Quick answer: Antarctic Star (the store name on the listings; the affiliate feed calls the brand PolaStro-AS) sells quiet-first cooling appliances with optimistic arithmetic. The 3.2 cu.ft wine cooler ($199.99 with $15 coupon, 2,098 ratings) is the quiet pick: bedroom-tested through a heat wave, with a 4-bottle claim the pool counts down to 3 and an ice-at-55°F one-star on record. The 4.0 cu.ft beverage fridge ($259.97, 4,791 ratings) covers a real 37–61°F range — ‘practically silent at 55 degrees,’ audible in the movie’s quiet parts, 12 bottles claimed and 7 real. The 43-inch tower fan ($69.99 with $15 coupon, 9,082 ratings) is the brand’s biggest pool — but its review pages were inaccessible to our fetch, so that card runs on feed data with the disclosure in place. Zero commission for us here: ranked on evidence, not payout. Buy the quiet you can return, not the bottle count.
The three-unit lineup
The US feed runs 119 listings — wine coolers, beverage fridges, tower fans, ice makers. These three are the quiet-first cooler, the unverifiable fan, and the media-room fridge.
Antarctic Star Wine Cooler, 3.2 cu.ft
The entry wine cabinet: 4.4 over 2,098 ratings, $15 coupon, and the quiet-first buying logic this page runs on — one owner keeps it in the bedroom (‘It kept the wine cold, was not noisy, and it is easy to relocate’), and the creative-reuse case is a collector cooling perfume and cologne at 58 degrees on the top shelf. The build notes: the door is heavy and seals well — if you reverse the hinges, don’t tighten the screws fully until the alignment is right. The honest floors, quoted below: the bottle count is optimistic (‘you can only fit three standing up, no way to fit four’ — the included shelf can’t hold lying-down bottles with the door closed); the top zone runs warmer than middle and bottom; and the one-star case of pops, cracking noises and ice forming at a 55-degree setpoint. A four-star’s calibration: as a wine cooler at 50–60°F it’s silent — set it like a refrigerator and the compressor never rests.
- bedroom-quiet verified — heat-wave relocation case, quoted
- perfume cabinet reuse — 12+ bottles per shelf at 58°F
- 4-bottle claim → 3 — the shelf-can’t-close floor, quoted
- ice at 55°F 1★ — wrong-tool misuse or a bad unit — quoted either way
Antarctic Star Tower Fan, 43 Inch, Quiet Oscillating w/ Remote
The biggest pool in the brand: 4.3 over 9,082 ratings on the feed for the 43-inch bladeless-style tower — three speeds, wind modes, timer, remote, $15 coupon. Full disclosure, because this card can’t quote reviewers: this listing’s review pages were inaccessible to our fetch at time of writing, so the rating history above comes from the brand’s official affiliate feed, and the product image shown is from the brand’s current 43-inch tower fan listing — not pulled from the B088RM6N3M page itself. What we can verify without the review text: the listing is live, in stock, and carries the brand’s 10% commission rate in the feed; the model family (3 speeds, 3 wind modes, timer, remote, 43-inch white) matches the brand’s current tower fan generation. The noise question this page’s spine turns on — quiet is the listing’s own headline word, and we cannot independently confirm it from reviews here. Buyers prioritizing verified quiet evidence should weigh the wine cooler and beverage fridge cards below, where the pool’s noise verdicts are quotable.
