Customer Reviews

Mini Fridge Cooler and Warmer - Brushed Metal

5 star:		(0)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(4)

 

 

I go this fridge/warmer for the fridge function, for my room. I have limited space, so I figured this would be a great addition.

As far as what other people say, yes, it's small; it won't hold a 2-liter bottle or anything like that; picture more like a lunchbox that chills.

I don't know it shorted out for the other customer, but so far I've been running mine for a long time, and it seems fine. In fact, it recommends not using it until it has been running for at least 2 hours to get the temperature down.

The bad part is how effectively it chills things.

It does a pretty poor job at cooling things off; while it can eventually get down to 40 degrees it takes a very long time to do so for room-temperature items, and even recommends putting already-cold beverages or items into it for better effect - that's kind of silly, considering I need the fridge to chill them in the first place, but whatever.

Unfortunately, because it takes so long to chill things, it is, in my opinion, useless for travelling; it would take 2 hours just to cool ITSELF, then roughly another 2 hours to chill the item. Unless your destination is four hours away, you're better off with just a cooler.

I have not tested the warming function, but it's a lot easier to warm something than it is to cool it, so I assume it works fine for that.

Unfortunately, I'd say if the fridge is for your car, just use a cooler; it's cheaper, more effective, and will hold much more than this fridge. If this is an indoor solution, go with a larger model that uses normal refrigeration technology; although slightly larger, I'm sure it's more effective. For me, space is the biggest issue, so I gave it three stars, since it DOES cool and IS portable. If this is the same for you, I'd be neutral in recommending it. Don't pay over $50 for it though.

small fridge, enough room for 20 oz drink, sandwich and a fruit cup. Keeps items cold through out the day. I keep mine under my desk, and if I'm to busy at work and skip lunch, I know it will be safe and cool for the next day. At my job, we have a company fridge which is great but things end up missing from time to time. Having my own fridge is nice and I know nothing will ever go missing.

I bought this mini fridge to place in our family room. My intentions being that we use it to keep drinks and snacks in it for the kids and husband. after the first 2 hours of plugging it in it stopped working. I guess a fuse blew in it or something- we returned it for refund. We were under the impression by the box title and advertisment that it was to plug in and use it forever. You can only use it a hour or so at a time-misleading instusctions and box.We did appreciate Target refunding with no problem.

Thisis the most worthless product...very dissappointed...it never even attempted to get cool,much less 40 degrees...box is misleading

I bought this for holding breastmilk and formula for nighttime feedings. I have had it less than 3 months and it has already started not working. The fan is becoming louder and louder, impossible to use at night anymore. I don't recommend if using near your bed or where it is resonably quiet as it is getting very very loud.

While this unit does cool it will not keep your food nearly as cool as a normal fridge. Also, the unit is rather loud. The fan on the top runs whenever it is on and sounds about like a loud desktop computer.

Keep in mind that it takes many hours to cool anything down so don't expect to put a can of soda in and drink it before the next day.

Finally, I should note that the vendor sent me the incorrect version of this product. I ordered the 'brushed metal' and got the 'red' in its place. It works the same so I just kept the red one rather than mess with RMAing it.

I ordered this to ship to my daughter at college. I just came back from visiting her and the fridge is a piece of junk. It dosn't hold 8 cans , she had two juice boxes and it was full.

I have had my mini fridge for over a year now - it holds 8 12-oz. soda cans perfectly or 4 16-oz. Bottles of water! People in my office of jealous - we just gave one to our boss as a gift and it was a big hit!