Best freezers and chest freezers for garages in 2024

Our round-up of the best freezers and chest freezers for garages will help you find a model suitable for an unheated garage space.

If you buy the wrong freezer for a room that gets very cold, there’s a chance it will stop working properly, causing all of the food inside to defrost. Our advice explains what to look for when shopping for the best freezer for a garage.

Go to our best freezers guide to see freezers that aced our rigorous lab tests.

Best freezer for garages

If you plan to put your freezer in an unheated room such as a garage, it may be safer to choose this specially designed model rather than an ordinary freezer.

Very few freezers have a guarantee from manufacturers for use in temperatures as low as -15°C. In fact, at the moment, there's only one that we think is worth your money. 

We'll update this page with reasonably well-scoring models suitable for garages as we find them, but in the meantime we think this is your best option.

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Note: We only test freezers in room conditions of 10°C and above, so our test results won't indicate how these freezers fare in the extremely cold environments manufacturers guarantee them for.

Table last updated April 2024

To see all the freezers we've tested, go to our freezer reviews.

Can I keep any freezer or chest freezer in the garage?

In general, freezers are designed to be kept inside your home, rather than in an unheated garage. In fact, most freezers are designed to be used only in temperatures no lower than 10°C.

This means that, strictly speaking, very few freezers are actually suitable for garages. But in practice, lots of people keep freezers in their garages for years without experiencing any problems. If you don't have room for a freezer in your own kitchen, you may already have done this without worrying about it much.

Not all freezer manufacturers guarantee that their products will work as normal in rooms with low temperatures, though. If you place a non-guaranteed model in an outbuilding – where the temperature is likely to drop below 10°C – and it develops a fault, the warranty will have been invalidated and you won't be covered.

If you want peace of mind that a freezer in a garage is covered against a fault, you'll have to choose carefully.

Do you need to store a lot of frozen food? Head to our chest freezer reviews to see models that offer plenty of space. 

Are any freezers or chest freezers designed especially for garages?

Some brands, such as Beko, Liebherr and Logik, claim some of their freezers are suitable for use in temperatures as low as -15°C.

It's best to check for the specific model you’re considering, though, as not all freezers from these brands are guaranteed for use in temperatures lower than 10°C.

Head to our guide to the best fridge freezers if you'd rather have freezer and a fridge all in one. 

What does freezer climate class mean?

Every fridge, freezer and fridge freezer has a climate class. Climate classes are set by an international standard and range from 10°C to 43°C to cover hotter and colder countries.

Here’s the full list of climate classes and the temperatures they cover:

• 10-32°C: SN
• 16-32°C: N
• 16-38°C: ST  
• 16-43°C: T  

Most UK freezers have a climate class of SN and will work in rooms that range from 10°C to 43°C. You can find out the climate class of your freezer by checking the rating plate inside the appliance or instruction manual. 

Some appliances can cover multiple climate classes, so you may see an appliance with a climate class of SN-T, which means it's designed to work in temperatures ranging from 10°C to 43°C.

You can use the climate class filter on our freezer reviews to find a freezer for a specific climate class.