## The Requirements
freestanding fridge / freezer in stainless steel look
at least 220 liters Refrigerator
Fresh compartment for vegetables
reasonable handle for opening
Energy saving - A3 devices often do not cost much more as A2
Quiet (most silent)
## Look, feel & Processing
Timeless, simple design. Plastic drawers and shelves were well finished and made a quality impression. Unlike the identical Bosch device: For Siemens, the transparent plastic parts are in smoked-glass look, with Bosch bluish.
The New smell was gone quickly erstunlich - once cleaned, then each deposited a bowl of coffee beans in the refrigerator and freezer compartments for one day and well. After two days use no more smell was noticeable.
## Positioning
The refrigerator has 2 rear wheels and wide plastic glides, front are 2 screws. Furthermore, the rear wall and inserted above 2 handholds to fruition. At the bottom, no screws that could damage the floor. The huge machine could surprisingly easily convey to the right place and align. You have about 5 cm from the side wall hold because of the handles, otherwise the door opens not quite what would hinder the departure of the drawers.
## Door reversibility
For the conversion you need a small flat screwdriver, Torx screwdriver, a brand new Philips screwdriver and 1x 4.0 Cross screw thread for pre-cutting. In principle, the conversion is not rocket science, the devil is in the details. This starts with the fact that you have to put the device on its back. Thus, the mounted there radiator is not damaged, you have to inferior a 30 cm element at the head. Or at the bottom end 7 cm and at the head of 15 cm, is also. Except for the door handles are all Torx screws. The colored plastic caps to bekomment with a very small flat screwdriver and a lot of feeling without damage resolved, if it did not work - there are spare caps at. The cross-head screws on the handles are secure very, here necessarily use a whole new Krezschraubendreher in the right size. On the other hand, the holes are not drilled, necessarily with another screw something "pre-cutting" and then only reindrehen the original screws. If you calm matter, one is in 45 minutes. finished.
## Practice
The LED lighting is good, the design is very appealing. The folding intermediate bottom (Flex Shelf) is really convenient. Vegetables stay fresh much longer, for example, carrots are even after several weeks still crisp. Despite the generous by the meat and vegetable drawers with 250 liter refrigerator is plenty of room for other things. The freezer drawers did not extract stop
## Operating noise
I am a very geräuschempfindler man and live in a quiet location away from street noise. Quiet me datasheet is more important than div. Features, hence this model is at least 34 db lt. Pretty much the best thing you can buy. Unfortunately, these hopes were not entirely fulfilled.
The noise during cooling are comparable to a fan, eg fan heaters or Nachspeicherheizung, just not quite as loud. On the positive side, which can be heard no bubbling, clack of solenoid valves, hum, etc. - only the "fan noise". From the characteristic I found in my quiet environment something "annoying", who has much ambient noise, is not so clearly perceive. The background noise can be significantly minimized when under and behind the device creates sound-absorbing surfaces, such as some cloth or cork expounds. The fridge was with me on laminate left on the wall, if you have the gap to the wall in the door area filled vertically with a bath towel, the volume level has been halved in operation in about.
After the door of the refrigerator compartment close the internal fan is loud and clear on for about a minute. You have to imagine this: a fan which is clearly visible with the door closed, thick! Good PC fan even in the "open" operation up to 800 rev / min from 50 cm are barely perceptible. Either Siemens has installed the cheapest fans from all over Asia, and I had caught a device with a fan fault.
## Siemens Service
With the normal Betriebsgeräschen I had to live, especially since some would have to potential to reduce by sound-absorbing measures in it yet. But the acoustics of the interior, not disconnectable fan was unacceptable. I then tried 2x phone to get a Siemens engineer who looks at it. Ausage: yes, we can feel free to send a technician, but if it turns out that there is no defect, it would be 69 Euro cost! It's great ... How should I as Endverbaucher know if the appliance is pre badly designed or defective? I have this problem again emailed by email to the service and received no response.
The upshot: I want to risk any 69 Euro, I have returned the device by necessity.
## Outside the product Rating: Delivery, Returns & Refunds
A few days after the order the forwarding phoned and agreed the delivery date. The unit was then unloaded from the truck, freed from the packaging and transported by two strong men to the first floor in the kitchen. The packaging has been taken glöeich - everything was great!
The pick-up for the return I have initiated by calling the Amazon customer service. When shipping preparation I have the moving parts fixed some with tape, more was not necessary. The strongmen of the Spdition have the closet then picked up from the kitchen and transported standing or loaded. A week later I received a refund without penalty.
Amazon service and restitution: 5-star because no Offline comes with traders.
