Awesome Refrigerators

Have you ever wondered what goes on inside your freezer’s ice machine when it’s making all those clacking noises? Instagrammer povsadventures used his Insta360 GO 3 camera to capture the mechanism in action as it detects when the door is closed, fills the tray with water, checks the temperature, and then dumps ice cubes into the bin.

You know what your fridge needs alongside all those magnets? A creepy, 8-legged robot, that’s what. LEGO builder Sariel put together this crawling machine that uses Power Functions motors and magnets from LEGO train sets to trek up the steel side of a fridge. It stays on by lifting and moving no more than two legs simultaneously.

Modelmaking has always fascinated us. Cath from The Square to Spare shows us the steps to make a miniature fridge that looks just like those fancy French door models. Its cabinet can be 3D printed or cut from balsa wood, with acrylic or resin shelves, wrapped in stainless steel contact paper, and lit with LED fairy lights.

New Wave Toys’ 1/6th-scale Coca-Cola Classic and New Coke vending machines are accurate down to the last detail, including working coin slots that trigger the release of tiny soda cans with the push of a light-up button. Inside you’ll find a working mini-fridge that chills two 12oz. cans or one 355ml bottle of Coke.

Hide your beer in plain sight with this mini fridge disguised as a tool chest. The red exterior and drawer handles will blend right into your garage or workshop while providing a cool spot to store drinks and snacks. In addition to the locking fridge compartment, it has two working drawers for storing small tools and accessories.

Need to cool down drinks for guests in a hurry? The InnoChiller is a cooling accelerator that can take a six-pack from room temp to chilled in just 12 minutes. Its high-speed fan and wind tunnel work in concert with your freezer or refrigerator to speed up cooling. It has various program lengths for different drink containers.

Like many of us, inventor Handy Geng wants to keep in shape. To help control his diet he built another completely over-engineered solution – a refrigerator encased in a steel frame, and held shut with a gear mechanism that demands an upper-body workout to access its contents.

Keep your food and drinks nice and cold while on the road with this compact refrigerator unit. Its cavernous main compartment holds up to 50 liters and can drop the temperature inside from 77ºF to 32ºF in just 15 minutes. It runs on 12/24V DC or 110V AC power and offers adjustable temperature control from -4°F to 68°F.

Several years back, we featured a fridge that looked like a Marshall amp stack. Now, we have two versions, a 3.2 cubic foot model, and a 4.4 cubic foot model, ideal for keeping beverages and snacks cool in your office, living room, or man cave. Both offer blue LED interior lighting, and authentic Marshall control knobs that go to 11.

A funky, disco-infused take on coffee tables, the Coosno is a combination table, pop-up drink refrigerator, bluetooth speaker, wireless gadget charger, voice assistant, and more. It has a 6-speaker sound system, and its colorful LED lights can be synchronized to music. Available in 19.7″ and 27.6″ diameter sizes.

Iceco’s iFreezer Go20 is a portable refrigerator that plugs into a vehicle’s 12v port. It can keep items as cold as -18ºC. It also has a removable divider, and dual-zone temperature control, so you can freeze and cool different items at once.

Like LG’s previous InstaView refrigerator, the ThinQ model lets you see what’s inside one of the doors thanks to its 29″ transparent touchscreen. But this version has Amazon Alexa built-in, so you can shop, play music and more via voice commands.

Namco’s Pac-Man Pixel Bash Chill is an arcade cabinet that has a mini-fridge where the coin door would normally be. It also has a bottle opener and a pair of bottle holders. It comes with 32 officially licensed games, including Galaga, Xevious and of course Pac-Man.

There’s an official Nuka-Cola mini fridge, but Etsy store Dragonborn Studios‘ unlicensed versions look so much better. They have weathered metal cases, can hold up to 6 cans, and can be set to warm or cold. Available in Nuka-Cola, Quantum and Vim! colorways.

BB-8 might be adorable and all, but R2-D2 is still way more versatile from what we’ve seen. For example, he can keep your drinks cool in this tabletop fridge which can hold up to 16 cans of your favorite drink. Measures 24-1/2″ tall x 12″ diameter. Motivator unit sold separately.

This GE Café refrigerator has a Keurig K-Cup brewer attachment for the water heater on its door. You better use the hell out of the fridge too, because the whole thing will set you back $3,300 when it drops this Fall.