Had this fridge for 7 years and it has never skipped a beat. Large interior; easy to wipe out; can be a little noisy when it turns on but then quickly fades to near silence. Seems to maintain a consistent temperature in all compartments. Only complaint I have is the shocking paint job. The paint is wearing along the top of the freezer door, and I have no idea why, and more so (rough surface and turning yellow) behind the door handle of the fridge compartment. A pity as otherwise it looks good and functions perfectly.

I looked at quite a few fridges before selecting this one and so far I'm very happy with it. Great fridge, plenty of storage for a growing family, easy to clean and quiet to run. Beeps when doors are left open. No ice in the freezer which is great means no defrost. Easy to change temperatures. dorr shelves are easy to remove and clean.

We had a Simpson Fridge/freezer 522 litre for 22 years without any problems and still going. We replaced it with the FnP french doors recently but was not going when delivered. Luckily, we changed to this FnP BRE522 unit instead. It is a perfect replacement with heaps of space than the french doors, very quiet, excellent lighting, good freezer drawers, easy cleaning and very practical. Certainly, well recommended though it is still in our early stage of possession. Hopefully it will be as reliable as our last one. Will update much later on its performance. Meantime we are very pleased with this unit.

This fridge has been great, never any issues with it, everything always kept cold and fresh.

This model appears to be the base model which a lot of new E522BR versions have been built on, I see the shelf configurations change on the different models but not much else cosmetically. Easy to clean, very quite. I only replaced it as I wanted to upgrade to a very fancy new model with ice maker and other bells and whistles which fits our new kitchen. (No I'm not saying which one until I know if it performs or not). Fisher & Paykel get a big thumbs up for this fridge from me.

I love this fridge- its inside is spacious and not over run with silly compartments no one uses that end up with unseen mouldy food. I love the 3 drawer bottom freezer, it's huge, I have a family of 5 and the freezer can accommodate everything easily. I don't need an iced water dispenser or other gadgets like that, just space and that's what this gives me.
The interior is spacious and not taken over with silly compartments no one uses. I can see everything! Love a bottom freezer, it's huge, I have a family of 5 and the freezer can accommodate everything easily.
Vegie drawer slide area a bit hard to clean, but minor issue