I'm in the market for another freezer. My old chest type still works but is rusting on the outside edge on the bottom. It's around 30 years old. Never had an upright one but the thought of being able to find what your looking for instead of digging for it appeals to me.

The one in have is 16 years old and still running strong with no issues.

I have always heard that chest type stay colder and last longer. We have had an upright over 15 years and still going strong.(knock on wood)

I have an upright that must be 20 years old and has spent half of its life in a dirt floor shed (freezer is set on landscape timbers) that just keeps on ticking. When it dies, ill honor it in my memories. Chest freezers are the junk drawer of frozen foods.

I have an upright Fridgidaire frostfree that is 26 +. Was still running good last might.

My grandmother has an upright in her storage house that was my great grandmothers. Still going strong, my brother just went and stuck a deer head in it that we caped last night.

I have an upright my parents bought in 1981. They gave it to me when they moved and it is still doing great. They are on their 3rd chest freezer since giving it to me. Newer is not always better.

Upright is all we'll have at the house now. Crap just gets lost in the chest freezers lol

Trailertrash said it right about junk drawer !
Recently our chest freezer went out and we
got a upright,,, it was crazy how old some
stuff was and we thought we kept it decent.

We got rid of our chest freezer and have a upright now and like it a lot better.

Get an upright. You’ll be glad you did. It’s easier to rotate old and new meat so less waste.

I had this decision last year and went with upright as well

My 20+ year old upright is still working fine. The thing that makes them work so long is that the door dont get opened often.

I’ve got a 20 Yo upright as well. My uncle has one that I know was in my grandmother’s house in the mid seventies maybe since 65 when her house was built.

for the price of a freezer there is no way id deal with having to dig thru a chest type over an upright either one should last plenty long enough

for the price of a freezer there is no way id deal with having to dig thru a chest type over an upright either one should last plenty long enough

Got to list a price.

I had a chest go out 4 years ago or so and bought an upright to replace it. Thinking I need to replace my remaining chest freezer with an upright. There's no comparison.

I've had both. I liked the upright better, but with kids they wouldn't shut the door good and had everything thaw and rot twice. Nasty as hell.

had this happen not long ago. It sucks