We had a chest freezer but got smart and gave the chest freezer to the wife's sister.Bought a frost free upright and a food saver and the rest is history.Using the food saver to vacuum seal meats eliminates freezer burn.
Did she eat it?Upright , all day every day.
My mother in law had a 10 yr old brisket buried in her chest freezer that was only found because she lost power for over 3 days.
She tried...LOLDid she eat it?
We have a side by side fridge freezer also and like you guys we won’t replace it if it still works(been 10 years so far)We've had 2 side by side refrigerators now. They both came as part of a real estate transaction. That's a terrible design for a refrigerator and no, we will never buy one. As a matter of principle we run useful things until they drop and as my wife says, because she really dislikes it, it will last forever.
I have the shelf tubes and the maker instilled the fear of god into me via warning labels not to nick them during defrosting.Mine does have the cooling tubes built into the shelfs so no fan. The fan type are worse for freezer burn.
If you planning on putting it in the garage or non air conditioned room you will need to make sure it can handle higher temperatures or the warranty will be voided.After decades of experience with chest freezers, I'm thinking of upgrading to an upright.
One of the main benefits of a chest is the lower energy costs as well as purchase cost.
I just hate having to unpack almost everything to access things near the bottom, takes so much time.
Does anyone have experience with an upright they'd like to share?
Any potential downsides I should consider?
How's the life expectancy? The chest freezer being replaced is easily over 15 years of age.
The only reason we're considering an upgrade, is it's size (thanks Costco!)
Also, how does one defrost one of these? Or is that an issue?
If you are a true foodie and buy a side of beef, a pig, a lamb and have a garden and some fruit trees, plus live in an area the flourishes in organic produce - you don't have to be a boomer, you just have to be smart.I don't understand the multiple refrigerator/freezer thing. We have one side by side in the kitchen that we can somehow manage to keep all our food in. Boomers gonna boom, my parents have 2 refrigerators for some unknown reason and my mother in law that lives alone has 3. Ridiculous.