18 cu. ft. Upright Freezer
Model: EV181FZTQ
Product Overview
18 cu. ft. Upright Freezer
It’s late, and you’re hungry. What’s in the freezer? See your frozen food clearly with the interior light in this manual defrost ENERGY STAR® qualified 18 cu. ft. freezer. Plus, bring groceries back to their correct temperature when you get them home with the fast freeze setting. When selected, it runs almost continuously to provide freshly cooled air to drive the freezer temperature 10 degrees colder than the lowest setting. And defrosting is simple with the convenient defrost drain. Also, you can arrange items just as you want them with five shelves. Your midnight snack attack just met its match.
Features
Fast Freeze
The Fast Freeze Option helps you chill large amounts of food fast at just the push of a button. How it works: This option freezes large amounts of food fast, by driving freezer temps 10 degrees colder than the lowest setting.
Additional Features
Energy-Saving Technology Saves You Money
Freezers run non-stop. So choose an ENERGY STAR® qualified model that will be cost-efficient to run and not waste resources.
Bring Groceries Back to Frozen Solid Fast
When activated, Fast Freeze drives the freezer temperature 10 degrees colder than the lowest setting, to freeze food quickly and efficiently.
Spacious Interior Lets You Store More Frozen Food
Load up the shelves, with a larger capacity, you have plenty of space to store more.
#1 Brand For Upright Freezers
#1 Rated Brand For Upright Freezers1
ENERGY STAR® Qualified
ENERGY STAR® qualified freezers use less energy so you can help the environment while saving money.
Reversible Swing Door
Doors can be installed to open from the right or the left, depending on kitchen style and configuration.
Customer Reviews
Rated 5 out of
5
by
bw2013 from
great product
Large open shelving. Easy to locate intems. Quiet.
Date published: 2013-10-28
Rated 4 out of
5
by
kentenn from
Seems solid but frost builds up on shelves
We bought this freezer to replace a 10-year-old Frigidaire that no longer kept things frozen. With a failing freezer on my mind, the main feature I was looking for in a freezer was reliability and longevity. For this reason I wanted to avoid electronic controls as much as possible, seeing electronics as just another part to fail. There is no indication of electronics in this model; it has no digital display or buttons, just a simple old-fashioned dial. I guess it's possible that there are still electronics hidden inside.This freezer does have a fairly serious drawback. The cooling coils run through the wire shelving. This of course causes the shelves to be the coldest part of the interior. Therefore, the condensation/frost gathers on the shelves instead of the walls of the unit, and it seems to build up very quickly. (This is not an auto-defrosting model; that's another feature I wished to avoid due to its additional energy use. Consumer Reports gave this model a good energy rating.) So anytime you get food out, it will most likely be covered with a shower of crystals from brushing the shelf above.The door takes a strong tug to open; apparently the freezer seals itself by vacuum. I think it may be a bit noisier than some, but it sits in a corner of my home office and does not bother me at all.We've owned it for about a year now, and it has had no problems; I hope it'll go 20 more!
Date published: 2013-11-07
Rated 4 out of
5
by
Anonymous from
This product is designed for use in non-heated areas and mee
This product is designed for use in non-heated areas and meets these requirements. Use of this appliance is very straightforward and simple. Place the appliance in the area, plug the power cord in, and you are done. For uneven floors some additional leveling may be needed.
Date published: 2013-02-06
Rated 1 out of
5
by
Sharice from
Worst freezer
I bought this second hand from a friend who got it new and only kept it a few months. I know why. It freezes up constantly! Even my mother who lived through manual defrost freezers says that she has never seen anything like it! The frost builds up on the food to the point that you can’t remove it. It gets so thick so fast that I can’t keep up with it. I have had it about three years trying all the tricks manufacturer suggest and others. I am getting rid of it! I hate to sell it to someone else knowing that it will be nothing but heartache!
Date published: 2019-05-09
1 Based on rating of Whirlpool® model EV161NZT by a leading consumer magazine.
2 Among leading competitive brand freezers.