Product review (5 stars): Excellent beverage cooler.
After reading all the various review, both good and bad, I decided to purchase this beverage cooler to replace an aging soda machine on its last legs.  The cooler arrived in excellent shape.  No dings, bangs, or gouges in the box at all.  As noted by other reviewers, the box was double walled, with the beverage cooler in it's own box (protected by a layer of styrofoam), and an outer box separated by styrofoam spacers as well.  When I unboxed the cooler itself, it was in pristine condition.  No scrapers or anything.  So, so far so good.  I got it set up, and turned on, and it's very quiet.  So quiet, it's right around the corner from our couches in the t.v. room, and we can't hear it.  I put a digital fridge thermometer in it, and slowly adjusted the dial downwards after waiting the 30 minutes the instructions said to wait on the initial setting.  At about setting 6, it's a fairly steady 34-35 degrees.  The soda is nice and cold (so my wife says, as I don't drink soda).  All in all, this was a great purchase.