Russell Hobbs Mini Fridge RH4CLR1001 4L/6 Can Portable Mini Cooler & Warmer for Drinks, Cosmetics/Makeup/Skincare, AC/DC Power, Retro Style, White, For Bedroom, Home, Caravan, Car [Energy Class A+]

Such a chilled out fridge (Pun intended)
In a nutshell, holds 6 irn bru cans, 4 bottles of water, and it actually keeps your drinks really cold. Heat function is great too, left my cuppa in there too, kept it warm as intended.

Size is nice and it’s lightweight so you can swing it in the air if you want ….I mean, I wouldn’t, but whatever you decide to do with it, just know that this fridge won’t disappoint you in any way …well I hope it don’t, and if it doesn’t then contact Hobbs and Shaw, and they’ll help you gladly.

Excellent, I love it!!
How I have waited so long to have a mini-fridge as part of my gaming setup is beyond me! I love it, partner purchased it for my birthday and I could not be happier.

It is small and lightweight, on the bottom it fits 4 x 330ml cans, but you then can not use the door slot (The door slot is small and slim, I can not imagine much fitting in it anyway) it does has a tray above as well and would fit some snacks, I am yet to try the heater but I can not imagine me needing this function, as for the refrigeration, it is excellent, my cans were ic3 cold, seems set at the perfect temp.

I will add some pics later and update in a few weeks as I have had this for about 36hrs.

Fantastic
Best thing I’ve ever bought.
Lightweight and so easy to use. Used on our chalet holiday, we live a coffee in the morning, this kept 2 x 1 pint cartons in also had room for medication. Brilliant item and highly recommended.

Great cosmetics fridge
This is great as a mini cosmetic fridge. It does have a slight fan noise when switched on so maybe not good for bedroom but otherwise it’s fab. Fits in 6 cans too

Perfect size
It’s so light and it looks modern too. It doesn’t look tacky or out of place. Perfect for storing little things like beauty products and leftover drinks and things like that. I wouldn’t recommend if your relying on it for storing food because it could leave a smell depending on what it is. Overall really happy with it.

Does Exactly what it says at a modest price
It is small, yes, but is perfect for a few items. We wanted something to take into a hotel room without ’embarrassment’ to keep Butter and Meat in. We walk a lot and want to make sandwiches in the hotel room for the days walking – ideal. Also, using the car charger we could take the butter and meat, refrigerated to the destination. Perfect!

A great device
This Russell Hobbs Mini Fridge is a huge hit with my teenage daughter. As the name suggests, it’s not massive but it can hold a good few cans of drink, chocolate bars and other items.

I’m impressed that it can be used to both heat things up and cool things down (though obviously not at the same time), I did worry at first that it would be too easy to move to the wrong setting and find a puddle of chocolate inside the next time it was opened but it’s actually fairly easy to get it on the right setting first time.

Build quality is solid and despite all the warnings on the included paperwork, this doesn’t heat up too much outside and is pretty well sealed otherwise. It would also be very useful in a home office or to take to an office to use at a desk as well.

Dece
Bought it as a present.

It looks and works great.

So far so good
Ordered this yesterday with an expected delivery date of Wednesday and it arrived today!! Looks great and looking forward to trying it out when I’m in hotels for work. Not sure how the temp will be yet as not tried it and I’m definitely going to have to buy some new Tupperware suitable as none of mine fits. Would definitely fit a standard lunch in there though i.e sandwich, fruit, chocolate and a drink. So far I’m pleased.

Great product.
This is ideal for disabled mother who can access milk for a hot drink without the trouble of balancing beide the fridge door on her frame…. table top height.great probably duc

Useful warmer/cooler for your lunch
This warmer/cooler is a useful addition to your office/workplace – provided you have a power source, of course. This one comes with two power cables: one with an ordinary UK three-pin plug, and one with the kind that fits into a car cigarette lighter socket. When running, it’s very quiet.

