HADEN 356L Tall Larder Fridge

Is the HADEN 356L Tall Larder Fridge worth buying?

Yes, the HADEN 356L Tall Larder Fridge is worth £429 for a household that goes through a big weekly shop and wants chilled water without swinging the door open. It is a fridge only appliance with no freezer drawer and no ice box, so all 356 litres go to fresh food, drink and produce. It also clears its own frost, which removes the job most larder fridges still hand back to you.

The model suits a wide, deep alcove rather than a standard 60 cm slot. It stands 60 cm across, 65 cm back and 185 cm up, so it is the one here that will show a few centimetres of cabinet in front of a 60 cm worktop. Buy it for volume and convenience, not for a tight galley kitchen.

What does the HADEN 356L Tall Larder Fridge cost per litre?

£1.21 per litre: divide £429 by 356 litres and the space here costs £1.21, which is 34 pence more per litre than the £0.87 the COMFEE' 230L asks. Over the whole cabinet, 356 litres at that cheaper rate would come to about £310, so this fridge carries roughly £119 of premium above the cheapest space on the market.

The running figure is 117 kWh a year under an E label, which is 15 kWh more than the COMFEE' 230L draws at 102 kWh. Nothing in the £1.21 buys extra litres; it pays for the drinks dispenser built into the door, the automatic defrost and the extra depth that lets four glass shelves sit in one cabinet.

What are the dimensions and weight of the HADEN 356L Tall Larder Fridge?

It is 65 cm deep, 60 cm wide and 185 cm tall, and it weighs 64 kg, so plan on two people to move it and on a slot that can take 5 cm of cabinet proud of a standard worktop. The weight is what you feel at the doorway, not the litre count.

It arrives as one freestanding unit with a Type G plug for the 240 V supply, four adjustable glass shelves, four door balconies and the dispenser set into the door itself. The door hangs on a reversible hinge, so you decide which side it opens from and let the handle follow the layout.

Where does the HADEN 356L Tall Larder Fridge fall short?

The footprint is the real compromise. At 65 cm deep it will not sit flush under a standard 60 cm worktop, and at 185 cm tall it needs the full headroom of a run without wall units above it. Rooms with a shallow recess should look elsewhere before ordering.

Four glass shelves spread across 356 litres gives you roughly 89 litres a shelf, so tall items have fewer places to stand than in a cabinet with more shelves. Only 25 owners have rated it so far, at 4.6, which is a strong average on a thin crowd. And with no freezer compartment at all, frozen food needs a second appliance.

How does the HADEN 356L compare with the Cookology 362L and the Fridgemaster MTL55242E?

The Cookology 362L gives you 6 litres more at £399.99, so £29.01 cheaper, and it does it in a body 3.2 cm shallower at 61.8 cm. Its six glass shelves also split those 362 litres into smaller stacks. Pick the Cookology if the 65 cm depth is the sticking point, and the HADEN if you want the dispenser on the door and the wider 60 cm front.

The Fridgemaster MTL55242E costs £200 less at £229 and gives 242 litres, which is 114 litres short of this cabinet. It also needs hand defrosting, where the HADEN does that itself, and it stands at 143.4 cm rather than 185 cm. For two people the Fridgemaster is the sensible spend; for a family that empties a fridge in four days, the extra 114 litres here is the reason to pay.