I have been looking for smaller, upright freezers that will fit into our garage--along with two cars, our bicycles, my husband's wooden rowboat on trailer that lives there over the winter, as well as the machinery (water softener, heater, well pump and holding tank). It would need to be "garage ready" and also self-defrosting, as I have no faith in my ability to keep track of when it needs to be defrosted manually, or my eagerness to do it.

I have noticed a significant trend in that many of these upright freezers are designed to switch between refrigerator and freezer mode. That was the case with the ones at Lowe's and also online at Best Buy. Does anyone have experience with these dual refrigerator or freezer appliances? I'm somewhat suspicious that they can do both equally well, and I just want a freezer, but dual is mostly what they make for the smaller ones.