Deep Freezer vs Upright – Which One Should You Buy?
Read on for our deep freezer guide so you can shop with confidence.
It’s time to stock up on frozen foods with a new deep freezer!
We’re sharing the highest-rated & best deep freezers and upright freezers on the market, plus the pros and cons of each. Back when the coronavirus pandemic initially hit, tons of people were after a deep freezer to stock up on frozen goods in case of pending shortages.
Now that stores seem to have plenty of freezers back in stock again, we set out to help you find the best one to suit your home and family. Our team is even sharing which ones we prefer, so let’s get to it!
Our thoughts on chest & deep freezers:
Pros:
- Comes with removable hanging baskets or dividers
- Offer more usable space
- More energy efficient
- Less likely to cause freezer burn on food since they don’t self-defrost like uprights
- Cold temperatures stay consistently lower
- Keep food colder for longer if the power goes out
- Quieter than self-defrosting uprights
Cons:
- More difficult to organize
- Harder to retrieve items from the bottom
- Larger footprint than upright models
- Manual defrost is the only option that can be time-consuming
Our thoughts on stand up & upright freezers:
Pros:
- Smaller footprint than its equivalent size in the chest freezer.
- Easier to organize
- Shelves and bins in the door can often be adjusted
- Option to use manual or self-defrost
- Come in different finishes such as slate or stainless steel
Cons:
- The door doesn’t stay as cold as the rest of the freezer
- Noisier than chest freezers
- Allow more air to circulate around food (i.e. higher odds of freezer burn)
- Shelves & bins take up more space (up to 20%) than in chest freezers allowing for less food storage
- Easy to leave open by accident (not as kid-friendly)
Here are the 5 top-rated freezers based on Consumer Reports testing:
- Most Spacious – GE Appliances Garage Ready 21.7 Cu. Ft. Chest Freezer
- Best Overall Value – GE Appliances 10.7 Cu. Ft. Chest Freezer with Manual Defrost
- Best Longevity – GE Appliances Garage Ready Chest Freezer
- Best Stand-Up Deep Freezer – GE Appliances Garage Ready Frost Free Upright Freezer
- Most Affordable – GE Appliances 5 Cu. Ft. Garage Ready Chest Freezer
1. Garage Ready 21.7 cu. ft. Chest Deep Freezer
Most spacious.
GE Garage Ready Chest Freezer $1,061.99
Go big or go home! This stunner can pack on some pounds but you better have space (and the budget) for it. With this freezer, you’ll have 21.7 cubic feet of space to store all the food your heart and bellies desire.
Plus, you can assure you’ll have the ultimate organization and presentation each time you open the freezer door with its included 2-level basket system and game-changing LED interior lighting. You’ll never forget about food again!
2. GE Appliances 10.7 Cu. Ft. Chest Freezer with Manual Defrost
Best overall value.
Ranking as the second-best deep freezer, this one offers the best price among the top-ranking chest freezers. You’ll surely get the best bang for your buck!
Plus, it still has luxury features like the one above for almost twice the cost with its 3 lift-out sliding bulk storage baskets, 10.6 cubic feet of space, and interior lighting to see any time of day.
Hip Tip from Stacy: Once you have the extra freezer space, you’re going to want to start buying those big family packs of meat that cost less per pound so you either need to be watching for great Amazon deals on Ziplock freezer bags or grab a FoodSaver. Then, make sure to date what you put in your freezer.
3. GE Appliances 15.7 Cubic Feet cu. ft. Garage Ready Chest Freezer
Best longevity.
GE Appliances Garage Ready 15.7 Cu. Ft. Chest Freezer $920.46 (regularly $979)
GE does it again! And not only did they take the top 3 ranks on Consumer Reports in best overall freezers, but they’re also all deep freezers! So if you’re in the market for a great one, you’ll know just where to look since they offer an option for every budget and space in mind.
Easily store a year’s worth of meat in this 15.7 cubic feet deep freezer. Like all the other models, this one still boasts all the same bells and whistles to give you the top-of-the-line experience such as bright LED lighting, 4 sliding bulk storage baskets, and an exterior lock to keep all your goods safe and secure.
