Buying A Portable Mini Refrigerator
If you like to have a cool drink at any time and any place then a portable mini refrigerator may be for you. Mini portable refrigerators tend to be very small, generally only able to hold from one drinks can through to about 8 cans at the Max.
Whilst this can be limiting in some circumstances, if you need a small portable desktop office fridge in the summer, a 12 volt portable car refrigerator on a long journey or just something small and easy to carry from place to place then a portable miniature refrigerator is probably ideal for you.
Mini portable fridges tend to vary in size from 1 litre through to 6 litre sizes. One litre mini fridges are generally good for one drinks can whilst the 6 litre sizes tend to be branded as eight pack mini fridges. The most common sizes available on the market are the four litre or six pack variant.
The smaller one litre mini portable refrigerators are ideal for keeping a single can cold or coffee hot on a desktop space. That’s right, portable refrigerators tend to come with heating options as well as cooling option. A one litre capacity portable mini refrigerator can be powered by as little as a USB connection right through to 12v cigarette plugs in a car or use a mains plug for power.
Whilst it is possible to find a one litre usb mini fridge, there is generally only a small selection on the market. By far the most common mini portable refrigerators tend to be the 4l and 6l versions. These portable mini refrigerators tend to be either powered by a cigarette car socket or by mains. These larger models are commonly available in a multitude of colors, it is easy to find red, pink, yellow, blue and black portable mini refrigerators in these common sizes. Like their smaller compadres they tend to offer both heating and cooling options with temperatures 25 Celsius below ambient or room temperature and 55 degrees above being achievable from these portable fridges.
The 4 litre six pack and eight pack 6l portable mini refrigerator are generally constructed from a plastic case that comes with a convenient carry handle to the top of the fridge for ease of movement. These models tend to weigh in at circa 3-4kg which isn’t light but then isn’t as heavy as a mini compact refrigerator coming in at 35kgs! At these weights carrying the portable to the car then out to the office isn’t particularly difficult. In terms of size a six pack portable refrigerator is usually 7.5ins wide x 11ins high x 9.75ins deep, so easy to manoeuvre, and takes up very little space under or on a desk top.
In terms of power usage, the smaller the fridge the less power is used. You won’t find a portable mini refrigerator with a freezer or ice making ability so this helps to keep power usage down to a minimum. Expect a 4l mini portable fridge to use 40 watts on AC power per hour and 30 watts on DC power per hour, a six litre eight pack refrigerator will use 40-60 watts depending on your power source.
When it comes to these small portable refrigerators price wise your looking at a relatively competitive market with a tight price range. Expect to pay between $30 and $60 on the basis of size of model you are looking at. There aren’t any particular well known or household brands to look out for with portable mini refrigerators coming from all sorts of manufacturers.
Tags: black, car fridge, colored mini refrigerator, compact mini refrigerator, desktop, portable mini refrigerator, usb
