Home freezers

The freezer is designed for long-term storage of products. The presence of such a unit in the apartment allows you to prepare for the winter berries, mushrooms, fruits, fish, meat and much more, including food for cats, dogs and live food for aquarium fish. Freezers for the home are produced by many companies - both solid and little-known. We will talk about the advantages and disadvantages of this type of household appliances.

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Do you need her?

You are going to buy a freezer and even started to study catalogs. But first, try to answer the question - why do you need this device, what exactly will you store there? It depends on which camera to prefer.

The most active freezer buyers:

• gardeners;
• gardeners;
• mushroom pickers;
• fishermen
• hunters;
• pet lovers.

Why do you need refrigerators for the home?

1. For gardeners, a freezer allows you to keep berries and fruits fresh, that is, with all the vitamins that inevitably decay when cooked.
2. Such an aggregate can significantly facilitate the life of the mushroom picker. Of course, a certain amount of mushrooms can be salted or pickled, but those that you want to cook soup in the winter or make hot, it is better to freeze than to dry. It is both faster and tastier.
3. If you are lucky in fishing or hunting, you can’t prepare all the trophies at once. Where to go zander and capercaillie? Of course, in the freezer! And you can cook at any time.
4. As for pet lovers, especially those who feed their pets with natural feeds, the freezer will save them a lot of money. You can buy meat or liver for your cat in bulk from a reliable seller - and not think about it for several weeks.

In short, almost everyone is interested in the freezer.

Important! The freezer will help to establish the diet of young children. So, in the summer you can make stocks of healthy vegetables, fruits, berries, so that in winter you do not buy them at exorbitant prices in an unknown quality and with an understandable amount of chemistry.

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What are the cold stores for the home?

In the salons of household appliances you will find two types of freezers for the home:

• vertical
• horizontal.

To understand which one is best for you, we first learn to distinguish between them:

• The vertical camera in its appearance is very similar to the most ordinary refrigerator. Such units are also called freezers.
• The horizontal freezer has a second name - a chest. It really resembles the shape of an old village chest in which flour was most often stored.

Important! Each species has its advantages and disadvantages. When wondering how to choose a freezer for your home, consider, among other things, how much space you can allocate for it and where. Vertical models will definitely be more compact, although not as voluminous.

Vertical freezer

The freezer can have very different sizes. On sale you will find very small freezers of this type, about 50 cm high, and real two-meter giants.

The main advantage of a vertical chamber is that its internal cavity is divided into compartments. The advantages of this division:

• hygiene - each type of product is in its cavity;
• the compartments close so that the odors do not mix.

The main disadvantages:

• high price;
• food containers are not removable.

Important! If desired, you can choose a very narrow vertical freezer, which fits in any corner.

Horizontal freezer

A casket can be picked up even by a family with a not particularly high income. The main advantages of such cameras:

• price;
• products are placed in special lattice boxes - they are easily removed, they can be washed if necessary.

Important! This is ideal for a small apartment. You can put a chest in the country house, in the pantry, and even on the balcony, if you choose a small volume.

The chest is also suitable for those who procure products of the same type, but in large quantities. For example, hunters and fishers. Meat and large fish can be frozen without being cut into small pieces.

Important! The main disadvantage of this type of freezer is that the products are stored all together. That is, meat and fruit, when improperly placed, absorb each other's odors. But dealing with this is not so difficult. You just need to pack everything well.

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How to choose a freezer?

Having decided on the type of freezer and how much you agree to allocate for it from the family budget, compare the technical characteristics of different models. You should be interested in:

• class of freezing;
• volume;
• power;
• Energy consumption;
• The principle of operation of the device is a drip system or no frost.

Freezing class

This setting indicates the lowest temperature your future freezer can provide. It is indicated by “asterisks”, each of which corresponds to 6 °:

• if you see one “asterisk” - it means that the freezer gives a temperature of -6 ° C;
• two - respectively, -12 ° C.

Important! How many of these icons should a home freezer have? Three or four is more than enough. The fifth “asterisk” means that there is a deep freeze function.

Depends on the class of freezing, for how long you can lay the products:

• -6 ° С - week;
• -12 ° С - month;
• -18 ° - three months;
• -18 ° C and below - a year.

Volume

It depends on what you need the camera for. In the salons of household appliances you will find freezers of various sizes:

• At least -100 liters.
• The maximum is 500.

Important! If more, it’s already industrial refrigerated cabinets.

For an ordinary family of three to four people, if she does not make a huge number of blanks, a freezer of 150-300 liters is enough.

Power

How many kilograms of food should your cell freeze per day? This is its power. The range is from 5 to 25 kg.

The choice again depends on the goal:

• if you procure “a little of that, a little of this” - a capacity of 6 to 10 kg per day is enough for you;
• those who freeze strawberries with whole buckets, and meter-long zander, need a more powerful freezer.

How much does your freezer “eat”

One of the main parameters by which you need to choose a freezer for your home is energy consumption. A powerful freezer can literally be “golden” if you suddenly have to pay more for electricity than for products in the chamber itself.

Important! Please note that the camera works around the clock.

How to find out the energy class? - Very simple. By marking. On any camera, you will see letters from A to E. They mean how economical your freezer is in terms of energy consumption:

• If you see the letter A or the marking A +, this is the most economical model, with a very low energy class.
• If E - energy, the camera absorbs a lot.

Important! Low-end cameras are more expensive than high-end cameras. But it pays off, because the lower the class, the less you will have to pay for electricity.

A little bit about systems

Which freezer is best for the home - with a drip system or no frost?

