I inherited it. It's from the early 80's. It's great. Hopefully it keeps going. It's in the basement so it is not struggling to keep frozenIt is a big freezer, then! I am green with envy. I have been thinking of places to put one of those little chest freezers, maybe in my office. In the house it only has to cool down from 80 degrees to freezing. Even though Prescott is not in the desert, it iswarmHot here in the summer. We moved here to get away from the even worse heat in the desert!