Whirlpool 20RBD1L Reviews: Frost Free, American, Black fridge freezer

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Score: 8.9/10

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This fridge freezer is a good all rounder. “Style, price” Anonymous verified purchaser View all 83 real customer reviews

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83 verified purchasers have reviewed this product.
93% of people recommend it.

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All purchasers (80)
Build Quality8.8
Capacity8.5
Design8.9
Energy consumption8.3
Value for money (at time of purchase)9.0
Overall rating8.9
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*not all purchasers provided a score or review

Score 5.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Style, price

- Plastic protection film is undernearth plastic end covers so cannot get it all off, doors are at different levels and is VERY Noisy when running

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10 of 10 people found this review helpful

purchased 12 Jul 2008

Score 8.0/10

Ceri , Cardiff

+ The design is sleek and is really striking in black. I have a large kitchen so it makes a really bold statement.

- Although the fridge looks huge the capacity inside is not as big as you would think. I am glad I went for the option that does not include the ice making function as this would have reduce the freezer department again.

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9 of 9 people found this review helpful

purchased 15 Jul 2008

Score 9.0/10

Lynne, Durham

+ Door alarm letting you know door has been left open - especially with 3 young children in house - saves on food and energy loss by door alarm sounding. Looks smart in kitchen - went for black option - doesn't stand out as much as a bright white one would have done.

- Bottom vegetable / fruit / meat drawers in fridge stick when trying to push back in when have any contents in them - need to jiggle it a bit and lift while pushing to put it back in the right place - children can open drawers to get fruit out but cannot put it back and door cannot be closed while it is sticking out - consequently constantly having to close fridge door after kids - but at least alarm alerts you to door being opened.

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8 of 8 people found this review helpful

purchased 12 Aug 2008

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “We have cool fridge”

+ Looks cool and does the job well. You can actually fit full size pizzas in the freezer section...not many of the American style ones have the capacity. Keeps veg. very well.

- Had to remove the door to get it in. Check your door sizes before purchase as this is a big beast.

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8 of 8 people found this review helpful

purchased 23 Aug 2008

Score 9.0/10

Nick, Nuneaton , “BeerMonster, FineFoodsGannit”

+ Big capacity, very well made and it looks very good. I went for this model as you get double the freezer storage of the ice/water dispenser version. Whirlpool is known throughout the industry for reliability, which was a major decision factor for me . Forgot to put some beers in the fridge? No worries, place some on the top shelf where the blower is and in less 10 minutes ice is forming in the beer, simply amazing!

- A little noisier than expected, although it is queit for what it is. The temp guages only reads the temp you have set it to and not the "actual" inside temperatures. The doors are slightly out of line and could not be made right with any adjustment but this is nitt picking as you can hardly notice, plus the floor is not 100% level.

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7 of 7 people found this review helpful

purchased 29 Jul 2008

Score 8.0/10

Susan, Luton , “Family with 3 kids”

+ Lots of fridge room. The ability to switch of the just the fridge say if you were going on holiday. Child alarm, if your little people are constantly in and out of the fridge this alarm alerts you so you can re-educate them on being energy efficient. Being able to adjust the tempreture of your fridge and freezer, quite often this is automatically set but not necessarily at the most efficient tempreture this model allows you to set your own temp.

- Personally I think all the american fridge, freezer systems within my budget dont give the freezer space enough, I have loads of fridge room which is great however I would gladly give some of it up for the freezer. This I would note is a general problem that I am not directing solely at this model.

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6 of 6 people found this review helpful

purchased 22 Aug 2008

Score 9.0/10

Cheshire, Geraldine , “Satisfied Customer”

+ Design is very sleek, being on casters makes it so easy to move. The space inside Fridge is great and so easy to see and store products. The black gloss finish fits great with my Kitchen. I am glad I personnally chose not to have the ice making facility as I wanted the maximum space in the Freezer. The door alarm is a really useful idea.

- If any it would be maybe another shelf in the Fridge area and to possible make the ratio of Fridge/Freezer space more equal. But that is just being picky I am thoroughly satisfied with the product. Can be a little noisy but its not a problem.

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6 of 6 people found this review helpful

purchased 21 Aug 2008

Score 10.0/10

Shane, Peterborough

+ There is alot of space compared to other american styles.
The overall look of it looks well good as well

- Nothing

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 01 Sep 2008

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Flexibility for storage and capacity

- Curved front and large handle meant it would not go through the door to the house without removing the doors.

