SMEG kettles and fridges..are they good and if so in what way?

[fardownsouth]

I think the kettles look pretty and quite like them. Same for the fridges.

But really... why are they so expensive? I’ve been using my 22 pound kettle for 5 years and it’s fine! Though now also wondering if you’re supposed to clean your kettle?!

I don't know about Smeg kettles and fridges, but the Smeg cooker I have is the worst kitchen appliance I've ever had. It's definitely not worth the inflated price. I can't wait to get rid of it.

We've got a Smeg fridge freezer, kettle and toaster. Everything except the kettle has been brilliant. The fridge freezer is 15 years old and still works well. The kettle packed up after 3 years but I bought a new one (we use the kettle alot)

Heard nothing but bad things about the kettles and the one we had the letters fell off it! Fridge freezer is what it is they look fabulous but its basically a normal fridge. It also takes up a lot of room for not a lot of fridge space. When this one dies I won't get another.

They are mostly about aesthetics. Had a fridge freezer which I just loved. It lasted more than a decade so wasn’t particularly bad value. I currently have a fisher and Paykel double door fridge freezer which is nice enough and much more practical but certainly don’t love that. Would have another SMEG in a heartbeat if I had a kitchen where it would fit ok.

I also had a modern SMEG cooker. It was ok. The element broke and had to be replaced regularly. It’s not a purchase I’d make again.

I think you are mostly paying for a (rather disgusting) name.

I had a smeg dishwasher. It was dreadful.

You are paying a ridiculous amount of extra money for the name fardownsouth and I doubt very much that any of these things last any longer than the usual mid-priced items. Isn't Wallace and Gromit's fridge a SMUG? 'nuff said.

I think once you have seen the SMUG fridge in Wallace and Gromit it's much more difficult to justify paying for them!

Brilliant kettle.
Hands down WORST fridge freezer EVER!

I have a smeg kettle, it looks lovely but it's very heavy.

The fridges are good. Nothing else of theirs is, the cookers particularly are dreck.

Smeg fridge was the worst fridge I ever had. Temperature fluctuated, food went off. I have a Samsung now, its fab.

I've got a smeg kettle, looks lovely but agree it's heavy. The first two I had leaked quite badly but they exchanged with no fuss.

I had a dualit before that lasted 12 years!

My Dualit toaster is a thing of beauty, eight years old and still looks new!

I’ve got the retro fridge/freezer. Never again.

Cons
Door seals are shit. Forever finding them open.
See above - then the fridge half over compensates & freezes/floods.
Freezer needs regular defrosting.

Pros
Looks pretty - still shit though.