Smeg Retro Fridge

My Smeg fridge started falling apart just after the year warranty was up. The salad box has a huge chunk broken off, the plastic shelves have broken, the seals are coming apart, the ice box is always either iced up or dripping wet. It cost over £800 much more expensive than most other fridges, it looks great but what utter rubbish inside, just so badly and shoddily made. Plus to replace the parts cost a lot ie £40 plus for a new salad box. I'm shortly moving and I can't bare to take it with me although it still looks great from the outside. It's such a shame it's so badly made.

door seal failed .freezer compartment leaks requiring a bowl placed under compartment to prevent leaking into fridge.

these fridges are all image and no substance. they are cheap quality,poor build and if you want to renew a door seal try paying out £256 plus vat as you have to buy the complete door.

after 2 years the brackets holding the shelving on the doors broke away,then the same happened to the lower ones,the freezer compartment has leaked for the last 3 years and the door seal has given problems for the last year so i decided to change the door seal for a new one as on all my other fridges i have ever owned over the last 30 years this has always been possible(if i ever needed to change one that is and i cant recall ever changing a seal more then once.) so my recommendation to anyone thinking of buying is buy with your brain and not as we did with our eyes.these fridges are poor quality build and not worth the money.they may look good but thats where it stops.

I have to confess to not being very happy with my fridge. It leaks, the door doesn't close properly etc. Why can't somebody else make funky fridges= I have some friends who have an Aga Fridge - beautiful and oh so stylish, but unfortunately costs more than my car.. come on fridge makers!! there has to be a way to do efficient AND cool..

Have had the Smeg fridge about 4 years and just about every shelf is now broken. Ice box doesn't close, all 4/5 door shelves have either completely snapped or are being held together with tape. The only shelves in the main part are the glass bottom and the wire wine rack, all the other shelves had to be taken out when the plastic sides broke. Ice box catch has also gone. salad box was the first thing to break.

Having just looked at the price of spare parts I'd be better off buying a new fridge!

Come on SMEG, what's the point of looking cool if you're held together with cheap plastic!!!

The Smeg fridge which I purchased with a left hand opening door, came with a faulty door seal. Smeg's UK agent supplied a replacement promptly enough but sent a right hand opening model. They then sent a third fridge on which the door seal seemed to be satisfactor but shortly after the expiry of the guarantee period the seal started to fail. Unless careful atetntion is paid when closing the door it will not make an airtight bond.The freezer compartment drips condensation continually. The problem can be alleviated to some degree by keeping all fresh vegetables in sealed containers and defrosting at frequent intervals but nothing will cure the problem completely.

An old electrolux fridge from my parents about 30 years old was far better than this Smeg Retro Fridge. Would not buy again,not much sympathy from manufacturer when you can find contact. thermostat not compatible with size, door seal/magnet very strong.good point only you have to tether the fridge to the wall so you can open door.Door shelving made from plastic that becomes brittle when cold!! how good is that? replacements are v.expensive,ended up making 2 myself.Freezer compartment door breaks easily.food always wet,does not reach correct fridge temperature.