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Hi - we are finally sick of having to either live from tins or shop every day whilst camping and are thinking of investing in a frdige for the car for next year. My Mum can no longer do without butter every day and I can't bear the waste when we discover it dripping through the picnic bag.

The problem is.... with all the kit and the 2 boys in the car we don't have much room. I could leave one of the children behind but I think I'd rather have runny butter. I do have a thermos cooler box which worked fine but is too big. Can any-ione advise me of something small which plugs into the car (and mains if poss) that is quite good. It really doesn't need to be big - we only want to keep butter and maytbe a bit of meat/fish/beer cool. I did wonder about one of the mini-fridges from Argos that they sold during the world cup for beer. I've also seen a Tropicool Board Bar which would fit but I am not sure if I can put things on top of it which I would need to.

Any help gratefully received

Will be watching this thread as likley to be looking for cooling facility for next year if we get EHU

Mike J

My daughter has a barbie pink fridge from Woolworths which runs on the cigarette lighter or mains. Its just big enough to take 8 cans of beer but will hold milk butter etc. Its probably one and a half shoe box size. They also did them St George style.

http://www.woolworths.co.uk/ww_p2/product/index.jhtml?pid=50616011 

We always rent our fridge now from the campsites. They deliver it to your pitch and plug it into your electricity and take it away when you leave. I personally think it is well worth the couple of Euros a night, because no food is wasted and it enlarges your food choices by being able to buy frozen food too.

It all started when our portable fridge couldnt cope in a heatwave.

We've got two, one we bought in lidls years ago & another we bought in halfords last year. they both run on 12volt & 240 & are brilliant. There's 6 of us & we use one for all drinks & the other for chilled foods. The fridge in the caravan is full as well & we're able to stay on site for days instead of sitting in traffic jams on the way to the shops. Because they're 12volt as well, we use one to take a packed lunch on big days out for all of us too.

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