Blaze 24-Inch 5.5 Cu. Ft. Outdoor Rated Beverage Cooler - BLZ-GDBEV-5.5

I was very pleased with this beverage refrigerator when first purchased. It is a nice looking unit, has nice features and worked great, until it didn't. For reference, the unit is located outdoors, protected by a cabana and located under a counter. Unfortunately, the unit no longer turns on, even after recycling the power and pressing the "Power" button for required 3 seconds. An inspection of the unit, one can smell an odor about the housing and controller circuit card within. There is no obvious damage to the circuit card or wiring, (see attached picture, with one connection partially removed). This model beverage refrigerator is similar or the same as the Blaze model BLZ-SSRF-5.5. The majority of the reviews on the bbq guys website, for the BLZ-SSRF-5.5, state that they have a similar issue as I am experiencing. Based on my experience with this unit, and the number of similar issues others have had with the similar model, I would not purchase again, even with an extended warranty. In addition, the unit already has surface rust on the top of the cabinet.

Plugged in the unit on a Thursday (5/1) evening, the following day (5/2) the display was flashing in a dim, then bright pattern over and over again. Unit would not respond to the power button so I unplugged it, let it sit for a couple hours and plugged it back in only to find the same flashing pattern. In short the thing died in 24 hours so never got to see how it performed. I just started the warranty process. We will see.