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 23 Sep 2008

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “babe”

+ looks really nice in black. glad we bought the one with no drinks/ice dispenser for the extra room in the freezer. nice quality.

- a bit noisy, but not too much of a problem. one more shelf would be useful in the fridge.

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 18 Aug 2008

Score 10.0/10

Jason, Narberth , “Value, Storage, Design.”

+ It's a very well designed and laid out product.
Loads of room, and a really good price.

- The wrapping it comes in take ages to get off.

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 03 Sep 2008

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ nice design.Large door pockets.The doors are very easy to remove,thus making it easy to get in to the house.
Comes very well packaged.

- thed body/doors have a plastic film over them which is a bit fiddly to completely remove.

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 09 Sep 2008

Score 9.0/10

Hilary , Preston Lancashire

+ Stylish fridge freezer. Alarm rings if door is left open.

- Rather noisy. Cheap egg & ice cube containers which are not in keeping with the fridge design or price range

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 27 Oct 2008

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Plenty fridge space. I can now get my pots of soup in the fridge without having to decant into smaller containers!

- Freezer space is not as good as I would have liked.

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 21 Nov 2008

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Enourmous space, and lots of places to stick things.

- Weight of it when moving.
Slightly noiser than I thought.

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 16 Aug 2008

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Big capacity, good interior design, really like it!

- Not related to the fridge itself, but the packaging. Sticky film it was wrapped in is almost impossible to remove at the edges.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 16 Jul 2008

Score 9.0/10

Kevin , Northampton , “Average man”

+ Very good product so far been very happy

- none

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 23 Jul 2008

Score 9.0/10

rose, sutton coldfield

+ Reviewer left no comment

- Noisey

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purchased 18 Jul 2008

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Stylish. Freezer capacity is good.

- None.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 20 Jul 2008

Score 10.0/10

colin , ferndown dorset , “we mainly eat out”

+ it holds food

- it just does do cook food

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 25 Jul 2008

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ I have a big kitchen and it looks nice because of its size and colour.

- Did not realise that the handles would get in the way of bringing it in to the kitchen.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 31 Jul 2008

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ solid, well made, well designed, attractive

- noisy (though i believe all US style machines are noisy so this isn't a direct criticism of this model)

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 02 Aug 2008

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ easy access to all compartments

- none so far

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purchased 03 Aug 2008

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Great storage capacity, stylish design

- awkward to get into house-very large

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purchased 10 Aug 2008

Score 10.0/10

Lorraine, Loudwater , “fair and honest”

+ Lots of fridge and freezer space, child lock on settings, good looking design.

- Doesn't fit through standard door so both doors had to come off when delivered.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 21 Aug 2008

Score 9.0/10

Bernie, West Malling, kent

+ good design, looks good plenty of space to store

- Freezer not so spacious
just make sure you have plenty to open the doors

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purchased 14 Sep 2008

Score 8.0/10

ann, derry

+ storage space

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 14 Sep 2008

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Looks good, and plenty of space.

- Can be quite noisy at times.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 23 Sep 2008

Score 6.0/10

Dean, Rugby , “Family man foodie ”

+ Looks good and has adequate capacity for a family of four

- It's noisy and the chiller draws aren't easy to move in and out

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 28 Sep 2008

Score 8.0/10

Caroline, Lincoln

+ It is just as I expected. A good buy, easy to access the food and it looks good too.

- The only downside is the plastic film that it came covered in. When I peeled it off, it was stuck under the ridges at the top and bottom of the doors, and therefore left bits which were really difficult to get out.

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purchased 07 Oct 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Overall build quality and effective use of space

- fridge drawers are sticky in operation

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purchased 06 Nov 2008

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “maureen knaresborough”

+ very smart in my kitchen

- bit noisy

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purchased 07 Nov 2008

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Great

- none its great

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 27 Nov 2008

Score 8.0/10

Peter , Stoke On Trent

+ Clean Tidy appearance

- None

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 09 Dec 2008

Score 8.0/10

Ken, Whitley Bay

+ Looks and economy

- not enough shelves in fridge - needs a dedicated ice drawer (as in Samsung)

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 07 Jan 2009

Score 9.0/10

JAYNE, HEREFORD , “MARRIED WITH FAMILY”

+ ITS A GREAT LOOKING FRIDGE/FREEZER, LOOKS VERY STYLISH WITH LOTS OF ROOM FOR STORAGE.

