Tips For Purchasing An Upright Freezer

By John Brown


Most families use refrigerators with built in freezers. While these may provide a small family with enough frozen food storage space, larger families have found that having an upright freezer is much more convenient. The extra freezing capacity lets them buy foods on sale in bulk. They often buy large amounts of meat when they find it on sale and they also freeze their seasonal fruits and bakery items.

Nevertheless, many people just want to know if getting an upright freezer is the right decision. Each and every freezer has their good and bad points. When you are doing your research, you should bear in mind factors like price, the efficiency of the machine as well as storage capacity. Most freezers can self-defrost but not all of them can. Generally speaking, upright freezers normally have a capacity between two cubic feet and twenty five cubic feet. Bigger stores will have a the mid-sized range of freezers from the more popular styles. These will also within the average pricing range.

Buying a freezer for your home will bring about many benefits. There is no wonder why some people prefer to have a freezer separate from their refrigerator. Having 2 separate devices allows for more storage space as your frozen foods can be kept in a separate location. It may be more expensive to have two machines but the convenience of having more storage space is worth the money.

The majority of people these days prefer the upright freezer rather than the chest freezer, despite 15% lower capacity. These units are priced according to the style, total storage space in cubit feet as well as extra features like automatic or manual defrosting.

It may be hard to distinguish between the freezers that can auto defrost and the ones that cannot so it is advisable to ask the vendor or check up on upright freezer reviews about this. The additional fees is usually $100 or even more but most people concur that it is worth the cost. Self defrosting freezers stop ice from building up and ruining your food. However, this will also increase your electricity bills.

Prices for upright freezers vary by manufacturer and size. Most mainstream freezers will range in price from just under $200 for a 2.0 cu ft unit, up to $700 or more for a 25 cu ft freezer. Naturally there is a wide array of prices in between.

Upright freezers are preferable over chest type freezers because they allow for easier organization of food. It is easier to rotate the contents and to see all the food you have stored. Some units come with storage bins that can be removed for cleaning. You may also find freezers with adjustable shelves, bins and baskets. All of these features will add to the ease with which foods may be stored.

Knowing all of these facts is great but what is more important is knowing if buying an upright freezer will do you any good. Remember things like the cost of machine as well as how much it takes to run the freezer itself. Don't forget to include how much you can save from buying in bulk thanks to your extra storage space. This great benefit will allow you and your family to enjoy many types of food all through the year.




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