- 4.3 over 9,082 ratings — feed-sourced history — card discloses no review text
- review pages inaccessible — our fetch was blocked; nothing quoted
- image from current 43in listing — brand’s own current-generation photo, disclosed
- $15 coupon — feed-listed at time of writing
Antarctic Star Beverage Refrigerator, 4.0 cu.ft, 37–61°F
The media-room fridge: 4.3 over 4,791 ratings, a 37–61°F range that actually covers cold drinks (not just wine), glass door, display lighting. The daily-driver case: an office owner keeps lunch and drinks in it, and when she asked the seller a question ‘they responded very quickly and professionally… resolved my question with ease.’ The months-later case: ‘Working great a few months later. Keeps all my snacks, drinks, and occasional dinners nice and cold. Not very noisy either.’ The honest floors, quoted below and central to this page: the noise verdicts split — ‘It IS a little louder than I would have preferred’ in a game room; a movie-room owner hears it in the quiet passages; and the three-star heard it down the hall and built a smart-plug schedule around it. The capacity math: ‘It does not hold 12 bottles… the bottom shelf is only half the depth… 7 bottles max.’ The temperature-tier note: it’s a cooler, not a refrigerator — at 55°F it’s practically silent.
- office daily driver — lunch + drinks + responsive seller, quoted
- months later, still great — snacks, dinners, ‘not very noisy’
- noise verdicts split — game room / movie quiet parts / down-the-hall 3★
- 12-bottle claim → 7 — half-depth bottom shelf, quoted
Which Antarctic Star, which room
Wine, drinks, or moving air — the room and the return window decide the box.
Wine at 55°F — Wine Cooler ($199.99)
Bedroom-quiet at the right setpoint; 3 bottles standing, not 4 — and a $15 coupon.
The fan question — Tower Fan ($69.99)
9,082-rating pool we couldn’t quote — feed-sourced history, current-generation image, disclosure in the card.
Cold drinks on display — Beverage Fridge ($259.97)
37–61°F real range, 7-bottle reality — buy on the return window, test it in week one.
Side by side
Prices, ratings and rating counts from the brand’s affiliate feed at time of writing.
| Wine Cooler 3.2 cu.ft | Tower Fan 43″ | Beverage Fridge 4.0 cu.ft | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | $199.99 ($15 coupon) | $69.99 ($15 coupon) | $259.97, was $299.99 |
| Rating history | 4.4 · 2,098 | 4.3 · 9,082 (feed) | 4.3 · 4,791 |
| Job | Wine at 50–60°F | Moving air, remote, timer | Drinks 37–61°F, display |
| Headline case | Bedroom-quiet; perfume reuse | — no review text available | Office daily driver, seller responsive |
| Documented floor | 3 bottles not 4; ice at 55°F 1★ | Unverifiable noise claim | Noise splits; 7 bottles not 12 |
| October conversions | $0 — ranked on evidence | $0 | $0 |
Not the right pick if… the stated bottle count is the buying reason. The pool has measured: 4 claimed → 3 standing in the wine cooler (the shelf defeats lying-down bottles); 12 claimed → 7 in the beverage fridge (the bottom shelf is half-depth). Both are fine coolers with optimistic arithmetic.
Not the right pick if… silence is non-negotiable. The beverage-fridge pool splits — quiet in an office, audible in a game room, ‘down the hall’ for one three-star who built a smart-plug schedule around it; the movie-room owner hears it in quiet passages. The wine cooler is the quiet-first pick of the two — and even it has a pops-and-ice one-star on record.
Not the right pick if… you set a wine cooler like a refrigerator. The pool’s calibration review is the mechanism explained: ‘This is a wine cooler not a refrigerator… Setting the temperature too low (40 F) will cause the compressor to run constantly and frost. I have it set at 55 degrees and it’s practically silent.’ The 55°F setpoint is the quiet mode.
Not the right pick if… you want verified tower-fan noise data. We couldn’t retrieve this listing’s reviews — nothing on that card is quoted from buyers. If quiet is the reason you’re buying the fan, buy it somewhere returnable and run it in week one, or wait for our follow-up when the review pages become accessible.
What verified buyers say
Fifteen verified Amazon reviews of the wine cooler and beverage fridge, paraphrased and attributed — the hinge-reversal DIYer, the heat-wave relocater, the perfume collector, the film peeler, the full-return case, the capacity counter, the two-line quiet witness, the display-first buyer, the game-room rounder, the quiet-passage listener, the service tester, the follow-up reporter, the smart-plug scheduler, the dent survivor, and the temperature teacher. No tower fan reviews appear here — that listing’s review pages were inaccessible to our fetch, as its card discloses.
