Side by Side Comparison of: RCA-Igloo vs MIDEA

My husband has alzheimers and is in a Memory Care Community but loves his root beer. This is not a regular on their menu. Now he has all the COLD root beer he wants in his room. Any little thing to make this day better is what I want to do. It even makes lice cubes!This would be great for a college student also.

I love this little fridge!! I read the reviews and some say they weren't sure if the freezer would actually keep things frozen. Well let me tell you, it definitely does!! I needed it to keep some ice cool throughout the day to ice my back and after about two hours, I tried to pull a bag of half melted ice out and struggled to get it out because it had completely frozen back up into a the shape of the freezer! Great buy!

I love this refrigerator that I bought to use in my office at work. It keeps food really cold. The freezer holds a frozen entree perfectly. Sometimes there is a slight buzzing sound. Also, there can be a temporary low level background wave noise that that reminds me of the old WWII movies that took place in a submarine. I'm making it sound much worse than it is. It's not much louder than my PC, and I did give it five stars.

Love my new fridge!!! It fits under my desk and keeps everything nice and cold. I pulled the shelf out of my old fridge and put in in the new fridge for more storage space. The fridge looks and works great!

I bought this for the office to put cold water in for our patients. It is nice and small and looks great in the reception area! We can fit 30 small water bottles in easily. We love this fridge and so do our patients!

Purchased this for my dad to use in his assisted living facility for the few refrigerated items he uses. It's perfect for this!

I saw a lot of questions as to how much the fridge can hold, which was my concern as well. It can hold a 24 pack of water. It also isn't very loud.

This mini fridge is cold and quiet. I would definitely purchase this again. The only downside is that it takes a bit to get the chemical smell out of the fridge initially. Otherwise it works like a dream!

I purchased this refrigerator to replace the one in my pop up. The old dual fuel camper fridges wear out.

I'll start with the packaging, wow. Nothing could have happened to damage it. It was still easy to open too. Shipping was either on time or a day early, which is normal with my Amazon experiences.

My installation was a little involved, but I wanted it in the original fridge location. I had to trim 3/4" off each side of the wood to get it in there. Once inside, there was about 1" to each side, but anyways.

I plugged it in and set my temperature dial to the desired temp and it cooled down real quick. When I go camping I won't need to bring so many coolers.

Packaged very securely and was as easy as pie to open. All I had to do was cut the four box straps and the whole cardboard box top slid off ... Not a dent or scratch anywhere.

I chose this unit to fit under my garage workbench and it has exceeded all my expectations ... It keeps my beverages cold, blends right in to the surroundings and minds it's own business without any noise whatsoever.

It's obvious to me that Amazon and this manufacturer have been paying attention to customer feedback, because they sure got it right this time.

Love it!!! My office is pretty small (maybe 8x8) so it sits a foot from me - under my desk. Noise was really a concern for me so I was happy to see it's REALLY quiet and keeps my food perfectly chilled. Definitely a good buy!

It came dented, with paint scratched off, but it wasn't huge. It's a bit ugly if you see it, but thankfully I bought it not to look good, but to keep my drinks and food cold. For what I paid, it does that, and at a very reasonable price.

I've had this for a couple weeks in my office. I'm not especially fussy, but I have to say that this is loud enough to be annoying. If it was a constant sound it might be better but this is like liquid gurgling through the system each time it kicks on. If everything else wasn't just as proposed, I'd have rated 3 stars instead of 4. (My home refrigerator makes less noise.)

Just received the other day....seems to be just fine...lets see how time will tell.

Good buy. Only confusing part was that the cooling controls are on the outside back of the unit. Arrived just as advertised and within the time frame.

Works great. At times it makes noise, but not too long.

I like that this fridge is just the right size for me to use at work underneath my cubicle. I rated this 4 stars because the fridge came with a big dent on the back of the unit. The freezer door is flimsy. It's come apart 3 times since purchasing this at the end of Dec. and now it's the end of January 2016 as I'm writing this review. I already tossed the packaging because I will still keep it rather than inconveniencing myself with a return or exchange. Fridge is performing as a fridge should, no negative reviews there.

We use this fridge in baby's nursery and it has worked out well so far. It's generally pretty quite but it does make a clicking noise every few minutes that tends to be annoying. Luckily baby is used to it now. Also, it's a powerful fridge. Out of six settings, we keep it on number one and baby's bottles still get really cold.

Good for the price. you wont find a cheaper mini fridge for the price.

Only thing i don't like is that the freezer section of the fridge as frozen over. I can barely open it.

I use this product in a dorm room and it does get pretty loud. If not for the noise, I would give it 5 stars. Its not so much rumbling, but a bubbling noise from what I expect is coolant being circulated. Works pretty well and the ice box can just hold a 1 pint ice cream and keep it a bit colder than the rest of the fridge. Excellent for dorm rooms!

Had the fridge for a week. It's quiet and keeps stuff cold. Only problem I've had with it is that the actual unit has a metal "Midea" logo that's glued on the door. On my fridge, a corner of the "M" was bent out words and stuck my finger like a needle, so I'd be careful when unpacking. Other than that, so far it's been great.

Skeptical at first because this is some off brand that I never heard off (the instructs were written by someone who obviously is not a native English speaker). That said, it works well and we haven't had problems. Recommended.

As of today, 09/01/17 this refrigerator stopped working. I bought it in December as a Christmas present. Didn't make it a year.

Refrigerator itself is good looking and seems to run fine, BUT the shelf is about 1/4 " too short. It only just fits in the groove, but put anything on it and it falls. Tried calling RCA and after about 30 min of waiting and discussing was told there is no compensation...that is the size and a replacement would be the same. Very disappointing.

