Why this low temperature chest freezer earns its place
The Elcold EL21LT is a low-temperature chest freezer for kitchens and back-of-house stores that need to hold stock far colder than a standard freezer. With 226 litres of gross and net capacity behind a solid lid, it takes frozen and ultra-cold inventory off the floor in a compact 1055 mm-wide cabinet where space is tight. The top-opening chest format loads and rotates by hand and suits sites without room for an upright.
The freezer works across a -45 to -10 °C band, giving headroom well below what standard frozen storage needs, for products that require a harder freeze. Defrost is manual, so build a periodic defrost into the cleaning rota. It runs at 49 dB, quiet enough for a working kitchen, and carries a climate class 4 rating so it holds temperature in warm back-of-house ambients. Energy class D at an EEI of 35.2% works out to about £135 a year at 25p/kWh.
The cabinet measures 1055 × 650 × 865 mm (W×D×H) and weighs 59 kg empty, so check the delivery route and final siting against that footprint. It connects to a standard 13 A supply on 220-240 V and draws 340 W, with no drain to plumb. Cooling uses R290 hydrocarbon refrigerant with a 74 g charge. The exterior is white with a white painted steel interior.