The build review. Runs ‘so quietly compared to most other brands in this price range’; the top zone is less cold than middle and bottom. The door is heavy and seals well — his tip when reversing the hinges: don’t tighten those screws all the way until the closing alignment is right. Soft always-on light, delivered early.
The quiet-under-pressure case. Dry-hot area, evaporative cooling only, so during a miserably hot and humid spell she moved the wine chiller to her cool bedroom rather than brave the heat for another glass. ‘It kept the wine cold, was not noisy, and it is easy to relocate.’ Waited six hours before plugging in; cooling started immediately.
The creative-reuse review. A cooled cabinet for a perfume and cologne collection: over a dozen bottles on the top shelf at 58 degrees (it cools lower easily); the bottom shelf is shorter because the compressor sits behind it. Temperature readout and buttons on top, backlit white; blue LED inside, switchable. ‘I am thrilled.’
The steady four-star. Arrived well packaged, no damage; protective film on the exterior did its job (took patience around some edges). Setup straightforward, digital controls simple, reached and held the set temperature. ‘Much quieter than I expected… once it’s running, I barely notice it.’ Sleek in the corner of the living area.
The one-star floor, quoted straight. After 24 hours: ‘The unit is quite loud with lots of pops and cracking noises to the point that it scares my cats. The unit is set to 55 degrees but there is ice forming inside and the wine is bitter cold.’ She also challenged the four-bottle capacity with standard 750ml bottles, and was offered escalating partial refunds before a full return. The bad-unit path, documented.
The capacity math. The included shelf can’t hold lying- down bottles — the door won’t close. Shelf out: ‘you can only fit three standing up, no way to fit four’ for wine; beer or soda may use the shelf. Counter footprint is easy, ‘the temperature gauge is very responsive,’ and her second-floor reds stopped spoiling in summer. ‘This is a keeper.’
The short verdict, quoted in full: ‘Perfect size and is quiet!’ The two-line review the quiet-first crowd writes when there’s nothing to fix.
The presentation review. Well packaged, quality stood out immediately: looks great, controls easy, performance top-notch. ‘It displays all my bottles beautifully while keeping them at exactly the temperature I want. It’s a great combination of style, quality, and functionality.’
The honest five-star. ‘The fridge is great and looks cool… In my opinion, it IS a little louder than I would have preferred, but most reviews on mini refrigerators seemed to have the same mixed reviews.’ It lives in the game room, not a bedroom; he hopes they’ll get used to it. ‘Otherwise, I really like it.’
The movie-room four-star. Size is great, drinks stay cold. ‘My reason for not giving it 5 stars is because it’s not as quiet as indicated… When watching a movie with surround sound, you can’t hear as much until there’s a quiet part in the movie.’ Future her will research the quietest mini fridge first.
The service review. ‘Fridge works great for my daily lunch & drinks! Perfect size for my office.’ She reached out to the seller with a question: ‘they responded very quickly and professionally. They resolved my question with ease.’
The months-later review. ‘Working great a few months later. Keeps all my snacks, drinks, and occasional dinners nice and cold. Not very noisy either, pretty quiet most the time.’
The honest three-star, quoted. Cools well, fits perfectly under the desk, looks nice. ‘But the problem: it’s loud. Quiet compressor is an absurd statement. How anyone could work much less sleep with this thing in the room is beyond me. I could hear it down the hall, even.’ His workaround: a smart plug powering it off during work hours, back on overnight — noting the long catch-up runs.
The shipping-damage four-star. Box torn at the dent, the internal shelf bent — ‘Im not sure why it was damaged but the product is fine other than that. Looks okay, and keeps my stuff cold. I would recommend this product.’
