
The 3.1 cu. ft. Retro Mini Fridge with Top Freezer blends style and functionality. Its small stature perfectly complements a basement, office, or dorm room. A dedicated crisper drawer is perfect for helping you preserve fruits and vegetables while adjustable shelving lets you to organize everything just the way you like it. A separate freezer compartment gives you .9 cu ft of storage space for your favorite frozen treats.
A: I covered them with a hand towel and tapped them into place with a rubber mallet. It only took a couple of lite taps. They are quite secure.
A: This has one setting for the fridge located within the fridge. You turn it up to engage the freezer temp and then turn back down again once the freeer reaches the desired temp. Freezes my ice cream hard as a rock without freezing the cans of pop inside my fridge. i have put meat in freezer and fridge and had no problems. Both get good and cold! Love my little fridge!
Q: What is the outside made of is it metal ?
A: A magnet sticks to the sides and door, so metal.
A: It is an actual freezer compartment with a separate door. I freeze ice cubes and store frozen foods just as I would in a regular size refrigerator.
A: Both parts of mine worked fine almost immediately. I accidentally started mine up for a little bit right out of the box before I noticed the instruction to wait 4 hours. I could tell both sections were cooling immediately. I unplugged it and waited 4 hours, and it works fine. I have a small refrigerator thermometer that I tried in both compartments. The lower compartment holds steady around 39-40 degrees, and the freezer gets down to -16F!
Q: What are the dimensions of the freezer? How many 16.9oz water bottles would fit in there?
A: The freezer is 14.1" W x 14.9" D x 7.8" H, the volume is 0.9 cu. ft. (26.4 L).
Q: does the Insignia 3.1 Retro Mini freezer require defrosting or is it frost free?
A: It requires defrosting, more energy efficient that way. It comes with a little plastic scraper. I haven't had to use it yet, but it's only been 2 weeks.
Q: Can you switch the side the door opens?
A: No, you cannot switch the side the door opens.