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RF522ADX5 (Stainless Steel), RF522ADUSX5 (Stainless Steel with Ice & Water), RF522ADX4 (Stainless Steel), etc...Jim YSydney, NSW
- 3 reviews
Super Cool
Very happy with my new fridge
It cools and freezes just as it should. The water dispenser has a lock feature which is awesome when there's a toddler walking around. I've is always available and can be turned off in the colder months. Keeps vegetables fresh and crisp.
Well done Fisher & Paykel
Purchased in July 2021 at Harvey Norman for $1,800.00.
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Si.Greater Melbourne (Inner), VIC
- 5 reviews
Great fridge but the filters run out really quickly
We have had this fridge for about 18 months now
Initially we had issues where the water dispenser stopped working and was flowing really slowly (after a few months). F&P were helpful and had a couple of people come and look, eventually it was taken away and they gave us a loan fridge while it was fixed. It worked for a while, but we’ve found the water starts to run really slowly, and when we change the filter this seems to resolve. However the filters are supposed to last 6 months - ours only seem to last a few then the water dispenses at half ...Read more
or less than half the rate. This is our only issue, otherwise the fridge is great. Bottle chill feature handy, the shelves are quality and easy to clean. Fits so much stuff in (there’s only two of us. Freezer is huge.
Purchased in September 2021 at Harvey Norman.
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BRIJESHNorth Western Region, NSW
- 3 reviews
Noisy
None stop noisy. My one is less than 2 yrs old. I thought that it is good company and brand but I was wrong. Sells man was right. But I didn’t listen to him.
Purchased in May 2021 at Harvey Norman for $1,900.00.
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swamprat96
- 37 reviews
Good fridge and well made
Fridge replaced an old conventional F&P. Whilst being the same size it does lose space because of the french doors- and those french doors never close by themselves. Apart from that we've had it a year now with zero issues. The fast freeze and bottle chill features get used all the time. Quality is good and nothing has broken - unlike a kelvinator beer fridge bought more recently
Purchased in August 2021 at The Good Guys for $2,100.00.
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amak320Greater Melbourne (Metropolitan), VIC
- 3 reviews
- ActiveSmart RF522ADX4 (Stainless Steel)
- Verified purchase
Overall good quality 5.5 years old still going
Love the design, look and features of this fridge.
The compartments and storage is generous.
Have had this since April 2014 and it has not failed once. The only issue is the left door flange does now close properly but it can be easily resolved by manually push it as you close the door. I see this is a common issue.
Otherwise, highly recommend this fridge.
Purchased in April 2021 at The Good Guys for $1,965.00.
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MNMGreater Melbourne (Metropolitan), VIC
- ActiveSmart RF522ADUX5 (Stainless Steel with Ice & Water)
- Verified purchase
Ongoing Issues with Water & Ice dispenser. Really bad customer service!!
I brought this fridge in July from Harvey Norman for $1899. The water and ice dispenser worked for about a month. Over the next month and a half they both gradually lost water pressure, taking several minutes to fill a glass of water, and making tiny ice cubes.
I contacted customer service a number of times via email without response. Finally I had enough and decided to call, wait on hold just to organise a service. Sent out a service technician, who told me the filter was faulty and that the issue was now fixed.
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the service, again the fridges ice and water dispensers began loosing water pressure. I again sent a number of emails, one with a letter asking for a response within 10 business days, as advised by consumer affairs, again no response to my email or letter as is required under consumer law. Despite fisher & paykel failing to respond to my emails on a number of occasions, with simply no response they failed to explain why this has happened and keeps happening. I again had to ring the service line, wait on hold and explain everything to another operator. 35 minutes on the phone yesterday for fisher & paykel to tell me that they wont offer me a replacement, or refund for the fridge, the only option they would offer me was to again have it serviced. Apparently the fridge filter wont work because there are large amounts of calcium in my area (First time I have herd this, the fisher & paykel service technician said nothing about calcium, he said the filter was faulty & this was never mentioned in previous phone calls.) When I explained that on the property there are 2 houses and the house in the front has the same fridge, but the single door, brought within weeks of each other, and she hasn't experience a problem, they just ignored what I was saying, and said I need a special filter and another service is all they would offer. Without any other options I tried to organise a service which was booked in for Friday. The next day I received a text saying my part was delayed and they would call me when it was in and then organise a service. I called fisher & paykel again, 40 minutes, to resolve absolutely nothing. Ive been again told to just wait for the service and if this doesn't work then they will discuss other options.Purchased in July 2021 at Harvey Norman for $1,899.00.
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NoladeeGreater Melbourne (Metropolitan), VIC
- 4 reviews
- 1 like
- ActiveSmart RF522ADUX5 (Stainless Steel with Ice & Water)
- Verified purchase
It is a very quiet & and an efficient fridge / freezer
I have wanted a French door fridge since they first came out .... but if I am honest they are not as useful as the two door upright fridges, its something that I didnt think of till I had one .The freezer is the same as a box fridge, so you dont know whats in the bottom till you have to dig for it, the old fridge you could see everything in it from the side & it was at eye level.also the doors are not wide so you cant put a lot of big bottles in them.you get 4 lie down bottle holders with the fridge, but that means you take up a full shelf with bottles ...but I still love it
Purchased in April 2021 at Stan Cash.