The calibration four-star, and the most instructive review in the pool. It holds 7 bottles max, not 12 — the bottom shelf is half-depth and won’t take a bottle on its side. Then the mechanism: ‘This is a wine cooler not a refrigerator… Setting the temperature too low (40 F) will cause the compressor to run constantly and frost. I have it set at 55 degrees and it’s practically silent.’
Three rooms these were made for
The bedroom heat wave
Wine kept cold through a miserable humid night, unit quiet enough to relocate — the cooler’s best review, quoted.
The media room
Drinks on glass display at 55°F: audible only in the movie’s quiet passages — calibrate the setpoint, keep the receipt.
The office corner
Lunch, drinks, a seller that answers fast — the daily-driver case with months-later confirmation.
FAQ
How quiet are Antarctic Star coolers, really?
Split by setpoint and room, and this page quotes both sides. Quiet-first evidence: the wine cooler running in a bedroom through a heat wave; a living-area owner who ‘barely notice[s] it’ once running; a ‘perfect size and is quiet!’ two-liner. The noise evidence: the game-room owner rounds up on noise; the movie-room owner hears the beverage fridge in quiet passages; the three-star heard it down the hall. The pool’s own fix is calibration — at 55°F, ‘practically silent’; set like a refrigerator, the compressor never rests.
Why can't this page quote tower fan reviews?
Honest limitation, stated plainly: the 43-inch tower fan listing’s review pages were blocked to our fetch at time of writing — every attempt returned an anti-bot wall, and the listing’s own imagery was unavailable the same way. What the card presents is the feed-sourced rating history (4.3 over 9,082), the brand’s current 43-inch listing photo, and the model’s spec sheet from the affiliate feed. Nothing in that card is a customer quotation. We’ll update it if the pages become accessible.
Do the bottle counts match the listings?
No, and the pool has done the math twice. Wine cooler: ‘you can only fit three standing up, no way to fit four’ — the included shelf can’t hold lying-down bottles with the door closed, so most owners remove it. Beverage fridge: ‘It does not hold 12 bottles… the bottom shelf is only half the depth and you cannot fit a wine bottle on its side in it. Therefore it only holds 7 bottles max.’ Buy by your actual count, not the listing’s.
Wine cooler or beverage fridge?
The 3.2 cu ft wine cooler is the quiet pick and the $15-coupon value at $199.99 — tuned for 50–60°F, with a creative-reuse crowd (a perfume collector runs it at 58°F). The 4.0 cu ft beverage fridge covers a real 37–61°F range, so it’s the one for cold drinks and lunches, with the bigger display and the office-daily-driver record. If wine at proper temperature is the mission: cooler. If sodas and leftovers: fridge.
What about shipping damage?
Two documented cases, two outcomes. The wine cooler arrived ‘well packaged with no damage’ for one owner — the protective film took patience around the edges but did its job. The beverage fridge arrived dented with a bent shelf (‘the box was torn on the side the dent was’) yet cooled fine and still earned a recommendation. Test any compressor unit in week one — the seller in this pool ‘responded very quickly and professionally’ when the office owner asked.
How was this page put together?
We are an independent review site. Specs and prices come from the brand’s official affiliate feed at time of writing (the feed lists it as ‘PolaStro-AS’ — the store and listing brand buyers see is Antarctic Star); ratings are the public Amazon rating history of each listing, feed-sourced for the tower fan as disclosed above. This brand currently earns us $0 commission on every product here — verified against both of our affiliate channels — so these three are ranked on evidence, not payout. Review summaries are paraphrased from verified Amazon customer reviews of the wine cooler and beverage fridge — the hinge-reversal DIYer, the heat-wave relocater, the perfume collector, the capacity counters, the smart-plug scheduler and the temperature teacher among them — attributed to the reviewer name shown and the month posted. If you buy through our links we may earn a commission; it does not change which reviews we quote or what they say.
