Why this stainless lid chest freezer earns its place
The GM400SS is a high-capacity solid-lid chest freezer for frozen storage in a busy kitchen or back-of-house. It gives you 377 litres of net capacity (385 litres gross) and holds a frozen band of -24 to -14 °C, cold enough for long-term stock, bulk goods and batch-cooked reserves. The solid lid keeps the cold locked in and gives you flat working space over the top when the bench is full.
Operation stays simple: static cooling driven by a mechanical controller, with no digital menus to learn. It uses manual defrost, so you periodically switch it off and clear the ice build-up rather than waiting on an automatic cycle. Noise runs at 42 dB, and a climate class 4 rating means it holds temperature dependably in the warmer ambient of a working commercial kitchen.
Internally the chamber measures 1160 × 480 × 725 mm (W×D×H) and the unit weighs 67 kg. It draws from a standard 13-amp socket at 230 W input, so no special electrical work is needed, and it uses R600a refrigerant with an 80 g charge. Energy use is rated at 310.2 kWh a year in class F, which works out at about £78 a year at 25p/kWh.
