Re: [CH] OT Freezers
Charles P Demas (cpd@world.std.com)
Wed, 23 May 2001 17:57:33 -0400
On Wed, 23 May 2001, Scott Peterson wrote:
> At 09:06 PM 5/21/2001, you wrote:
> >So I am looking for some recommendations from list members who might
> >own one. Brands? Sizes? Uprights or chests? Any lemons? ...
>
> The chest ones are very efficient because you don't lose cold air when you
> open them. But they are much more awkward to find stuff in and to
> defrost. Also, unless you have lots of room they take up more floor space
> than equivalent uprights.
>
> I recommend a manual defrost minimum 12 cu-ft upright. You're not going
> to get more energy efficient than that. The manual defrost is more work but
> you don't have nearly as much freezer burn and stuff does not dehydrate so
> quickly.
I have a 21 cu-ft upright manual defrost by GE. FWIW, I live alone.
Lots of room, everything's easy to find. Amana looked good, but I
bought from a local place, so there wouldn't be a service problem
later. They service what they sell. Buy local.
Do not buy a frost-free. Freezerburn.
Buy as big a freezer as you can fit in. Going to the next larger size
doesn't cost much, and you wont ever regret it.
Chuck Demas
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