Samsung American Fridge Freezers - how reliable are they now ?

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We are thinking about getting the RFG23UERS model, as I want the ice-cubes & chilled water. They come highly recommended by Which, but when looking on Mumsnet it seems quite a few people had problems with Samsungs about 6 years ago. I just wondered if they have improved in reliability over the years

We have a Samsung fridge. It's not the double American style but it does have a cold water dispenser, and a large capacity. We are pleased with it so far, we have had it about 4 months now.

We have the showcase one. It's awesome. Had it over a year with no problems whatsoever!

We've had ours for 2 years. We use the water and ice daily, and it's very quiet. My only quibble would be the quality of the drawers etc, but our last one was a Maytag and cost well over double what the Samsung did so we were probably a little spoiled. We've broken both of the lower veg drawers...........and the water filters are supposed to last 6 months but we seem to go through them a lot quicker!

I've had mine for a few years now. It's great & we've had no problems with it.

Thanks for your replies.
I had not factored the water filters into the cost - how do you know when to change them ?

You get a light indicator. Our first one lasted about 4/5 months and the last one has been less than 3 but we do live in a very hard water area.....I tend to go by the taste of the water tbh now rather than the warning light. They are about £15 each so not cheap.

I was just going to post this exact question! Great minds

Sorry to hijack thread icant but do those of you with water dispenser models find the flow is quick enough? I have nightmares about being thirsty and only getting a trickle...

Also anyone any views on Samsung v Fisher & Paykel?

I have had both & think that Fisher & Paykel feel better made, the Samsung (American style with ice/water dispenser) has very cheap feeling noisy drawers. However it was much cheaper than the F&P equivalent would have been. Oh & another annoying feature is the way two drawers are labeled Vegetable & one Fresh. I would prefer them not to be labeled & if they have to be I think the bottom drawer should be meat.

We've got a Samsung American style fridge freezer - almost 3 years and no problems with it at all

Thanks biggreen - that's interesting to know. Any views on which had faster flow rate for the water dispenser?

Flow rate is fine on ours. It fills a glass fairly quickly, it would probably depend on your mains water pressure though I would imagine.

We've had our double with ice and water dispenser for 3 years now - have had no problems at all. The flow rate is fine on ours and the ice dispenser only gets blocked if you let it get too full without emptying it.

We have had ours maybe 8 years. We have one reoccurring problem which is the fan motor icing up. You need to give it a really long defrost yo sort it. It usually happens when you overfill. It was a known problem at the time when I started researching it!

@Debunked the F&P didn't have an ice/water dispenser. The Samsung does but we haven't plumbed it in yet, the house it's in is undergoing major refurbishment in the autumn so when we moved in we bought a fridge to plumb in later. We make ice the normal way and put it in the dispenser. It doesn't feel substantial the way the F&P does. At the moment I use 3 fridges regularly & the Gaggenau is definitely by the best, but they also cost a fortune. Beware of separate freezers that don't autodefrost, I use a Siemens under the counter that needs defrosting regularly.