Hisense RQ560N4WCF Freestanding American Fridge Freezer Cross Door, No Frost, 454 liters, Stainless Steel - F Rated, Noise level: 41 decibels

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Just like its predecessor, the new Hisense performed very well, turning in a solid set of technical results – which is particularly impressive given its relatively budget price for its size. This fantastic fridge freezer from Hisense is perfect for keeping all your groceries crisp and fresh! With a roomy 454 litres of space and lots of moveable shelves, there’s plenty of flexibility and creativity with this fridge freezer.

From the internal LED display you can set the temperature of the fridge and freezer as well as setting different options, such as fast chill and fast freeze, which will cool your food down rapidly, so it better retains its nutrients and taste. As with all fridges, if you have a hot kitchen or a family that are accessing the fridge and freezer all day long, these figures will climb significantly. However, in our repeatable base-line energy tests this Hisense came out very well indeed. This refrigerator configuration is loosely termed “French Style”, with a wide refrigerator space at the top featuring doors that open like a wardrobe. The fridge is properly cavernous at 289-litres, with four full-width shelves and two big salad drawers. In the freezer there are six separate compartments. The right hand freezer compartment (My Fresh Choice) offers a temperature range between -20ºC and 5ºC, great flexibility dependent on whether you have more fresh or frozen food to store. This model was tested before we changed our fridge freezer test programme in 2023. For full details on how we've changed our testing, head to our guide on 'how we test fridge freezers'.

The top freezer drawers with their open front took a little while to get used to. The jury was out on their practicality at first, as you’d clearly be able to stuff more in them if they had full fronts like traditional drawers. Yet the easy-access to regular items was handy, even more so when you consider they were so well illuminated from above by the freezer LEDs.

The fridge’s four full-width glass shelves with spill-proof edges provide scope for wide items such as baking trays or large plates. The even distance between the shelves isn’t ideal, though – and for those with taller items to store in the main compartment, you’ll probably have to remove one of the shelves. Despite the scope and flexibility of the dual control freezers, we suspect most people will default to setting the right side freezer to -18 oC and simply use it as traditional freezer space. I say this as we found that, in reality, 71 litres of day-to-day freezer space is pretty tight for even a small family. So while the idea of soft-scoop ice cream is appealing, the reality is that 142 litres of proper freezer space over six drawers is just much more practical. Hisense RQ560N4WC1 – How noisy is it? This cookie is set by Bazaarvoice. This is a session cookie used for internal Bazaarvoice web analytics to be correlated to the same user browsing session for interactions within a particular client domain. A cookie set by YouTube to measure bandwidth that determines whether the user gets the new or old player interface.The performance and energy efficiency is right up there with the old model and, at this price, all we can really criticise is the slightly odd logic of the digital controls and basic drawer runners making for rather stiff drawer access. Once again, Hisense has come in with a great product at an outstanding price. Verdict Both freezers offer three drawers, the upper of which is an open-style bin for easy access. The lower left drawer houses a removable “twist and serve”-style ice cube maker and both compartments offer LED illumination – which we so rarely see in a freezer. Top marks all round, Hisense. Hisense RQ560N4WC1 – How much can you fit in? In the three-hour fail test the RQ560N4WC1 once again delivered an excellent result for a relatively affordable four-door appliance. The left-hand freezer crept up around 6 oC over the three hours, so easily freezer-safe (food not getting exposed to air temperature above 0 oC) for comfortably more than 12 hours of power outage. This cookie is a performance cookie used for internal Bazaarvoice web analytics, to be correlated to the same user for interactions within a particular client domain. The Hisense Super Freeze functions rapidly stabilise the temperature of food as soon as you’ve put it in your freezer, which means it retains more nutrients and moisture, tastes great and stays as fresh as possible

If you are interested in buying the Hisense RQ560N4WCF American fridge freezer, make sure you don’t pay over the odds. Please note that the delivery and collection of large appliances and TVs are limited to ground-level access only. For appliances scheduled for recycling collection, we kindly request that they are emptied and placed outside the property as a single unit. Please be aware that we are unable to collect appliances in multiple parts. We are delighted to offer our 2-man delivery team to bring any of our products directly to your home. We understand that a smooth delivery experience is crucial, so here are some important details about our service: ARRAffinity cookie is set by Azure app service, and allows the service to choose the right instance established by a user to deliver subsequent requests made by that user.This cookie is set by the Bazaarvoice. The cookie allows internal Bazaarvoice web analytics to be correlated to the same user for interactions across the Bazaarvoice network. Bigger fridge freezers such as the RQ560N4WC1 have to work very hard to achieve an A+ (or better) energy rating due to the larger surface area of the appliance taking on heat from the surrounding kitchen. We set up our test fridge-freezers in an environmental chamber kept at 18-19 oC to imitate an average UK kitchen. We run the unit for several days, opening each compartment six times per day. Utilising a triple cooling system, this ensures that the fridge, freezer and My Fresh Choice are all controlled independently of each other, which should provide faster cooling power and more humidity in the fridge, to prevent food from drying out. You can dispense chilled water straight from the fridge door with the non-plumbed water dispenser, this is fed from a water tank inside the fridge, which you manually fill. The large fridge fared very well, with a narrow spread of temperatures from top to bottom and a mean average of pretty much 4 oC. Both salad drawers averaged just below 4 oC, which is ideal for salads and fresh fruit, and varied by just +/- 1 oC throughout.