Hey there
I've been hunting for a new upright frost-free mid-sized freezer and found that the model that appears to offer about the best value for money is a Haier; does anyone have (direct or indirect) experience with Haier freezers (or fridge for fridge/freezers)? EDIT - or have any other of the more affordable brands/models of upright freezers they can recommend?
Given their price point, I know they're not going to be the Rolls Royce of applicances, but still am interested given the cost for other brands is considerably more. Being at the cheap end of the market, I'm aware they may be noiser but I don't think that'll be to big an issue as it'll be located in the laundry.
The model I was looking at specifically was the HVF-260SS, which Harvey Norman had down last weekend to $1124 (the white version is just a few bucks cheaper). Interestingly, I noticed the energy efficency of this particular model appears to be significantly higher than others, so apparently it will be cheaper to run than even some larger models (the following are just some examples for comparison, though I note every other freezer in that shop wasn't as efficient):
Haier HVF-260 / 256 litres / 3 stars / 320kWh/yr
F&P E210L / 213 litres / 1 star / 481 kWh/yr
F&P E308 / 304 litres / 1 star / 559 kWh/yr
I did notice that many of the cheaper freezers including the Haier I'm looking at above have that grill thing (showing my technical knowledge here!) exposed on the back - apart from it therefore needing to sit slightly further out from the wall, are there any issues with this design?
Thanks for any advice!
[EDIT MOD:RC - Use of correct company name.]