Food and Drink The "Eco Fridge". Evaluate this idea. - Page 3

**Rain Man** · 11-08-2024, 08:57 PM

I'm in a hotel tonight, and I brought some leftovers from a restaurant that I'd like to have as an early lunch tomorrow before checking out. The room has a mini-fridge, so I put the food in it.

I noticed that the fridge was warm inside. Sometimes hotels turn them off, so it wasn't a huge surprise. So I looked inside it for the dial/switch to turn it on.

There was a button on the side to turn it on, and to make a long story short, the mini-fridge is an "eco fridge" where it automatically turns off after two hours when you turn it on. If you want to keep it cool, you have to press the button again after two hours. You can keep the fridge going indefinitely, but only if you press the button every two hours.

What is your opinion of this concept? I'll post my opinion in the first post so as not to bias anyone.

DrunkBassGuitar · 11-09-2024, 09:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Rain Man

I'm in a hotel tonight, and I brought some leftovers from a restaurant that I'd like to have as an early lunch tomorrow before checking out. The room has a mini-fridge, so I put the food in it.

I noticed that the fridge was warm inside. Sometimes hotels turn them off, so it wasn't a huge surprise. So I looked inside it for the dial/switch to turn it on.

There was a button on the side to turn it on, and to make a long story short, the mini-fridge is an "eco fridge" where it automatically turns off after two hours when you turn it on. If you want to keep it cool, you have to press the button again after two hours. You can keep the fridge going indefinitely, but only if you press the button every two hours.

What is your opinion of this concept? I'll post my opinion in the first post so as not to bias anyone.

It only had an on/off switch, no like temperature setting?

It sounds like it was one of these and yes they're awful and use more energy than a regular ass fridge:

**cabletech94** · 11-09-2024, 09:29 AM

The pussification of America continues.
I get the green idea initiative. But just a dumb idea. And whomever had the experience with the mini fridge that monitors the moveable liquor sensor, yup, that happened to us too!! Just used the Cabletech94 charm and got our charges removed too.

God damned dirty hippies.

tyecopeland · 11-09-2024, 09:31 AM

Better than the eco a/c idea. A/c only worked for about 30 minutes when activated by a motion detector. So if you weren't walking in front of it (it was located by the entry door to the room) it shut off. Which means the room was hot when we got there. And hot when we came back from the pool and hot while we were sleeping.

tyecopeland · 11-09-2024, 09:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Bowser

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Mine was a courtyard/ residence inn in kc.

Zebedee DuBois · 11-09-2024, 12:01 PM

Seems like an entrepreneur would put a card reader on the side of that fridge so that the user could pay to keep it working for the amount of time the user needed it to run.

Not that that wouldn't piss me off.

**Ming the Merciless** · 11-10-2024, 02:46 AM

remove switch , use paperclip to jump the switch wires

sleep like a baby

**HemiEd** · 11-10-2024, 05:28 AM

Horrible for the guest, but good for the hotel, as it probably saves them quite a bit on electric bill when adding up all the rooms.

8 hours would make more sense for the guest and would be a good compromise as most guests probably don't use the fridge.

stumppy · 11-10-2024, 08:41 AM

It seems like a good idea poorly implemented. Eight hours would seem like an appropriate amount of on time. Or make the customer have to turn it on after every time the door is opened and then closed.

displacedinMN · 11-10-2024, 08:53 AM

Hemi and Stumpy are thinking too logically.

We all know what is driving that misguided invention. (not going any farther than that)

Valiant · 11-10-2024, 10:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Bowser

They're actually doing that with the air conditioning, as well. When we stayed in St. Louis to see the Sammy Hagar show, the A/C would go back to its preset temp after a couple of hours. So one of us would have to walk over and crank it back down from the preset after we'd wake up sweating and cool the room back down. Pretty chintzy, really.

I had a place have an ac that would not go below 72.
Screwed the plastic cover off and googled how to reset it.

Ice cold after that.

displacedinMN · 11-10-2024, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Valiant

I had a place have an ac that would not go below 72.
Screwed the plastic cover off and googled how to reset it.

Ice cold after that.

I gladly pay money to be comfortable.

**Donger** · 11-10-2024, 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Rain Man

I'm in a hotel tonight, and I brought some leftovers from a restaurant that I'd like to have as an early lunch tomorrow before checking out. The room has a mini-fridge, so I put the food in it.

