[jbfan]

Has anyone tried ti buy a freezer lately?

None of the basic models have been available around here and no one has any idea when they may be back in stock.

 

[de-nagorg]

I'm still running the one that I bought at Sears in "78", never had a problem with it.

Shh, don't tell it that it is that old, it'll have a heart attack and quit.


ED

 

[Bud9051]

Actually mine is from Sears from 79 and still working.

With everyone stocking up for the pandemic I'm sure supplies ran out early.

Is your old one dead or is this a new one?

Bud

 

[Colbyt]

Knock on my wooden head.


Mine came from Monkey Wards which has been gone a very long time.

 

[Old Thomas]

My upright is a White Westinghouse basic model that we bought in 1982.

 

[huesmann]

Ours is, I think, a Frigidaire upright that came with our old house when I bought in 2000, and it was an older freezer even then.

 

[DoomsDave]

Beat you!

My baby brother has a freezer mom and dad bought back in 1971, uses it to store frozen bunny rabbits he shoots . . . .

Have to find out what kind it is.

 

[de-nagorg]

Beat you!

My baby brother has a freezer mom and dad bought back in 1971, uses it to store frozen bunny rabbits he shoots . . . .

Have to find out what kind it is.

Reminds me of as a youngster.

There was a man, that was raising MINKS, for the fur.

That offered a $ a carcass for Jack Rabbits.

I could buy a box of 100 22 shells for a $1.50, and take the ol pick-um-up truck out and return with 100 dead Rabbits. (all head shot)

And make a nice $100.00 bill.

He had a Chest freezer that he filled with them.


ED

 

[jbfan]

Actually mine is from Sears from 79 and still working.


Getting ready to redo my laundry room, and this huge one doesn't my plans.
Where I need to move it, the wall space is shallower than the freezer I have.
I'm looking for a smaller frost free model.

I need counter and storage space.

 

[Old man here]

I finally purchased a new chest freezer yesterday. I've been looking for months. Got it online at H Depot.

 

[DoomsDave]

I finally purchased a new chest freezer yesterday. I've been looking for months. Got it online at H Depot.

That's good to know!

If I had a large household, I'd definitely get one. My brother has one dad and mom bought about 50 years ago, still good. Great for storing dressed out game like squirrels.

 

[rjniles]

My advise is do not buy a chest freezer. You will bury things in there and find 4 years later. If you have a Sears or Sears Hometown store near you, they seem to have them available.

 

[mark_kershner]

My two cents. Manual defrost. Upright configuration. As big as you have space for. If you live where it gets sub-freezing, that’s a good time to defrost the freezer. Frozen foods stay awesome fresh in these for a long time. And since most people want auto defrost, you may have better luck finding one.


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[huesmann]

Shoot, even in an upright freezer we find things that have been buried. But it sure is easier to organize stuff than the chest freezer.

 

[bfrabel]

Chest freezers aren't too bad. Most come with sliding baskets to help organize things. As long as you don't completely fill them up, organization and finding things inside shouldn't be an issue. Put pizzas and frozen chickens and your huge sacks of tator-tots on the bottom, and your smaller bags of peas and cans of orange juice in the baskets.

Manual-defrost freezers are more mechanically simple, so they should last a little longer. No fans or defrost stuff to break. Of course, having to manually defrost the things once per year isn't for everyone. I can understand it being worth it to get one with auto-defrost, even if they are slightly less efficient and might not last as long.

As for the defrost, I live in MN and have a screened in porch. Every year I wait for a night that's forecasted to be below zero, and then I unload all of the stuff into the porch and unplug the freezer for the night. It is kind of a pain, but it's a good excuse to wipe everything down inside and reorganize stuff when I load it back up the next day.

 

[J. V.]

My advise is do not buy a chest freezer. You will bury things in there and find 4 years later. If you have a Sears or Sears Hometown store near you, they seem to have them available.

Agree 100%. I hate chest freezers and would never buy one again. I got mine from Costco after we ended up giving our upright freezer away. What a mistake that was. It was a Kenmore.

Shoot, even in an upright freezer we find things that have been buried. But it sure is easier to organize stuff than the chest freezer.

Easier to organize? That is my biggest gripe about chest style freezers. Every time you need something you must move heaven and earth to find it. Literally have to have a table right next to it, to pile stuff up until you find what you are looking for.
And its rare what I am looking for is on the top.
Yes the basket does help and I found another basket to use. I have also tried baskets that go inside the freezer. Still the same issue.
Then I tied strings to things and put a label on the end of the string. Mistake as well.
Chest freezers are a mistake unless you freeze very little. IMO of course.