I bought one of these last year so that I can stock up on frozen goods, and it's better than I expected! I cook lots of winter squash soup when the butternut squash is in season, and after cooking up 30 pounds of winter squash and adding soup ingredients and pureeing the results, I end up with gallons and gallons of delicious soup that I freeze for future delicious meals! Mmmmm! Problem is, my side-by-side refrigerator-freezer doesn't have enough room to freeze all this stuff.
Now I've ordered **another** one of these little beauties! So handy! When I don't need extra freezer space, I simply unplug the little freezer. Perfect!
Outstanding features of this freezer:
* Even though it's small, it maintains a steady interior temperature of 20 degrees below zero Fahrenheit at the coldest setting of 7 (on a scale of 1 to 7).
* It's quiet! Quieter than my energy-efficient side-by-side refrigerator-freezer, a top-of-the-line Jenn-Air.
* It's manual defrost. Why is this important? Automatic defrost periodically raises the freezer temperature, which risks ruining the freezer contents. Worse, automatic defrost cycles are infamous for requiring expensive maintenance and repairs when they fail to operate properly. When that happens, you're stuck. Then you have to remove **all** the frozen goods and manually defrost the Haier HUM013EA Freezer before it will work properly. Huge pain! Never, NEVER will I buy an automatic defrost freezer again.
* It's conveniently small. When I don't need extra freezer space, I simply stash this little freezer out of the way. I can lift and move this wee appliance without assistance, even though I'm over 65 years old. The freezer is lightweight enough to sit, fully loaded, on a little folding table. Perfect for flexible use of household space!
Now I've ordered **another** one of these little beauties! So handy! When I don't need extra freezer space, I simply unplug the little freezer. Perfect!
Outstanding features of this freezer:
* Even though it's small, it maintains a steady interior temperature of 20 degrees below zero Fahrenheit at the coldest setting of 7 (on a scale of 1 to 7).
* It's quiet! Quieter than my energy-efficient side-by-side refrigerator-freezer, a top-of-the-line Jenn-Air.
* It's manual defrost. Why is this important? Automatic defrost periodically raises the freezer temperature, which risks ruining the freezer contents. Worse, automatic defrost cycles are infamous for requiring expensive maintenance and repairs when they fail to operate properly. When that happens, you're stuck. Then you have to remove **all** the frozen goods and manually defrost the Haier HUM013EA Freezer before it will work properly. Huge pain! Never, NEVER will I buy an automatic defrost freezer again.
* It's conveniently small. When I don't need extra freezer space, I simply stash this little freezer out of the way. I can lift and move this wee appliance without assistance, even though I'm over 65 years old. The freezer is lightweight enough to sit, fully loaded, on a little folding table. Perfect for flexible use of household space!