4. Garage Ready 14.1 cu. ft. Frost Free Upright Freezer
Best stand-up deep freezer.
Ranking in at #4, this stand-up freezer is the first to make it to the list and is also the only self defrost to make the top 5 best overall freezers. Its performance is just that of a chest freezer, although it could have performed better in the noise and power outage department. Of course, if it’s going in the garage, the noise may not be an issue anyways.
5. GE Appliances 5 Cu. Ft. Garage Ready Chest Freezer
Most affordable.
GE Appliances 5 Cu. Ft. Garage Ready Chest Freezer $319.08 (regularly $339)
It probably comes as no surprise, but GE swept the 5th best overall freezer spot making them the absolute best in the industry no matter which style of deep freezer you’re shopping for! Best of all, this 5th highest-rated choice is the most compact and the most affordable of them all at just under 300 bucks!
With 5 cubic feet of interior space, this compact deep freezer can even easily fit inside your basement (without too much trouble getting it down the stairs) for some added extra storage. Plus, it has sleek recessed handles to make it fit seamlessly in any nook you have in mind. If you’re just looking for the perfect compact, reliable, and quiet deep freezer that’s also budget-friendly, this one will check off all the boxes.
So what’s the Hip2Save team verdict on our Deep Freezers Debate?
One of my Hip sidekicks love her deep freezer!
“We had a small chest from Costco and just needed a bigger option and recently upgraded to a highly-rated GE deep freezer. I wanted a stand-up, but my husband is a research guru and read that the doors don’t get as cold as a chest. 💁♀️
We were also already using the space above our old deep freezer to hang ladders so it just made sense to get a chest freezer again. Plus, it was a little less expensive. I’m for either, though! Such a great way to stock up on meat and frozen items.
If you’re ditching an old freezer too, we sold our smaller one on Facebook in about two seconds while they were so popular at the time!” – Lina
These Hip team members love their stand-up freezers!
“I have always had and loved chest freezers. I’m not short so reaching to the bottom is not a problem and when I started getting hot flashes it was great to lean into it (totally serious!). I was so sad when we moved from Oregon to Oklahoma and couldn’t bring it and when we went to buy a new one, it was hard finding any due to the pandemic.
I stalked websites daily and finally found another one, except it was a stand-up freezer. I figured it was better than nothing so I gave it a shot. We’ve had it for a while now and I have to say I absolutely love it!
To top it off, I think it’s even better than the deep freezer I loved for so long! It’s so much easier to organize and see everything. I crossed over to the dark side or should I say the ‘upright’ side.” – Jennifer
“We have an upright freezer, and I love having it! We originally bought it when we were getting a quarter cow, but that’s all gone now, and we still love having it for all of the extra meat, food items, and bags of ice. I prefer the upright so you can actually see what is in your freezer without having to dig.” – Angie
Which model do you prefer to freeze your food in?
A couple of Hip2Save team members love their stand-up freezers with their easy organization. But Lina’s vote and the Consumer Reports analysis for a chest freezer proved that stashing bulk food in a deep freezer overall can be more affordable and better at keeping foods cold.
Which do you prefer?!
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We have one of each. The chest freezer stores the large meat purchases and is located in the basement storage room. We buy half a cow every year and pork on and off. We also buy bulk bacon and other things when I find deals. The upright is located in the laundry room on the main floor. It holds all the connivence foods and such that I don’t want to get lost in the chest freezer. Plus we don’t have room in the chest freezer a few months every year when when get a new beef. The beef takes up almost the whole chest freezer. The upright has pizzas, fries, ice cream, popsicles, shredded cheese, frozen veggies, etc. We use to only have a chest freezer and the upright has saved us money with things not getting lost and allowing us more room for the bulk meat to be stored.
We have had both types of freezers. My husband and I like the upright type. It’s easier to find what your looking.
