Age of Freezer

Hi, I've been looking for a freezer so that I can make my kegerator. I have a couple of offers for (believe it or not) free freezers from people who are older and their family doesn't need a big-old freezer anymore...

So, here's my question:
How old is too old - in terms of a freezer? The freezers are about 20 some years old. If it works, will it matter much? Or, should I just suck it up and buy a new freezer from the store?

one of my chest freezers is probably 20-25 years old and it works great

Free is Free in my opinion. If it works right now, who cares if it breaks in a month or 10 years. Only thing I would have reservations about is building a large scale project around it. Where if it does break and need replacing finding another with the same exact dimensions might be difficult.

Freezers from 20 years ago are huge energy hogs. They're probably pretty good for doing a hill billy lager sorta thing were you freeze milk cartons full of ice and use that to cool, but otherwise I'd stay away from them. You not really getting a deal if you plug them in.

DilvishTheDamned said:

Freezers from 20 years ago are huge energy hogs. They're probably pretty good for doing a hill billy lager sorta thing were you freeze milk cartons full of ice and use that to cool, but otherwise I'd stay away from them. You not really getting a deal if you plug them in.

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I use my old one for a ferm chamber and have noticed no difference on our electric bill