On Sep 29, 10:50�pm, "Edwin Pawlowski" > wrote:
> "Nancy2" > wrote in message
>
> I would absolutely not recommend an upright because every time you
> open the door, you have the entire exposed surface just waiting to
> pump out the cold air. �A chest type is much more efficient because
> the air doesn't come up and out so fast. �If you don't need to worry
> about a bad back, go for the chest type.
>
> In addition, with an upright you almost have to get an auto-defrost
> because they frost up so fast, relatively. �These are just my
> opinions, and not necessarily anyone else's.
>
> N.
>
> Certainly not my recommendation. �It only gets opened maybe once a day so
> how much air is lost in the course of a year? �I can be in and out in
> seconds as opposed to digging into the bottom of the chest freezer.
>
> I defrost it about one every 15 to 18 months. � It is also easier to defrost
> than a chest.
>
> I've had both and I'd never get a chest model again. � Upright is just
> sooooo much easier to deal with.

If I were to get a freezer (not) it would definitely be an upright...
law of physics says losing cold air is no biggie, air has little
mass... so long as the freezer is properly filled with high mass
foods, (not a lot of bread, pizza, TV dinners, and the like) it
doesn't really matter much whether the door is opened once a day or
ten times a day... if your freezer usually has a lot of empty space
it's much better to stock it with half gallon cartons of fruit juice
than tube steak buns. Folks open their fridge umpteen times a day,
never giving much thought to how many times or for how long and their
energy use change is imperceptible, 'cause the darn things cycle
continuously whether the door is opened or not. Modern refrigeration
is far, far more forgiving than ye olde ice-a-box. The trick is to
keep the fridge properly filled with high mass foods too... if your
fridge is typically running on near empty then always keep it loaded
with a case of brewskis... large bottles of Colt 45 are much more
efficient than 12 oz cans (won't need to open the fridge so often for
refills either, hehe). All kidding aside, keeping half gallon jugs of
plain water in your fridge (and freezer) will save significant
energy... will also maintain cold longer during power outages... and
of course will keep your unit from working so hard so it will last
longer... spread the jugs of liquid around to maintain more even
temperature. I happen to like grapefruit juice so I keep a few half
gallons in my freezer and fridge. Thinking a chest freezer is more
efficient is just not true... when a chest freezer is kept properly
filled it will be open longer while rooting about to find stuff too...
it's far easier to operate an upright efficiently. And non frost free
freezers are not very efficient, for one they can't get as cold as
frost free units, secondly once there is even the slightest frost
accumulation efficiency goes way down (even eskimos know frost is an
excellent insulator against cold, and defrosting several times a year
(is what should be done) is more wasteful of energy, and what does one
do with all the food those few days. And non frost units don't keep
freezer burn at bay. When foods are properly wrapped freezer burn
cannot occur... so you are sealing with expensive packaging or you're
not, which is it?

Remember, the "cold" is stored/maintained best in the greatest mass,
not in the air. Once folks realize that refrigeration does not
produce cold... only then will they comprehend true efficiency...
refrigeration only removes heat. The scientific definition of cold is
the absence of heat... anyone with a room air conditioner can plainly
tell that's heat being pumped out, there is no cold pumped in.