Hisense FC200N1AWE1 review

About the Hisense FC200N1AWE1

The FC200N1AWE1 is a static chest freezer: cold air is not fanned around, so frost builds up on the walls and you defrost it yourself every so often. Retailer listings give the capacity as 198 litres, and one retailer describes that as roughly eleven bags of shopping. It has one basket and a fast freeze function, and is listed with a freezing capacity of 9 kg in 24 hours.

The lid is counterbalanced, so it stays open on its own while you load or dig around. It also has a built-in lock. Hisense lists a 'Winter Guard' feature that lets the freezer run in outbuildings and garages in air as cold as -15°C, and the climate class is given as SN-ST.

In a power cut the spec table lists 18 hours of storage. Some marketing text says up to 24 hours, but the spec figure is the one to go by. The energy class is E, at 200 kWh a year, and noise is 37 dB (class C).

What owners report about the Hisense FC200N1AWE1

Owner feedback for this exact model is thin: no written owner reviews turned up on the retailer pages opened, and the model is recent.

Nothing can be said yet about how it holds up after a year or two of use, so the points above come from the specifications rather than from owners.

Who the Hisense FC200N1AWE1 suits

It suits someone adding a second freezer to a garage, utility room or outbuilding who wants a lock, a lid that stays up and a long hold-over in a power cut, without paying for frost-free. It also fits a household that stocks up in bulk and is happy to empty and defrost the freezer by hand.

Look elsewhere if you hate defrosting: the Hisense FV298N4ACE, Hotpoint UH6 F2C W or Beko UFF4584W are frost-free. At about 78.7cm wide it needs floor space, and a household that wants much more room should look at the Haier HCE301E UK or Haier HCE420EK. The Beko CF47591W is a similar-sized chest freezer to compare.

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