On Tue, 05 Jul 2011 16:49:39 -0500, "cshenk" > wrote:

>Lou Decruss wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>
>> On Mon, 04 Jul 2011 15:30:37 -0500, "cshenk" > wrote:
>>
>> > LOL! Yes, energystar is almost a reason to replace a still working
>> > older one. We got rid of a huge beast of a chest freezer to a food
>> > bank. It's not that it wasnt reasonably efficient, it's that it was
>> > too big though for it's size it was efficient. It was an old
>> > farmhouse unit where you butchered a whole steer and stored it in
>> > there.
>>
>> My fridge died Saturday. It's 10 years old and not a scratch on it.
>> We ordered a new one. Hopefully the electric bill payback will be
>> worth it. I just couldn't see putting any money in it. We got the
>> bottom freezer drawer type which I've read is pretty economical
>> compared to the side by side models. I hope I didn't make a $900
>> mistake.
>>
>> Lou
>
>They are more economical. Doesn't matter if top or bottom freezer but
>side by sides cost more to run and you have wierd storage size issues.
>Had an apartment once with a side-by-side and didnt like it. Now, I
>could deal with one as i have a decent chest freezer for what won't fit
>in thee but as an only freezer, you will like the bottom or top unit
>for utility as well.

Bottom freezers are fine if you're a shrimp but for folks of normal
stature top freezers are far more convenient.