Our’s Best Mini Fridges of 2019

Com­pact refrig­er­a­tion units are in demand, they are indis­pens­able in some cas­es. The devices fit per­fect­ly in small-fam­i­ly apart­ments, in dorm rooms, in cars. Com­pact equip­ment is used in med­ical insti­tu­tions for stor­ing med­i­cines, in offices.

Content

1. Types and size of com­pact refrig­er­a­tors
2. Rat­ing of the best mini refrig­er­a­tors
3. Sin­gle-cham­ber bed­side-refrig­er­a­tor – Shiv­a­ki SDR-062T
4. Mini fridge with pro­tec­tive cov­er — AEG RTB51411AX
5. Minia­ture ver­sion — BBK Europe-050
6. Bright mini fridge – Hansa FM1337.3RAA

Types and size of compact refrigerators

There are 4 main types of mini refrig­er­a­tors: com­pres­sor, absorp­tion, isother­mal, ther­mo­elec­tric units. The most noisy units are com­pres­sor refrig­er­a­tors with fre­on as a refrig­er­ant. Mod­els are rep­re­sent­ed by equip­ment with a vol­ume of 10–130 liters. Cool­ing reach­es a tem­per­a­ture of ‑14 ‑23 degrees. There are sta­tion­ary and portable options.

Absorp­tion-type refrig­er­a­tion units are domes­tic and auto­mo­tive. The devices are qui­et in oper­a­tion and have a good vol­ume. The equip­ment runs on gas. There­fore, it is ide­al for places where there is no elec­tric­i­ty or there are inter­rup­tions. The devices are eco­nom­i­cal in gas con­sump­tion.

The first option is an absolute­ly silent ana­logue of a house­hold appli­ance. It can be made in the form of ther­mal box­es, where the cig­a­rette lighter or a reg­u­lar sock­et serves as an elec­tric source, and there are mod­els that do not require con­nec­tion at all.

Isother­mal refrig­er­a­tion devices main­tain cold only a cer­tain num­ber of hours. The devices are capa­ble of cool­ing up to 12 hours. Also, the devices work as heaters and keep warm up to 10 hours. The devices are silent in oper­a­tion. There are mod­els that work from an out­let, a cig­a­rette lighter. There are sam­ples that work with­out any con­nec­tion.

Ther­mo­elec­tric equip­ment are mul­ti­func­tion­al devices, they work for heat­ing (up to +70 degrees) and for cool­ing (up to 0–2 degrees). The aver­age vol­ume of cham­bers varies from 8 to 40 liters. Devices work from a net­work of 220 volts.

Ther­mo­elec­tric type can oper­ate in two modes: cool­ing and heat­ing. They have increased resis­tance to mechan­i­cal dam­age, are insen­si­tive to tilts and vibra­tions. The best rep­re­sen­ta­tives of this species are able to cool down to 0 C, reduc­ing the tem­per­a­ture by almost 30 C from exter­nal indi­ca­tors.

Mini refrig­er­a­tors dif­fer in the place of instal­la­tion. There are sol­dered, in the form of draw­ers, free-stand­ing options. Accord­ing to the type of pow­er, devices are dis­tin­guished: com­bined (net­work, gas, cig­a­rette lighter), auto­mo­bile (12 and 24 volt net­work), run­ning on liq­ue­fied gas.

Rating of the best mini refrigerators

The top rat­ing of mini refrig­er­a­tors includes appli­ances from lead­ing man­u­fac­tur­ers of kitchen appli­ances. The list is com­piled tak­ing into account: qual­i­ty, func­tion­al­i­ty, price, expert assess­ments and cus­tomer reviews. To answer the ques­tion — which is bet­ter to choose a refrig­er­a­tor, a fur­ther descrip­tion of minia­ture mod­els will help.

Single-chamber bedside-refrigerator – Shivaki SDR-062T

 

Aver­age cost — 70 dol­lars

The com­pact stand-alone refrig­er­a­tor Shiv­a­ki SDR-062TO belongs to the econ­o­my class of equip­ment. The device has small shelves and a freez­er. The refrig­er­a­tion unit is designed for cool­ing, stor­ing drinks and food. Suit­able for offices, small spaces, hotel rooms. The con­ve­nience of the loca­tion of the device is note­wor­thy — the doors can be hung on the desired side.

The refrig­er­a­tor has an attrac­tive design — in the form of a wood­en bed­side table. In the inner part there are nich­es and spe­cial lim­iters for stor­ing bot­tles. At the top of the inner cham­ber is the low­est tem­per­a­ture zone with a vol­ume of 5 liters. The total vol­ume is 70 liters. Use­ful vol­ume — 67 liters. The design uses man­u­al defrost­ing and electro­mechan­i­cal con­trol. The ener­gy effi­cien­cy of the device belongs to the class A+. Elec­tric­i­ty con­sump­tion per year is only 109 kilo­watts per year. The input pow­er of the device is 70 watts.

The unit has a low noise lev­el — 42 deci­bels. The refrig­er­a­tor set includes: one egg hold­er, two met­al shelves, instruc­tion man­u­al. The unit uses R 600a as the refrig­er­ant. The weight of the device is 17.4 kilo­grams. Refrig­er­a­tor dimen­sions: height 63 cm, width 44.5 cm, depth 51 cm.

