Best Walk-In Coolers and Freezers Ranked

A long 8 x 12 ft cooler with a floor, well insulated and well matched to its refrigeration. For a restaurant or grocery that needs a bigger box it can install on any level floor.

An 8 x 8 ft quick-ship cooler with better insulation and a wider door than the Norlake kits. Worth the extra if you load it with a hand truck or pay high power rates.

A complete 8 x 8 ft indoor cooler with floor for well under AmeriKooler’s and Kolpak’s dealer prices. A sound default for a restaurant or farm adding its first walk-in.

An 8 x 8 ft walk-in cooler you can set behind the building instead of giving up floor space inside. The weather kit and cold-climate controls come with it.

A floorless 8 x 8 ft cooler, the common restaurant size, at a low price per square foot. Best for a building with a sealed, level slab.

A 6 x 8 ft walk-in freezer at -10 F that still plugs into a 115 V circuit. A good fit for a restaurant that has outgrown reach-in freezers.

The least expensive way into a -10 F walk-in freezer, for a butcher, caterer or hunting camp. It runs on a 115 V plug, which most freezers this size do not.

An 8 x 8 ft walk-in freezer for a kitchen that needs more frozen storage than a 6 ft Norlake holds. It costs considerably more per square foot.

A narrow 6 x 10 ft walk-in freezer for a space where an 8 ft box won’t fit. The 8 x 8 gives more floor for about the same price.

A purpose-built window-style cooler unit for a DIY walk-in, with the controls built in. It suits a large insulated room where a CoolBot and a household air conditioner would fall short.

A large top-mount monoblock that can run a big walk-in cooler or a mid-size freezer without a refrigeration contractor. Check that your box roof can carry it.

A big split system for a large walk-in cooler at a low price, if you have a technician to install it. The evaporator, not the condensing unit, sets its real capacity.

A one-piece wall-mount unit for a small walk-in freezer or cooler, installed without a refrigeration technician. Good where nobody local will charge a split system.

A complete split condensing unit and evaporator set at a low price, for a walk-in where a refrigeration technician will run the line set and charge it. The evaporator, not the condensing unit, sets its real capacity.