Omg I don’t know why I thought I only was allowed 1. I’m going to have to do this.
My old chest freezer was perfectly sized to fit milk crates. I had 2 stacked on top of each other so I could lift the top one out to get something from the bottom. I now have a stand up freezer and love it. I bought clear plastic bins to help organize. I’m also slightly neurotic about wasting food so I use the Out of Milk app to log all of the meat in my freezer with dates. This way I use all the oldest things first when meal planning.
Brilliant! I was going to say that chests are such a pain but now I’m going to check whether milk crates will fit! I literally just reorganized my fridge’s freezer with storage baskets. I can’t believe it never occurred to do the same with the chest! 🤦🏽♀️
I use milk crates in my deep freezer also but I heard of another hack I thought I would share (but haven’t tried yet). Use the reusable grocery store bags and fill them with a certain product (beef in one, chicken in another, etc) and then you have an easy way to pull out the items you need!
That’s a great idea to use the grocery bags. I have been using stackable recycling bins that have a fold down handle. It so easy to grab the handle and lift one bin out to get the one underneath, but I have a smallish chest freezer and can only fit 2, so I can use the grocery bags in the other half of my freezer.
I was just going to say that grocery bags work great! Milk crates don’t fit in mine but the bags are a game changer!
A friend told me about the reusable bags hack when I bought a small chest freezer last year. It’s not working well for me. Last week, I re-organized the food, moving the newer items to the bottom, and finding quite a few things I’d forgotten I had. My freezer is not deep enough for two bags stacked, but deep enough for a couple of layers on top of the bags. I think it works better for families, because they use more food and rotate more often.
We have both. One thing about the upright is that it was easier for the kids to accidentally leave open a crack, causing everything to thaw. We ended up putting a lock on it and moving the things they would be going in for (ice cream) to the chest.
Same here, except with a man-child! My husband decided to make himself dinner from the upright freezer stash (hooray) but left the door ajar overnight. By the time I discovered it the next day, EVERYTHING that I had squirrled away was completely melted down to puddles. Can you tell I still haven’t gotten over it?! LOL!
We JUST had an incident like this a few weeks ago – luckily it was caught before we lost anything more than a little ice cream 😢. My mom suggested a brilliant “hack”- if you lock it up after every use you remember to double check that it’s shut tight and if something shifts and pushes something towards the doors, it can’t open. We’ve attached the spare key to the handle with a pipe cleaner so it doesn’t fo amywhere and so far, so good!
ours has an alarm on it and it has come in handy several times
Yes, my kiddos have forgotten to close the door all the way a few times, and the same thing has happened. If I catch it soon enough, the food is fine. We’ve had all the food wasted at a few times.
I just purchase a small upright chest freezer yesterday from Menard that we put in the basement. Storage for meat and vegetables. I got a new refrigerator this month but it is smaller than the previous one so I can not put a lot of food in the freezer part.
After decades (literally) of using a chest freezer, we finally upgraded last year to an upright, frost free freezer and it’s truly one of the best investments we’ve ever made! It is so much easier to see what you have stored in it, and less food goes to waste for that reason. And the contents really came in handy with the meat shortages earlier in the year.
If your budget can afford it, I would recommend an upright freezer hands down!
I noticed that you mentioned upright freezers self-defrost. Yes, they do, but you can purchase an upright that isn’t self-defrost, too.
I Have both – I do put meats in the reusable bags in the chest freezer. The upright is vertically convenient- but with the reusable bags- the chest freezer isn’t bad at all
For people worried about the door being left open on an upright I wanted to point out that there are models that have an alarm that will sound if the temp goes above a certain point. Our freezer is in the garage and the alarm is loud enough to hear in the house. It has literally saved our bacon numerous times!
I have a small chest freezer that I got off Craigslist for $25 about 7 years ago. We now live in an RV and I made sure that moved with us!
I have a large chest freezer. After years and years of not knowing what’s at the bottom I finally bought a flat magnetic dry erase sheet and several colored dry erase markers. I write down everything I put in and erase when I take something out. I color code the markers for beef, chicken, pork, turkey, and misc so that things are easy to spot at a glance. I also keep the meat separated by type. That has helped me keep better organized.
