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Costco Members: Hisense 17.1 cu. ft. Garage Ready Frost-free Upright Freezer

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$500

$700

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Costco Wholesale has for their Members: Hisense 17.1 cu. ft. Garage Ready Frost-free Convertible Upright Freezer (White, CFU17N6AWE) for $499.99. Delivery is free.

Costco purchases of appliances include Delivery & Installation, Haul Away, Basic Installation Parts, and a 2 Year Warranty in their price

Thanks to Community Member mjenkins923 for finding this deal.

Features:
  • Garage Ready (Freezer Mode)
  • Convertible
  • Lock and Key
  • E-star
  • Frost Free
  • Dimensions: W x D x H32.7 in. x 28.9 in. x 63.8 in.
  • Weight: 158 lb.

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  • About this deal:
  • About this product:
    • Rating of 4.7 from over 235 customer reviews.
  • About this store:
    • If you don't have a Costco Warehouse Membership, you can sign-up here

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Costco Wholesale has for their Members: Hisense 17.1 cu. ft. Garage Ready Frost-free Convertible Upright Freezer (White, CFU17N6AWE) for $499.99. Delivery is free.

Costco purchases of appliances include Delivery & Installation, Haul Away, Basic Installation Parts, and a 2 Year Warranty in their price

Thanks to Community Member mjenkins923 for finding this deal.

Features:
  • Garage Ready (Freezer Mode)
  • Convertible
  • Lock and Key
  • E-star
  • Frost Free
  • Dimensions: W x D x H32.7 in. x 28.9 in. x 63.8 in.
  • Weight: 158 lb.

Editor's Notes

Written by citan359 | Staff
  • About this deal:
  • About this product:
    • Rating of 4.7 from over 235 customer reviews.
  • About this store:
    • If you don't have a Costco Warehouse Membership, you can sign-up here

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Sorry, I disagree. Frost free is the way to go.

Why in the world do you want to completely empty your entire freezer and manually defrost it for a few days at least once a year?

Freezer burn happens when you don't properly package the food for long term freezing.

If you want long term frozen stuff to last, try a food saver vacuum packer. I have had meats last a year properly packed.
Just look it up. Frost free has to fluctuate the freezer temp to get frost to sublimate, but it affects the outermost surfaces of food and can result in dehydration and ice crystals which eventually results in freezer burn. For long term storage, manual defrost is ideal. With frost free, make sure the inside temp never gets above 0° F and make sure the food is sealed extremely well. I have unsealed food in my chest freezer for a couple of months now that never got freezer burn. impressive!
Upgraded from a small chest freezer to this unit last year, no issues thus far. Only gripe is the bottom 2 shelves and the basket aren't as deep as the top ones due to the rear panel.

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Apr 13, 2025
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marksmanb
Apr 13, 2025
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Regarding frost, Hisense isn't a typical "frost free" freezer. Those are typically freezers that will periodically heat up to melt any frost that may have formed. This will mess with your foods. Even vacuum sealed things in our refrigerator/freezer develop freezer burn over time.

This Hisense uses a different method they call No Frost. When you shut the door, it rapidly circulates the air and I think they have a built in dryer to remove moisture. I've tested this with the ol' bare ice cube trick. In my r/f, the ice cube melts and refreezes within a day. In the Hisense, it's still a solid cube sitting on the wire shelf after weeks.
Apr 13, 2025
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blackfog
Apr 13, 2025
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I have this freezer, bought it a couple years ago from Costco. It's been a great purchase. No brainer with the free delivery.
Apr 13, 2025
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blackfog
Apr 13, 2025
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Quote from mjenkins923 :
I say get whatever works best for you, and FWIW I know several people with upright frost free freezers who store wild game for well over a year at a time and they have no issue.
I keep hundreds of pounds of venison in it year round without ANY issue.
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Quote from BlueLanguage7736 :
I'm seriously considering a 7 or 10 cubic feet chest freezer for my 500 sq ft studio apartment as my first foray into chest freezers. On paper it makes a lot of sense; less than $40 a year on electricity costs, save money on bulk purchases, larger meal preps, and the maintenance of manual defrost every couple years I don't mind. The marginally decreasing energy cost of larger freezer makes something like 3.5 or 5 cubic feet make less sense. Am I crazy or what? Someone talk some sense into me.
Can't you get like a small Arctic Frost from Walmart for like $150, compared to $500? But yeah, it will be smaller and manual defrost
Apr 13, 2025
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beachedwhitemale
Apr 13, 2025
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Quote from upgrayyedd :
How will this handle Phoenix summers in a garage? Is anything recommended?
Oh it says "garage ready" but that doesn't mean "120 degrees in the desert for 3 months" ready. Just put it in a room that's insulated, ya crazy.
Apr 13, 2025
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TenderChin683
Apr 13, 2025
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I defrost in January. Put the food in laundry baskets outside when it's 10F, three hours later it's defrosted. Put something in to catch the water & ice.
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Apr 13, 2025
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Buy it for the last time on Liberation day prices!
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Nothingworked
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I have a Frigidaire version of this going on 11 years. It gets opened pretty often and lives in our garage/basement.

