Nice, this would be great for a dorm room. Anyone who has to move regularly.
(Mon, 28 Aug 2006 01:47:50 GMT)
Andy M.
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An inflatable cooler would be good too. If many small air pockets could be built into the insulating portion, it would probably work pretty well. I know the styrofoam coolers break super easily, so I don't like to use those. This would be much more durable (until you put a few sharp beer bottles in there :D).
Great for camping, and its have potential customers.
(Thu, 19 Oct 2006 17:25:33 GMT)
Noah
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Nice idea. Must be awful to keep clean. Pack it away with any food scraps or moisture and you'll have to throw it out next time you use it.
(Fri, 20 Oct 2006 11:22:40 GMT)
Syllogism
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A couple of years ago I saw this Übercool device you hook up to the bottom of something you wanna move and a regular vacuum cleaner. I would create a cushion of air underneath the object and you could push it around like it weighed nothing.
(Fri, 20 Oct 2006 20:24:31 GMT)
Merge
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Nice idea, but I really don't want to think about what would happen when it pops. And the localised hot and cold zones from a compressor would almost certainly weaken any flexible and pressurized material to the point of rupture over time.
I like it, but wouldn't buy it.
You might as well design an inflatible piano--they'll work equally well, which is to say, not very well at all and not for very long at all, either. If anything, maintaining consistent, stable air pressure will be a nightmare as the air in your fridge expands and shrinks according to the changing temperatures of the environment that it happens to be in. Even something as simple as it being placed in the corner of a room versus against one wall will cause the dynamics of the structure to behave much differently. Setting the damn thing up will take much longer at both ends, as opposed to just plugging a box in and waiting for it to get cold in a couple of hours, and I'll still have to move a heavy compressor around. I just don't see when it's really useful at all--rent a real fridge if you have to.
(Wed, 25 Oct 2006 15:24:30 GMT)
Julian
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How does it keep stuff cool. Bet the power source isn't that portable (battery or gas bottle)
(Tue, 07 Nov 2006 07:36:36 GMT)
jkae
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how would the door stay shut?
(Tue, 07 Nov 2006 21:38:13 GMT)
Shabo
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Not really all that useful for dorm rooms. There are mini-fridges that are (fairly) light weight, and they only get moved twice a year anyway- in at the beginning of fall semester and out at the end of spring semester. I have a 4.0 cubic inch fridge that I move by myself, and I'm a 110 llb woman. Really not too difficult. This thing would be far more useful for camping, but it would have to be disposable. Not to mention keeping the food cold with no insulation in the middle of the summer would be a nightmare. Plus you would have to have power to plug it in. Nice theory, but no practicality.
(Tue, 21 Nov 2006 17:04:02 GMT)
Rebecca
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my kids would bust it in a day as much as they go in and out of the fridge.
Nice, this would be great for a dorm room. Anyone who has to move regularly.
An inflatable cooler would be good too. If many small air pockets could be built into the insulating portion, it would probably work pretty well. I know the styrofoam coolers break super easily, so I don't like to use those. This would be much more durable (until you put a few sharp beer bottles in there :D).
good concept but how the shelves stay hard when you put some food ? What is its material ?
could be brilliant for small stuff. But what about the colour white?
Cool idea! very mobile! could be great for emergency situations.
Slick.. figure out an angle and get that pig made...
Great for camping, and its have potential customers.
Nice idea. Must be awful to keep clean. Pack it away with any food scraps or moisture and you'll have to throw it out next time you use it.
A couple of years ago I saw this Übercool device you hook up to the bottom of something you wanna move and a regular vacuum cleaner. I would create a cushion of air underneath the object and you could push it around like it weighed nothing.
Nice idea, but I really don't want to think about what would happen when it pops. And the localised hot and cold zones from a compressor would almost certainly weaken any flexible and pressurized material to the point of rupture over time. I like it, but wouldn't buy it.
You might as well design an inflatible piano--they'll work equally well, which is to say, not very well at all and not for very long at all, either. If anything, maintaining consistent, stable air pressure will be a nightmare as the air in your fridge expands and shrinks according to the changing temperatures of the environment that it happens to be in. Even something as simple as it being placed in the corner of a room versus against one wall will cause the dynamics of the structure to behave much differently. Setting the damn thing up will take much longer at both ends, as opposed to just plugging a box in and waiting for it to get cold in a couple of hours, and I'll still have to move a heavy compressor around. I just don't see when it's really useful at all--rent a real fridge if you have to.
How does it keep stuff cool. Bet the power source isn't that portable (battery or gas bottle)
how would the door stay shut?
Not really all that useful for dorm rooms. There are mini-fridges that are (fairly) light weight, and they only get moved twice a year anyway- in at the beginning of fall semester and out at the end of spring semester. I have a 4.0 cubic inch fridge that I move by myself, and I'm a 110 llb woman. Really not too difficult. This thing would be far more useful for camping, but it would have to be disposable. Not to mention keeping the food cold with no insulation in the middle of the summer would be a nightmare. Plus you would have to have power to plug it in. Nice theory, but no practicality.
my kids would bust it in a day as much as they go in and out of the fridge.