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Victor
- 8 reviews
So far so good. Very quiet fridge.
Have had the Fisher Paykel 519L active smart french door fridge for nearly 2 years now after a major reno. Chosen this refrigerator for it's good looks & excellent size. So far so good. Very quiet. The ability to see all things inside of fridge at a quick glance. The side storage is great for quick access to milk and butter, jams & sauces. Excellent refrigerator. Highly recommended.
Purchased in October 2021 at Appliances Online for $2,199.00.
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TV TechMelbourne
- 18 reviews
- 2 likes
WARNING - Think before you buy
If you are coming from a traditional 2 door fridge to one of these French Door fridge/freezers
Really consider the layout, in my opinion, its a step backwards for the sake of a cool "looking" fridge....
The pull out freezer is so painful to use
Its also smaller than most tradition fridges freezers
It means you pull the draw into you shins, then have to bend down to find things in basically one big bucket.... ewwwwwww
The fridge, Hmmmm 2 doors, so way less door shelf space
You are constantly having to open 2 doors, when you managed with 1 door for decades
Room for Milk and Bottles is very minimal, and they give you these cheap plastic moulds to lay bottles down......Read more
Purchased in August 2021.
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GeorgePerth, WA
- 20 reviews
- ActiveSmart RF522ADX5 (Stainless Steel)
- Verified purchase
Very nice fridge
I don't know what other reviewers are experiencing, but this is the quietest fridge I've ever owned, including the previous Fisher & Paykel unit. Love the french doors allowing access for the largest platters and the huge roll out freezer at the bottom. Glass shelves have lots of adjustment options, the light is so good, no dark spots anywhere in the fridge. Gets cold very quickly and keeps pretty accurate temperatures. I bought a wireless fridge/freezer digital thermometer and it is within 1-2 degrees of ideal temperature for both the fridge a...Read more
nd freezer. Love the stainless steel finish, matches all our other kitchen appliances. If I could find one criticism, it would be the auto close. Even after jacking up the front of the fridge, it will not auto close, you still have to give it that final push to close the door. You also have to open both doors to slide out the vegetable crisper drawer, but this is a minor inconvenience. Very happy with this fridge and would thoroughly recommend it.Purchased in August 2021 at Appliances Online for $1,783.00.
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ChrisBrisbane
- 21 reviews
- 14 likes
Just purchased
Updating review..Stainless steel smudges very easy. Managed to have one of the letters on the front of the fridge fall off after a light wipe down, so now I have a Fisher & Pay el, good look... No egg holder or an accessory to even buy to get one!? Massive over sight by F&P. Quite loud compared to my older (and cheaper) fridge. Double vege/fruit bins are good. Early days but regretting my purchase.
Purchased in August 2021.
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L.K.VGreater Melbourne (Outer), VIC
- 2 reviews
Love it
Absolutely love the automatic ice maker, means never being without ice again. When you take some ice it refills the container. Also having free flowing chilled water from the slim line dispenser is very convenient and doesn’t take up any internal room. Overall nice size fridge for the 3 of us.
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JohnSouth East Queensland, QLD
- 2 reviews
- 1 like
- ActiveSmart RF522ADX5 (Stainless Steel)
- Verified purchase
In a word "Fantastic
French doors are great. Can see and reach everything. The Veg crisper keep veggies fresh well beyond use-by date. Freezer is roomy and access easy.
A big improvement on my 27 year old Kelvinator which is still going as my beer fridge.
Thanks F&P
Purchased in June 2021 at Appliances Online for $1,810.00.
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CockroachSouth East Queensland, QLD
Door flapper
Door flapper fails to go into position to allow the door to close, have to hold it into potion to be able to close the door, has anyone got a fix, the flapper spring is not broken, got home one night from work and my wife handed the spring to me telling me she found it on the floor
Purchased in February 2021.
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EstherPerth, WA
- 7 reviews
- ActiveSmart RF522ADX5 (Stainless Steel)
- Verified purchase
Best fit for kitchen with a rather shallow recess.
Best fit for my kitchen where space is plenty but lacks the cabinet depth but yet we still want a fridge that can accommodate a family of 5.
The temperature so far has been even for both fridge and freezer and have not experienced any sort of freezing for items places on the top shelf of the fridge. The best part about this fridge is that it offers plenty of space for a smaller foot print in your kitchen. It would be nice if Fisher & Paykel would sells a wider fridge with similar depth and height.
Purchased in March 2021.
