We recently signed up for Butcher Box so we have a lot of meats that need to be frozen. Since I have a disabled back I needed something that I could store upright. We've had the chests before and if you are on the short side it's difficult to get stuff that gets burried on the bottom. This freezer prevents that from happening. Everything is so easily accessible. It doesn't take up as much floor space as the chest freezes as well.