Appliance Reviews

The picture is of the 3.2 cubic foot model

This little fridge does the trick in my household. With 5 roommates I decided it made sense to get a fridge for my room since our kitchen unit is just packed to the gills. This 4.3 cu ft model meets my needs in many ways. I love being able to fit large drink bottles in the door, and I appreciate the removable shelving. As for the freezer, it's not that great, but I wasn't hoping for much. Freezers in mini-fridges are generally [bad] anyway. I can keep frozen vegetables in there with good success and make ice, but I don't love it. The other thing to consider is the can tube. I don't drink lots of cans so that's pretty dead space for me-- I keep the baking soda in there. Since this fridge is just supplemental, that's not an issue, but if you need to keep food for a couple people in this unit consider that the can space could be wasted as it's got a mandated function. I don't know what else you could possibly put in there beside something like celery or carrots standing up. Oh, and this fridge is a great size, can be used as counter space, and [it is very] quiet.

I bought this attractive little appliance for use in an airplane hangar where the occasional consumption of perishable food and cold drink storage is desirable. This quiet running compact fit the bill perfectly. Some designs in this class of refrigerator are barely capable of holding 2 six-packs of canned beverage. Why bother? This fridge with 4.3 cubic feet of internal space is generous enough to store a reasonable amount of perishable food stuffs. Just don't expect too much utility of the freezer though, as its capacity is quite small. The internal layout of the Danby is well thought out and the vertical beverage stack on the door is a welcomed plus. The upper portion of the door also includes a special clear plastic insert to accomodate up to 9 eggs, but is an easily removed option. You can even change the direction of the door swing by swapping out the reversible hinges. Sized at a reasonable 20" across, the top of my Danby refrigerator perfectly accomodates a small microwave oven and the combination of the two is hard to beat when eating a casual meal miles away from the full sized comforts of the home kitchen!

Awesome dishwasher until it broke just a few days after the one year warranty ended. The closest 3rd party repair person available didn't have the time to fix it for several weeks and the price to repair it was almost the original cost so I threw it in the trash.

I bought this dishwasher with trepidation after seeing so many negative reviews. I was so fed up with washing dishes every night, however, I felt I had to take a gamble.

Sure enough, it malfunctioned from the start. The first load washed great, but the dirty water would not expel afterwards so subsequent loads were simply recycling the same dirty water. After a week trying to figure out if I had installed the unit incorrectly, and poring over the very badly written operating manual, I realized it was just plain broken.

Fortunately, within a year after the purchase date, Danby will send a maintainance person to your home for free. Dealing with their customer service was pleasant but slow as the phone operators had little technical knowledge about the machine. They did, however, send a technician the very next day without any charge.

I have been using the machine without problems now for a week, and it's true - it's a really great machine when it does function properly. It's plenty big for a one or two-person household, it's quiet, and uses very little water. We'll see how long it keeps up though!

it will break. It's great when it's working, but within a year it will stop working and it won't be covered by the very limited warranty. I recently bought a Haier, but it doesn't hold as many dishes and is taller than the Danby so it doesn't fit under the cabinets.