SPT UF-304W Upright Freezer with Energy Star Certification

Dragonflylady: I love this little unit. I can store a lot of produce from the garden in the fall. The only thing I wish it had was an auto defrost. I haven't defrosted it yet and the frost is building up on the top, but it has been three years without defrosting. I think it should be quick to do though. Otherwise, this freezer has worked well and I like how the three shelf baskets pull out easily.

United States on Oct 12, 2022

Robert from Oregon: Just got this 4 days ago. So far working great. FedEx delivered it in good shape with no dents. Front door access closes tight. As others have mentioned, the food trays are a little wobbly when you pull them out. But this is a minor inconvenience.
Food stays frozen with temperature control on 4. The control goes from 1 (coldest) to 6 (least cold).
So far very happy.

United States on Mar 22, 2022

yoorbuddy: I bought a return that was in perfect condition. It has functioned perfectly for 6 months.

Unfortunately, my younger daughter removed an item from the freezer and the very flimsy coil cover that is on each shelf, broke.

As the cover is poorly constructed, I just called the manufacturer and they said that they would gladly replace it at no cost, something they must have done for other customers as the piece is inherently flawed.

As it was a return, they changed their minds and told me that I would have to pay for it.

The manufacturer (SPT) did not warrant this piece, but AMAZON stepped up and did! Cudos to Amazon!

United States on Dec 07, 2020

The Lifelong LearnerThe Lifelong Learner: Got this to replace a set of Sub Zero freezer drawers that lasted 24 years and just too expensive to replace, so I was used to a quality product. So far, so good. I keep it my office and it's quiet (you can sleep right next to it - decibels about 48 from 3 ft. away when the compressor is running but that reads much louder than it sounds and I'm noise sensitive). I like the baskets because I have a lot of bagged things, but they are flimsy. 3 CF is NOT that much room, but I use it for seasonal overflow, for example freezing the tomatoes I'll use in the coming year and extra quarts of soup and broth. It arrived in perfect condition (one reason I picked this over 2 other options which seemed to come damaged a lot). Set up was easy. One BAD thing: the temperature control is not only in the back, but on the bottom. I need it a notch higher, but I don't want to risk scratching my stone floor to pull it out.

UPDATE 15 MONTHS LATER. Very happy with it. So quiet you can sleep next to it. It was 15 months before I needed to defrost (see pictures), with about 2 openings a week. Easy to defrost. Wish it had a tray to collect the water. I put a towel in the bottom and rolled up one in...

United States on Oct 15, 2019

CatCat: After several delivery false-alarms, this item arrived last evening. Exterior packaging was great: box inside box with corner braces and not too much styrofoam. Internal packaging was subpar: as I opened the freezer I found a broken piece of plastic on the bottom. This plastic shard came from the trim on the top layer of cooling coils. This trim faces each of the cooling coil "shelves" and the ends serve as a stop to keep the baskets from sliding off the shelf when pulled. Well, that stop is kind of dangling; see photo.

For all the shelves, the trim was supposed to be secured with small zip ties; instructions say to remove these ties before use. I only had to remove one--all the others were either just zipped to themselves (vs holding the trim to the shelf) or just not there. One of the unsecured trim pieces was kind of dangling upon arrival and had to be snapped into place. This all suggests that quality control at the packaging stage was subpar and may have contributed to trim breakage. Or, perhaps this product was damaged/returned beforehand and shipped to me as is.

The price difference between this freezer and other "Amazon choice" 3 cubic foot upright freezer...

United States on Jan 06, 2018