This fridge keeps my beverages cold, however it's located in my bedroom and it is VERY NOISEY! It sounds like background music of a horror movie. . Most disturbing, especially when trying to fall asleep.

It's not bad for the price. My only complaint is that the temperature is different in different spots. The freezer takes a long time to freeze items but the spot directly under the freezer causes ice to build up on anything I put there. Then the bottom shelf is barely cold at all. It's good for an ice tray and a couple of drinks, but if you're looking to store anything else in there, get a more expensive model.

This was a Xmas gift for my son that he brought in like this! Guess I don't have to wrap now! :(

It seems to work fine.

good fridge, HOWEVER, it is SUPER LOUD. The motor runs every so off and it loud. Be careful where to place it. If you have it in your room while you sleep it'll be difficult to adjust since the noise is sporadic in intervals of 30 seconds or so.

It's not low noise as it's quite noisy in a quiet room and makes a spring noise pretty often (it sounds very funny and we joke about it all the time now). It also only has room for two 16 oz bottle sodas to stand up (or else you have to lay them down). It's good for small ice cream, small canned sodas, and small plates of food and other snacks/fruits. I hoped it would be more quite though.

Fridge seems to be working well so far. Unfortunately door is not reversible as the holes on the other side were drilled where they are supposed to be. Very disappointed that I am unable to reverse the door. It is in tight spot so now I have to shift it every time I need to open the door.

My problem is that there aren't any instructions on how to reverse the door opening.

It likes to groan a lot and make weird noises. It's not impossible to get used to, but it's pretty annoying for a long time. Otherwise, it does a decent job, but the freezer is pretty worthless unless you have it set cold enough to turn the whole thing into a freezer.

its just okay not much room on the inside that you would assume. The interior space is small due to the exterior components and the ice box leaks often. When you put it to high to prevent it from leaking it just turns into a large icicle.

Not sure if this this is even gonna work. Top is scratched, and the bottom looks like it has been styrofoam sprayed. Bought it for my husband's birthday, so far not so good.

Pretty disappointed. I ordered this item with an adjustable thermostat control but it came without any control. Compressor makes weird sounds. Very quiet when compressor not on, but loud compressor for such a small fridge.

stopped working after a year.

I've had this for maybe two months and it is already broken.It's barely colder than room temperature no matter what setting I adjust it to. :(

Revised review after 30 days use...Even on the coldest setting, mine still will not freeze ice, and barely keeps ice cream frozen.. returning======Works... some noise but not bad, I have next to my bed so its real quiet. The freezer part barely works unless almost on coldest setting, and when it is, then drinks etc freeze.. so its pretty touchy. Havent seen ANY frost buildup on the frezer part, but maybe since not cold enough? not sure.But so far so good.. We will see how long it lasts. Good for the price, perfect small size for a bedroom.

I bought this on January 2017 it no longer cools as of may 4 2017 . Not happy I spent 200 on this product .

Works Fine, but I keep looking around to see where the plane is! It is very loud under my desk and runs almost nonstop. even though it is only opened about three times a day. I've owned several small refrigerators and none have made this much noise.

Purchased March 15 2016 and 8 months later it has failed. I will follow up with more about failure cause and outcome. It was in the open on a table and only had use from myself storing insulin so not opening and shutting often. Stopped all of a sudden. Two stars as it worked great until it did not. Hope that I can give more stars for good customer service.

It works great but the noise is annoying. I bought it for my office and I had to move it out to a common area because it was driving me crazy.

Just received refrigerator, plugged it in and is cooling now but the outside is so hot on the sides I cannot hold my hand there. Maybe this is normal as it begins cooling and will subside but is concerning. Will wait until until tomorrow to decide if this out of ordinary and update rating.

The fridge stopped freezing ice and started to leak. The compartment for the little ice tray snapped off. At this point, I don't know what to do since I've had this fridge since late January

It heats up and doesn't cool down. Risk of fire.

It never cooled down and there were no instructions with it let alone finding something on the Internet was almost impossible.

Leaks water all time and makes loud noises

Does not work well at all. I have it turned to the coldest setting and it still does not get cold enough. And it makes loud thumping sounds and shakes.

Stopped working exactly 2 weeks after I got it.

Its loud. I was hoping it would be quiet but it gurgles non stop and is very annoying since I am in the same room with it. A good place for it would be in the garage and not in the same room with people.

This mini fridge worked great until it stopped working. On a couple of occasions I found that it would turn off randomly causing a wet mess from the melted ice. Then one day (coincidently a month after the 1 yr warranty had expired) it stopped working completely. I called the manufacturer who said that since my warranty was up, there was nothing that they could do. Save your money and purchase from another company that stands by their product.

Quit working after 6 months. Warranty is void if product not registered within 14 days. I do not recommend.

Obnoxiously loud, constantly running and emits a pungent plastic-y smell when the fridge is turned off.

Seriously, I used a stopwatch to determine the length between runs. Even on the lowest setting, this fridge ran every 16 minutes. On the default "3" setting, it ran every SIX minutes. I kept this thing in my bedroom, where I was frequently woken up by the sound of gurgling and buzzing.

Terrible. Returned to Amazon for a refund.

STOPPED WORKING TODAY 3 DAYS PAST MY 30 DAY WINDOW TO RETURN IT! I. AM. LIVID.

Worked great until this morning. Notice a pool of water at the bottom of the fridge. Didn't realize it was the defrosting freezer ice.