Minor Freezer BrandsNovember 2018

Capacity

A dedicated freezer is ideal for families that need to store large quantities of frozen food. Often they can be combined with a matching fridge to create a huge fridge freezer combined of two appliances placed next to each other. They key is to make sure that the freezer door is reversible, which will allow your combined fridge freezer unit doors to both open from the middle.

Advances in insulation technology have allowed freezer manufacturers to increase the available space inside modern freezer units. The biggest upright freezers have over 350 litres of internal storage and the largest chest freezer can have nearly 600 litres of internal storage - that's enough to store three supermarket shopping trolleys full of food!

Frost Free Interior

Older freezers and some budget models require periodic defrosting which means switching the freezer off, removing all the food, and catching all the thawing ice in a tray. This is necessary to prevent excessive frost build up inside the freezer and to keep it operating efficiently.

Many freezers have frost free technology. This means that no defrosting is required and the freezer will not frost up over time. They work by controlling the humidity level inside the freezer to prevent frost particles from forming.

Easy Access Drawers

Some freezers come with easy to access pull out drawers. Transparent draw fronts make it easy to see what's stored inside and smooth sliding rails make pulling the drawer out effortless. Look out for deep drawer sizes which can be useful for storing bulky items.

Ice Makers

Built in ice makers are available in some stand alone freezers. Commonly they make the ice in one of the drawers which can then be pulled out and used.

Most automatic ice makers will normally need a plumbed water connection within 1.5m of the freezer. Some freezers may have simpler, semi automatic ice makers that you must fill manually.

Other Features

Installation Tips

Freezer Prices

The price range of freezers is from £68 to £4,101 and in total we found prices for 531 freezers. The average price of a new freezer is £473 and 80% of freezers are priced between £145 and £849. The Essentials CUF55W12 is the cheapest freezer at only £68, and Siemens FI24DP32 is the most expensive at £4,101.

Freezer Brands - Price Range

Gaggenau freezers start at £2,970 and their most expensive freezer costs £2,970. The highest average freezer price out of all brands is Gaggenau freezers with an average price of £2,970.

The second highest average freezer price out of all brands is Siemens freezers with an average price of £1,090. Siemens freezers start at £400 and their most expensive freezer costs £4,101.

Miele freezers range in price from £325 to £1,832, and the average price of Miele freezers is £951 which is the third highest average price of all freezer brands.

Freezer Brands - Average Ratings

We have analysed 9 expert reviews and 10,028 user reviews for freezers and used this data to determine the average rating for each brand of freezer. The top rated freezer brand is Indesit with an average rating of 81%. The second best brand is Beko with 81% and the third best brand is Bosch with 77%.

Biggest Freezer Retailers

The biggest freezer retailer by number of products currently for sale is eBay. We found 308 current freezer offers from eBay. The second biggest retailer is AO with 155 offers. That means eBay is much bigger than AO when it comes to freezers. Appliances Direct is the third biggest retailer with 135 current offers.

When Are Most New Freezers Released?

Over the last 3 years we couldn't see any prominent trend in the release month for new freezers. 103 new freezers were released in January 2017 making it the biggest month that year for new freezer releases. In 2016 most new freezers were released in October, with 163 new freezers released that month. April was the biggest month in 2015 for new freezers, with 95 new freezers released that month.

How Fast Do Freezer Prices Drop After Release?

On average, in the first 6 months after release, freezers drop in price by 1%. That means a saving of £6 on a typical £473 new freezer if you wait 6 months before buying.

Freezer Net Capacities

'Freezer Net Capacity' is the total usable (net) capacity of the freezer, measured in litres.

The freezer net capacities of freezers range from 22L to 1,000L. The freezer net capacities of most freezers range from 60L to 110L. The freezer with the highest freezer net capacity is the Liebherr GT6122, which is a 605L capacity freezer and currently retails for £649.00. The freezer with the lowest freezer net capacity is the Zanussi ZFX31400WA, which is a 30L capacity freezer and currently retails for £89.00.

Types

The type of the freezer denotes it's case design.

We found 1,373 freezers that are upright freezers, which makes this the most popular type amongst new freezers. We found 582 freezers that are chest freezers, making chest the second most common type amongst new freezers.

Widths

The widths of freezers range from 430mm to 1,861mm. The Exquisit GTE650, which is available at £352.48, has the widest width and is a 1,800mm wide freezer. The freezer with the narrowest width is the Bomann GB 388, which is a 439mm wide freezer and is on sale for £118.79.

Heights

Comparing all freezers, the heights range from 470mm to 2,150mm. The Siemens FI18NP31, which can be purchased for £3,198.25, has the tallest height and is a 2,134mm high freezer. The freezer with the shortest height is the Russell Hobbs Rhttfz1, which is a 492mm high freezer and is on sale for £80.00.

Energy Efficiency of Freezers

The Energy Efficiency Class of a freezer shows how well it uses energy, and how much is unnecessarily wasted. Products are ranked from G to A++ in terms of how little energy they use compared to the norm.

We found 1,036 freezers that have an energy efficiency rating of A+, which makes A+ the most common energy efficiency rating amongst new freezers. A++ is the second most common energy efficiency rating amongst new freezers. We found 496 freezers that have an energy efficiency rating of A++.

Which Are the Cheapest Retailers for Freezers?

The chart below helps you decide which retailer is normally cheapest for buying freezers. For each retailer it shows the total number of freezers where they currently have a market leading price. The chart below helps you decide which retailer is normally cheapest for buying freezers. For each retailer we took all of their prices and looked at what proportion of those prices where the cheapest on the market. The cheapest retailer that we found was eBay. 188 of their freezer prices were the cheapest that could be found anywhere.

Proportion of Freezers for Which Each Retailer is Cheapest?

Assessing how cheap each retailer is for freezers by counting the number of cheapest prices for that retailer, makes the retailers that offer the greatest number of freezer prices more likely to offer the greatest number of cheapest prices. The chart below considers the proportion of each retailer's freezer prices that are the cheapest compared to other retailers. The cheapest retailer that we found using this approach was eBay. 61% of their freezer prices were the cheapest that could be found anywhere.