What I am reading (reviews) in the UK is that the mid to low market frost free units (whatever brand) pack it in inside of 1 to 3 years. Of course people only tend to leave reviews when something has gone wrong. Still it is very worrying. I don't want to shell out £400 to £500 every couple of years for something that always lasted me 2 decades in the US.

I only purchased 2 fridge freezers in the 46 years I lived in the US. And the second was not replacing a broken unit, only going larger as my family grew. Both were Whirlpool.

I think I will go to library and read the Which reviews about UK units.