Kenmore Compact Chest Freezer (Blue Defrost Indicator) 8.8 cu ft (16922)

This Kenmore 16922 is a nice compact chest freezer with a capacity of 8.8 cu ft and being flush to the wall has a fairly small footprint. It will store up to 308 lbs of frozen food and has two convenient LIFT OUT Baskets, for easy access to the lower compartment. It also has a bright interior light, and external POWER ON Light and a conveniently located water drain.

Interior Features

Your freezer is WELL LIT with this Bright Internal Light, which enables you to see throughout the entire chest, right into the bottom corners.

An internal POWER Light is a useful reminder that the freezer is switched on and working.

Your frozen food is protected with a security lock and is an additional safety feature with young children.

This is a manual defrost freezer and comes with an internal water drain, to remove all water when defrosting the freezer

This is a great BLUE DEFROST INDICATOR feature that eliminates the guesswork of when to defrost the freezer as it give you a little reminder!

Exterior Features

This is a fresh clean overall WHITE chest freezer with smooth lines.

The lid is a textured finish and the white handle is made of metal, making it more robust.

Advantages

Many customers felt that this was a well priced freezer and that it ran efficiently.

Although this was NOT Energy Star® compliant, certain customers considered that it was a fairly economical freezer to run.

Some customers were pleased with the variable temperature control and pleased that it was placed in the exterior of the freezer

The BLUE DEFROST Indicator light is a REAL advantage as it takes the guesswork out when to defrost the freezer

The Interior LIGHT was a big advantage and one that many customers found was quite important to them.

Having a lid that locked was an advantage that a number of customers commented on.

The exterior light was also something that customers identified as a very useful addition.

Disadvantages

Some customers felt that this was a freezer that needed more interior organizers, as there was NOT ENOUGH Dividers and Baskets.

There was a comment that some of the material used in this model was inferior and quite flimsy.

This is NOT Energy Star® so would not be as energy efficient as a size similar model that had this feature.

There was a comment that it would be better if this freezer had a temperature alarm .

Consumer Likes and Dislikes

Pros

good price

nice compact size

handy interior baskets

seems energy efficient

very spacious interior

fairly compact size.

would recommend this freezer to a friend.

defrost indicator light

Cons

insufficient dividers

poor quality plastic

not very good internal organization

no temperature rise alarm