For simplicity I prefer chest, no defrost cycle so none of those parts to fail, food lasts longer in a chest, less electricity with a chest, got 1 in the basement that came with the house, cools great for a 50 year old chest freezer, I could run 5 new units, it pulls almost 5amp. new will be a little less than 1 , milk crates in a chest freezer makes life easier. I haven't used the old 1 in 20+ years but plugged it in awhile back for a few and still cools good.