Best Fridge Freezer 2026: Make your food last longer with these top models

A large, bold and brilliantly designed fridge freezer, the Samsung Bespoke AI Family Hub RS90F66BETEU is a great choice for anyone with the budget.

Packed with the latest technology, this American fridge freezer even has auto-open doors. Wave your hand over the sensors, and the doors open for you, which is great for when you’ve got your hands full.

The fridge has 319-litres of space, neatly laid out, with large door pockets, a handy bottle rack and two pull-out fresh drawers. In the freezer, you get 225-litres of space with drawers, shelves and even door pockets. Impressively, this model is only 60cm deep, so doesn’t jut out into a room beyond a regular counter.

As an AI model, this fridge freezer has a large 21-5-inch touchscreen on the front, which can be used for a calendar, viewing your Ring doorbell, sticky notes and more. It’s a great way of organising a family. We found the Bixby integration less useful, but that’s an optional feature.

We found temperature control to be spot on. Overall, the fridge maintained an average temperature of 3.51°C, which is just 0.49°C colder than the set temperature of 4°C. In the freezer compartment, we measured an average of -19°C, which is 1°C colder than the target of -18°C. Again, there’s little variation between the bottom and top of the freezer, either. I measured temperature variation at +/-0.77°C, which is very good again.

If you want a big, bold and feature-packed fridge freezer, this is the one to buy.

If you want the look and feel of an integrated fridge freezer, but without the loss of capacity, the Hisense RB3K330SAIC could be for you. This 60cm wide model is a KitchenFit model, which means that it doesn’t stick out past a standard kitchen counter.

Despite being quite shallow, there are 215 litres of fridge space and 115 litres of freezer space to play with, which is much more than you’d get on an integrated model. It’s well designed, too: a bottle rack, humidity controlled drawer and large pockets are in the fridge; the freezer gets three handy drawers.

In addition, this fridge freezer is a smart model, which can be controlled using the ConnectLife app. As well as letting you set the temperature, this app will warn you if there are problems, such as a door being left open.

With the fridge compartment set to 4°C, we found that the average was 0.63°C warmer at 4.63°C. Measuring standard deviation, most temperatures fluctuated by +/-0.79°C, so it shows that temperatures are very stable (anything under 1°C in this test is very good).

Moving to the freezer, we set this to -18°C. Overall, the average temperature was 0.95°C colder at -18.95°C. Again, that’s a good result, and this time there wasn’t much variance between the top, middle and bottom drawers.

This is a C-rated fridge-freezer, so right in the middle of the efficiency scale. Recording the power usage over two weeks, I estimated that the Hisense RB3K330SAIC will cost £27.09 a year to run, or a reasonable 8p per litre of space.

A great alternative to an integrated fridge freezer, this model provides lots of space alongside smart connectivity.

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.

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.

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.

Exceptionally well priced, the Hoover H-Combi 300 HONCQ2T618EWK might be relatively cheap to buy but gets all of the basics right, including its stylish looks.

There’s a good amount of room inside. There’s a 235-litre fridge, which gives enough room for your average family. The pace inside is basic (shelves, door pockets and simple drawers), but they’re all flexible and can be arranged how you want them.

Inside the 120 litre freezer you get three simple drawers. It’s not clever space, but it’s functional and usable.

This model has temperature control over the fridge but not over the freezer. We measured temperatures in the fridge at an average of 2.79°C, which is 1.21°C colder than the set temperature.

Moving to the freezer, the average temperature was -19.12°C, which is just -1.12°C colder than my ideal of -18°C. Not bad considering there’s no temperature control for this section.

An E-rated appliance, the Hoover HONCQ2T618EWK is quite expensive to run. I estimated that this fridge freezer would cost £40.01 per year (assuming 24.5p per kWh), which works out to a yearly cost of 11p per litre of storage space.

If you’re on a tighter budget and want a quality, standard fridge freezer, this one is a good choice.

Let’s face it, although filling up an insulated shopping bag with a handful of ice blocks can be an affordable means of keeping food fresh when you’re trying to take it to a picnic or a party, it’s hardly the most effective means of handling food. If you’re ready to step up your game and have a device that becomes the centerpiece of a gathering then it might be time for you to add the EcoFlow Glacier Classic Portable Fridge Freezer to your collection.

This portable fridge freezer is perfect for ensuring food and drink integrity whenever they’re taken on the road, and the body has an official IPX4 rating which means it’s splash proof. This should give you peace of mind if you’re enjoying a few cold drinks by the pool and some of the water happens to catch the EcoFlow Glacier.

Depending on your needs, there are three versions of the appliance available: 35-, 45- and 55 litres. We had the smallest of the three in for review, but the more compact option still impressed our team in a number of areas. For starters, even though it’s a small feature, having a removable basket is a huge boon as it makes the process of filling up the container so much easier.

Of course, the real kicker is the fridge’s temperature control which, from our testing, is nothing short of excellent. For example, setting the temperature to 4°C yielded 4.36°C on our thermometer, and it was a similarly close affair with the freezer, clocking it at -19.61°C from a -18°C setting.

While you can plug in the EcoFlow Glacier for a wired connection, there is an optional battery pack available which can keep things cool, off the grid, for just over 45-hours. Throw in the easy to grip handles on either side of the device and you’re looking at one of the best portable fridge freezers that money can buy. You’ll probably find yourself hosting more outdoor gatherings just so that you can show it off to your friends and family (and we wouldn’t blame you).