garage Freezer

[Rykard]

HI,
the mil is looking for a freezer to go in her garage. What should she be looking for to make sure is it suitable?
I thought I had read something on here but I can't find the thread.

cheers
Rich

[jansman]

In my experience ,anything you like. Some folks here seem to talk about heating them!!! never understood,but I am sure you’ll hear in a short while I have two in an outbuilding,that have been there for eeerm …. Donkeys years. No trouble. That building gets cold by the way,but it’s FREEZING that the machines do. As I said,I’m sure you’ll be told.

[jennyjj01]

In my experience ,anything you like. Some folks here seem to talk about heating them!!! never understood,but I am sure you’ll hear in a short while I have two in an outbuilding,that have been there for eeerm …. Donkeys years. No trouble. That building gets cold by the way,but it’s FREEZING that the machines do. As I said,I’m sure you’ll be told.

Anything you like as a freezer, but avoid fridge freezer combo.
I'm the fool that had to heat the garage to keep my food cold. Counter intuitive. So I've researched it.

viewtopic.php?p=201562&hilit=freezer#p201562

A freezer in the garage is likely to be fine, though SOME tell you not to run them at ambient temperatures below about 10C, because the compressor stops working. BEKO freezers make a selling point of their tolerance to cold environment.
Fridge freezers are another matter and can give horrendous failure because they tend to only have one mechanism and one thermostat. My old combined fridge freezer completely defrosts in cold weather, so I no longer use it as anything more than a cupboard

[Rykard]

thanks both.