Product review (1 stars): Works for a year, then you buy it again.
I purchased the EdgeStar CRF320SS for a small apartment after looking at all the other brands and models. I loved it! The freezer compartment really freezes, it has light inside the cooling compartment, and it also looks nice. Then, after one year and 7 months, it simply quit cooling and freezing. The electric current still goes to the condenser, but nothing is working.  It is like this with all compact refrigerators.  They just won't last long.  Now that I read reviews on other brands like Frigidaire, I notice consumer reviewers have said the same thing.  So much for "durable goods." (I talked to the floor sales guys at Homie Despot and Lowe's and they insisted it is otherwise.  Perhaps they ought to be more conscientious and look into this.)

Most manufacturers of compact 4.5 cu. ft. and smaller refrigerators offer a one year warranty, as EdgeStar does. However, EdgeStar only offers a 90 day warranty and then only one year on "certain parts," which appears to be the weak link with this thing. If you get this, you had better also buy the extended warranty, but be clear an extended warranty starts after the 90 days, not the one year.  So the warranty will be in force for only 15 months.  Other manufacturers of compact refrigerators also say they offer a *5 year* warranty on condenser parts (such as Vissani, which I'd guess is not really any better than this EdgeStar). If the condenser breaks down, then EdgeStar will say nothing but to take it to an appliance repair service who are willing to fix it.  But then, of course, one would will pay more for that repair than the initial cost.  Perhaps those manufacturers who offer a 5 year warranty on condenser parts have good reason to be confident in their refrigerators not breaking down, otherwise they wouldn't offer the warranty.

It is clear to me at least these compact refrigerators are sort of like cheap toaster ovens, or car stereos and other electronics, that are mass produced in factories with cheap labor. It's cheaper to throw them away and buy a new one than to have it fixed -- so no one fixes them!  Interestingly enough, the customer service representative at Compact Appliance from whom I bought the unit did say in a moment of honesty in the conversation that compact refrigerators cost more to fix than they're worth.  If he had said that to a customer when he was in his sales mode he would never sell any of these things!  So, if you want a smaller compact refrigerator, this one is as good as most, but don't expect it to work for much more than a year of constant use. If you just want something you will use occasionally for a college dorm room, an RV, or a houseboat, etc., this one is fine. Meanwhile, the large ancient tank of a refrigerator downstairs is still going strong.