If you've been coveting one of Rocco’s smart designer minifridges, you might be interested to know the brand's biggest sale of 2026 starts today, featuring the brand-new Rocco Essential for under $1,000 and the OG Classic in this year’s new Beige colorway, as well as white and two rare blue colors, for $1,495—as low as the Classic ever gets.
\n\nToday also marks the rerelease of the Classic's Icy Blue and Royal Blue, two rarely seen colors that Rocco says are not coming back after this year.
\n\nThe Essential was just released in August and just began shipping in September; I'm currently testing it now. It's only been about a week and a half, but early impressions are positive. It has the same smart sight system as the Classic, but the biggest difference is obviously the look. Vintage-inspired fluted glass and rounded edges are out; sleek minimalism is in. The tinted dark glass door takes up the entire front, with a color-matched metal handle you can swap out for midcentury-inspired oak for an extra $95.
\n\nIt's only got one temperature zone as opposed to the Classic's two, but my favorite part so far has been the interior—instead of the Classic's old-fashioned…
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