Currys Essentials C50BW16 review
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The Currys Essentials C50BW16 is just 50cm wide, making it one of the slimmest fridge freezers available. It's also one of the cheapest models on the market, although it doesn't have many features. But that won't matter too much if it can chill quickly and maintain a steady temperature. Read our full fridge freezer review to see how it did in our tough tests.
- Pros and cons
- What is it?
- What's it great at?
- Is there anything I should watch out for?
- Is there anything else I should know?
- Should I buy it?
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General
- Testing informationThis model was tested before we changed our fridge freezer test programme in April 2018. For full details on how we've changed our testing, head to our guide on 'how we test fridge freezers'.
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