Pros:

• Small cost;
• low ener­gy con­sump­tion;
• con­ve­nient nich­es for stor­ing bot­tles;
• lit­tle weight;
• beau­ti­ful appear­ance;
• the pos­si­bil­i­ty of chang­ing sides when hang­ing the door.

Minus­es:

• Small size freez­er.

Mini fridge with protective cover — AEG RTB51411AX

 

The aver­age cost is 190$

The capa­cious free-stand­ing refrig­er­a­tor “AEG RTB51411AX” has a beau­ti­ful and styl­ish design. The mini refrig­er­a­tor is suit­able for small spaces, offices, hotel rooms. The equip­ment uses an invert­er com­pres­sor. Anti-fin­ger­print coat­ing on the out­er sur­face is based on Antifin­geprint tech­nol­o­gy. The inner walls have an antibac­te­r­i­al coat­ing.

In the upper part of the cham­ber there is a zone with the low­est tem­per­a­ture with a vol­ume of 18 liters. The total vol­ume is 133 liters. Use­ful vol­ume — 115 liters. The design uses electro­mechan­i­cal con­trol and man­u­al defrost­ing of the freez­er. The freez­ing capac­i­ty is 2 kilo­grams per day. The main refrig­er­a­tor com­part­ment has auto­mat­ic defrost­ing.

Keep­ing cold offline — 11 hours. The freez­er keeps a min­i­mum tem­per­a­ture of ‑6 degrees. The ener­gy effi­cien­cy of the device belongs to the class A+. Elec­tric­i­ty con­sump­tion per year is only 182 kilo­watts per year. There is LED light­ing inside the refrig­er­a­tor com­part­ment. The max­i­mum noise lev­el is 38 deci­bels. The refrig­er­a­tor set includes: one egg hold­er, two met­al shelves, instruc­tion man­u­al.

The weight of the device is 33.9 kilo­grams. Refrig­er­a­tor dimen­sions: height 85 cen­time­ters, width 55 cen­time­ters, depth 61.2 cen­time­ters. The height of the refrig­er­a­tor allows you to install it togeth­er with kitchen fur­ni­ture. The doors of the device can be hung on a con­ve­nient side. The refrig­er­a­tor set includes: 2 tem­pered glass shelves, instruc­tion man­u­al.

Pros:

• Styl­ish design;
• long net­work cable;
• a large vol­ume of cham­bers for a mini unit;
• high-qual­i­ty freez­ing;
• auto­mat­ic defrost­ing;
• the body is cov­ered with a pro­tec­tive lay­er;
• reversible doors;
• low noise lev­el;
• auton­o­my of the freez­er.

Minus­es:

• High price.

Miniature version — BBK Europe-050

 

Aver­age cost — 58$

The small size of the BBK Europe-050 refrig­er­a­tor allows you to place the unit in almost any con­ve­nient place in an office or small kitchen. The total vol­ume is 50 liters. The vol­ume of the freez­er is 5 liters. Noise lev­el — 39 deci­bels.

The refrig­er­ant used is R 600a. Inside the unit there are 2 shelves made of impact-resis­tant glass. The ener­gy effi­cien­cy of the refrig­er­a­tor is A+. The ener­gy con­sump­tion of the equip­ment is 106 kilo­watts per year. The max­i­mum pow­er of the freez­er allows you to cool food down to ‑18 degrees. The weight of the refrig­er­a­tion unit is 15 kilo­grams. Mini fridge dimen­sions: width 44.5 cen­time­ters, height 49 cen­time­ters, depth 46.5 cen­time­ters.

Pros:

• Small cost;
• low noise lev­el;
• small pow­er con­sump­tion;
• tem­pered glass shelves;
• pow­er­ful freez­er.

Minus­es:

• Man­u­al defrost.

Bright mini fridge – Hansa FM1337.3RAA

 

The aver­age cost is 190$

Mini fridge Hansa FM1337.3RAA has a retro design. The bright col­or­ing of the mod­el attracts atten­tion. The equip­ment uses drip defrost­ing, I thaw the freez­er in man­u­al mode. There are 2 shelves made of impact-resis­tant glass and a capa­cious draw­er for fruits and veg­eta­bles. The vol­ume of the freez­er is 13 liters. Freez­ing capac­i­ty — 2 kilo­grams per day. The vol­ume of the refrig­er­a­tor com­part­ment is 93 liters. Keep­ing cold offline — 11 hours. Ener­gy con­sump­tion

is 133 kilo­watts per year. Noise lev­el — 41 deci­bels. Mini fridge dimen­sions: width 55 cen­time­ters, height 86 cen­time­ters, depth 61.5 cen­time­ters. The weight of the unit is 28.5 kilo­grams. Comes with an ice cube tray and an egg hold­er.

Pros:

• Beau­ti­ful vin­tage style design;
• low lev­el of elec­tric­i­ty con­sump­tion;
• auto­mat­ic defrost­ing of the refrig­er­at­ing cham­ber;
• the pres­ence of trays on the door;
• auton­o­my for sev­er­al hours.

Minus­es:

• High price;
• The freez­er com­part­ment is defrost­ed man­u­al­ly.