In article . com,
Mike Lane writes:
Ma rk wrote on Jul 15, 2009:

... and avoid frost free freezers.

What is supposed to be the problem with these?

Reliability of basic sealed refrigeration systems is astonishingly
high, and has been for decades. Reliability of the extra frost-free
components can't get even close, so it's the frost-free parts which
limit the reliability of frost free freezers.

I've had a Hoover F/F
fridge-freezer since 2002 and it's still working normally. I used to find

7 years, and just one appliance, really doesn't mean anything.

defrosting a freezer indoors a really tedious chore that I'm glad not to have
to do any more

I've had a non-frost free freezer for 9 years now, and never yet
needed to defrost it (although I probably will have to in next
couple of years).

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