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Learned something new today

SharkE — Fri, 11 Oct 2019 19:20:53 GMT

Tired of thawing out my chest freezer, so, was researching frost free chest freezers. Called couple of places and they said don't exist !

Didn't know if you wanted frost free freezers you had to buy an upright

no choice. Now, I'll have to rethink my area and if I can adapt to an upright. Want a 10 cu. ft size.

Re: Learned something new today

Mary Bailey — Fri, 11 Oct 2019 19:21:15 GMT

@SharkE

I went from chest freezer to upright deep freeze. I love it!

I had to chip ice out of the chest freezer. I've never had to do it in the upright.

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SharkE — Fri, 11 Oct 2019 19:32:42 GMT

your upright is a frost-free ?

@Mary Bailey

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Mary Bailey — Fri, 11 Oct 2019 19:37:23 GMT

@SharkEyes Frigidaire Frost Free

I don't know how old it is. Mom gave it to us after Dad passed away.

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Meowingkitty — Fri, 11 Oct 2019 19:59:14 GMT

My upright freezer is frost free. I wouldn't buy otherwise.

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quilter61 — Fri, 11 Oct 2019 20:02:37 GMT

I also went from a chest freezer to an upright. Mine is a GE. Best thing I ever bought. Hated defrosting the chest freezer. Also, items would be at the bottom and I would forget what was in the freezer. Mine has glass shelves, plus two drawers. It is nice to open the freezer and see everything and not have to search for items.

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SeaMaiden — Fri, 11 Oct 2019 20:03:28 GMT

I have a 20 plus year old upright freezer we have to defrost every couple of years....next one will be frost free.

Only negative with frost free is that freezer food gets a bad flavor/freezer taste to it over time.

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grandma2pkmh — Fri, 11 Oct 2019 20:14:58 GMT

Funny but true story about upright frost free freezers. My parents bought one back in 1964 and filled it with all sorts of items. One of the items was Banquet Frozen Individual Cherry Pies. Some got pushed to the back and forgotten. When they found them(many,many months later) and cooked them, the middle was totally void of any liquid. It had all dried out by the defrosting and refreezing. They learned to pay attention as to what and when something was put in there.

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RedTop — Fri, 11 Oct 2019 21:00:09 GMT

I’m not sure why you think you have to adapt to an upright freezer; it’s just like opening up your refrigerator and taking out what you need, based on where you put it. Everything is right in front of you, no deep bending or extended reaching involved.

I put beef on the top shelf, pork on the second shelf. Third shelf has a few packages of frozen chicken, along with frozen hash browns, fries, and loaves of bread. Other boxes of frozen foods are on the bottom.

I hated when mom sent me to the basement to find something in the big chest freezer. The only easy finds were bread and vegetables. I have never owned a chest freezer, nor intend to at this point in my life.

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SharkE — Fri, 11 Oct 2019 21:33:54 GMT

probably how it looks and the chest holds my laundry basket on top all that area to put stuff on LOL

gonna check 'em out MOn when we go to town.

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Kachina624 — Fri, 11 Oct 2019 23:23:05 GMT

I had a chest style freezer once but never again. Hated standing on my head digging through it trying to find things. An upright is so much more efficient and easy to use. There's no comparison.

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SharkE — Sat, 12 Oct 2019 00:05:43 GMT

yeah, the sister in Ind said she's so short she almost fell into hers and was afraid the lid would close on her LOL

Everybody seems to like the uprights better. Once I save the money I'll give mine away and go the upright route I guess.

I just always thought they woud have a frost free chest type.

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shoesnbags — Sat, 12 Oct 2019 00:13:38 GMT

@SharkE

Ive never had a chest freezer. Had upright freezers for the past 40 years or so - all of them frost free. Takes up half the floor space, too.

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iwrite — Sat, 12 Oct 2019 18:39:50 GMT

like many, i started off with a chest freezer and that defrosting was a pain, you know where. before it died, i bought and upright. one of my best purchases ever! for one thing - i can see everything and don't have to move 5 things to get to the one i want.

well worth the money, if you wait for a sale.

and if you live someplace where the winters are brutal, you will really love it 'cause you can fill it up in oct and won't need to buy much if anything, almost until sometime in the spring (for a family of 2)

yes, it's a lot of vacuum sealing, but i make a trip in sept, then again in october because it takes me a while to vacuum seal that much meat, frozen veggies etc.