Midea Upright Freezer, 3.0 Cubic Feet

I was very disappointed when the freezer arrived and I discovered its door was crushed with insulation hanging out, and the sides were severely crushed. It was apparent the unit had already been returned by another customer because their return slip was still inside the box. I don’t know when the damage occurred. But I submitted a return with Amazon and they immediately shipped another unit out without waiting to receive the damaged unit. Good for them! I had to schedule a pickup of the old unit with UPS, but it was free, as expected.

We’ve had the freezer for a month and no frost has formed on the interior yet. We don’t open very often – maybe twice a day. I haven’t used a thermometer to check the temp, but the items in it are frozen.

A few things to be aware of:
1) The temperature control is on the back of the freezer inside the open compartment at the bottom. I had to use a mirror to see which setting I was putting it on. (The freezer is light enough to scoot away from it’s position but I didn’t want to possibly mess up the fine leveling job I had just done on it.)

2) The freezer has to have clearance around the back and sides, so it can’t be used in a cabinet or flush in a corner.

3) I bought this freezer because in several answered questions about operating temperature, the seller said it could operate between 55 and 110 degrees. (“…the Midea WHS-109FW1 Upright Freezer. This unit can be used in a heated garage. It can function in temperatures between a range of approximately 110°F to 55°F.”) I was disappointed to see in the manual that the maximum temperature is only 90 degrees.

Il est impressionnant. La temperatur peut descendre à -10°C. Assez pour tenir congelé les aliments. Je le recommande.

It’s been 3 months so far, and it’s been a great little freezer. We bought it to handle overflow from the big fridge when we buy in bulk, run into good sales, etc…..

Delivery was great. I was really scared that they’d just drop it off the back, etc…., but they brought it covered, on a hand dolly, all belted in. No damage to the box, and more importantly, no damage to the fridge.

The color is a standard black and streamlined in design. It simply looks like a midsized box or a modern cabinet a bit. The size is perfect, big enough to handle a multiple ice cream cartons, a few big flats of chicken, beef, ribs, etc… Also a couple of bags/boxes of fries, frozen vegetables, etc…

I’m 6′ tall, and it’s about waist high, I put it on a little platform so it would be easier to reach the bottom basket/shelf. Noise isn’t bad, just a little hum sometimes, not enough to be distracting. Cooling is ok, my fridge’s freezer seems to get a little colder, but I haven’t noticed anything bad like melting ice cream, etc…. It’s freezing things well.

It has a little turn lock at the bottom, it works, but I never use it. It’s in an annoying spot, and I just don’t have a need. It’s not a standard key, but a hex type. You could probably use a standard hex key to get in if you ever lost the real one.

Will update if anything bad happens.

:).

We have a small apartment and needed just a little more room for frozen food. This is exactly what we wanted- it doesn’t take up much space, matches the black filing cabinet beside it, and it is quiet.

El equipo tiene buenas características, pero desgraciadamente tardó más de un mes en llegar, y cuando finalmente llegó no funcionaba. Tuve que mandarlo reparar (el relevador de encendido), o sea que el viaje desde China no fue afortunado ni rápido, y el embalaje es escaso y el mismo venía maltratado.

So far this has proved an excellent unit. It stores a decent quantity of food. It keeps the items very frozen. The fact it is upright, with a swing door, makes accessing the food easy. It is very silent, much more so than my regular refrigerator. It looks good, a stylish black, and fits nicely into an alcove. Indeed I have placed this unit in my dining room which is next to the kitchen: that makes it easy to both store and retrieve food (rather than going up and down to the basement). But one warning: setting up the unit really requires two people. That’s not made clear until you get the brief manual. It is a heavy item to move into and through the house, difficult to unload from the packaging, tricky to place where necessary (it needs to be level) and finally to connect to an electrical plug. The fact the controls are at the back and the bottom of the unit adds to the difficulty. I did this alone which I would not recommend. You need someone to help to ensure no mishaps. Once it is set, however, it needs no further attention: it just works efficiently and quietly to preserve your food.

I was looking for an affordable compact freezer for some food storage in the garage, and this freezer fit the bill. I gotta rate it 4 stars based on a few minor complaints.

Firstly I’m not a fan of the temperature control being on the bottom rear of the freezer. Requires me to pull it out to adjust the control. Kind of inconvenient so I cranked it to max and don’t plan to adjust it any further.

Secondly, and I hope this isn’t a bad sign, it’s not “whisper quiet” as advertised. It does make a humming/whistling noise and sometimes burbles. It appears to be working great but I am a little worried.

Lastly, this thing has a TON of space in the interior, but only 2 shelves and a drawer. Results in perilous stacking of numerous pounds of ground beef, steaks, etc, on top of each other. I think it could have done with one more shelf in the middle. I might try to make something to make stacking easier.

So my final thoughts, that don’t affect my rating of the product but are worth considering when you make this purchase. The other reviewers have stated their product arrived dented. I would tell you, as a buyer, that the packaging of this freezer does indeed leave the freezer vulnerable to dents. My own freezer had a few inexplicable dents, but I simply let it sit upright for a few hours before plugging it in and it chilled right up. The thing might not look the best but it’s clearly tough as nails. And don’t forget that you can file a claim with the shipping company if it does get busted in shipment, so the risk is minimal.

And lastly I want to say that this thing was extremely affordable when I needed one the most. It works extremely well. What more could I have asked for? If you pick one of these up for garage food storage, I truthfully don’t think you’ll regret it.