Chest Freezer -Power consumption & cost to run

rogerblack

saving-mad wrote: »

Over the last year or so we have eaten lots of freezer burn food in a bid not to waste it so I am now seriously thinking about buying a small one as this one is almost empty.
I think I have had my lightbulb moment!
What is the point of paying to store so much food? Apart from fruit and veg from the garden we don't really need a freezer.

If you use the freezer properly, and have a well functioning non energy guzzling one, it can work well.
You need to have a list of what's in it.
You need to keep the dates it went in.
You need enough space in it that you can buy several months freezable food at once if you come across a bargain of stuff you like.

My freezer uses around 30 quid a year of electricity - http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/household-appliances/refrigeration/chest-freezers/hotpoint-rcnaa300p-chest-freezer-white-17473402-pdt.html?gclid=CIvzueOw-rkCFVDItAodKSoAnQ&srcid=198&cmpid=ppc~gg~~~Exact&mc!!!!!gg_goog_7904&s_kwcid=AL!3391!3!30417874284!!!g!64556564244!&ef_id=UktPfgAABAkdX9D@:20131003094539:s.

I use it for many money saving things.
For example, cook up a really large nice curry - 30 servings or so in a large pot, then freeze into portions in reusable containers.

Ends up very cheap per delicious meal, and I don't have to cook when I'm not feeling like it.

It is only worth it if you fill it with reduced goods.
Otherwise, as you say - other than convenience - there is little or no benefit over a small freezer.

Do remember to count the cost of the shopping though!
If you go out for an unplanned shop, you will end up spending more on items you may impulse buy, as well as the cost of transport, ...

At 120 quid a year electricity cost - you might as well buy http://www.tesco.com/deliverysaver/?rel=external - which will get you free deliveries on about 18 hour notice

Also - you can easily buy small freezers that use the same electriicy as the above.

http://www.ide alo.co.uk/cat/2620F740803/freezers.html - you need to edit the URL and put it back together - shows freezers using under 200kWh/year.

On more concrete savings, the best I've gotten so far was 30kg of chicken fillets, mis-priced at 60p/kg, not a fiver a kilo of above.