pheasant wrote:
> Jim wrote:
>> Trying to get a consensus of what you guys recommend for
>> food storage.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Jim
>>
> I agree with Barb, what's a consensus?
>
> Course I gotta be different.
>
> We prefer the chest, defrost yourself once every other year or so.
> Freezes harder, and when you need to rearrange, doesn't lose the cold
> like the uprights do. Cold settles, so you can leave it open longer.
> To defrost, a hair dryer and a little hot water in a ice cream pail gets
> it done in about 10 minutes. Hardest part is unloading to defrost.
>
> Just my opine. YMMV
> Mark
Any freezer will freeze the goods harder just by setting the thermostat
to a lower temperature. I keep the upright at -20F with no difficulty.
Non-defrost freezers have a minor advantage over auto defrost types in
that they use a very little less energy to maintain temperature.

My opine too and YMMV.

George