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Refrigerators have become an indispensable electrical appliance in every household. So let's select the important criteria to choose the refrigerator model...
1. How to choose the right refrigerator for your family's needs?
Refrigerators have become an indispensable electrical appliance in every household. So let's select the important criteria to choose the right refrigerator model that suits your family's usage needs while also saving energy!
1. Appropriate capacity for the number of people and storage needs of the family
Depending on the number of members, storage needs, and lifestyle habits of each family, you need to consider choosing the refrigerator capacity that best suits. We have the following capacities:
1-3 users ~ 150 liters.
3-5 users ~ 150 liters to 300 liters.
5-7 users ~ 300 liters to 400 liters.
Over 7 users ~ Over 450 liters.
Moreover, you can choose a slightly larger capacity than the number of members based on the number of times you go shopping each week, if the house often holds parties or has a high demand for storing food for trading.
2. Choose the refrigerator design
Currently, there are many refrigerator designs on the market for you to choose according to your food storage needs, preferences, or harmonization with interior space:
Top freezer refrigerator
It is a traditional refrigerator type, with a freezer compartment occupying about 1/3 of the refrigerator's capacity, most popular on the market today. Compared to the general level, this refrigerator has a relatively low price, suitable for economically disadvantaged families.
However, the downside of this type of fridge is that you have to bend over too much to reach the food in the refrigerated compartment (the most frequently used compartment).
A bottom freezer refrigerator solves the problem of retrieving food from the refrigerated compartment without having to bend over too much because the refrigerated compartment is designed at eye level.
The Side by Side refrigerator is a premium line of refrigerators, bringing a luxurious and modern look to your home interior. Equipped with a very large capacity, suitable for large families. Moreover, the multi-door design is suitable for you to store food separately, easily retrieving them from the fridge without having to open the entire fridge, preventing cold air loss.
When choosing to buy a side by side refrigerator, you need spacious floor space because the size of the fridge is very large, and you should also research beforehand because their prices are quite expensive.
On the contrary, mini fridges do not take up too much floor space. You can easily place them anywhere in the house.
With a compact design and small capacity, mini fridges are suitable for singles or students living in dormitories. The downside of mini fridges is perhaps that the freezer compartment gets frosty and the capacity is too small to hold many foods. 3-door refrigerators To meet the needs of consumers, some manufacturers have developed a new line of 3-door refrigerators. The special feature of the middle compartment in most 3-door refrigerators from Beko is that it has 3 independent cooling systems, so the middle compartment can be flexibly adjusted to be a freezer or a refrigerated compartment according to usage needs.
In a typical Mitsubishi Electric 3-compartment refrigerator, the middle compartment is usually for fruits and vegetables, capable of preserving them and maintaining their freshness for a long time. Meanwhile, in Electrolux refrigerators, the middle compartment is often a versatile Flex Fresh compartment that allows easy adjustment between freezing, ice-making, or cooling modes.
Choose based on the standout features of the product. If your family needs to store frozen items and make ice frequently, then a refrigerator with a large freezer compartment would be a suitable choice. On the other hand, if your family prefers using fresh fruits and vegetables daily, then opt for a refrigerator with a spacious fruit and vegetable compartment that can maintain moisture. Additionally, refrigerators on the market come with many convenient features such as automatic ice making, external water dispensing, external ice dispensing, antibacterial properties, odor elimination, soft freezing, vitamin provision for the fruit and vegetable compartment, 2 or 3 independent cooling systems... you should consider carefully to choose a suitable refrigerator for yourself.
Consider the energy-saving capability. Typically, refrigerators consume about 7-8% of the total electricity consumption of all electrical appliances in the household, especially when the refrigerator has more functions, its electricity consumption will be higher. Therefore, to minimize monthly electricity costs, you should choose an Inverter refrigerator with an energy rating on the energy label from 4 to 5 stars, even though the purchase price may be slightly higher than other conventional refrigerators.