I noticed that the fridge was warm inside. Sometimes hotels turn them off, so it wasn't a huge surprise. So I looked inside it for the dial/switch to turn it on.

There was a button on the side to turn it on, and to make a long story short, the mini-fridge is an "eco fridge" where it automatically turns off after two hours when you turn it on. If you want to keep it cool, you have to press the button again after two hours. You can keep the fridge going indefinitely, but only if you press the button every two hours.

What is your opinion of this concept? I'll post my opinion in the first post so as not to bias anyone.

What brand hotel is this?

LongSufferingToady · 11-10-2024, 02:57 PM

What a horrible idea. So it's a fridge whose purpose is to spoil food?

Rainbarrel · 11-10-2024, 03:09 PM

The styrofoam cooler is the better technology. Who would have ever guessed

Titty Meat · 11-10-2024, 03:37 PM

Man ming meeciless is so gay

View Poll Results: What is your opinion of the "eco-fridge"?
It seems like the worst idea ever.	25	47.17%
It seems like a really bad idea, but I've seen worse ideas.	24	45.28%
It's not a great idea, but it's not terrible.	2	3.77%
It's a neutral idea, neither good nor bad. It's just an idea.	0	0%
It's an okay idea. I'm not going to invest in the company, but I can see some appeal.	0	0%
It seems like a good idea. It's going to be pretty energy-efficient.	1	1.89%
It seems like the best idea ever.	1	1.89%
I can't judge. I store my food underwater in a cool creek.	0	0%
Voters: 53. You may not vote on this poll

11-08-2024, 08:57 PM
Rain Man Seize life. Be an ermine. Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house Casino cash: $1318491 VARSITY	The "Eco Fridge". Evaluate this idea. I'm in a hotel tonight, and I brought some leftovers from a restaurant that I'd like to have as an early lunch tomorrow before checking out. The room has a mini-fridge, so I put the food in it. I noticed that the fridge was warm inside. Sometimes hotels turn them off, so it wasn't a huge surprise. So I looked inside it for the dial/switch to turn it on. There was a button on the side to turn it on, and to make a long story short, the mini-fridge is an "eco fridge" where it automatically turns off after two hours when you turn it on. If you want to keep it cool, you have to press the button again after two hours. You can keep the fridge going indefinitely, but only if you press the button every two hours. What is your opinion of this concept? I'll post my opinion in the first post so as not to bias anyone.
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11-09-2024, 09:29 AM	#32
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11-09-2024, 09:31 AM	#33
tyecopeland Veteran Join Date: May 2019 Casino cash: $760410	Better than the eco a/c idea. A/c only worked for about 30 minutes when activated by a motion detector. So if you weren't walking in front of it (it was located by the entry door to the room) it shut off. Which means the room was hot when we got there. And hot when we came back from the pool and hot while we were sleeping. __________________ Last edited by tyecopeland; 11-09-2024 at 09:37 AM..
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11-09-2024, 12:01 PM	#35
Zebedee DuBois Veteran Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: floating in a tin can Casino cash: $-64801	Seems like an entrepreneur would put a card reader on the side of that fridge so that the user could pay to keep it working for the amount of time the user needed it to run. Not that that wouldn't piss me off. __________________ What am I even doing here?
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11-10-2024, 05:28 AM	#37
HemiEd Supporter Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ozarks Casino cash: $1360564	Horrible for the guest, but good for the hotel, as it probably saves them quite a bit on electric bill when adding up all the rooms. 8 hours would make more sense for the guest and would be a good compromise as most guests probably don't use the fridge.
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11-10-2024, 08:41 AM	#38
stumppy New and Improved Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Springfield, Mo. Casino cash: $-491410	It seems like a good idea poorly implemented. Eight hours would seem like an appropriate amount of on time. Or make the customer have to turn it on after every time the door is opened and then closed. __________________ “As a nation, we can endure damaging policies for a four-year term. But we cannot survive a president willing to terminate our Constitution”
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11-10-2024, 08:53 AM	#39
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11-10-2024, 02:57 PM	#43
LongSufferingToady Old, not Dead Join Date: Dec 2018 Location: Where the Buffalo Roam... Casino cash: $9290400	What a horrible idea. So it's a fridge whose purpose is to spoil food? __________________ A nip here. A tuck there. Pretty soon you're talking about real money.
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11-10-2024, 03:09 PM	#44
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11-10-2024, 03:37 PM	#45
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