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SamSydney
- 4 reviews
- 2 likes
- ActiveSmart RF522ADUX5 (Stainless Steel with Ice & Water)
- Verified purchase
Annoying Intermittent fault with water dispenser not working most likely freezing up
I have the new model (RF522ADUX5) which just came into the market and superseded the old model (RF522ADUSX5). Everything is good but it has an intermittent fault with the water dispenser either clogging or freezing up every month or so. Sometimes for days unless I play around with it (on /off, pull fridge in and out, take water pipe in and out) after a while it would work again. It has been to the workshop once already where they apparently found a blocked spigot and replaced that but I'm guessing they did not take it apart to check or insulate...Read more
the water pipe inside the fridge and they obviously cannot leave it on for weeks to monitor for fault. I just hope its not a design fault with the new model, I know some LG fridges are notorious for this water pipe freezing issue from research on the internet where an aftermarket product is available to thaw the water. I will find out soon as FnP will be replacing the fridge as next course of action, and will update this review accordingly.Purchased in August 2021 at Appliances Online for $1,980.00.
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Joe DSydney, NSW
- 4 reviews
Great fridge
This is definately the best fridge i have ever purchased, well designed and thought out for every day use, everything just seems to have a place. The french door design makes is practical yet very stylish too.
Purchased in January 2021 at Bing Lee Physical store for $1,750.00.
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Mitch K
- 2 reviews
Convenient and quiet
I needed a new fridge to fit into the fridge space in my new home and the Fisher & Paykel I choose turned out to be perfect. The french doors really suited our home as it meant that the fridge could be open at the same time as someone was walking through the narrow kitchen it sits in. A single door fridge would block off the whole walkway until it's closed again. Also, the Fisher & Paykel doesn't make the noises of other fridges you sometimes here at other peoples houses.
Purchased in November 2021.
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KatiePerth, WA
Fantastic fridge
Such a great fridge. Huge amount of space in both fridge and freezer. Ice cold water on tap and auto ice! Brilliant. Quiet, energy efficient and very sleek to look at.
Purchased in March 2021 at JB Hi-Fi for $1,799.00.
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GrandadSouth East Queensland, QLD
Fridge Freezer Size and Handle Location.
Our previous kitchen fridge freezer was also a, Fisher and Paykel. Ours is a white finish surface with the door handle located further away from the door edge and was fitted close to the white finish. The closeness meant that when you used the handle to open or close the fridge your fingers usually touched the white surface. When the fridge door was fully open and you wanted to close it you reached out for the handle. Because the handle was further away from the edge you couldn't get hold of the handle unless you took, just a step to the right....Read more
So fingers were put on the white edge of the door to close it. Over a long period fingers and hands toughing the white finish caused marks to appear on the edge and under the handle. The acid in our skin had damaged the white surface. Short of repainting the whole fridge we moved it to garage as a drink fridge and brought the RF522ADX5. This Fisher and Paykel has a stainless steel finish and is more resistant to damage and marks. This fridge also has French Doors so the opening and closing isn't a problem. Then we come to size of the fridge. There is such a lot of models to chose from. Having a 20 year old style house with cupboards over the top of the fridge limited what fridge would fit. Short of buying a small size unit fridge 440 or smaller we were lucky enough to find the RF522ADX5 just fitted height wise and was 519 litres. This limited choice for a family meant we had very few fridges to pick from. The new fridge doesn't have egg shelves, we were told it had to do with hygiene. Not sure about that millions of eggs have been stored in egg shelves in the last 50 years or so. Also the freezer has one big bottom draw. Reminds me of a chest freezer. We were lucky there was a cash back bonus and the store we brought it from also provided a large quality esky also as a bonus, thanks Mr. Harvey.Purchased in December 2021.
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Questions & Answers
THortonasked
Fridge professionally installed. Ice being made, but zero out of the water dispenser. Have depressed dispenser for 2 mins+ to remove air, and checked hose is not kinked, and the tap turned on (note, ice being made so no problem there). Why is the water not working at all?
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Allen R.asked
The door handle is loose - how do I tighten it?
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Sheilaasked
The fridge has just been plumbed in. How long will it take for ice to be made? I have put the booster on
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Prices
- Fisher & Paykel - RF522ADUSX5 - 519L French Door Fridge$1,799.00
- Fisher & Paykel 519L French Door Fridge RF522ADX5$1,855.00
- 519L French Door Refrigerator$1,898.00
- Fisher & Paykel - RF522ADX5 - 519L French Door Fridge$1,959.00
- Fisher & Paykel 519L ActiveSmart French Door Fridge RF522ADUX5$2,042.00
- Fisher & Paykel - RF522ADUX5 - 519L French Door Fridge$2,099.00
- 519L French Door Refrigerator$2,199.00
- 519L French Door Refrigerator$2,295.00
- Fisher & Paykel - RF522ADUB5 - 519L French Door Fridge$2,299.00
- Fisher & Paykel 519L ActiveSmart French Door Fridge RF522ADUB5$2,786.00
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Sam
update replacement fridge so far is OK after a month of operation.