Whirlpool ARC4170 W Reviews: Frost Free, Standard, White fridge freezer

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Score: 9.0/10

65 Real Customer Reviews - In Summary

+ This fridge freezer scores very high on capacity. - It has no outstanding negative points. “The freezer is good because it has not baskets so is easier to get larger things in” Anonymous verified purchaser View all 65 real customer reviews

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A rated, 4 Freezer Stars, 436 litres capacity More »

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65 verified purchasers have reviewed this product.
95% of people recommend it.

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All purchasers (65)
Build Quality8.8
Capacity9.4
Design8.9
Energy consumption8.8
Value for money (at time of purchase)9.1
Overall rating9.0
 

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Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 1.0/10

+ The freezer is good because it has not baskets so is easier to get larger things in

- We had three of these fridge freezers, all faulty! Eventually we had a refund and bought a different make and model. Don't touch with a barge pole!

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11 of 11 people found this review helpful

purchased 01 Oct 2005

Kiran, Hounslow

Score 9.0/10

+ Extra capacity than normal. Extra width than the standard F/F to utilise available space. Dedicated compartments for various types of food. Separate chiller compartment for fresh meat, poultry and fish. Storage space on the freezer door. Quiet operation.

- More stooping than normal during use, due to unusual design feature of freezer on top. Not sufficient capacity in the salad compartment. Extra capacity in the Meat and poultry chiller possibly wasted.

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7 of 7 people found this review helpful

purchased 01 Oct 2005

kay, scarborough

Score 10.0/10

+ no mess when making ice cubes.easy to see whats in the fridge and the meat keeps alot longer in the meat compartment as it slightly freezes

- none

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7 of 7 people found this review helpful

purchased 31 Dec 2006

Bala, Heckmondwike

Score 8.0/10

+ Good size fridge freezer for a family of five.Not too tall unlike others like hotpoint where it would be difficult form my wife/childrent to reach the top shelves.Good layout of the shelves.

- Nil

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6 of 6 people found this review helpful

purchased 22 Jun 2006

Dewi, Aberaeron

Score 8.0/10

+ Pleanty of compartments to store different foods

- fruit compartment broke within 5 months

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5 of 5 people found this review helpful

purchased 25 Apr 2006

Kerry, Lincoln

Score 10.0/10

+ Excellent Product

- Reviewer left no comment

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5 of 5 people found this review helpful

purchased 27 Dec 2006

Paul, Coventry

Score 10.0/10

+ Good looking design. Lots of storage drawers running at slightly lower temperatures for meat and fruit.

- Needs a little petroleum jelly to lubricate top drawer which can otherwise be awkward to open.

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5 of 5 people found this review helpful

purchased 31 Dec 2006

Juliet, Exmouth

Score 10.0/10

+ Large freezer area

- Reviewer left no comment

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5 of 5 people found this review helpful

purchased 07 Jan 2007

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 8.0/10

+ Ice dispenser

- Rather noisy at times

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5 of 5 people found this review helpful

purchased 10 Apr 2007

Steve, Eastbourne

Score 9.0/10

+ Size, use of space inside, access, energy rating, robustness of shelves, performance, controls

- Is a large item so could be dominant in a kitchen (ours is OK in a utility)

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 07 Jan 2007

Michael, South Hampshire

Score 9.0/10

+ Refrigeration seems very efficient. Capacity is very good. Ice-maker works well and is easy to use (See below).

- It is important to turn out all the ice-cubes before refilling water reservoir, otherwise you end up with a very icy mess.

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 15 May 2007

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ The capacity and design of the frigde is the best I have ever experienced.

- The fridge is very large and requires careful think about where in the kitchen it should be placed.

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 16 Jun 2007

Eric, Bull

Score 10.0/10

+ Too many to list. Very satisfied.

- A bit noisy.

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 25 Jun 2007

Sean, nr Brighton

Score 8.0/10

+ Large.

- A little noisy, getting it into the house was quite difficult.

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 19 Sep 2007

Brian, Barry, S.Wales

Score 9.0/10

+ Good temp control. Well set out for various item storage. Ice box easy to use. Good size ratio between fridge/freezer.

