Minor Freezer BrandsSeptember 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

In total we found 588 freezers ranging from £50 to £4,300. The average price of a new freezer is £501 and 80% of freezers are priced between £149 and £929. The cheapest freezer that we found is the Russell Hobbs Rhttfz1 at only £50, and the most expensive is the Siemens FI24DP32 at £4,300.

Freezer Brands - Price Range

Gaggenau freezers start at £1,254 and their most expensive freezer costs £3,000. The highest average freezer price out of all brands is Gaggenau freezers with an average price of £2,127.

The average price of Miele freezers is £1,029 which is the second highest average price of all freezer brands. Miele freezers start at £360 and their most expensive freezer costs £1,832.

The average price of Siemens freezers is £1,017 which is the third highest average price of all freezer brands. Siemens freezers start at £299 and their most expensive freezer costs £4,300.

Freezer Brands - Average Ratings

We have checked 9 expert reviews and 9,806 user reviews for freezers and used these reviews to determine the average rating for each brand of freezer. Hoover is the top rated freezer brand with an average rating of 93%. Haier is the second best brand with 92% and Zanussi is the third best brand with 92%.

Biggest Freezer Retailers

We found 322 current offers for freezers from eBay making it the biggest freezer retailer. That is slightly bigger than the second biggest retailer, Amazon UK for whom we found 295 current offers for freezers. The third biggest retailer is ao with 149 current freezer offers.

When Are Most New Freezers Released?

We couldn't see any evident pattern in the release dates for new freezers over the last 3 years. Last year most new freezers were released in January, with 102 new freezers released that month. 164 new freezers were released in October 2016 making it the biggest month that year for new freezer releases. The biggest month in 2015 for new freezer releases was April, with 95 new freezers released that month.

How Fast Do Freezer Prices Drop After Release?

New freezers drop in price by an average of 2% in the first 6 months after they wer first released. On a typical new freezer costing £501, by waiting 6 months before buying you could save on average £10.

Freezer Net Capacities

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

Comparing all freezers, the freezer net capacities range from 22L to 1,000L. The freezer net capacities of most freezers range from 60L to 110L. The Liebherr GT6122, which is priced at £649.00, has the highest freezer net capacity and is a 605L capacity freezer. The Zanussi ZFX31400WA, which is on sale for £89.00, has the lowest freezer net capacity and is a 30L capacity freezer.

Types

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

The most common type amongst new freezers is upright. We found 1,407 freezers that are upright freezers. Chest is the second most frequently found type amongst new freezers. We found 520 freezers that are chest freezers.

Widths

Comparing all freezers, the widths range from 430mm to 1,861mm. The Liebherr GTP 4656 Premium, which currently retails for £998.69, has the widest width and is a 1,653mm wide freezer. The Zanussi ZFX31401WA, which sells for £205.19, has the narrowest width and is a 439mm wide freezer.

Heights

The heights of freezers range from 470mm to 2,150mm. The Siemens FI24NP31, which sells for £999.00, has the tallest height and is a 2,134mm high freezer. The Russell Hobbs Rhttfz1, which can be purchased for £50.00, has the shortest height and is a 492mm high freezer.

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 1,166 freezers that have an energy efficiency rating of A+, which makes this the most popular energy efficiency rating amongst new freezers. The second most popular energy efficiency rating amongst new freezers is A++. We found 756 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. 216 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. 67.1% of their freezer prices were the cheapest that could be found anywhere.