Small, yes: how to choose the best little refrigerator

When you need to buy a refrigerator, you usually want to choose more technique. So that everything that was bought and grown fits, and everything that fits is preserved, and in general, that the house has a full bowl. But life makes its own adjustments, and it happens that you need not just a compact, but the smallest refrigerator.

When not to do without a small refrigerator

A mini fridge will be the best solution in the following cases:

• for a small kitchen, when every centimeter of space counts;
• in a student dormitory or a small family apartment - there is no reason to talk about a full-fledged kitchen;
• in the country, if the country house is small, and the stay in it is unstable, a solid unit in this case is useless; An additional plus is that very small models can be transported in a car;
• and in the car itself, the mini-fridge will not be superfluous, especially if the driver travels a lot or his constant work is connected with the car;
• in an office, cafe or hotel, a miniature refrigerator will do the job of a mini-bar; sometimes in personal property - in the kitchen, dining room or living room - I want to have my own bar with drinks;
• it is convenient to use as an extra for the storage of medicines or cosmetics, including those prepared at home;
• It can be useful in a medical facility for storing drugs.

How to determine the parameters

So, the decision that a miniature unit is needed has been made. The next step is to specify the parameters that you will need to focus on when buying.

Size matters

This is just about a compact refrigerator. Actually, for the sake of size it is bought.

It all depends on the place that is available.

Based on this, you can buy a low copy that will fit under the countertop or will serve as an additional work surface. For example, refrigerator Atlant (MKHTE model 30-01-60) only 53.5 cm high, 40 cm deep, and 46 cm wide, it is almost square.

And if its volume (30 l) seems very small, you can choose a narrow, but high model. The narrowest refrigerator from Hansa (FZ096.4), for example, is only 49.5 cm deep, but 85 cm high. And the volume is already more substantial - 65 liters.

Freezer

Whether it is needed is far from an idle question for those who choose a compact unit.

If the house already has an autonomous freezer or a large refrigerator, then its small brother can do without a freezer. The same thing if the refrigerator is needed for short trips to the country or short trips, when there is no special need for freezing food.

But in a small apartment or dormitory it is difficult to do without a freezer. In the minibar, she also does not hurt. The freezer, of course, eats up valuable space, but in it you can freeze ice for cocktails.

Additional functions

Additional features for babies are also available.

For example, electronic control is useful in a modernly designed interior, but is unlikely to be needed in the country.

The built-in lock is a necessary addition to the minibar in the hotel. But for an ordinary kitchen laborer, the lock is useless. Well, perhaps, as another good reason, there is no after six.

Design and configuration

These are the parameters that are not the last value.

Manufacturers also took care of the appearance of the refrigerator-babies. You can select a model with a transparent door so that the contents can be seen without opening it.If desired, you can give preference to glossy black, matte white, silver black doors.

Indesit generally has a model that imitates wood. This refrigerator is ideal for a country house (or country house) with wooden, log walls or urban kitchen in country style.

The internal device can be with a removable shelf, with canopies on the doors, special compartments for bottles and cans of different sizes.

And you can also choose a copy on wheels or with a re-hung door (this is even easier to place in a small space).

Advantages and disadvantages of small refrigerators

In mini-refrigerators of different manufacturers, there are common advantages:

• this, of course, is a compact size, thanks to which any smallest room can be equipped with a refrigerator;
• lightness - even a fragile woman can independently install such a technique;
• mobility - it can easily be moved around the apartment and transported in a car;
• profitability - less power consumption compared to the big brothers.

Almost the only minus of miniature units - again them sizes. Even for a small family as the main small refrigerator is still not enough.

The most unusual little refrigerators

In addition to models that differ from full-size only in size, there are truly unique specimens in the world.

1. Giwox miniature USB fridge. Its volume is only 0.4 l, dimensions: height 20, width 9.9 cm, depth 8.3 cm, weight - 365 g. The only thing that can be cooled in it is a can of beer. Well, you can still warm the hamburger, because this unit both cools and heats the food. And it is charged using a USB cable from a wall outlet or computer.
2. Small collection "Tardis". The volume is already more - 4 liters. It is 26.67 cm in height, 19.05 in depth, and 26.67 cm in width, and fits as many as 6 cans of drinks in the refrigerator. But its most important feature is the actual design in the form of a Tardis, a spacecraft traveling in time (you can learn more about it from the cult British TV series Doctor Who). And when the Tardis door opens or closes, a siren sounds and the lights flash. It also has a small shelf - everything is like in large ones. And he, too, can not only cool, but also heat products. And it works from an ordinary outlet, and from a cigarette lighter.
3. Another example, when the form certainly prevails over the content - a portable refrigerator from It is made in the form of an aluminum can for drinks. A logo manufacturer anyone can do it - it all depends on the wishes of the customers. Such a can-fridge will perfectly fit into the interior with humor, suitable for bars, hotels. The volume of the can is 11 l, diameter - 29 cm, and height - 44 cm. It weighs only 5 kg, so it is easy to take it to a student party, picnic, to the cottage.
4. One of the most amazing compact refrigerators is the MittiCool, designed by an Indian engineer. The material from which it is made is 90% clay, and its work does not need electricity. It is cooled from the inside thanks to 10 liters of water poured into a special container. Water under the influence of the hot Indian sun evaporates and cools the refrigerator inside.

Although it is believed that the line is small, or similar to them - narrow refrigerators not very diverse, there is still something to choose from. Classic white, avant-garde multi-colored, humorous youth and even solid, with a premium style design - in certain situations they are more optimal than full-size models.