I was going to buy one recently but then I did a bit of research. Basically it all depends what type of food you use the freezer for, the way it remains frost free is to blow warm air through the freezer every now and then to burn off frost. This is fine for most things, however in my case I actually use the freezer for mainly goodies, cakes, desserts, cheesecakes, home made ice cream, a lot of that type of thing (there are some healthy foods in there too before anyone comments) and the regular blasts of warm air shorten the life span and quality of that type of food, I got this info from a consumer choice magazine based on their testing of different freezers. So I have decided not to buy a frost free one but for the most people I imagine they would be handier, they are slightly higher on electricity due to the heating up every now and then and have less usable space inside because of the need for increased motor size or something