I love that idea!
I wish we had an upright. The chest freezer is a real pain, because it’s so hard to get anything that’s not on top. The Refrigerator has a side-by-side setup and I’d much rather that convenience in the main freezer. Still, I can only hope that the chest freezer lasts as long as the one my mom used to have. She bought it in 1983 or 1984 and it lasted until the big flood that hit Louisiana in 2016. Not one issue, until it spent a week under 4 feet of water.
They sure don’t make them like back in the day. My son has an old 19 cu ft Montgomery Ward chest freezer that still works. Only issue is….the inside of it has been steadily cracking and now the yellow insulation is hanging all out. He had to grab it in just the right place and squeeze to get it to close. Then set a lot of stuff on the top to keep the lid down. Even with all that….it still was reliable. Burned a lot of Kilowatts…but was dependable.
I’m finally going to be getting a freezer this year and plan to do an upright. We researched and saw that chest freezers are “better” but I don’t think it’ll really save money if things get stuck at the bottom and forgotten about until they can’t be used anymore. Plus, I just won’t use it if it’s not easy to use. With an upright, I can organize things in a way that we can see what’s in there and easily get to what we want.
My preference is a chest style. I bought a 7.5 cub ft because I have a son who frequently drops by the stash his freshly caught fish. I did not like the smell of having fish in the top of our fridge/freezer unit. He’s since filled it to the top with other misc stuff. So….I bought a smaller 5 cub ft for the regular stuff I buy. I have a good supply for those L/XL/XXL storage bags Dollar Tree use to sell.
https://hip2save.com/2018/03/13/space-saver-storage-bags-just-1-at-dollar-tree/
I portion out bulk meat, wrap in serving sizes…then put them in the Dollar Tree Storage bags via meat type. Makes it easy to put them into the bottom and get them out of the freezer. And easy to see what is inside because they are clear. I put boxed items such as tv dinners and breads on top of the stacks of bags. I wanted an upright as I am aging. But I find lots of space goes un-used because of the preset shelf positions. And I don’t want to overload the shelves like I tend to overload fridge shelves. And have had items fall out of the top of the fridge/freezer….barely missing my twice broken toe. My compromise is using large storage bags for easy organizing. I also bought a wheeled metal shelving unit that I raised the lower shelves to higher positions so I could slide the smaller freezer under and have just enough room to open the top of the freeze door. Gives me more flexible use of the wall height. Easy to pull the shelf unit out if needed. However, after looking at the image of the #3 freezer shown above, I am considering putting the smaller freezer on a flat wheeled wood dolly so I can just roll the freezer out versus moving the shelving unit.
Door freezer.. I choose never to dig for my food. Open the door and grab what u need. Mine is very well organized. I have had mine for over 10 years.
We’ve had chest freezers in the past and that’s what my Mom and Mil have always had. We’ve all had issues with the lid liner detaching and also the lid not closing good if you accidentally put too much in it or you put off the defrosting longer than what you should. Also the lost food at the bottom was always a problem!!
We currently have 2 uprights. One is self defrosting and the other isn’t. It’s nice not having to defrost the one but also be aware that when the self defrosting comes on, the freezer does warm up a little….not so much it thaws the food though. It is harder to stack things in an upright so it won’t fall out when you open the door. That’s the reason some chose to use bins. It’s also true that food on the door doesn’t get as cold either, so that’s where I put stuff like rice, flour, corn meal, seeds etc. If you can afford one with an alarm, I would recommend it, if not I think most do come with a lock that can be useful. Although there are pros and cons for both, I definitely prefer the upright freezers.
I have both — I personally LOVE my upright 21CF — stays way more organized and items are much easier to find — one of the cons I cannot agree with above is that items are more likely to get freezer burnt in the upright — my experience is that items do not get lost in the upright so are more readily used and accessible!!
