Freezer Recommendations
Hi All,
Can anyone recommend a decent, reliable upright freezer, around 200 litres, that I can expect to last for a few years.
My Westinghouse upright has died, found out Tuesday when I went to get some fillets out for a feed. Although everything had defrosted (Dhuie, red emperor, bluebone, robbo, rankin, est cod, cobia, wahoo, redthroat and more as well as chicken, chops, steak and roasts) everything was still cold and hadn't yet gone off. Couldn't re-freeze, but at least I was able to phone family and mates and give it away before it bad.
Freezer is only a little over 7 years old.
Went to a local retailer last night and there was a selection of only 3 brands, Westinghouse (that I wouldn't be keen to buy again), Haier or Hisense.
Salesman reckons life expectancy of any of these is only 3 to 6 years, hardly woth considering if that is the case.
Any recommendations ? Needs to be upright, don't have floor space for chest type.
Thanks in advance.
Rig
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Haier
Don't want to jinx myself but I have had a Haier 200L for at least 5 years and it hasn't missed a beat, was pretty cheap at the time. Also have a little upright LG as I keep my fillets separate to bait/burly and an old Westinghouse tuckerbox for trips away.
But all this equipment fails at some point resulting in defrosted goods, anything over 10 years old is getting into high risk category
Shark1
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i dont wanna Jinx itLife is
i dont wanna Jinx it
Life is Good
Faulkner Family
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fisher and paykal make a
fisher and paykal make a good selection, after delivering some of the brands out there some certainly are a bit on the light side to be very good, made on the cheap. get yourself along to hardly normal seconds and have a look , you can get some great deals on them and all thats wrong is a scratch or a slight dent. and no i dont work for them .
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
Kuz
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Date Joined: 28/02/15
I can recommend Kelvinator
I can recommend Kelvinator 1st chest freezer 8yrs. 2nd kelvinator 13yrs then sold it working fine. (last year for 250$)I will be buying another new one.
kuz
Kuz
Travisd
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Date Joined: 07/05/11
Haier
kiwi made freezer. Very well made.
well insulated and efficient
Baron Sportsman
Just the depth that Varies
Faulkner Family
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made in china now from my
made in china now from my understanding
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together