I've only defrosted it one time because the drain froze.

We use a vacuum sealer to package fresh and precooked meat

The vacuum sealer is the best companion to extended storage. We cook 10-20lbs of ground beef on the flattop grill and then package it in 1lb vacuum sealer bags (accounting for the weight change caused by cooking).

Once the ground meat is in the bag and sealed, I use a roller to gently squeeze the meat as flat as I can get it in the sealer bags. This makes thawing 1lb of precooked ground beef as simple as running lukewarm tap water over it for under 3 minutes.

The sealer bags I get have hashes along the edge and we found six of these hashes is the right size for us.

Then I stack them up on a flat piece of cardboard to prevent the bottom most bag from shaping to the freezer shelf.

This has been fantastic for us and the upright freezer is perfect for our cooking process.
Apr 13, 2025
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swegaz0rd
Apr 13, 2025
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Quote from Nothingworked :
I have a Frigidaire version of this going on 11 years. It gets opened pretty often and lives in our garage/basement. I've only defrosted it one time because the drain froze. We use a vacuum sealer to package fresh and precooked meatThe vacuum sealer is the best companion to extended storage. We cook 10-20lbs of ground beef on the flattop grill and then package it in 1lb vacuum sealer bags (accounting for the weight change caused by cooking). Once the ground meat is in the bag and sealed, I use a roller to gently squeeze the meat as flat as I can get it in the sealer bags. This makes thawing 1lb of precooked ground beef as simple as running lukewarm tap water over it for under 3 minutes. The sealer bags I get have hashes along the edge and we found six of these hashes is the right size for us. Then I stack them up on a flat piece of cardboard to prevent the bottom most bag from shaping to the freezer shelf. This has been fantastic for us and the upright freezer is perfect for our cooking process.
What sealer and bags do you use?
Apr 13, 2025
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test_subj
Apr 13, 2025
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Quote from jmunjr :
Just look it up. Frost free has to fluctuate the freezer temp to get frost to sublimate, but it affects the outermost surfaces of food and can result in dehydration and ice crystals which eventually results in freezer burn. For long term storage, manual defrost is ideal. With frost free, make sure the inside temp never gets above 0° F and make sure the food is sealed extremely well. I have unsealed food in my chest freezer for a couple of months now that never got freezer burn. impressive!
You are conflating frost free and auto defrost. Those are different things. Auto defrost is the version that fluctuates temperature. Frost free has a fan that circulates air so that moisture doesn't build up in any specific area. Frost free is the superior tech out of the 3 options.
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samr3728
Apr 13, 2025
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In for two! Costco Direct extra discount for the even slicker deal. Plan to use one as a refrigerator and use the other as a freezer. Replaces an old garage fridge and small chest freezer effectively doubling my storage.
Apr 13, 2025
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ryanistheryan
Apr 13, 2025
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Just a heads up, read the manual but I have the smaller one. Supposedly it may trip your gfci if you have gfci. My old house isn't an issue, but other places have garage gfci as part of code.
Apr 14, 2025
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agliata
Apr 14, 2025
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I just bought this one for $599 Frown. I'll call tomorrow and see if I can get the $100 refund/credit. It's a nice unit by the way.
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Quote from swegaz0rd :
What sealer and bags do you use?

https://a.co/d/2YtAGPG

The "out of air" brand on Amazon. They've been reliable up until this point and 100' feet lasts a while. A 10 lb tube of ground beef basically consumes ~10 feet of bags.

I've ordered this 3 times according to Amazon.

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So I live in an apartment and my freezer is too small but I think this is too large. Are there any good deals on Frost Free that are smaller and cheaper? I know you can get the manual defrost Hisense 5.0 Chest Freezer for $168 or even smaller/cheaper Arctic Frost from Wally World

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