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I ordered this to freeze and store my wife's breast milk. It worked for 2 months and then one day we checked and the freezer was not working and all the breast milk was thawed. The freezer made noise as it usually does but nothing was kept cold even at the highest cooling setting. This happened just after the return policy expired.
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Nice compact unit but forget the warranty! AND MINE DIDN'T LAST 12 MONTHS!PROS:
The compact design of the Sunpentown uf310 upright freezer is great and the four racks make using a pleasure. It fit the space I had for a small freezer almost perfectly. Flush handle grips on a reversible door, nothing protruding to get snagged or broken.
It is very easy to organize and access. It is quiet and takes very little space. The manual defrost isn't all that bad. It defrosts quickly and is fairly easy to clean up the water. With normal use seems like I could get by with defrosting the unit about every 6 months or so. I defrosted after the first 6 or 7 months of use as the drawers were getting tight from frost buildup.
CONS:
The real problem came after 11 months of use when the unit failed to maintain freezing temperature. Went from 0 degrees to 40 degrees overnight! The shocker and real eye opener came when I found out ALL WARRANTY REPAIR REQUIRES PREPAID SHIPPING to INDRUSTRIAL CITY, CALIFORNIA. Packing was also at my expense! The company refused to even provide packing material.
UPS will ship the unit at about half the original purchase price (depending on your location). I paid $85 plus the expense of packing materials, another $20+ and I considered this cheap! I found shopping around helpful as both shipping and packing rates vary considerably by UPS Stores. One wanted over $200 to ship plus another $110 to pack the freezer.
Sunpentown International just doesn't provide ANY assistance in warranty returns which can make the warranty a very expensive item if used! Better to assume there is no warranty! Glad I was in Texas and not Maine for this deal! IF WARRANTY WORK IS NEEDED IT IS CHEAPER to BUY A NEW FREEZER.
Has a warranty that can become a liability! Consider the unit a one year throwaway unless you are close to their office in Calif.!
The Sunpentown uf310 also claims to be 3.1 cu. ft. but that is the measurement of the entire unit plus compressor!
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After reading all the reviews, decided to take a change on this little freezer. Just needed something to supplement my home freezer. And the more packed a freezer is, the more efficiently it runs. So didn't want anything too big. At this point, I am pleased with the freezer. I read several reviews where the freezer arrived damaged. Amazon is now packing the freezer in its box into another box with corner guards. Very well protected. Also, once you get the inner box that holds the freezer out , it is slit all the way around near the bottom to simply lift the box off. I felt Amazon was taking pains for the item to arrive unblemished, and then to make it easy on the consumer. I am keeping the freezer in my utility room which is not heated or cooled but is part of the house right off the kitchen. It is quite cool out there right now, and I have the freezer on the coldest setting to keep everything frozen. I am wondering if it will make a difference once the utility is much hotter in the summer. The 4 stars is for that reason; I am having to use the coldest setting to keep everything frozen.Honest reviews on
I bought this 2.5 years ago. So far it has been excellant and trouble free. I offer one suggestion. The installation must allow for air circulation in the back at the bottom. I noticed the second day that the cooling unit gets very hot. This is normal, but the unit has no cooling fan and relies on circulation. Continued hot operation will shorten the life of electronics. I bought a 4" electronic equipment cooling fan, available on Amazon and at large electronic stores, for about $5 and placed it on the floor aimed at the freezer "motor". The fan runs 24/7 and maintains the freezer working parts at a much cooler temp.I purchased the freezer for use in my motor home. I fill with organic frozen products, because I spend a lot of time in areas of the country where people think 'organic" is a foreign word.
This freezer was an excellent purchase. If you have an RV with a small built in frig/freezer, or a small apartment, and like to keep frozen foods, this unit is for you.
It is also light enough, about 75 pounds, that you can easily move it.
Again, add some means for additional cooling of the "motor". The little 4" 12 volt fan has been running quietly 27/7 for 2.5 years. It makes a huge difference in the temperature of the freezer working parts, making for a more efficient operation and very likely extending the freezer's life.
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