There is almost nothing that can be said about the new range of Smeg fridge freezers that they do not say better themselves. Talk about trend-setting: the Smeg fab32 fridge-freezer and Smeg fab30 fridge-freezer look good enough to live in, let alone store frozen veggies.
Smeg’s reputation for design will always precede a new release from the company, whose status as the leader in the world of functional retro cool is unchallenged. So any murmurs about new Smeg gear are usually greeted with a mix of glee and fearful anticipation: what if, this time, they’ve finally lost their touch? Well, they haven’t. No problem. Both the new fridges, and their similarly named cousins, look like they’ve been imported from the 1950s by way of some super-savvy home-space designer of the future. The Smeg fab30 fridge freezer and the Smeg fab32 are available in a number of surprisingly wonderful colours, enough to make any kitchen, anywhere in the world and quite a few places outside of it, more complemented by the hue. From the downright stunning lime green to the range’s flagship red (imagine a classic sports car because you can keep the cheese in), these new Smeg appliances ooze style and class to beat the gang.
So what are the numbers for? Easy. Add a zero and you have the storage capacity, in liters, of each one. Making the Smeg fab30 fridge freezer worth a whopping 300 liters of food and drink, and the Smeg fab32 even more generous, gulping down 3200 litres. Enough, then, to feed a family of five with room to spare. The new Smegs don’t just look good, they’ve also been designed as well as all the old Smeg stuff.
Favorite design features include specifiable hinge locations, allowing customers to have a refrigerator whose doors open to the right or left; and the wonderful fusion of old styles and new lines, making the new Smegs in town seem like they came from a future obsessed with all the good things of the past. There’s also a nice even division between fridge space and freezer space, ensuring that the Smeg fab30 and Smeg fab32 manage to circumvent the traditional shortcoming of most large fridge-freezer combos. The fab30 loses a bit of freezer space here, presumably to retain the generous fridge capacity, but overall, both are great bets for the home with big storage requirements and an eye for fashion.
There aren’t many appliances on this or any other planet that look good enough to cause real desire: but the new Smegs do it with ease. So much so, in fact, that one has to wonder if anyone considering a new fridge (as long as, of course, they’re as up-to-date as Smeg’s design team) would consider another option. The Smeg fab32 and the Smeg fab30 have landed. Don’t ask where. Just be glad they’re here.