First impressions were good… after unpacking the portable fridge/freezer we were surprised how light it was, then we plugged it in and were equally surprised how quickly it cooled the temperature down to -18°… lots of space inside which will be so handy for our planned trip down to Italy. Initially we thought it was noisy when we switched it on, however soon to find out it was the empty metal baskets inside… soon cured when we removed them temporarily, until we fill it with food etc. we really wanted the black model which wasn’t available at the time and we weren’t able to wait due to our upcoming holiday, however now we have the green it has grown on us and we're now pleased with our choice. We’re quite confident the TF-Extreme 40 portable fridge/freezer will fulfil our holiday needs during the hot European weather.