This is NOT a fridge; it will cool (according to the manufacturer) to up to 20 degrees below the ambient temperature, and heat to up to 65 degrees above ambient. This means that in the UK, it will cool down to fridge-like temperatures on most days. However, it is NOT a fridge, and will therefore only ‘keep cool’, NOT refrigerate.

There is no temperature control other than the switch on the back, where you toggle between heating, cooling, and off. However, if all you want is to keep your lunch cool (or warm) then this is quite sufficient.

The cooler comes with a little shelf to fit in the fridge, which is useful if you want to put, for example, four fizzy drinks cans in it. However, it makes it a bit small for sandwiches. To get my little sandwich box in, I had to take the shelf out and stand the box on end. You could probably get two pasties in, if you stood them up.

As long as you bear in mind what this cooler/warmer is designed to do, and its small size, it’s a very useful bit of kit.

Great Mini Fridge!
I ordered this to compare against my old mini fridge that I bought for uni in 2013:

– It’s very small and compact, really living up to the name of a mini fridge…
– The colour is actually really sleek and smart! I like this!
– It can hold around 5-6 cans of coke, or 3 cans of Monster without the shelf.
– For the cold setting, it does keep drinks nice and cool. I wouldn’t say as cold as a normal fridge, but
but they are certainly kept cool.
– The warm setting is great for keeping your pastries/food warm! Although make sure you then
turn off the fridge and leave the door open for it to air out afterwards…
– It came with the standard mains plug and a card plug as well so you can use it on the go which is really
handy!

I’m really impressed with this mini fridge and I would definitely recommend it! Particularly for your office!

Very small but efficient fridge
This is a very stylish little fridge which looks great with the wood details on the handles. It is fairly lightweight but is also a very small size. There is just enough space inside for a couple of cans of drink which is a little bit smaller than I would have preferred to be honest.

However I can’t fault the cooling or warming action. It keeps drinks lovely and crisply cool and keeps food warm. I wouldn’t use it to warm up already cold cooked food or whatever, as it isn’t safe to reheat cooked food to such moderate temperatures. But if you have a takeaway and want to save a slice of pizza or two, for exame, in your mini fridge on the warm setting for a late evening snack, it does the job of maintaining the warm temp nicely.

Overall a very nice little fridge, but be aware of the size before ordering as the capacity is very small.

Ideal for a teenager or traveling.
A nice sleek looking mini fridge, ideal for traveling, for teen bedrooms or just if you want a mini fridge somewhere else in your house. It comes with the standard AC and DC adapters.

Seems to have a nice look and build, isn’t heavy, is durable and sturdy. You have the option to keep the fridge cool or heat the fridge up by just pressing the switch at the back. It’s not too noisy either, which is great, especially if it’s going in a bedroom. The shelves are easy to move around to suit your needs and the fridge door isn’t too noisy when opening and closing.

The size of the fridge is modest; it isn’t really big but can fit enough things in, especially if being used by a teen gamer or someone traveling. You can move the fridge shelves around to suit your needs, so you can either have a few cans of pop with shelves in or a bigger bottle with shelves out, on the inside of the door, it has a little storage compartment, so you could put things like chocolate in to stop them melting when it’s hot.

Having bought a similar model late last year, I knew what to expect and it didn’t disappoint, it’s a good starter fridge for a single person or teen in my opinion, you can’t cram it with lots of items but its good fro snacks and drinks for an individual person. It’s stylish, certainly looks the part and is worthy of the price in my opinion.

Very nice
Wow!! Im really impressed with this
mini fridge.
I mean I know that Russel Hobbs is a good brand already and having this product doesn’t prove me any different.
A fridge that can do both – cool and heat up is really impressive.

It’s super light and easily portable.
I love that you can charge this fridge with your choice out of 4 different types of plug.
Even one for your car.
On a hot summer day driving down the beach, charge up the fridge and keep your drinks cool.
The capacity of the fridge is 4 litres, so you can place 6 canned drinks.

