Freezer

[Cow Poke]

I'm thinking about a ~7 cubic foot freezer, which isn't that big, but I expect we'll do something about organizing stuff in it regardless. My wife is just that way.

And it's GREAT when there's a good sale on stuff, and you actually have room to capitalize on that!

[Zymologist]

Seriously, though, this is a valid consideration - be organized. Use baskets or bins or even cardboard boxes, but group similar items together, with the least used items on the bottom. Also, it helps to have a fat max marker or something to label and date things, otherwise, you'll pull a brown paper package out with no idea what it is or how long it's been in there.

I'm thinking about a ~7 cubic foot freezer, which isn't that big, but I expect we'll do something about organizing stuff in it regardless. My wife is just that way.

[Cow Poke]

Finding stuff in a chest freezer is always an issue meaning you leave it standing open longer as you rummage around.

Seriously, though, this is a valid consideration - be organized. Use baskets or bins or even cardboard boxes, but group similar items together, with the least used items on the bottom. Also, it helps to have a fat max marker or something to label and date things, otherwise, you'll pull a brown paper package out with no idea what it is or how long it's been in there.

[Zymologist]

The freezer's not for my body...sheesh. What's wrong with you guys?

[rogue06]

Be sure not to get one your wife can stuff your body in.

If you have a chainsaw .... um, never mind.

[Cow Poke]

Well we aren't going to be getting one of the enormous, aircraft carrier-sized chest freezers. We'll get one more midsized.

Be sure not to get one your wife can stuff your body in.

[Zymologist]

Well we aren't going to be getting one of the enormous, aircraft carrier-sized chest freezers. We'll get one more midsized.

[Cow Poke]

Finding stuff in a chest freezer is always an issue meaning you leave it standing open longer as you rummage around.

Not me! I'm organized! And I have those wire baskets that slide back and forth, making things easier to rearrange. But, again, when it's open, the cold air "lays there" - it doesn't spill over the side onto the floor.

[rogue06]

Because heat rises and cold falls, a chest freezer doesn't "spill out" all the cold air like an upright freezer does. All things considered, this probably doesn't make any measurable difference, except that I know it's a fact.

Finding stuff in a chest freezer is always an issue meaning you leave it standing open longer as you rummage around.

[Cow Poke]

In all practicality, the only objection to a chest freezer is that it's more "horizontal space" to pile stuff on, and if you pile stuff on it, you'll have to move that stuff to open it. When I've had a chest freezer, I installed shelving above it with enough room to open the freezer's door without hitting the bottom shelf.

The only time I'd have an upright freezer is if I had limited floor space.

[Cow Poke]

So now that we have a house and, for the first time ever, floor space(!), one of the things we want to get asap is a freezer. My wife is a super saver when it comes to groceries, and having a freezer would be awesome.

I think I'm leaning toward a chest freezer rather than an upright one, for the additional space, but I'm more concerned with cost. Got any recommendations for cheap freezers? I'll be checking craigslist as well.

Because heat rises and cold falls, a chest freezer doesn't "spill out" all the cold air like an upright freezer does. All things considered, this probably doesn't make any measurable difference, except that I know it's a fact.

[DesertBerean]

Again, Kenmore was THE appliance to get...it still may be especially if Sears still has the parts readily available. That was a big part of the Kenmore reputation. I don't know if the prices are good for you, but if the parts are guaranteed to be replaced...

[rogue06]

Any brands I should stay away from, or look for? Frigidaire seems to be the most commonplace. DB recommended Danby also...any others?

Here is a review of new chest type freezers: http://chest-freezers-review.toptenreviews.com/

Here is a review of new upright freezers: http://upright-freezer-review.toptenreviews.com/

ETA: And here is a review by Consumer Reports: http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/n...ures/index.htm

[Zymologist]

Any brands I should stay away from, or look for? Frigidaire seems to be the most commonplace. DB recommended Danby also...any others?

[DesertBerean]

Bhwhahaha. ..that fit weirdly with Rogue ' s post.