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Three years ago, I had my kitchen completely gutted, and rebuilt, keeping my existing fridge freezer.
It seemed like a good idea, right up until my fridge started to make a weird noise whenever I opened it. And I realised that whatever new appliance I bought had to be exactly the same size as a fridge freezer I bought in the sales eight years ago.
Fortunately, my fairy Godmother stepped in, in the form of Haier, who invited me to review a brand new fridge freezer.
Haier is one of the world’s leading domestic appliance makers, and is newly launched in the UK. They have a range of very stylish fridge freezers, with double doors, large freezer drawers and a host of smart energy and food storage features.
Even better, you can get lots of these features in the very compact (if not snappily named) 3 Door Combi A3FE635CGMJ model. This fridge freezer has impressive capacity and smart features in a 600mm wide package.
Haier Fridge Freezer: First Impressions
One of the reasons why I chose this particular model of Haier fridge freezer is that it was narrow enough to fit in the existing gap in my kitchen. While this model is 600mm wide, there are models that are double this width, so there are plenty of choices if you’re looking at a Haier appliance.
While this appliance is narrow (by modern standards) it’s pretty tall, standing at 190cm. This means you get a fairly chunky 133L capacity in a compact model. PS – my fridge looks this empty because we’re about to go on holiday for a month. My child is usually way more nourished.
Haier Fridge Freezer Design
First up – I love the look of the Haier fridge freezer range. The brushed finish doesn’t show fingerprints and the freezers drawers look pretty snazzy.
The 3-Door Combi Haier fridge-freezer is a lovely design. There’s a digital display on the front that allows you to precisely control the temperature in different parts of the appliance. I liked that the front is sleek without handles sticking out, meaning it doesn’t dominate the kitchen – and it’s easy to keep clean.
The fridge is very spacious. At the bottom of the fridge is a really generous salad drawer. It’s a good size and the humidity control feature has definitely improved the lifespan of my lettuce and spinach, which are crisper for longer. I’m really impressed.
Immediately above this there’s another drawer that actually can be adjusted. The “My Zone” can be set to a temperature of between -3 and +2 degrees, meaning it can act as a freezer, rapid chiller or cold storage zone, depending on what you need to put in it. It’s REALLY clever, and we’ve found it perfect for quickly chilling cold drinks. At other times, though, you can adjust the temperature for meat or fish, for example.
The fridge then has 3 shelves above, one of which is adjustable, meaning you can store quite large items when necessary. The back of the fridge door has 2 shelves and a small covered shelf at the top – my one gripe is that this is really high and not adjustable, so there’s every chance I won’t end up using it very much!
The freezer on the 3 Door Combi A3FE635CGMJ has a 97L capacity, split into two drawers. These are SO much easier to access than your typical internal freezer drawer. I love them.
The bottom drawer of the fridge freezer is slightly larger than the top, and each drawer has a sliding tray on the top for fast freezing and quick access to small items that you might otherwise lose at the bottom of the drawer.
Not only does this sort of storage make it easier to see things in your freezer, it’s more energy efficient, as you’re not exposing the whole freezer to the warm air when you open each compartment. Why yes, those ARE frozen cocktails.
Haier Smart Features
Alongside the MyZone compartment, the Haier 3-door fridge freezer comes with a few different smart features designed to help your food last longer.
I also love the energy-friendly LED lighting and the holiday mode, which lets you turn off the fridge, but keep the freezer on – saving you money on your energy bills.
The fridge even offers dry and humidity zones, that let you control the humidity and moisture levels (90%) needed to keep your veggies fresh. The dry zone area at the bottom of the fridge reduces humidity by as much as 45%, which can extend the life of fresh foods by 4 to 7 days – perfect for things like cheeses.
Combi A3FE635CMJ Haier Fridge Freezer Review
After a couple of weeks, we’re really impressed with our new Haier 3-door fridge freezer. One thing I’ve immediately noticed is that my food is colder – clearly my old fridge wasn’t set at the right temperature. I’ve found that our salad vegetables, in particular, last several days longer and are still crispy 5 or 6 days after purchase. It’s a small thing, but means we’re wasting less food. I’m also using the tip I was given by Helen at Love Food Hate Waste and popping a square of kitchen towel in the lettuce and spinach bags to help absorb any excess moisture.
The freezer drawers make it so much easier to see things that previously would have lurked at the back of our freezer for months. Who am I kidding – some things were in there for YEARS. I love using the pull-out trays to get easy access to herbs and leftover sauces, which we freeze into ice cube trays (another tip from Helen at Love Food, Hate Waste). You can see even more clever food storage tips in this video:
My one note of caution would be to have this appliance installed for you. Unlike some fridges, the Haier fridge freezer doesn’t have wheels, so it’s pretty tricky to manoeuvre into place. Speaking from experience, it’s very big, and rather heavy! So if you don’t want to damage your floors (or your lower back) then make sure you have help! The Haier A3FE635CMJ is available exclusively from Curry’s in the UK, and they do offer an installation service.
I was provided with a free fridge freezer for the purposes of this review. The Haier A3FE635CMJ is available from Curry’s in the UK, with an RRP of £699. For further information see the Haier UK website and Facebook page .
That looks great, I love the pull out drawers and slimline design.
Thanks Emma, we’re really happy with it.
Eggs and beer! Love it. Seriously though, this sounds like a good model. It’s a little small for us – we’re after a 900mm – but the functions like the holiday mode really appeal. I’ll be checking out Haier for our search.
Definitely, this is their one “small” model, which is perfect for our period house, but they have a lot of larger, double models.
Help!
I have a limited space in my kitchen 62cm and was wondering how much space you had for your fridge and if the wall on the right is a hindrance for openning the interior and exterior drawers with ease? I have a wall to the right of my kitchen (like yours) and don’t want to change the hinges as this would ruin the flow in the kitchen.
Also how cold does the MyZone area get – cause in some websites it states zero celius and other -3 celius.
Thanks in advance
Hi Jenn – the gap in my kitchen is just shy of 62cm and it was a TIGHT fit, especially as I’m in a period house and the wall to the right isn’t quite straight, you can see in the picture of the open drawer that it’s tight at the bottom with a bit more room as you go up – but with a bit of welly, it went in fine 🙂
The door actually works well, because there’s no handle so it doesn’t bump on the paintwork like my old fridge did – we have it so that the doors are just slightly further forward than the cabinets and it’s great. Hope that helps!
Hi
I was wondering how well your Haier fridge has lasted? We were almost decided on one then I saw loads of negative reviews…..but people only review when they arent happy dont they?!
Any pointers would be fab,
Thank you!
It’s lasted really well, we’re very happy with it. Very sturdy, it looks good as new.
I have just bought this appliance and I am finding my zone is too cold. It seems to go from -5 to 0. Perhaps I’m setting it wrong. I just want to be able to use it as extra fridge space. Can you help?
I was able to adjust the setting using the controls on the front – to avoid it getting too cold, make sure you have the drain channel clear at the back maybe?
Hi, my mother has this fridge. The manufacturer has told her she doesn’t have the facility to turn down the myzone drawer… where did you find this setting on yours please?
Her carrots are frozen
Hi = from my understanding you select the “myzone” function which is C on the control panel. You can then cycle between Chiller (0 degrees), Defrost (+1) and Quick Cool (-1). So if your Mum is finding it too cold, make sure it’s set to D-Frost. Hope that helps!