In winter it’s perfect when you can keep you pasties or pastries hot (the best thing haha) .
The shelf in the middle is removable if you need space for bigger drinks or food.
The fridge is not loud either and it’s a big bonus and it’s very modern looking.
The only thing I’d say about this fridge is that you have to make sure you push firmly the door for a full close.
I would definitely recommend and its worth every penny:))

Suitable for cans or small containers! Perfect fridge and warmer. Keep the size in mid. It's small.
When I told my husband about this little cooler/encubator he was very excited about it. He wanted a small electric cooler for his car for some time. So he was very eager to test this little cooler/warmer.

To his excitement this little cooler works perfectly. It amazingly cools down tempreture between 1-4 degrees Celsius. He tested it with a digital thermometer. The back of the fridge droped to below 1 degrees and edge of the shelf toward its door was about 3.6 degrees Celsius. As a result, this is a well functioning fridge that is suitable for keeping food and drinks.

Also, the shelf is removable!

With a little switch at the back of it you can turn the warmer mode on after about 40 minutes the inside tempreture reached about 65-70 degrees Celsius. Again impressive litter warmer.

This fridge/warmer is pretty quiet. Tempreture in both modes remains stable.

You have to keep in mind that the 4L is small and suitable for cans. You can’t even put a 500ml water bottle in it. However you can put small amount of food or fruit in this fridge.

So keeping in mind its size and the intended functionality of its design this is an excellent little fridge/warmer.

For this reason, it deserves a 5 stars. Keeping its size in mind I recommend it.

Nice coole
This is a decent sized mini cooler (note – NOT fridge) that will hold 6 x 330ml cans. That gives you an idea of the internal size. Put a couple of chocolate bars in there and you’d be down to about 4, maybe 5 cans. It measures (H) 25.2 x (W) 18 x (D) 24. Outside dimensions.

The nice feature on this appliance is the fact that it’s not just a cooler. You also have the option of flicking the switch at the back of the unit to ‘HOT’ from ‘COLD’ to get food warm.

It makes a light humming noise as it runs, but it’s not loud by any means so wouldn’t even be close to keeping you awake if you had it in your bedroom for example.

It can be used for keeping cosmetics cool. That’s where the little pocket inside the door comes into play in this scenario as it would be handy for tissue mask packets. For food and/or drinks I can’t see much use for this little pocket.

There’s a slide in and out (very easily) shelf, which is good as it allows you to have the choice to take it out if you have larger items like a beer can that you want to put in there. It would hold four of these by the way.

The handle is useful but the unit isn’t heavy by any means so is easy to carry without it but it’s a nice addition.

You also get a car adapter that you can plug into your cigarette holder that allows you to take it on the move with you, for a picnic etc.

Don’t use it in a garage/loft or anywhere that’s not room temperature as the unit can’t cope with it and will freeze cans. That’s the only downside as it limits where you can put it. If it was slightly bigger then it would be the ideal size for a mini cooler, but you know the size going in so it’s not fair to downgrade the review rating for that.

Great Quality,Dual Mode, Portable Cooler And Warme
Extremely handy, bi-functional, fridge/pie heater which comes complete with both AC and DC power supply plugs thus giving you the choice of mains power or if you so wish, plugged into the cigarette lighter socket of a vehicle supplying 12V. It has a capacity of 4 litres which, although this sounds small, you’d be surprised what you can get in there. This is a manual defrost fridge.

A switch located at the back of the product allows you the choice of using it as a refrigerator or as a heater capable of reaching 65 degrees above ambient temperature allowing for the heating of say bakery products. All in all, ideal for the likes of camping trips away in the car.

The inside of the unit has a shelf on one side and on the door, a small ‘pocket’ where, first thing that came to my mind, was storage for sliced cheese although the fridge in general could also be utilised for the storage of medication which, in some cases, needs to be kept at refrigerated levels of temperature. When in fridge mode, the running motor is barely audible and in any case is soon lost in surrounding noise.

