written by on 14/01/2011
Hi. I've owned my Hotpoint FFA74 for just over 5 years now. In that time we have moved twice which has meant that the fridge has been defrosted twice. Up until a few months ago the fridge has had no real problems; no issues of frost or water. Obviously it does make noises when it is defrosting itself, but we've become quite fond of it's 'chuntering' :)
A few months back we started to notice the water. Having read the reviews mentioning manual defrosting, I realised that that probably accounts for why our f/f has lasted so long thus far, so we manually defrosted it again and water problem has been solved!
Granted that the f/f is supposed to be 'frost-free', defrosting it 3 times in 5+ years hasn't been too problematic. Plus it has withstood being dragged around the country, twice, very well. All in all, for the price we originally paid for it, I can't really complain!
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