(doomed to) keep buying freezers that buzz / make loud noise and supposedly can't be returned.

chris_22

I'm not sensitive to sound. At all. I just don't want a noisy freezer or indeed any other home appliance, especially ones I have owned that didn't make noise before, and obviously doesn't have to, because I've owned one that doesn't. If I want silence that is okay. That is normal. It's a house, not a factory. I also want to know which ones buzz so I can try to avoid them. With around 15 on offer per shop, it's not even possible when they're not telling you this in the description. It is interesting to know that the modern ones are noisy. I did see a comment elsewhere saying they are making them with cheaper components and basically they are badly made these days, which doesn't surprise me. Anyway this second one isn't making a noise so much as a frequency, it sounds like sudden out of tune something, like feedback from a mic and is very distracting. If I had the choice between a noisy appliance going on and off constantly or on for 20 minutes at a time I would have chose the first one to get it over with all at once be less distracted. So this will be my second return and no idea what any 3rd one will be like 

cymruchris

chris_22 said:

I'm not sensitive to sound. At all. I just don't want a noisy freezer or indeed any other home appliance, especially ones I have owned that didn't make noise before, and obviously doesn't have to, because I've owned one that doesn't. If I want silence that is okay. That is normal. It's a house, not a factory. I also want to know which ones buzz so I can try to avoid them. With around 15 on offer per shop, it's not even possible when they're not telling you this in the description. It is interesting to know that the modern ones are noisy. I did see a comment elsewhere saying they are making them with cheaper components and basically they are badly made these days, which doesn't surprise me. Anyway this second one isn't making a noise so much as a frequency, it sounds like sudden out of tune something, like feedback from a mic and is very distracting. If I had the choice between a noisy appliance going on and off constantly or on for 20 minutes at a time I would have chose the first one to get it over with all at once be less distracted. So this will be my second return and no idea what any 3rd one will be like 

Not sure why you didn't answer (now for the third time of asking) whether you got them delivered, unwrapped and plugged in straight away. Your opening post implies that you did. If your freezer had been lying on its side in the delivery van for a few hours, the compressor oil would take time to settle once upright again, and if you'd just plugged it in straight away, that oil wouldn't have settled, and your fridge would be pumping it around when it's not meant to be pumped around. I'm not a fridge engineer so I can't comment on whether this would have an impact on noise - but I wouldn't rule it out if you'd plugged it in and switched it on too quickly.

Ditzy_Mitzy

chris_22 said:

I'm not sensitive to sound. At all. I just don't want a noisy freezer or indeed any other home appliance, especially ones I have owned that didn't make noise before, and obviously doesn't have to, because I've owned one that doesn't. If I want silence that is okay. That is normal. It's a house, not a factory. I also want to know which ones buzz so I can try to avoid them. With around 15 on offer per shop, it's not even possible when they're not telling you this in the description. It is interesting to know that the modern ones are noisy. I did see a comment elsewhere saying they are making them with cheaper components and basically they are badly made these days, which doesn't surprise me. Anyway this second one isn't making a noise so much as a frequency, it sounds like sudden out of tune something, like feedback from a mic and is very distracting. If I had the choice between a noisy appliance going on and off constantly or on for 20 minutes at a time I would have chose the first one to get it over with all at once be less distracted. So this will be my second return and no idea what any 3rd one will be like 

The bit in italics (mine, for emphasis) really does indicate an issue with sensitivity to certain sounds or frequencies.  I am sensitive to certain sounds too and can hear frequencies beyond the normal range, nothing sufficiently bothersome to do anything about mind.