Freezing fresh material

[Rmpoly9938]

I’m going to be cutting down a lot of material for extract and want to make it “fresh frozen”. Any large sub zero freezers recommended? Hundreds of pounds? My friend thinks vac sealing 2x fresh and right in the freezer won’t be good enough

[Cleaning.up.my.act]

Check the threads below. It always depends on budget but these 2 links will show you a range from rigging a chest freezer, to used scientific, to brand new.

Best Brands for reasonably priced Ultra Low Freezers?

Ya i figured it would. I have a standard -10f chest freezer down there now that raises temp 1 degree. I figured this big boy would run 5 degrees up or so. Basement hangs around 75-79 without a freezer running. I’ll soon be bringing another 4500w of lights online down there too so I will be adding exhaust and ventilation to keep temps below 85 down there during summer.

pushing the limits on a cheap chest freezer?

Has anyone wired in a Temp controller to bypass a factory t-stat to get their cheap deep freezers colder? What is the chilling “limits” of standard R134a refrigerant in a chest freezer? ive read online in homebrew websites and PC benchmark / overclocking crowds that getting below -20F could potentially create a vacuum on the low pressure side of the compressor? i have also read that people have gotten R134a window ac’s to cool below -40f but these are often in short bursts bursts during overcloc…