Baby Refrigerator Test Findings
I found someone who owned a baby refrigerator (it runs either on
electricity or from a car cigartette lighter).
We set up the following test –> We took one of those little hanging
fridge thermometers and put it in an Amlyn Byetta case which had been
cooled in a regular fridge — the temp was 42 degrees. We put two cans
of frozen soda in the fridge with the case. We left the fridge
plugged-in in a garage (ambient temp about 80 degrees in the middle of
the day, lower in the morning when we started).
At 10 hours, the thermometer was at 45 degrees. The soda was cool but
not frozen anymore.
Since a car would have a/c on, and would be at 80 or below for ambient
temp, I’m pretty sure this is going to work for a 6 hour trip.
I’m glad I tested it, since I wouldn’t have thought to use the case
and the cans if the person who brought up the ambient air issue hadn’t
done so.
THANKS!
February 11th, 2005 at 7:14 pm
At 08:09 AM Saturday, you wrote:
>Since a car would have a/c on, and would be at 80 or below for ambient
>temp, I’m pretty sure this is going to work for a 6 hour trip.
Thank you for testing this! We’re going on a 4 hour trip to Boston
soon, and I just bought one of these fridges on eBay. I normally put
the pen in the case from Amylin, then put that in a small Playmate
cooler with several frozen ice packs (the ones the mail-order
pharmacy uses to send both the Byetta and Lantus). That’ll keep it
for the drive, and I’ll use the mini-fridge I’m getting at the hotel.
I was starting to stress over this (the hotel doesn’t have fridges in
the rooms), but I’ve been following these posts closely and am
feeling better about it now.