Can't fit fridge in rental room

vacheron

Rodders53 said:

Butter will keep at ambient temperatures for ages.
Ours is in a covered container on the kitchen side as I speak.
Far nicer tasting than those processed food spreads, if a little more expensive.

Ours too, and coincidentally, our American style fridge freezer is currently on the blink and has been given its last rights by the repairman, so we are improvising until the new one arrives on Wednesday. 

When you look at options to store foods elsewhere, it's amazing how many things you put in the fridge almost by default which don't need to be there. 

I keep a squeezy bottle of Hellman's mayo in my desk drawer at work, it often lasts 3-4 weeks (before it is empty, not bad), it's amazing how many people were freaked out at that despite me explaining that it is acidic which acts as a preservative.

I've also had a pint of milk (sealed) on my desk for a couple of hours (which had bought fresh that morning and hadn't got round to putting in the fridge), and people were genuinely telling me that I need to throw it out! 

Mind you, manufacturers don't help by putting "refrigerate after opening" on almost everything. 

Myci85

We have an electric coolbox with a compressor from halfords in our campervan as we couldn't fit a proper fridge. Was unsure how well it would work at first, but it's actually great, and we sleep right beside it and it's not too noisy. Amazing how much we can fit in it too.

DeathByFluffy

vacheron said:

Avoid any fridge which uses a peltier (thermo electric cooling)

They are cheap, and will keep things cool for longer than if they were sitting out on the counter (such as a stack of beers that were previously cooled in a proper fridge, but if you want them to actually cool anything down, they are next to useless. They are also inefficient, make lots of noise and you can't control the temperature.

Find some room and install a proper mini-fridge.

If you fancy proper nerdy, research, here is a good video from Technology Connections. He really knows his stuff!  

I was just going to dig out a link to this very video! 
He's a very knowledgeable chap, and he's spot on here as always. 

Thermoelectric fridges are just an absolute waste of money. 

peterhjohnson

"Filtered" milk (EG Cravendale)  lasts much longer than ordinary. I even take it camping and it's OK even after several days outside my tent. Taste is not easily distinguished from traditional milk

RAS

Another one to suggest an electric camping cooler/fridge. You'd need one that operates on 220/240 volts as well as 12v. They are top loading.

They come in various sizes but 30-45 litre is common, down to 20 litre. I'd suggest checking out the dimensions and measuring possible spaces Some are lower than others, some squarer and taller.

Or check mini fridges 20-45 litre?