The only thing I can recommend a chest freezer for is 1 product — meat (beef) etc. Although even with that you need to remove everything and rotate your product (unless of course it is purchased all at the same time
Erin, that is what I’m hearing. Something to do with the mix of being manufactured in China and covid-19! 😮😮😮
I opened this post seriously thinking it was a joke haha there are zero freezers in stock around me. There is a freezer shortage. I would recommend buying whatever you can find regardless of style if you are wanting a freezer. It’s pure luck finding one in stores right now. I have had one on order for awhile now and the date keeps getting pushed back. Late October was the last estimate I received. Most of the freezers on Lowe’s etc look in stock until you try and order them and then you will see an estimated delivery date for months out.
Exactly! Same for me with an order with Lowe’s. After waiting 3 months was told new est delivery updated from July to October but they added that”I’d be lucky to even get one!”
I ordered an upright freezer in April, was told I’d have it in June, but I’m still awaiting. I’ve been told it’ll be August or September now if I’m lucky. I keep searching but no one has any in stock. The upright I ordered has a door alarm among other features my small chest freezer doesn’t have.
That my question. Where do you even buy one these days?
go to home depot that is where we got ours and mine had tons out on the floor yesterday here in AZ
Same here! I have been trying to find one for months here in NJ.
https://www.target.com/p/galanz-5-0-cu-ft-chest-freezer/-/A-79812908 I ordered this freezer from Target online and have had it for several weeks now. Great price! Simple and works great. I bought it when it had ZERO reviews and just went for it. Now has all great reviews from recent purchases. Note that it becomes available off and on and won’t be available for too long. I suggest checking the Target app frequently (save it to favorites) and at random and/or late times of day. When it’s available, it’s not for more than half a day or so. Happy Freezing!😁
It is hard to find a freezer because all know how bad it will get! Lots of things are still in short supply.
I prefer canning, even though I have a generator. Do not know how long electric will be available or gas for the generator.
My husband and I purchased a small chest freezer when we first got married. A year or two later, we had some bad weather that fried ours and we didn’t notice it for several days. We were able to call Sears, where we’d bought it, and they gave us the value of our freezer in SYWR points, and we were able to go buy a LARGER deep freezer with the points! Plus, they gave us a $500 gift card to cover what was in our freezer that we lost. All that to say…. we love our chest freezer 😂 It currently has over 100lbs of meat in it 🍗 🥩
We got a smallish chest freezer about 10 years ago on Craigslist. Best $100 we ever spent! I would be lost without it!
There are no freezers in stock in my area. I had been looking for awhile. We live by whirlpool headquarters. Talked with them because they have a employee guest program for buying appliances. Freezers are not available right now. She said December would be the earliest😣 my husband manage to find one at Menards. It was a answer to prayers. If they get them the sell once they hit the floor. I know of people not being able to find refrigerates also😔
We have an upright deep freezer and I love it! My main hack is to make food as flat as you can. I have a vacuum sealer and I use it to make things like chicken thighs, soup/chilis, and pork flatter and “store-able.” I also buy ground beef in 1-pound bricks rather than the family packs- when it goes on sale it’s the same price and I don’t have to divvy it up myself.
We have a big chest freezer in the garage, and I love it. We do occasionally lose things at the bottom and frequently set things on top that get in the way, but I just can’t beat the amount of space. I also love having everything laid out across the freezer and mostly visible. Ours came with big plastic section dividers, so i made a map for the top that specifies where each type of item goes (meat, veggies, ice cream, etc). It works really well for us, and I had zero worries about running out of food when the pandemic started.
We live in eastern CT and have been looking for a freezer for months as well. My husband has even had his name on a waiting list at a local appliance store since April. Just last Tuesday evening I happened to be in Home Depot and they had a small 5 cuft Magic Chef chest freezer randomly sitting in the walkway by the kitchen appliances. I looked it over for a name or hold sign and didn’t see anything so I asked a worker if I could buy it and they said “yes”. Wow! Totally a right place right time situation. He said they had gotten 2 in that morning and this was the last one. I was able to purchase it and had my husband pick it up with his truck the next morning.