- Limited Water Bottle storage & larger bottler in door area. Not sufficient spaceres to adjust levels.

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 30 Sep 2007

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 8.0/10

+ Very big! Bit like the TARDIS, although it looks big on the outside its bigger on the inside. I like the ice maker, and the sliding shelves.

- Door shelf design not good enough to accomodate more than two 4-pint milk cartons. I've had to remove a whole shelf to get all the milk in, which was a bit irritating. We have a problem with a broken seal at the bottom of the door that can't be repaired but the whole fridge is being replaced.

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purchased 31 Mar 2008

Paul, Norwich

Score 5.0/10

+ Does what fridge freezers should do

- Noisy, noise nearly all the time. Cold air circulates from it making kitchen cold. I wonder how much electricity it is using.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 11 Dec 2006

meg, lincoln

Score 9.0/10

+ THE SPACE INSIDE IS SUPERB. THE FREEZER MAY LOOK SMALL BUT IT HOLDS A LOT AND THE SIDE STORAGE IS GREAT FOR THE LITTLE ITEMS.

- ITS LOUD, AND IT MAKES A BUBBLING NOISE WHICH I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS NORMAL OR NOT!!!

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 05 May 2007

Joanne, Warrington

Score 10.0/10

+ Fridge Size

- None

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 03 Sep 2007

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ Frost free. Good size freezer, and fridge. Copartments well thought out.
Overall very satisfied.

- Noisy motor.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 01 Sep 2007

Rajesh, Woking

Score 10.0/10

+ It's huge fridge-freezer abd best value for money...

- Reviewer left no comment

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 24 Nov 2007

Karen, Wigan

Score 9.0/10

+ Excellent storage area, lots of room probably too much!!

- No bad points as yet!

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 13 Aug 2007

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 7.0/10

+ Good storage, godd internal design

- Some internal part (shelving and storage boxes are too flimsy - would be better if they were of a more solid construction.

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purchased 07 May 2007

Nigel, Kettering

Score 9.0/10

+ Ratio between freezer and fridge exactly what we needed because we already have a freezer in garage. Brilliant size fridge. No wasted space. Easy to use controls.

- Fridge now looks empty.

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purchased 31 May 2007

Robert, Bristol

Score 9.0/10

+ Large Fridge Smaller Freezer. Fridge on the bottom which is easy to get to and is used more often. (My wife is not that tall)

- Bit noisy as its fan driven

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purchased 20 Apr 2007

Rob, Sittingbourne

Score 9.0/10

+ lots of storage generally and especially in doors for bottles

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 10 Jun 2007

Kathryn, Durham

Score 9.0/10

+ It has an alarm which sounds when the fridge door has been open for too long. It has lots of useful compartments.

- Took a few weeks to arrive. It looks huge but ours is behind the kitchen door so isn't too noticeable.

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purchased 18 May 2007

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 10.0/10

+ all

- none

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purchased 30 Jun 2007

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ The fridge capacity is great. No more problems trying to fit containers on the shelves. The space on the door is second to none. The freezer is surprisingly large too.

- Have bumped my head a few times (after putting something nearer the bottom of the fridge)on the temperature panel between fridge and freezer.

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purchased 31 May 2007

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ The size is very good, great capacity. Very sturdy, very easy to keep clean.

- We've had the temperature control box in the fridge develop ice a few times but it was easy to break off and then was fine.

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purchased 12 Apr 2007

mathew, hounslow

Score 10.0/10

+ fridge capacity is large , noise less and good value for money

- no

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purchased 11 Jul 2007

Del, Weston-Super-Mare

Score 10.0/10

+ good storage space in doors, easy access to all items, rapid freezing or chilling of any item placed therein, best fridge we ever had . . .

- Bit too big for front doorway, had to remove door to get it in the house, check size . . .ps: this says 'volumes' about the storage space . .

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purchased 09 Apr 2007

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 10.0/10

+ Good to look at, large capacity

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 18 Aug 2007

Richard, Malmesbury

Score 9.0/10

+ It had the right split between fridge and freezer for us, It looks good and seems to be working well.

- None at present.