- NONE SO FAR.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 13 Jan 2009

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Really good looking piece of kitchen equipment, definitely handy having the controls on the outside panel.

- Wouldn't we all like a fridge-freezer that was a bit cheaper?!

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purchased 14 Aug 2008

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ looks good, fridge is great

- More space needed in the freezer and a bit noisy

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purchased 02 Feb 2009

Score 8.0/10

KS, East Yorkshire

+ sleek look, temp control, different size door compartments for all your bottles

- Can be noisy, veg compartments dont slide in and out very easily

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purchased 18 Feb 2009

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Doors came off, so we could get it in the house/kitchen easier

- None at the moment..except it does liked to be wiped! (being black and shiny, it does show the finger prints!)

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purchased 22 Feb 2009

Score 8.0/10

Carl, Southport

+ looks good
value for money
glad we didn't pick one with the water and ice machine as too much room would be lost

- noise compared to our last fridge
It's a pain to get all the wrapping off
fridge shelves could be bigger

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purchased 16 Feb 2009

Score 9.0/10

Angela, Kent

+ The drum size

- None so far,only had it for 2months or so.

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purchased 03 Feb 2009

Score 10.0/10

Trisha, TAIN, Scotland , “homemaker, large family, helpful”

+ easy cleaned, no fussy bits, quiet, holds alot of food

- doors could open a wee bid wider

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purchased 10 Apr 2009

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Smart, elegant and functional , does what it says on the tin with style

- Too tempting

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purchased 09 Apr 2009

Score 9.0/10

Andrew, Borehamwood , “Very particular”

+ Inside lighting, good use of doors

- squeeky hinge. Prefer to have baskets in freezer rather than sheves

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purchased 14 Apr 2009

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “father of four ”

+ Movable by means of wheels that can be fixed once you've set you'r mind on where it will go.
Good storage area

- slightly noisy when the motor is running

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purchased 15 Apr 2009

Score 10.0/10

Simon, Swindon

+ Great looks and storage capacity. Best value around

- The protective film is a bit of a nightmare to take off. A little noisy. Child lock only locks panel which is to high for most kids anyway.

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purchased 03 May 2009

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ very neat looking appliance with ample storage.

- None

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purchased 28 Apr 2009

Score 7.0/10

linda, kent

+ alarm,colour black, good attractive interior, freezer light

- needs 12 egg container. only suitable for family of 4,had to buy 2 small baskets as food slipped off shelving. humidifyer falls out of position plasticcovering difficult to remove without using sharp blade had to remove doors to fit through back gate

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purchased 22 Apr 2009

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ good design, compact yet spacious. Pleased not to have bought model with ice making facility - not worth it for the cost and would have taken up valuable space in freezer compartment.

- Not enought literature on workings - no instructions on how to change bulbs, best positioning for foods, etc. Was this missing. Asked for further details when returning guarantee form but as yet no response.

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purchased 28 May 2009

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Product Features

Energy Efficiency A
Number of Doors 2
Width in cm 90.2
Colour Black
Frost Free Yes
Freezer Stars 4
Ice-Cube Dispenser No
Water Dispenser No
Net Capacity Total Device in Litres (litres) 545
Net Capacity Refrigerator in Litres 335
Net Capacity Freezer in Litres 210
Energy Savings Trust Feature No
Height in cm 178
Depth in cm 70.9
Shelves Material Glass
Construction Freestanding
Release Date 14 Apr 2008

Also known as: WHIRLPOOL 20RB D1L, WHI 20RBD1L

Fridge Freezer Buyers Guide  

Manufacturer's Description

6th Sense Technology:

Whirlpools unique 6th sense technology senses, adapts and controls, constantly adjusting to temperature changes, to ensure that food looks and tastes fresh.

Contour Doors with Concealed Hinges:

The doors have a gentle contour shape and deep doors for better storage. The hinges are concealed for a more integrated look.

Total No Frost:

Whirlpools Total No Frost system prevents the build up of ice and eliminates the need for defrosting by circulating chilled air around the storage areas to reduce humidity and prevent the formation of ice. With the Total No Frost system there is no condensation on your food or fridge walls.

Anti-bacterial filter with Microban:

Whirlpool together with Microban, the market leader in anti-bacterial solutions, have developed an anti-bacterial air filtration system. Circulated air in the fridge passes through the filter eliminating potentially harmful bacteria mould and mildew. Filters are easily replaced after 6 months.

‘Clean Door’ Model:

The clean door model without ice and water dispenser increases freezer space by a further 20%.

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