Samsung 236 L 3 Star Convertible Digital Inverter Frost-Free Double Door RT28C3452S8

This is the closest competitor to the LG GL-S262SDSX and the choice between them comes down to two features rather than to overall quality. Both are excellent. Samsung's argument is Twin Cooling Plus and the 20-year compressor warranty; LG's is 6 more litres and a better service network.

Twin Cooling Plus is worth understanding because it is the one genuinely different piece of engineering here. Most frost-free fridges cool both compartments from a single evaporator, circulating shared air — which is why ice cubes in a badly-managed fridge pick up the smell of whatever is on the shelf below. Samsung runs two independent circuits. In practice that means no smell transfer and better humidity retention in the fresh-food compartment, and both are noticeable in daily use.

Take the Samsung if you store strongly-flavoured food, care about vegetables lasting, or want the longest compressor cover available. Take the LG if you are outside a metro where its service reach is decisively better, or if you want the extra litres. There is no wrong answer between these two.