Keeps things cool longer, doesn't cool them
The mini fridge is very cute, my coworkers all have a good laugh over it. It helps keep an already chilled beverage cool longer than if it was just sitting on my desk, but if you insert a warm soda and put it in the mini fridge overnight, in the morning you'll have... a slightly less warm soda. So, it's good if I want to bring a couple sodas from the kitchen to my desk, drink one and keep one in the mini fridge for a little later, but no good at chilling off a warm soda.
Neat Idea, doesn't work in practice
Got one of these for a christmas present for someone. It hought it would be a cool Idea, and on paper it looks cool. In practice though, it just doesn't work.
The problem is, this version of the device doesn't actually cool, it's a passive cooling system rather than an active one, it has a fan to remove heat from a heat sync, but that's it.
There is a different version that has a peltier type cooler in it as well, the active one should work better, and I think it cost a similar price to what this one once did (paid $24 for mine originally)
It does look neat though, maybe if someone was a coke nut, and their drink is already cool, it may help keep it cooler longer, but don't expect to get a room temperature soda down to a nice cool level.
May be a neat hack project or something (if you put the cooler on top instead of on bottom, it might work better) but I wouldn't recommend buying this version.
Looks cool - soda still room temp
Purchased this for a colleague and it looks great sitting on his desk. Sadlly it doesn't do much to actually cool his drink - it emerges from the mini USB fridge slightly cooler than room temperature. Disappointing.
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