Best fridge freezer 2025: Make your food last longer

One of Hisense’s KitchenFit range, the Hisense RQ768N4GVE gives you big fridge-freezer capacity, only with a flush fit. At just 60cm deep, and only requiring 3mm of space on either side, this model effectively gives you an integrated fridge freezer, with the capacity of a full size model.

This model is a French Door fridge freezer, so the entire top of the unit is a full-width fridge (381-litres). Ideally there’d be a split shelf or bottle rack in this compartment, but the large space, and plenty of door pockets makes it easy to store a lot of fresh food.

There’s on standard drawer at the bottom, but also a vacuum one that keeps food fresh for longer.

Below are two separate freezer compartments of 105-litres each. Cleverly, the right one can be converted into additional fridge space if required.

Performance is excellent: the fridge averaged 4.23°C, with temperatures fluctuating by +/-0.4°C. Similarly, the freezer averaged -18.22°C with +/-0.55°C temperature fluctuations.

A running cost of £57.25 a year to run (10p per litre of space), which is competitive for such a large model.

Smart app control would have been nice, and those that want a water dispenser will have to look elsewhere, but this is a brilliant-value, large fridge freezer.

Although the Beko CNG7603VPX may look much like a regular 60cm wide fridge freezer, it’s full of surprises.

Its stand-out feature is that the freezer section at the bottom can be converted into additional fridge space, which could be handy if you’ve got a party and need more fresh-food space.

Additionally, you can turn the top section off and have a mini fridge or freezer; or turn the bottom section off to run the fridge part only.

Inside, the Beko CNG7603VPX is brilliantly designed. The fridge has a capacity of 249-litres, with four glass shelves. There’s a clever bottle rack, which can be folded up to have more shelf space when needed.

Two drawers are available, with HarvestFresh technology that uses a red, green and blue LEDs to mimic daylight and preserve fresh food for longer.

The freezer has three drawers covering its 106-litre capacity, which should prove enough for most families.

Temperature control is excellent: the fridge measured a spot-on 4°C, with +/-0.9°C temperature fluctuations. The freezer was -18.28°C on average with +/-0.32°C fluctuations.

A B-rated appliance, this model would cost around £18.79 a year to run, which is 5p per litre of space.

Overall flexibility, performance and price make this a brilliant fridge freezer for most people.

It’s definitely expensive, but the Liebherr CBNsda 575i is brilliantly built, and worth it if you want to make a statement.

We love the clever handles, which have a lever that gently pushes the fridge or freezer doors open.

Inside the 259-litre fridge, the quality continues: the drawers are soft-close and on rails; there are clever storage boxes in the door pockets; and the lower glass shelf can be removed to reveal a bottle rack.

The freezer section is more basic, but the three drawers (103-litre capacity in total) are well designed, and there’s a clever integrated ice maker in there.

Performance is exceptional. The fridge averaged 4.37°C with temperatures fluctuating by +/-0.38°C. The freezer was an average of -18.18°C with +/- 0.3°C flucutations.

With an A-rating, the Liebherr CBNsda 575i would cost around £23.07 to run per year.

Add in the smart app control and monitoring and this is a brilliant, premium fridge freezer.

A brilliantly designed French Door fridge freezer, the Samsung Series 8 RM70F67RDR has a brand-new cooling system that helps reduce running costs while keeping temperatures extremely stable.

As a French Door model, the Samsung Series 8 RM70F67RDR has a massive 414 litre fridge that runs the full width of the unit.

This has multiple shelves, with a clever split-shelf that can slid out of the way to let you stand up taller items below.

Dual drawers at the bottom are useful, but there’s also a very thin drawer that looks like it’s for cucumbers.

There’s a 255 litre freezer below. Often, this style of fridge freezer will have separate compartments, with one able to be turned into a fridge, but here the cavity is open and accessed as one.

SmartThings is supported for remote control and monitoring.

Performance is excellent. AI Hybrid Cooling is used, which uses a Peltier element alongside traditional cooling to maintain temperatures when only a bit of cooling is required.

We found that the fridge temperature was a little colder than set (3.07°C), but temperatures only fluctuated slightly at +/-0.26°C. The freezer was similar: -19.74°C with +/-0.45°C fluctuations.

AI Hybrid Cooling helps with running costs, and this model is D-rated (typically, models this size are E-rated). A running cost of around £40.30 a year (6p per litre) is almost unheard of for a fridge this size.

If you want a large, quality French Door fridge freezer, buy this one.

The Hoover H-Fridge 700 Maxi HSC918EWXK shows that the French Door style fridge freezer doesn’t have to be expensive. And, while cheaper than many of its rivals, this model is still well built and has some interesting features.

A large 363-litre fridge runs across the entire top of the appliance. Its layout is a little basic, with static shelves and two standard drawers, but there’s plenty of space here and in the door pockets.

Hoover has fitted a water dispenser to the front, fed via the internal tank that clips underneath on of the door pockets. There’s no water filter, but if you want quick access to cold water, it’s a nice thing to have.

Underneath, there’s 201-litres of freezer space, with six drawers. While there are two doors, the freezer space is a single compartment.

Performance was very good for the price: an average fridge temperature of 3.8°C, with +/-0.47°C fluctuations is good to see. And, the freezer was similar: -19.3°C average.

Running costs are a little higher than the best at £57.32 a year, or 10p per litre of space. If you’re on a tighter budget and want a flexible, large fridge freezer, this one is great value.

If you don’t want to spoil your kitchen’s looks, an integrated fridge freezer is the way to go. While there are some compromises, the Hotpoint HTC20T322UK is an excellent choice.

This 60cm wide model manages to maximise fridge capacity, with 212-litres of space.

It’s nicely organised space, too, with lots of shelves, a bottle rack and two drawers. Just be careful that longer bottles don’t prevent the door closing.

Split door pockets are nice to see, giving more flexibility for storing condiments and the like.

Freezer space is a little more compromised with just 68-litres of space over three drawers. And, there’s only basic temperature controls.

Performance is mostly good with an average fridge temperature of 4.89°C, although the top of the fridge was a bit warmer than we’d like.

In the freezer, the average temperature of -20.4°C was a bit colder than we’d ideally want, although colder is better than warmer.

An E-rated appliance, we estimated that this would cost £44.24 to run per year or 16p per litre of space. A freestanding appliance will do better, but if you want integrated without compromising on fridge space too much, this is a brilliant choice.