Find out the difference:

1. A device with a drip system will have to be periodically defrosted, like a regular refrigerator. And this is not always convenient. But such a system has an advantage - in such chambers the humidity does not change, and accordingly - the products are not subject to dehydration.
2. A camera with a no frost system is much easier to take care of - no ice needs to be removed. It is enough to keep it clean and periodically ventilate. But there is a serious drawback - due to air circulation, the products dry out. Therefore, before freezing, they should be packaged. The camera itself must be washed and disinfected at least once a year.

Important! There are freezers where each section has its own refrigerant. You can choose the best option for freezing for each product.

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Extra data

To choose the ideal freezer for your home is just for you, consider a few more options:

• climate class;
• autosave;
• management method;
• protection against outside interference;
• light signal;
• removable door.

Climate class

The climate class is indicated by Latin letters:

• SN;
• N:
• ST:
• T.

Understanding the differences:

• Devices marked SN and N are designed for temperate climates and can withstand outdoor temperatures of up to 32 ° C.
• If you see the markings ST and T, this means that the unit works well even in extreme heat - up to 43 ° C.

Important! Properly selected climate class avoids unnecessary energy consumption.

Auto-save, super-freeze and extra-freeze

Note the availability of these features:

1. If there is an autosave mode, your camera will be able to maintain a temperature of -10 ° C for two days after the power is turned off. This is a very good option for a holiday village, where there are some difficulties with energy supply.
2. Superfreezing means that very large volumes of food can be frozen immediately.
3. The extra freeze function allows you to maintain the desired temperature at the moment when a new product is placed in the chamber. A couple of hours before the “beginner” bookmark, you simply expose this function, the new product quickly freezes, so that the rest do not deteriorate from a sharp increase in temperature.

Control method

In modern freezers, two types of control are used:

• electronic;
• mechanical.

Important! Electronic - stylish and modern. The control system is equipped with a control indicator, the camera has a display - in a word, it is a fashionable device equipped with the latest technology. But mechanical control systems are still more reliable.

Castle from children

This device is a blocker. If someone presses the “wrong buttons” - the control panel is blocked, the program continues to work as it worked.

Light signal

Some models are equipped with a special indicator, which indicates that the door is open for too long. This prevents warmer outside air from disturbing the inside of the chamber.

Removable door

This little thing will be especially pleasant if you have to think for a long time where to put the camera in a small and cramped apartment. If you have a removable door, you can put it anywhere - and get products without arranging a global rearrangement in the room.

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Brands

The rating of freezers for the home is quite difficult to establish. Freezers are released by anyone who is not lazy. However, there are manufacturers with a very good reputation who have long and successfully worked in this market.

If we analyze the ratings that make up the leading trading companies:

1. In almost everyone you will find the products of Indesit, Bosch, Liebher. The freezers of these companies, however, are quite expensive. But they are economical and reliable.
2. You can find some good models among the economy class cameras. These are such freezers as “Saratov” and “Atlant”. They are no worse than expensive European models, but are several times cheaper.
3. Among the Chinese manufacturers that have literally flooded the world market now, the Shivaki firm has established itself well. The small freezers of this company are good for small apartments or offices.

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Popular freezers

Let's talk about some popular models. This, for example, such as:

• Liebherr GN 4113;
• Bosch GSN36VW20;
• Vestfrost VF 320 H:
• ATLANT M 7184-003;
• Saratov 104 (MKSh-300).

Liebherr GN 4113:

• This model differs from all others, first of all, in that it has a fundamentally new class of energy consumption, super low, denoted by A ++.
• There is a No Frost system, and this model is deservedly considered the best among cameras that do not need to defrost.
• The unit is equipped with a handle with a pusher.
• Volume - 406 liters, the door is outweighed.

Important! This is a great freezer for a large family or small business.

Bosch GSN36VW20

Bosch models are in the same price category as Liebher. These are quite expensive freezers, but at the same time very high quality ones.

This model:

• smaller in volume - only 237 liters, so for an ordinary family of 3-5 people it is quite suitable.
• energy class is also quite low - A +.

Vestfrost VF 320 H

This home freezer is close to economy class models:

• From the more expensive German cameras, this brainchild of a Danish company differs in that it has an electromechanical control.
• Vestfrost must be periodically thawed.
• Such a camera works quietly.
• Takes up little space.

ATLANT M 7184-003

Cheap reliable home freezer. Design without any frills, but elegant. The freezer does not make noise and works for a very long time, besides it has a low energy consumption class. In a word, this is in every sense a budget model.

Saratov 104 (MKSh-300)

Not very stylish, but simple, durable and cheap unit - as, indeed, all the products of this brand.

Characteristics:

• Provides superfrost.
• The energy class is quite low - B, not the most economical, but also not very wasteful.

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For a small apartment

You have too little space? - No problem. It is for such situations that narrow cameras are designed. This category includes freezers with a width of 45 to 55 cm. If you have a tiny corridor or kitchen no more than 6 m2 - this option seems to be specially created for you. This is, for example, a model such as BEKO FSA 21320:

• Beco is not a very expensive functional freezer.
• In the class of narrow models, it is she who has the best indicator of energy consumption.
• This model weighs only 44 kg and is also the quietest, giving a noise level of only 41 dB.

Important! The disadvantages include not very high quality plastic, from which the boxes are made. Consumers also complain that the compartment for quick freezing is covered with hoarfrost, although this is not provided.

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Where to put?

A household freezer can be put in any room. Most often they are installed in the kitchen or in the hallway. But, oddly enough, the ideal room for the camera would be a glazed balcony or loggia. That's where your unit will work like a clock, which is not surprising - because there is a rather low temperature. But keep in mind that even in the coolest rooms there should be a plus temperature.

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Now you know everything about how to choose a freezer for your home and which model deserves your attention. We hope you figured out all the characteristics and were able to determine the most suitable for yourself from the rating of freezers for your home.