[inferiorhuman]

Disagree. It's like someone posting an article about how amazing horse hair toothbrushes are and someone else comes along and points out why the world has largely moved on.

The usability issues with chest freezers are real and it's quite likely that a big portion of the energy savings is because the chest freezers in question don't do auto defrost. Plenty of people really don't want to deal with regularly emptying everything out to let all the ice buildup melt.