To give an update....
I finally got my Avanti the other week!! After like a month of waiting on back order!!
homeeverything sucked with shipping, but I guess it was worth the wait because $135 shipped isn’t a bad deal. Anyways, after testing it out, it seems to be a pretty good fridge. I haven’t had a chance to see how cold it can get a carboy with beer, but it will be perfect for brewing ales. You might be able to lager in it too based on what gio has said, but I would not rely on this fridge for fast cooling or cold crashing. It doesn’t have a compressor in it so it can’t cool fast enough, but the technology used in this fridge is good enough for keeping things nice and cold, and can get them to a really cold temperature with some time.
Now for fitting carboys and buckets...
The dimensions gio gave above are pretty spot on with this fridge. The bucket I have didn't quite fit too well, but the smaller one gio had mentioned about earlier did. So if you ferment in buckets I would be careful because yours might not fit. Now my 5 gallon glass carboy fits in there perfectly with plenty of room. My 6.5 gallon glass carboy also fit with just enough room on the sides front and back for there to be a little space. That is with my low profile airlock too. You might be able to fit one of the 3 piece airlocks in there, but I can’t confirm this because I only use the s shape airlock and my low profile. You also can easily manage to fit a blow of tube in there as well. Just would have to snake the tube around and set a cup in the corner on top of the carboy.
The door of the fridge is the main thing that gets in the way, but I already knew this would be a problem based on reviews of the haier nucool. Cutting out the shelves should be able to make your 5 gallon carboy fit, but if you want to fit a 6.5 gallon you gotta shave off the whole door. The door shelves are not bolted on and it's pretty much one piece. I removed it by taking a utility knife and cutting out the shelves and breaking them off the foam insulation (i followed this guys method with what he did to his door during a keezer build...
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f51/kegerator-conversion-frigidaire-lfph44m4lm-221800 ). Make sure to take off the black fridge liner/sealer first so you dont damage it. It is just pressed into the door so it just pops out. It isnt glued down or screwed in. Once all the shelves were removed, I carved/shaved down the foam with a knife to make it flush with the door. I am sure a dremel would work fine to cut the shelves; I just didn’t have one on hand. I then took a piece of 1/8" thick mark-r-board from lowes, cut it to the size of the area I cut out of the door, and glued it down with some foam safe caulking. I didn’t feel like taking the time to gut out the foam to make the board sit flush with the door so it sticks out a little. No problems here though. All I have to do now is add a bit of caulk around the edges of my board to make it look nicer and completely sealed off.
Below are some pics of my fridge so far with my
6.5 gallon glass carboy and low profile airlock sitting in it....all that is left to do now is my temp controller and finish sealing off the door pannel and i can start brewing again
EDIT: there is a switch on the side of the fridge which turns the little led light on inside when the door is open. it also shuts the fridge off when the door is open, and then turns it back on when the fridge is closed. the shelves built into the door are what usually pushes on this when it is closed. you can see in the pics below that i just put some duct tape over it to keep it pushed down so the fridge will run with the shelves cut off.
