Bosch KGN49AIBT

Beautiful view with clear temperature indication. Booster function works fine and turns off automatically to prevent unnecessary energy consumption.

My previous refrigerator was also a Bosch. In the end it lasted 10 years. I bought this one mainly for the size, almost none in Cat A or B are that big. Some of the shelves of the previous refrigerator also fit in this one, fortunately, because the quality does not seem to have improved: everything seems lighter and more fragile. The bottle rack can be useful for those who like to keep a lot of drinks cool, I do not use it. The layout is not modular enough, a large soup pot fits in with difficulty. The installation manual is no more than some unclear drawings, this could be better. Especially since Coolblue changed the opening direction of the door for a fee, but apparently did not know that the storage box for vegetables also had to be moved. The storage box was therefore initially very difficult to open, until I made the necessary adjustments myself based on what I thought was depicted in the manual

It's a nice, quiet appliance, but there are a few caveats. Because of the large amount of plastic inside, you sometimes hear a resonant sound. I've now removed the lid of the long container at the top of the door, and that helped somewhat. It is level. Incidentally, it's only audible when the inverter is running. The noise is then slightly higher than the supposed 35dB, but not bothersome because the kitchen is closed. The refrigerator makes a kind of gurgling sound, but I suspect this is normal. The shelves are plastic, while the description says they should be tempered glass. The display in the door only appears to show the set temperature, not the actual temperature. My 24-year-old Bosch did. A real shame. That temperature is always too high, by the way. I've installed a digital temperature sensor, and it doesn't go below 4.5°C, even though the set temperature is 3°C. Oh, and the doors have some resistance when they're still 20cm apart. I'm going to have to deal with this, but several refrigerators have this. I don't know why that is. It seems more logical to me that a door closes automatically. Other than that, I'm happy with it.