Do any of you NOT have a fridge?

clutterydrawer

A colleague mentioned today that he doesn't run a fridge any more...he says he keeps milk etc in a cool cupboard and shops more frequently to avoid things going off.

when I'd finished snorting with derision he pointed out that it saves him loads of money in electricity.

Do any of you do this and/or what are your opinions on it? I was considering trying it in future, maybe just in winter though.

janeym8

i dont but how cold would the cool cupboard be?? cant imagine i would like this although i do put milk on back door step in winter if fridge is full

janey

LeeSouthEast

A Step Too Far. For me anyway.

geordie_joe

clutterydrawer wrote: »

when I'd finished snorting with derision he pointed out that it saves him loads of money in electricity.

Hardly "loads of money" ! A fridge only uses about £10 worth of electricity per year, less than £1 per month.

Worth the money just to keep my beer cold if nothing else!

KittyKate

Aside from milk, butter and alcohol there is very very little in my fridge. I use my freezer and cupboard a lot but I rarely use the fridge. I wouldn't be without it though as the odd occasion I buy a cream buns...!!!

Taadaa

Err actually it depends on the fridge you have. A 10 year old C rated fridge costs around £400 year to run.

I wouldn't be without a fridge, but I have managed without a freezer before.

clutterydrawer

He claims his bills have gone down a lot since he stopped using it but he does talk a lot of nonsense so thought I'd research here further.

I dont think I could cope without a freezer because I use it for preserving leftovers, surplus etc. But there's nothing in the fridge except milk and veg so I'm definitely considering turning it off in winter. Can see it would depend in the model though.

tori.k

i did 3 months without one (shudder) never again, it cost me a bundle having to shop each day, i reckon i must have cost me the same in a week as i did a month but then i didnt have a freezer either,
why not empty the fridge out and turn it off for a week, that way you can find out how much elec you will save, milk can be keep in a bucket of cold water

*zippy*

My parents have been having to manage without a fridge and freezer for a couple of weeks and they were saying in the week its been a pain having to buy daily and they have thrown much more out than they usually would.

Our Fridge is 15 yrs+ old so i'm really hoping the difference in electricity usage to a new one isn't £390 :eek:

freakyogre

When I first moved out of home I didn't have a fridge for a few weeks. I coped with buying small bottles of milk and keeping them in a sink of cold water, but it really did limit what I could buy as anything fresh either had to be used, or chucked out (and they don't tend to do a lot of single portion things!)

I could live without one, but I think i'd eat a lot more rubbish if I didn't have one.

Taadaa

Zippy an A++ rated one costs about £215 a year to run. I have been doing a business case to upgrade a work recently. But really it's not worth getting a new one *just* to cut electricity costs.