In summary, as long as you don’t expect too much out of this cracking little unit as regards storage space then I’m sure you’ll be as delighted as I am with its capabilities. Regarding its retail price at time of writing, well, you have to consider that this is a bi- functional unit, giving you the choice of fridge or food warmer, so in that respect, you’re getting good value for money.

Surprising how much you can fit in it, great for keeping your office lunch cool/ho
This really is great, so ideal for my husband to have by his desk at work, he works in a huge office and although they have a shared Kettle (not at the moment though during covid) they have nowhere to keep milk etc, my husband has always just taken a small flask of milk in for his tea each day but now he can keep a small milk in the fridge along with his lunch in the summer, it also hears upsi in the winter he can take in Cornish pasties to heat up in it, I switched it in and within 1 hour it was under 3degrees, I then switched it into heat and within ah hour it was 52 degrees, looks nice and only makes a low fan noise. This will also be great for when going out for the day on a long journey, we can easily keep some drinks cool in this with the car lead adapter that comes with it. This is great for single use, it is small compact but very efficient in making things hot or cold, not sure I would rush out and pay 49 for it but would pay 30 something for i

Mini fridge
It’s exactly as pictured. Arrived on time and well packed securely in a box. It’s cute, modern looking and does what it needs to! It’s goons be great with an extension lead for the garden, does only hold 6 cans though on a downside.

Great for summer trips.
In the box with the Russell Hobbs Mini Portable Cooler is a proper printed user guide, which is become increasingly unusual in the internet age. Also inside the cooler are two power cables, one for 240v mains and the other for a 12v car socket.
The cooler has a pleasing, rounded rectangular, “retro” design with a smooth white body, (grey and black options are also available). On the front is a door with a mock wooden handle, with a matching, fold-away, carry handle on the top.
About two thirds up the inside of body is a shelf and inside the door a small pocket; both are removable.
On the back are the two power sockets and an OFF/COLD/HOT button.
The space inside is sufficient for six standard drinks cans, four standing and two laid on the shelf. Maximum capacity is four litres.
Taking the COLD setting first, It’s worth noting that this is a cooler, not a refrigerator, it’s designed to keep thinks cold, not chill them. Before putting anything in, it’s necessary to run it for four hours to reduce the temperature.
If you want to take it on a trip, it’s best to run it from the mains indoors, put your drinks or food inside and then take it to the car and transfer to the 12v supply. You must leave five minutes before reconnecting. I was very pleased to find that the 12v power cable was sufficiently log to allow the cooler to be put behind the front seats.
The COLD setting can also be used in the home for storing cosmetic or medical products.
The HOT setting must also be run for four hours before putting anything in. Maximum temperature is about 60 C, so you should ensure this is sufficient for safe consumption.

I’m expecting to get a lot of use from handy cooler as summer approaches.

A very versatile handy little fridge
A very handy little fridge for my bedroom. I wouldn’t call it mini though as it is smaller than average mini fridge that you buy. It is smallest size I have ever seen. It takes either 6 cans of 330ml soft drink or 4 cans and few chocolate bars /snacks at the top shelf.

My wife has put some of her make up stuff on the shelf too. Nothing much I can do about this. She calls it versatile use of an equipment.

It is very well made and has all glossy white finish with wooden effect handle. It is very light weight and portable. I am using it right now and drinks are nice and chilled, just the way I like. I have placed it on my bedside table and even though it is a fridge, it is not excessively noisy as a matter of fact it is less noisier than a mini fan. This doesn’t bother me at all as convenience of having a chilled drink and snacks right next to my bed out weighs any noise.

It has a switch at the back to use it as hot or cold storage. I am only going to use cooler but if you fancy a warm snack like a cheese and onion pasty, it will keep it nice and toasty. PS. Make sure you don’t accidentally flick the switch when Chocolates and soft drinks are in it.

