I just bought one of these. Do you need to do something to make it stay cool? Refridgerator/freezer? It is cool to the touch but doesn't stay cool
1693321
No - you're right. It doesn't stay cool after awhile. For me, it seems to stay cool long enough to get me to sleep. I wouldn't recommend refrigerator - although maybe putting a cool pack in for a few minutes before you use it.
1693322
The cooling is temporary and limited. There is no free lunch.For comfort of mind it does cool more than a standard cloth pillow would, but all claims should be taken with a grain of salt.Nothing beats a cool room of about 70 degrees.
1693323
It doesn't go in the refrigerator or freezer. I have found that when it loses its coolness I just use the same side but use the opposite corner.
1693324
It's not meant to be put into the fridge. It stays cool while falling asleep as the gel part does not absorb the heat as quickly as a normal fabric pillow and releases it more quickly.
1693325
On mine if it gets too hot where I have my head I move pillow or move my head to a different location
285884
I haven't done that because I have a fridge at work to keep my lunch cool. I would probably try using those ice packs to keep your stuff cool versus ice...I have used them before and it keeps my stuff cool all day.
1421255
Mine was fine opened and covered in the refridgerator for a few months. Probably not the best idea, but it was fine. I have another brand unopened on the shelf, last I opened one it was fine.
2158056
No it doesn't keep it chilled. You have to drink it immediately after making it.
2271019
no! You have to return the chill unit to the freezer for at least a few hours. If it hasn't defrosted too much, 1 hour might do it, but it works better when the chill tank is hard frozen. You can buy an extra one which will solve your problem.
1478363
I'm using mine on a patio as a slide in under an outdoor kitchen cabinet. Make sure you have about 4 inches around for air flow. This unit has the condenser built in the left and right sides and dissipats the heat unlike a fan blowing air across the condenser on your home frig. What I did do is take the 1/2 inch shipping foam that was in the box and duct tape it to the back and top to help insulate the box a little. Just dont cover any part of the outside that feels warm after it's plugged in. Here is something I want to warn you about but is no big deal. When the box is cold and say you go to get a drink out of it. After you close the door it forms a tight vacuum and makes the door almost impossible to open unless you wait 3 or 4 min. I do HVAC repair and have have seen this same thing happen on walk-in coolers trapping people. You need to make a way for the vacuum to be relieved. What I did was take a 2 inch piece of thermostat wire (this wire is about 1/2 the size of a cloths hanger) tapped it the top and bent it over to go between the refrigerator box and the door gasket. This little wire will allow the vacuum inside to equalize and you can open the door within 15 to 20 seconds and it wont bother the temperature. Buy the way this frig can freeze a bottle of pop if you set it to cold. My control is setting around 5 O'clock and running around 32 degrees. I leave it outside but unplug it in the winter. Good Luck
2188556
Kind of. Freezers don't cool in the same way a fridge does. If you want to convert it to a charcuterie cave that does not get opened often the freezer would be adequate but not ideal. If you just want to convert it to a regular fridge I would say no simply because you would open and close it too often and it would not rebound to the correct temp efficiently.
1900885
I'd say it stays cool just as long as my igloo cooler. I usually freeze some small water bottles to keep in the cooler when it's not plugged in.
2171123
Good Luck, the 1st cooler we bought from Haier it didn't heat up. So they shipped us a 2nd one and that one didn't get cold. The 3rd one was cracked. After that we just went elsewhere. I would check to see if the thermostat is up? There might be a switch to activate the coldness
1900881
Think of a regular cooler with food in it that is cool, but not cold, and with no ice. If it is hot outside, not long at all. If you unplug it for the evening, keep it shut, and it is not too hot outside, then it will keep reasonable cool (not cold enough for milk, but enough for chees and vegetables). We did this most nights while camping.
1425322
Make sure that the fan is not block. It does take a while to cool thing. Do you have the Powerchill model or the other one. We returned the other model because it never got my husband's sodas cool enough.
964400
You don't. It'll keep a cold bottle cold, but it won't actually chill it. It's like a thermos.
218273
It really doesn't stay cold for too long. Unless you put it in the freezer but then it's rock hard. I put it in the fridge.
1355839
The chill thing works by the evaporation of air from the material. If you - or a baby - sit on it, there is no evaporation and all you get is damp. Something actually cool already, like a gel pack that you put into the freezer or fridge, would be better for cooling something where there is no air circulation.
1422008
Idk if you read the directions but once you move the fridge to it's location of where you want it, you have to let it sit without turning it on for an hour because the gas is all scrambled. once its been an hour, then turn it on all the way. After another hour of not opening the fridge and having it turned up all the way it should already be getting cold. If it still isn't then I'd return it. We waited 24Hrs before adding anything into the fridge. It's worked great. I hope this helps.
969161
Tina; As far as I know there is no way to keep things from freezing. If you have a way to put it some place warmer because it keeps things 30-40 degrees cooler than the outside temps, that may help.
1566563
it sounds like the temperature control in your fridge is stuck at 58 deg. my fridge temp adjusts to what I set to.