Product review (5 stars): Great glass door merchandiser that will easily hold mid 30* with slight adjustments
I bought a scratch and dent from Amazon that someone else claimed would not hold temps and had a dent from shipping. I purchased this unit to convert into a dry age cabinet for beef and needed the GDM to hold 32*-39* consistently for 60 days for dry aging beef. Once I received the unit and let the gas settle from shipping, I turned it on and logged the internal temps and compressor cycles with my data logger. The unit cycled between 38* - 50* from the factory which held the drinks at a consistent 45*. I then tweaked the gain and deadband on the thermostat to cycle between 30* - 39* with a target temp of 36* for dry aging beef. The compressor cycle remained at 3 cycles per hour and the unit still remained stable and fairly quiet. I then data logged the unit within those conditions for 48 hours and the test brisket that I am using to monitor never fluctuated more than 1 degree either way from the 36* target. I am fairly certain that I could lower the set point temp another few degrees with no issues. All in all I am quite pleased with this unit and plan on adding a humidifier to it this weekend to complete the requirements to start dry aging beef. This is a fairly solid unit at this price point.