and 230 kW /year, respectively). It pumps cold air into the refrigerator chambers through two separate cooling circuits — the DuoCooling system allows you to more flexibly control the temperature regime inside the compartments, and also prevents the mixing of odours of the contents stored in different compartments.

Both Liebherr ICN 3376 cameras are connected under the wing of the No Frost system, which is put on guard to prevent the formation of frost and ice. And if the freezer in the arsenal of the model turned out to be quite standard both in design (3 pull-out containers) and volume (62 liters), and in the capacity of freezing products (10 kg / day), then the refrigerator compartment should be given the closest attention.

Let's start with the fact that the refrigerator compartment with a volume of 193 liters is "under cover" of the door with a door closer — the SoftSystem system slows down the movement and ensures soft closing of the door even when the shelves built into it are fully loaded. They are accompanied on the inside of the door by a pair of mini VarioBox containers, in which it is convenient to store, for example, jars of yogurt. A similar container with a larger size is placed directly in the refrigerator, and its purpose lies in the storage of various small things (bags, tubes, etc.).

The principles of the arrangement of shelves in the inner space of the upper chamber are thought out to the smallest detail. In addition, there was a place in the compartment for a retractable BioCool container with support for adjusting the humidity level, thereby creating the necessary conditions for longer storage of fresh vegetables and fruits. The only repulsive factor from a momentary trip to the store for a refrigerator is the high cost of the unit. However, it is justified by the developed functionality of the model and the real German quality of its assembly.