I’ve had both. Stand up all the way!
If i had a larger house i’d get a nice stand up, as is the costco chest freezer fits perfectly at the end of my kitchen counter as a counter extension. it was a great deal at 169 and i’ve had it 10 ish years.
My husband and I purchased a new stand up the last week of February and am thankful for it. The one we purchased as a vaccume seal and it keeps things in the door frozen better than our other stand up we have had several years. As a family of 7 in our house we have to have 2 freezers.
My husband and I purchased a new stand up the last week of February and am thankful for it. The one we purchased as a vaccume seal and it keeps things in the door frozen better than our other stand up we have had several years. As a family of 7 in our house we have to have 2 freezers.
I did a great deal of research and had decided on a Fridgedaire upright freezer. Only problem was that it was $800. I had been using the freezers at work to store some venison and needed to get it out. I decided to get a small chest freezer that was under $200 but still big enough for my needs as a single person and a dog whose food is frozen. Anyway, I found the store brand chest freezer marked down and then stacked a 5% discount with my store card, and got it for $105. I was able to fit it in my SUV and set it up by myself.
I would highly recommend that regardless of which you purchase, make sure it has an indicator light for power on the outside. The chest freezer is a little more difficult to organize but Dollar Tree has solid plastic baskets that fit perfectly. I can put four across in the bottom. If you’re on a budget, a decent size chest freezer is a no-brainer. The small inconveniences are worth the cost savings.
I have a Whirpool upright freezer…
My Mom had a chest freezer… But now she got herself a upright freezer (yea)
She said its alot easier for her to manage…
I just love mine… I keep everything stocked and in rotation…
I have a Whirpool upright freezer…
My Mom had a chest freezer… But now she got herself a upright freezer (yea)
She said its alot easier for her to manage…
I just love mine… I keep everything stocked and in rotation…
Good luck finding an upright or chest freezer in the stores. Last week our 8 yr old fridge freezer G E Profile broke down (condenser) and we are waiting for a new part. We thought we had nothing better to do than pop into local Lowe’s/Menards/HomeDepot or Costco to order a new one. No luck – there’s a dearth of “white appliances” available in stores due to pandemic Covid 19/tariffs w China etc plus it was a 3/4 size fridge freezer which is harder to find. We count our blessings we have a huge Haier brand 14.5 Cu. Ft. Chest Freezer which we bought 2 yrs ago for less than $200. It can hold up to 500 lb food, has LED lighting, is lockable, and is on lockable casters. I fit 7huge XL shopping cart bags in it on 2 layers and there are also 2 sliding top baskets. Each bag has either pork/chicken/beef/seafood/vegetables/bread/ready made meals with dairy and desserts in sliding baskets. If you have been on the fence about buying a chest freezer, I would recommend Haier brand and also the larger size as they hold a ton of food and if you use large bags it crates, you can find food easily. Also, you can buy in bulk and when you see flash sales or food on sale you don’t worry it won’t fit the freezer. I luckily use the Coleman coolers we have as a temporary fridge with ice bocks from the chest freezer until the fridge freezer is repaired. Not the best but there are no small fridges to be had in our stores!! They even had coolers where freezers would normally be! If you see a freezer when you are in a store and it’s available I would suggest you buy it as they are like gold dust and our repair guy said this is only going to get worse.
Just a reminder that Lowes sells scratch and dent Freezers. We got our $1,500 custom order Upright freezer, marked down to $600. It is very large and we were really happy with the price. I just wanted to share.
I have had both types. There is nothing that I prefer over one or the other. However, I do like that the upright freezer has a keylock on it.
How cool! Thanks for commenting, Ann!
Upright all the way! We had a large chest freezer and it was more of a pain to find stuff even with baskets. The upright freezer is so much easier to see everything. We actually got rid of the chest freezer and I will never own one again. We buy our beef and pork from my brother-in-law, so our freezers are always full and it is so much easier to find and see what you have in an upright.
