So im looking for a recommendation on chest freezer brands. im in the market for a chest freezer to make into a conditioning fridge. Currently i see a kenmore 14.8 cubic foot chest freezer for about 300 dollars but are they still a good brand? Id rather not deal with service plans. if anyone has any experience of opinion on a good brand of chest freezers that would be great.
Thanks,
Jeff
I think mine is a GE. I think in that price range they are all roughly the same quality
Well thats the problem is the kenmore is like 300 dollars but the GE, Frigidaire etc are all 450+ dollars. the cheapness of the product makes me look harder at the negative reviews. The model im looking at has 100+ reviews and averages 4.5 stars but i still look at the 7 crappy nightmare reviews and have a doubt.
Kenmore is made by different manufacturers and they all just put the Kenmore name on it. Like any other major appliance purchase; if you can get it from a reputable store (Sears, Home Depot, etc.) you’ve got the store standing behind that purchase. I personally tend toward Kenmore appliances.
My conditioning fridge, however, is a Frigidaire upright (with no freezer compartment) that came from Sears and so far it is the only major appliance I’ve had a problem with, and Sears came back out within 2 days with a replacement (this was within 2 weeks of purchase). No problems since.
My fermeezer is a Kenmore chest unit (Sears) and has been plugging away faithfully for over a year now with nary a problem. The rest of my house (basement freezer, entire kitchen, etc.) is all Kenmore and thus far (several years) I’ve had no problems.
I’ve got a Kenmore 21ft3 chest freezer that I picked up at the Sears scratch and dent store for half price. It was brand new. It has a small dent (5" x 1/2" x 1/8") in the front sheet metal. Totally harmless and irrelevant to the function. This freezer is over 5 years old and works as well now as it did the day I bought it.
Check out Sears scratch & dent for deals. There is a lot of turnover there, so stay after it for a while and you’ll find something worthwhile.
I use one of these that I picked up on eBay to control the temperature:
I am also curious about this. I’m looking for a 20CF+ chest freezer for lagering/storage/serving. The idea being that I could serve from the chest freezer, through a nearby wall and into the bar/basement from a sub-basement. If that makes sense.
A friend of mine recently did a lot of research on this issue and he said that apparently all of the major brands have their parts provided to them by 2 major manufactures 1 is great the other is kinda iffy. Frigidaire is one of the brands that buys from the better manufacturer. Think im gonna grab one of these.
Frigidaire 14.8-cu ft Chest Freezer (White) ENERGY STAR
Item #: 8899 | Model #: LFFN15M5HW
from lowes. its on sale for 350 atm and if you have a lowes card you get an additional 5% off