I can not guarantee how long this thing will last but only time will tell. Overall it is a very handy little fridge for home office, bedroom etc. Actually my daughter saw it and commented that it will be very useful for keeping milk bottle in it in summer especially at night. As my grandson like cold milk.

I am delighted with this mini fridge and will definitely recommend it for home office, bedroom, nursery, keeping medicine, skincare products, caravans and on the motorway as it comes with Car accessories lead to be plugged into cigarette lighter using 12v DC as well as AC cord for home and caravan.

Great for summer trips.
In the box with the Russell Hobbs Mini Portable Cooler is a proper printed user guide, which is become increasingly unusual in the internet age. Also inside the cooler are two power cables, one for 240v mains and the other for a 12v car socket.
The cooler has a pleasing, rounded rectangular, “retro” design with a smooth white body, (grey and black options are also available). On the front is a door with a mock wooden handle, with a matching, fold-away, carry handle on the top.
About two thirds up the inside of body is a shelf and inside the door a small pocket; both are removable.
On the back are the two power sockets and an OFF/COLD/HOT button.
The space inside is sufficient for six standard drinks cans, four standing and two laid on the shelf. Maximum capacity is four litres.
Taking the COLD setting first, It’s worth noting that this is a cooler, not a refrigerator, it’s designed to keep thinks cold, not chill them. Before putting anything in, it’s necessary to run it for four hours to reduce the temperature.
If you want to take it on a trip, it’s best to run it from the mains indoors, put your drinks or food inside and then take it to the car and transfer to the 12v supply. You must leave five minutes before reconnecting. I was very pleased to find that the 12v power cable was sufficiently log to allow the cooler to be put behind the front seats.
The COLD setting can also be used in the home for storing cosmetic or medical products.
The HOT setting must also be run for four hours before putting anything in. Maximum temperature is about 60 C, so you should ensure this is sufficient for safe consumption.

I’m expecting to get a lot of use from handy cooler as summer approaches.

Useful if limited mini fridge
At a size just big enough for three small cans of beer and a modest snack, my feelings about this minuscule fridge are mixed but mostly positive.
I’m sure I will get some good use from it, but can’t help wishing it was just a tiny bit bigger, so normal size beer cans would fit in.
In operation it is whisper quiet and I like the stylish wood-effect door opening clip and lift-up carry handle.
The biggest plus for me is the inclusion of a 9v car adaptor and, when lockdown finishes, this is going in the boot of my jeep to provide some nicely chilled refreshments for a day out.
If the very small capacity isn’t an issue for you, then you will not be disappointed with this item.

**** Update ****
Just used it for the first time to warm up a sausage roll and was reasonably impressed. It raised the temperature of my veggie roll, from chilled (straight from the fridge) to gently warm in around 25 minutes.
It uses less electricity than putting the oven on and, for small items like this, I can see me using this appliance quite often.

So cute!
I’m using this in my home office (read – spare bedroom with a desk in!) and it’s great for popping a cold drink and snack in to stop me having to go up and down the stairs. I’t also great for keeping my sheet masks in, and I can’t wait for summer to come indoors after a day in the sun and put a cool mask on my hot face! It also comes with a lead to use in a car which is a fab idea to keep a couple of drinks or sandwiches cool for a long journey.

Small and exquisite
Unlike a normal refrigerator, which can adjust the temperature, the cooling effect is not as strong as that of a refrigerator, but if it is used as a car refrigerator, then soft drinks are sufficient at this temperature.
There are two layers inside, which are the height of a bottle of Coke placed horizontally and vertically.
Choose cool after plugging in, and the inside of the refrigerator will soon be air-conditioned.
If used to store facial masks, then this refrigerator is particularly suitable. In short, it is more suitable for cosmetics, beverages, and fruits.
The appearance of the mini refrigerator is exquisite and compact, and the quality is solid, but it is a bit noisy. It’s not a noisy sound, it’s a working sound, but it’s not muted.