It is very quiet and works well. We are very pleased that we can put a gallon milk jug in the door! I tried to swap the door to open the other way, but one of the hinge pins was so tightly screwed in, I couldn't complete the swap, and I had to put it back the way it was. The only thing I miss from our old fridge is a "cheese drawer" for small flat items. Maybe I'll find some sort of plastic box to put somewhere inside.