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I had a feeling portable mini-fridges were near useless

stanto
stanto 11 months ago

I bought one from B&M not long ago, and threw temperature sensors into it, and it couldn't maintain temperature, took ages to get to a low temperature, and it didn't reach the temperatures it claimed on the box. It claimed it could reach so many degrees less than ambient, it didn't.

I found this youtube channel, and it is pretty cool:

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They pretty much come to the same conclusions I did, and then compare against "actual" fridges.

Mainly USA centric though.

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  • shabaz
    shabaz 11 months ago +5
    Interesting.. I have a 'fridge like that, but I don't use it for drinks. It's in the shed (i.e. the fan noise isn't an issue there), used for storing solder paste etc., that I wouldn't want inside the…
  • DAB
    DAB 11 months ago +3
    This is another one of those products that fall into the "yes you can build it" category, but "no you should not." The efficiencies are just atrocious.
  • battlecoder
    battlecoder 11 months ago in reply to shabaz +2
    That's a very clever use for this kind of "fridge", actually.
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    DAB 11 months ago

    This is another one of those products that fall into the "yes you can build it" category, but "no you should not."

    The efficiencies are just atrocious.

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    This is another one of those products that fall into the "yes you can build it" category, but "no you should not."

    The efficiencies are just atrocious.

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