As the New Year approaches, it’s time to get into the spirit of the New Year! Where to start? Of course, start with the unstoppable New Year shopping. Chickens, ducks, goose, beef and mutton, shrimps, soldiers, crabs, baby fish, oranges, grapes, pears, cherries, peanuts, melon seeds, candies, and various drinks...each of them is something that everyone wants. The expectations for the New Year and the enthusiasm for life are both indispensable. However, many people still have a small refrigerator with a single door at home, and they inevitably have to worry about the storage of delicious food: should they buy another freezer or just change to a larger refrigerator? Let’s analyze the pros and cons of these two options.
1) Pros and cons in terms of appearance and capacity
Freezers mostly adopt a horizontal design, with a sliding lid that can be pushed and pulled from left to right. It does not take up extra space when taking in and out, but the "short and fat" horizontal design still takes up a lot of ground. There is already a refrigerator taking up space at home, and adding an additional freezer to take up space will become a large-scale disaster scene for a small apartment unless the indoor area is sufficient. The capacity also varies, and you can choose the appropriate capacity according to your needs, probably between 500-500L. The
refrigerator adopts a vertical design and occupies less than 1 square meter of floor area, which greatly saves home space. Upgrading a small refrigerator to a large refrigerator only increases storage space, and the occupied floor area does not change much. The opening and closing methods are diversified. Large-capacity refrigerators have double doors, cross doors, French door and other options. The opening methods are different, and the capacities are also different. Generally, they range from 150L to 500L. The capacity is suitable for stocking up on New Year's goods or for daily use. All is enough.
2) Pros and cons of functions and uses
The function of the freezer is relatively simple. It is mainly used to freeze food. In a simple and crude word, it is "frozen"! The storage space is large and the quick-freezing ability is good. It is not difficult to freeze and accommodate large pieces of meat. Therefore, we often see freezers in stores and shopping malls used to store ice cream, large and small meats, large cakes, etc. Although the storage space is It's awesome, but homes generally can't store hundreds of liters of meat, so there are more commercial ones than household ones.
The functional classification of refrigerators is relatively detailed: refrigeration area, freezing area and variable temperature area. Zoned storage is not easy to carry odors. Moreover, different storage areas can be selected according to different ingredients such as vegetables, fruits, meats, etc. to meet freshness and freezing needs. One machine is enough. Although the refined structure has limitations on the storage of large-sized ingredients, there is generally less need to store very large pieces of meat at home, and the refrigerator of ordinary-sized meat is enough to accommodate it. In addition, its temperature control capability is also much better. Many refrigerators now use computers to intelligently control temperature, which is very accurate and is great for storing delicate and expensive ingredients.
3) Energy saving and price advantages and disadvantages
Since the freezer only has a simple and direct freezing function, and the temperature must be controlled at a very low level, it consumes a lot of electricity. If you use a freezer at home, the electricity bill will make you bald every month. In addition, since the appearance, material and craftsmanship of the freezer are incomparable to those of the refrigerator, the price is much cheaper. The temperature of each storage area of
refrigerator is different. The refrigeration area will not be lower than zero. When the variable temperature area is used, the temperature is generally between refrigeration and freezing. With intelligent temperature control, it is much more energy-saving than a freezer.
To sum up, given that the variety of New Year’s goods ranges from fruits to vegetables, from nuts to various meats, a freezer with a single freezing function cannot meet the needs of stocking up on New Year’s goods. Large-capacity refrigerators that save space and have strong functions are a better choice for home use, whether for stocking up on New Year's goods or for daily use.
