The Fab32 looks great, and that's all I have good to say about it. It just doesn't work as it should. Condensation and uneven temperatures cause my food to go off very quickly. It also needs to have more weight in the base, the centre of gravity is way too high and it rocks a bit just opening it. I've gotten out the spirit level and made sure it is correctly positioned but it is still wobbly. The layout is dumb, the crisper drawer scrapes the base of the fridge and the bottom freezer drawer jams and is a total nuisance. I honestly wish you hadn't bothered with the egg tray; it's so useless as to be practically an insult. Where are you even supposed to put it? Far and away the worst fridge I've ever bought - and the most expensive - its performance is so poor it's practically false advertising to call it a fridge. I'm sending it back, so I cannot comment on the durability but I wouldn't hold much hope.

the retro smeg has a design fault ie freezer door. mine broke after a 6 months, currently on my third one, which are very expensive to replace, smeg know this is a design error but undeterred choose to ignore the millions of complaints, don't buy waste of money. Style over substance.

After saving up for this fridge/freezer (FAB32YAZ £1,300) to go with my new kitchen 3 years ago, I can safely say I'm 100% disappointed with it. All 3 freezer drawer fronts have snapped and broken, it's freezes up so easily and often, it has no auto defrost. The top shelf in the fridge broke and I got covered in yogurts when opening the door one day. It's constantly wet under the salad drawers at the bottom... The drainage hole seems to block up easily. When I spoke to a customer service representative her reply was that I shouldn't over load the shelves and it was general wear and tear of the fridge! It's 3 years old!! I have a 2nd fridge & freezer in my garage of a much cheaper make which are over 10 years old and still in perfect working order. The only positive thing I like about this product, is the colour and style ... A nice pale blue which receives lots of compliments... Until I tell them how rubbish made it all is! I wished I had know about this cheaply made poorly designed product before I wasted my money... As Smeg don't want to know about the things that go wrong. I waited in a queue for 20 minutes awaiting to order numerous spare parts for it (which are extortionately priced). I wonder why?? Yes... Because a high numberSmeg appliances are breaking and require spare parts. Warning... Don't be drawn in by the name because that's all it is....

I am so disappointed with my Smeg FAB32QR fridge freezer which I bought 5 years ago for over £1200. The capacity is so limited that I had to buy a back up fridge to keep in the shed, I have had to replace endless handles, drawer fronts and trays which crack and crumble and the freezer door seal (never having sealed terribly well has now split and is riddled with mould and I cannot find a replacement as the model seems to be discontinued rendering a 5 year old fridge virtually useless. I feel stupidly seduced and will not make that mistake again.

I have had a FAB32 for 10 years with none of the problems encountered by the other reviewers. The seal to the freezer section has finally perished but what do you expect after 10 years? I can fix the seal with some silicone. No need to buy a new door.

Saved up for a great looking fridge freezer. That I got. However, it has broken down 4 times. Each time it involves loosing food in it. An average of 10 days to get it repaired. I took an extra policy out with Homeserve for insurance repairs which is something you really do need with this freezer. It is not a great service though. You have to wait for a repair gent to actually turn up and then assess the problem. Send for a part if needed - another week and then wait for him to fit you in to do the actual repair. Why does such an expensive item with such a good name of Smeg keep breaking down? We had compressors, leaks from the pipes at the back. Today we think it is the thermostat. So as beautiful as it is I would say do not waste your hardearned cash on it. Do not forget having to be available for them to come to your house as aswell, at least 1 repair will be over 3 days.

I love the design of this fridge but it has not been without its stupid niggling problems.

After owning the fridge for a week or so we noticed condensation and decided to try and get to the bottom of it,
We tried not putting fruit and veg in there and making sure everything was sealed so moisture couldn't escape in to the fridge.
The condensation was still there ???

After examining the construction closely, we noticed The door was slightly crooked (variations in the hinges) and at the wrong height which was preventing the seal from making contact all the way round.
There was no way to adjust it enough to compensate, Tech support were useless, so we made a metal packing piece and adjusted the seal which was crushed in one place this solved the condensation problem.


The mechanical parts have worked perfectly for 4 years and the paint finish is still flawless.

This is not a cheap product and if a little more care had been taken during its assembly it would have been perfect.

I would not recommend this product as it did not meet my expectations in terms of quality.

We got seduced by the good looks and paid well over the odds for what turns out to be a pretty poor fridge freezer. The compressor blew within 15 months. So far it has taken SMEG 3 visits and over a month and we are still without a freezer. Very poor product and very poor service. I would never recommend one of their products. Please don't waste your money. My last fridge freezer was a fraction of the price and was still going after 11 years.

SMEG Egyt after sales and services sucks. The fridge had a coolinmg problem the front light was flahing the service center is careless and reckless and helpless. Bottom line and in a nut shell .Do not buy SMEG fridges. I liked its shape and aerodynmaics. Liked its silver paitn. Did not like its tempermnetatl door closing.

I LOVE HOW IT LOOKS,SO RETRO AND CHIC.FREEZER NEEDS CONSTANT DEFROSTING THO,AND DOORS SHUT TEMPREMENTALLY.BOTH MY FRIDGE SHELVES BROKE WITHIN A YEAR AND ONE FREEZEY COVER BROKE .VERY FRAGILE AND NOT SO DURABLE FOR BUSY FAMILY LIFE.LOOKS GOOD THO.

Always breaking down - found out that smeg merely place the plastic 'overecoat' or retro panels onto a 'bog standard' fridge and then charge us a fortune for the thing!

Also found out that smeg have one of the worst service reliability/breakdown record of all the main manufacturers.

Keep away from their products!