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purchased 21 Aug 2007

ian, appleby magna

Score 10.0/10

+ the build and finish vesitility

- to much noise from motor but you do get used to it,

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purchased 11 Jun 2007

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ As noted in the scores given

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 31 Aug 2007

Rukhsana, harrow

Score 8.0/10

+ The refridgerator section is extremely spacious and perfect for my family of five!

- The freezer section is smaller than I would have liked.

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purchased 24 Jun 2007

Richard, Basingstoke

Score 9.0/10

+ Solid construction with excellent storage capacity. Looks good too.

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 25 Jun 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 10.0/10

+ LOTS OF SPACE TO STORE A VARIETY OF ITEMS - OVERALL EVERYTHING ABOUT IT IS EXCELLENT

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 06 Jul 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 10.0/10

+ Very good sized family fridge; easily holds a week's shop!

- None

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purchased 05 Jul 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser , “We are a company!”

Score 10.0/10

+ The ice tray that makes cubes!

- None

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purchased 30 Jul 2008

Coleen, St.Helens , “busy housewife”

Score 9.0/10

+ This is a well built and designed fridge/freezer and large enough for a family of 4 for a weeks produce.

- Can't think of any

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purchased 02 Aug 2008

Nikki, Hemel Hempstead , “Busy Mum!”

Score 10.0/10

+ Very good sized fridge, lots of space for jars and bottles. The door storage in the freezer is a very good idea and great for smaller items like ice lollies/creams, although I would have prefered the freezer a little bigger (by making the unit taller not compromising fridge space). The super fast freeze section is also a good size and its big enough to fit in large ice cube/baby food freezing trays. Overall good value for money.

- Can be noisy at times. We have had to tape up something at the back to stop it vibrating. We do find that the meat section of the fridge freezes the contents a little but if we turn the fridge temperature down then the rest of the fridge isnt cold enough. The handles stick out too much, I often hit my head on the freezer handle and my elbow on the fridge one!

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purchased 02 Aug 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ Reviewer left no comment

- A bit noisy.

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purchased 06 Aug 2008

rachel, harrogate , “very fair person”

Score 9.0/10

+ loads of room keeps food and drink cold chiller part great for meats and beer just very good

- nothing bad

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purchased 12 Aug 2008

Louise, Selby, North Yorks

Score 9.0/10

+ Nice looking fridge/freezer with lots of different compartments for storage of different products. Can holders are great, along with the ice cube making device.

- Door storage intended for larger items (bottles and milk etc) isn't very wide so can't have lots of tall items stood up together.

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purchased 13 Aug 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 8.0/10

+ Good vaule... cost seems to have gone down over the years!

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 26 Aug 2008

Cathy, Reading , “Mom of 2”

Score 10.0/10

+ Really big, which I just love!!!! Room for everything. I like the moisture controle compartment. You can literally see how the mist in salad plastic bags dissapears. When you open the door and leave it open for a longer, it starts to beep. With little one who constantly opens the fridge it's a good thing.

- It is quite loud after you've left the door opened for a while, but once it's regained the normal temperature, it's silent again.
You can buy and buy things but the fridge still has room left:)

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purchased 29 Aug 2008

collette , liverpool

Score 10.0/10

+ excellant storage capacity fantastic value for money .overall a quality product

- no bad points

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purchased 24 Aug 2008

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Product Features

Energy Efficiency A
Number of Doors 2
Width in cm 71
Colour White
Frost Free Yes
Freezer Stars 4
Ice-Cube Dispenser No
Water Dispenser No
Net Capacity Total Device in Litres (litres) 436
Net Capacity Refrigerator in Litres 328
Net Capacity Freezer in Litres 108
Energy Savings Trust Feature No
Height in cm 187
Depth in cm 73
Shelves Material Glass
Construction Freestanding
Dimensions (mm) 710x1870x730
Energy Consumption per Year in kWh 420
0°C Cooling Zone Yes
Cooling System Compressor
Number of Compressors 1
Integrated No
Freezer Position At the Top
Air Ventilator Yes
Separate Temperature Control of Fridge and Freezer Yes
Number of zones 2

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