SWEET! Thanks for letting us know you have liked the upright best!
Our upright is actually kid friendly because for one they can reach most everything and in regards to the door not shutting all the way… yes, this can be true but ours makes loud beeps just like your refrigerator inside would if the door is ajar. Ours is about 10 years old so I’m sure the newer ones would probably have something similar.
I have a chest freezer but long for an upright. When I get a bigger house, I will definitely opt for an upright freezer. My old one died about 3 years ago but I finally replaced it in December 2019–right before the pandemic struck. Both me and a family member bought one at the same time. They were already getting hard to find at that time. While I love having one, it’s such a pain digging down into the freezer–which I actually need to clean out right now, smh.
Chest or Upright? How about another refrigerator/freezer? That’s what we did. I researched and researched on chest vs upright, but when it came time to buy we decided to get another fridge, and I love it. We bought one with the freezer on top because we already have a side by side. It is so nice that I can stick whole pans of food in the fridge or a flat of peaches or extra milk, etc. It is especially helpful during the holidays. And, the freezer space is just enough.
YES! I love that idea too, Michelle! I have an extra fridge in my basement and LOVE it! Thanks for taking a moment to comment!
We have a full sized side by side in the kitchen, an 18 cubic foot refrigerator freezer in the basement (Kenmore circa 1995 that came with the house) and a 17 cubic foot upright in the basement as well. With a family of 6, we go through some food.
Well…..since my previous July 30, 2020 comment, I am going to get an upright. The chest model has served me well. I find that I tend to leave stuff unchecked in the chest freezer. Even having everything sorted in bags, I don’t take time to go into the freezer that much. I’m using the top one of the fridge/freezer a lot. So much so…. things are getting outdated in the chest one and having to be tossed. And many days I just don’t want to cook. I need a way to organize boxed tv dinners and what not so they can be easily accessible.
Should be moving in a few month. If the new apt allows stand alone freezers, I’ll be getting an upright to take advantage of the vertical space. More cubic footage without needing a lot of floorspace.
That’ll be after I get a washer dryer unit. Will be great to have an in-apartment laundry hookup.
I used a Food Saver, it helps keep the food longer and a regular freezer does too. The freezer connected to the refrigerator goes through defrost cycles, I have to defrost my small upright freezer myself.
Sorry if this has been commented on already, butis there a chest model that can be stored in the garage? We live in the hot triple digit desert and our other freezer didn’t survive in the garage.
Had both, prefer stand up freezer. Things can get lost in the chest freezer. Unfortunately now stand up freezers are nowhere to be found
I love my upright freezer, it is a small one, but works for two people, in addition to the freezer on the refrigerator. I could not live without it, bought it at Sears, over 10 years ago. Do not like chest, you have to dig to get things on bottom, if you can even see them!
We have a smaller upright and I love it!!!! It is probably over 15 years old at this point so I am concerned about how much longer it is going to last.
We have an older upright in the basement that we use for newly purchased meats and the vegetables we froze from csa. There is a specific shelf for each type of meat and bins for the vegetables. We cycle older food up to our newer chest freezer, which is in the garage off the kitchen. It’s really convenient and I use it a lot. I organize that using multi use grocery bags, all different, and again, each type of meat goes in a specific bag, and one for vegetables. My biggest issue is when I put off marking things out on my inventory list. I will forget that I removed something. I’m trying to be diligent, but…
I have owned both and vote for upright as my preference. My next one will be a self defrosting model. Now I’m wondering, how did I ever live without my FoodSaver machine!! Food stays perfect in the vacuum sealed bags for more than a year!
I love the upright freezer!! Also, if You are wondering about manual or frostless options—The manual defrosting freezers keep food fresh longer because they do not take the moisture out of your frozen foods… The frost free freezers (which are wonderful) foods do not have near as long freezer life especially your vegetables(which can be frozen for years if properly done). So this is one thing to consider when purchasing. I defrost my upright 1-2 times yearly—Also gives me this time to organize and restock.