Avanti SHP1702SS 1.7 cu. ft. Superconductor Compact Refrigerator - Stainless Steel

• Enjoy full range temperature controls for your convenience!
• Features include soft interior lighting and convenient, user-friendly controls
• Ideal for placement in corners or against walls with a handy reversible door
• Retrieve items from the back faster or make additional room with a slide-out shelf
• Operation is whisper-quiet and emit zero vibrations for minimal disturbances

received this in early September and it stopped cooling this morning (October 6). Needless to say I am not too happy with the product and debating whether or not I want the hassle of packing it up and returning it.

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I was very excited to find a cube refrigerator that doesn't require 1/4 of the internal space for the compressor and an unnecessary freezer. Woohoo Avanti! There were two reviews for this product, but they were mixed: 1/5 and 5/5 stars. I took a gamble, and here's my take.

Pros: The fridge is very light (see cons), and there is ample interior space. Compared to the 1.7 cu ft fridge it was replacing, it felt like twice the space due to no freezer or compressor, and the internal layout is a more useful configuration. I'm actually considering purchasing it again despite my one-star review and the cons below simply because the internal space is 10x more useful.

Cons: The fridge comes in a box with a protective layer of styrofoam, but the styrofoam on four sides is only about 1/4 inch thick. Some protection! One of the back corners of the fridge was slightly dented, but it was a minor cosmetic blemish. The dent could have occurred simply because someone looked at the fridge the wrong way. The stainless steel door is decent, but the black sides, back, and top of the fridge are made of what feels only marginally sturdier than those disposable aluminum cooking pans. The plastic of the interior also feels quite flimsy, but I never got to try it out because the unit did not work and I didn't get to put anything into it.

Also, not a pro or con, but I neglected to look at the product demensions thinking a 1.7 cu ft unit = another 1.7 cu ft unit, but this fridge is taller and skinnier than the "typical" cube refrigerator if that matters to you.

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I bought this to use instead of the big fridge I have, because I hated the noise it did, and I don't have much food in the fridge, so I don't need anything big.

This one is very silent (the fan did some noise at the begining, maybe like a desktop computer, but I haven't heard it later).

It's quite cool, so far it's working very good.

Take into account that it doesn't have freezer, so you can't make ice or have froozen things.

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I was nervous reading the prior reviews about damage in shipping, but my wife really really wants a silent fridge so I figured I would get this to the office and try it, and use it for myself if it made any hints of noises she might be unhappy about.

First the good news it arrived without major damage. The original manufacturer's packaging is simple corrugated cardboard (20lbs crush or similar) and took a decent beating in transit (not sure if it arrived at eek that way or if FedEx applied during delivery to me). Opening the packaging reveals a similarly skimpy amount of protective styrofoam about 2mm thick around the sides and a 5mm molded top and bottom cap fitting rather snugly. I can see why folks who have had dropped or mistreated boxes saw damage the 2mm syrofoam will NOT protect this unit from side impacts. There was some minor damage, luckily to the "back" of the unit denting the thin aluminum wall, but this did not appear to damage any internals and wont be visible.

Second the so-so news this box is manufactured about as cheaply as is possible given modern technology the Peltier solid-state thermo-electric cooler inside may be gee-whiz futuristic, but the chassis is standard main-land-China technology (not knocking the wizards there, I do admire their ingenuity at building material goods faster and cheaper than seems feasible). Fit of the front door is slightly off so that the plastic door insert rubs as the door is opened and closed, but otherwise the action of the door is smooth and noise-less.

The better news it works, 3 minutes after plugging it in on "high" it is noticeably cooler inside. Given the actual heat transfer physics of a Peltier junction in joules-per-second I would guess this fridge would struggle to take a massive object like a gallon of milk from room-temp down to 40F, but something that starts cool should remain such. Insulation in the box is limited due to the size, however the materials are a good choice (standard nylon and polystyrene) and should be as resistant to stains and mold as any other commercial refrigerator.

Last the best news the device is "silent" as far as I can tell there is a small heat-exchange fan on the back to draw room air across the Peltier junction, even when it is running continuously I cannot hear it from 5 feet away, my Apple MacBook laptop idle fan is louder from the same distance. No rattles, creaks or other aberrations.

So far the fridge is quiet and cool, although I've only had it for two days. It arrived very very damaged, so that it can't stand correctly (rocks back and forth) and is extremely dented. The funny thing is, the box showed no signs of damage. The fridge, however, is partially smashed. I think it's a well functioning fridge, so I'd suggest buying it in store since it arrived in such a bad condition.