Is this one frost-free, or one of those that has ice build up on the freezer compartment that you have to melt yourself?
1583606
It is not frost free. You need to defrost it every 6 months to a year. It's a great mini fridge though!
1347593
It does have an internal freeze protection circuit to keep things warm inside. The folks at Rinnai Customer Service are very helpful. They may be able to address arctic conditions.
741534
I believe so...as long as it's in a dry freezer...not one that has build up with frost inside it.
314779
this tray has this cover on it. so you don't spill any water in your freezer. when I take it out of the freezer, sometimes the top tray is hard to open. I just run hot water on it and it opens clean. I can walk to the freezer from the sink without any water on my floor. I am going to order another one soon.
2092981
No! I just put cold water in it from the frig and it stays cold without ice for a long time!ni LOVE IT!!!!!
1865390
Hi Prabha!This fridge doesn't need a defrost, as there isn't a freezer. I wanted it for work and needed more shelves/storage for beverages, which it certainly has!
517426
There is no freezer. However, the cooling tubing is vertical along the inner back wall and it is still possible that that could frost over. As an automatic feature, when the compressor cycles off, the frost melts, runoff is captured in a trough and drains through a hole at the base of the inner back wall to an evaporation tray below the compressor. Once you get your temp set to your satisfaction, just check every so often that the drain hole isn't plugged by debris or whatever.
398063
It didnt take long to defrost. I did a trial run with this product. I placed it in a foil thermal wrap with a frozen ice container. Didnt last long, but my ice container was still frozen
1924601
Some kind of plastic. I have two and the are both in freezers. They don't frost or crack
112422
It comes with ice trays so you can freeze it yourself but I'm guessing actual ice would melt in shipping.
850370
Yes; however, I have not had to defrost it yet after having it in operating condition since June 27th. In searching for a compact fridge/freezer, I tried to find a frost-free but failed to find one in the cubic foot capacity size I wanted. I read reviews offered for the SPT and noticed comments about not having to constantly defrost this product. I liked it so much that I forfeited the feature of frost-free and am not disappointed so far with my choice. There has been a minimum of frost accumulated thus far.
536159
Under the freezer section -- intended to catch melting frost drips. But I've never had any drips of any kind.
1011286
It's not frostless, but it doesn't accumulate too much ice. I think it's good for the price.
1544190
You're fine. I must have missed that in my instructions. I put mine directly into the freezer and have had no issues. As a matter of fact, as I go thru the summer, the thing lives in the freezer so I can make Italian ice or sorbet any time I want.
160873
Same on mine. It also didn't have the heat symbol. But it seems to melt the ice though.
765020
I don't know. I have had our four plugged in since early 2013 and have not had to defrost it yet. There is no build up of ice, just a tiny bit of frost. I hope this helps. Overall it is well worth the money.
491290
This item has the compressor built in so you do not have to worry about freezing anything except the left over ice cream.