Upright Freezers - Best Freezer Upright Models

Upright freezers and are increasingly becoming the popular freezing option. They occupy a much smaller floor area, allow quicker and easier access to food and most are frost free. The latter eliminates the tedium associated with manually defrosting a freezer.

Of course, as with every product, there are a few downsides you should be aware of. Freezer uprights tend to cost more than chest freezers on a foot-for-foot basis. While the drawers make food organization a lot easier, they however, reduce the usable storage capacity by up to a considerable 15 percent. And owing to their upright configuration, they are less energy efficient and will cost considerably more then chests to run.

Which freezer you will finally settle for will depend on what feature is most important to you. You can choose from a range of cheap, small, compact, energy star or frost free upright freezers. Or, you can settle for the popular brands with GE, Frigidaire, Kenmore and Whirlpool leading the pack.

Small Upright Freezers

Small freezer uprights are a great complement to an existing refrigerator and are especially well-suited for singles and small families. One of the compact freezers in this category include the 2.9 cu. Ft. Avanti VM301W which comes with 4 clear view drawers, a space saving flush back design and front leveling legs.

Frost free uprights

One of the major advantages freezer uprights have over chests is that most uprights are frost free. In other words, they have an auto-defrost mechanism that prevents frost from building up. This completely eliminates the need for the cumbersome manual defrosting exercise.

Energy Star Freezer Uprights

The Energy Star qualification is awarded to appliances that consume less energy than their identically sized counterparts. This has 2 associated benefits. The first is that Energy Star freezers lead to appreciably lower electric bills. As a result of this energy efficiency, you are able to play your role in reducing pollution and its effects on climate change.

Which are the Best Upright freezers?

Well, the term "best" is relative and which freezer best suits your needs depends on the feature set that best appeals to you.

That said, the brands that have consistently proven themselves in the market and established a solid track record include the Frigidaire, Kenmore and Whirlpool upright freezers. GE freezers were bestsellers until GE exited the appliance business.

Frigidaire's suite of freezer uprights ranges from 12.1 cu ft (Frigidaire FFU12F2HW), 12.5 cu ft (Frigidaire FKFU13M2HW), 13.7 cu ft (Frigidaire FFU14F7HW which is white and Frigidaire FFU14F5HW which is black), 14.1 cu ft (Frigidaire FFU14M5HW), 16.6 cu ft (Frigidaire FFH17F7HW which is white and Frigidaire GLFH17F8HB which is both black and Energy Star qualified), 16.7 cu ft (Frigidaire FFU17F5HW), 17.0 cu ft (Frigidaire FFU17M7HW) and 20.5 cu ft (Frigidaire FFU21F5HW and Frigidaire FKFH21F7HW which are both white and Energy Star qualified and Frigidaire GLFH21F8HB which is both black and Energy Star qualified).

The Whirlpool freezer uprights include the 15.8 cu ft Whirlpool EV161NZTQ, 16.0 cu ft Whirlpool EV161FZTQ, the 17.7 cu ft Whirlpool EV181NZTQ, Whirlpool EV185NXTN which is natural silver and Whirlpool EV188NYWS which is stainless steel, 18.0 cu ft Whirlpool EV181FZTQ and Whirlpool EH185FXTQ which is Energy Star qualified, the 19.6 Whirlpool EV209NBTQ, the 20.1 cu ft Whirlpool EV201NZTQ and Whirlpool EV205NXTN which is natural silver and the 24.7 Whirlpool EV250NXTQ.

Kenmore upright freezerThe 12.1 cu ft Kenmore 2826, 3 models of the 13.7 cu ft Kenmore 2843 which is white, Kenmore 2845 which is white and Kenmore 2845 which is black. The 16.7 cu ft Kenmore 2871, Kenmore 2872, Kenmore 2878 and Kenmore 4473 which is stainless steel. 20.6 cu ft 2804, 2805 and 3 models of Kenmore 2809. One of these is Energy Star qualified, another is both black and Energy Star qualified while another is both a stainless steel and Energy Star qualified upright freezer.

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