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Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2024
After having waited the manufacturer's recommended 24hrs with the unit upright before plugging it in, it did indeed come down to the 40 degrees I set it to relatively quickly. That is, unfortunately, where the problems begin. Firstly, the compressor almost never shut off. It'd just immediately cycle on and off every 4 minutes like clockwork. It didn't matter if the fridge was empty or full of bottled water. Secondly, after about 4 hours of it constantly short-cycling it just stopped. After over a half-hour of waiting and watching the temperature rise in the unit, I unplugged it for 10 minutes and plugged it back in. It proceeded to repeat the loop of constantly cycling on and off until I felt the top of the fridge at which point I noticed that it was uncomfortably warm. It was at this point that I unplugged the unit and did not plug it back in.Looking closer at the compressor area revealed some concerning damage. The packaging shows absolutely no sign of damage, yet several areas of the unit around the compressor are dented / bent inward. Additionally, there are what appear to be water stains in addition to hasty solder joints connecting the coils.At this point I'm returning it. It is incredibly loud (as the compressor runs for >50% of the time), gets uncomfortably hot, and there are signs of either poor workmanship or that the product sent was not new as specified. I simply cannot trust that the product will function as it is intended to.
Randy Seeley
Reviewed in the United States on October 25, 2024
I was skeptical because some people received DOA units but I will say this unit operates perfectly. I like the temperature range. It cools the beverages to a very nice temperature. The lighting is good. It’s not too loud all in all I believe it’s well-made and it matches our other stainless steel appliances perfectly.
Ahmed Chahine
Reviewed in Canada on July 7, 2021
did not look the same as ad
Dr. K
Reviewed in the United States on February 13, 2017
We've had the fridge on for about 3 weeks. It arrived on January 20th, 2017 and its now February 13th, 2017.UPDATE: It’s been almost a year and our fridge is still working great.Pros: the listed dimensions are correct so it fit into our very narrow space of 15", it is holding the 38 degrees very well, the blue LED internal light is cool, it is quiet (I don't notice it running), it arrived in good condition, it is pretty chrome. We followed the directions to wait several hours (the directions we saw said wait 24 hours before plugging it in, but some HVAC experts in online comments said a few hours is plenty. We waited 7 hours before we plugged it in). Everything is working great. We would recommend this fridge to others and we works buy it again. If we have any problems, I'll update this review.CONS: These are small things that wouldn't prevent me from buying it again. The LED light (the only light in the fridge) at the top can get blocked if you put things on the top shelf. So, the pretty LED light gets greatly dimmed. I just try to avoid blocking it, but that means I get to use less space. The LED light has to be turned on and off manually. It might be nice to be able to turn it off so it stays off normally and only turns on when you open the door. But, it's not a big deal. I wish the fridge would go lower than 38 degrees for super cold beer. But, I haven't seen any mini fridges go lower than 38 degrees.
Nathan
Reviewed in the United States on October 25, 2016
I searched around for a while and held off buying an under counter fridge from the other brands because the reviews were all over the place, and I'm glad I did. This does a good job cooling my beer and looks great doing it. It's essentially silent when it's running, I only notice the internal fan when the door is opened and the compressor isn't noticeable even when it's not stuck between cabinets. The silence is nice as it sits just behind me in my theater room wet bar. The led temperature display is nice to have and the internal light makes it look nice in the dark. The pullout shelves help with beer selection when it's time for another. The shelves are spaced close enough together that there's little wasted space and fits plenty of cans and bottles laying down. Shelves are easy enough to move if you need more space for something like wine if you feel the need to choke some down.The only con I have is that to reverse the door requires that you flip the door. This wouldn't be a problem except that it turns the kalamera branding on the door glass upside down. I can't take a star off for this visual problem but it's still not great to look at.The price is in the ballpark of the other brands but this one doesn't have the consistently bad reviews. Personally, I don't know why it takes $300 to go from your standard small fridge, add a fan and some grating to make it an under counter unit.The unit arrived on a small wooden pallet, which many or may not have made stops in war zones. The pallet arrived broken and the box pretty beat up. Fortunately the packing was good enough that the only damage was a crushed corner on the back of the unit. Since that's only insulation and not mechanical, everything worked fine. The unit sits under a counter so the back corner isn't visible. No stars off for poor shipping since that's a shipper problem.
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