There’s a thin line between laziness and luxury. Depending on how highly you rate the pleasures of a well-chilled drink, a mini fridge could be the latter. What could be better than a fridge just about large enough to hold a personal stash of goodies, eliminating the need to go to the proper fridge? What a time to be alive.

Jokes aside, a small fridge has its uses. Handy in small spaces like sheds, trailers and temporary offices, the compact devices offer convenience in a pinch. Whether you want to keep breastmilk on standby in the nursery, need something more substantial than a cooler to store certain medicines, or simply enjoy the idea of grabbing a cold one when you fancy it, a mini fridge can help.

They’re also great for students and in houseshares for keeping the more precious and costly food items away from hungry eyes and pilfering hands.

Recently, there’s also been a rise in the trend for beauty fridges, where all manner of lotions and potions are stored away from sunlight in a chilled nirvana. Better to store beauty gadgets like eye ice globes and gua sha tools in a dedicated fridge than have them rolling against soggy cucumbers in your main machine’s vegetable crisper.

Then there are the lockable designs, made for keeping beer, wine and spirits cool, which can be placed in your conservatory, dining room or living room, ready and waiting for happy hour.

Whatever you need a mini fridge for, we’ve rounded up some of the coolest designs to make shopping for them a truly chilled experience.

It pays to keep up with the trends; Russell Hobbs has well and truly jumped on the beauty fridge bandwagon by labelling this 42.2 x 32.3 x 32.5 cm fridge as such. In fact, it can be used for storing anything, from your personal supply of Tony’s Chocolonely to that posh vintage cheddar you don’t want anyone else getting their paws on. Holds 14 litres.

Keep your beers, ciders and cocktail tinnies ready for your next gathering with this 50L glass-fronted fridge that comes with two wire shelves to maximise the space. It features compression cooling with a range of 3 to 18 degrees. Not only is it low noise (at 42dB) but its low energy too (using 66kWh), which makes it ideal to install in areas like a bedroom or living room. There’s also a lock for an additional layer of security.

If you heart bold style, a Coca-Cola branded fridge from Husky could work well in your interior scheme. The box design measures 51 x 43 x 47cm and can hold a surprising 43 litres in its cavernous depths. Not bad for a mini fridge.

Coming in at just over £100, Bush’s table top fridge is giving us chills. The all-black design is billed as a drinks chiller, and as far as we can discern, that means it has a glass instead of an opaque door. There are two shelves so you can adjust the levels as required. It’s the sort of thing you might spot behind a bar and will smarten up your home drinking experience.

In our view, there are a few markers of adulthood when it comes to the home: fresh flowers in a proper vase, a dedicated spot for your keys, and a mini fridge for the sole purpose of storing booze. Russell Hobbs’ beer and wine fridge comes with shaped chrome wire racks that will hold your precious bottles of red, rose and fizz safely as well as a special lock to keep the pricier bottles out of harm’s way. There’s space for up to 12 x 75cl bottles or 38 cans and a temperature range of 5-18°C.

Got a Guinness fan to buy a gift for? Husky’s stout-branded fridge makes a perfect present for fans of the black stuff and it can hold 48 litres - that’s around 40 cans. The glass door is covered with gold livery making out the founder’s name, Arthur Guinness, and the temperature can go down to 6°C, leaving every sip tasting like it’s fresh out of St James’s Gate. Ideal for impressing your mates at the next match viewing.

Experience three levels of coolness with Klarstein’s 35L fridge. The mini design features two shelves and interior lighting that illuminates when opened. Sleek and smart, it would be a welcome addition to a WFH office or games room.

Fridges aren’t known for entering beauty contests, but if they did, this is the one who would walk away with the tiara, bouquet and sash. Smoko’s put the fun in mini fridges with this design, made to look like a whimsical character. Your new friend can hold four litres of your most treasured beauty lotions and skincare heroes. As the temperature ranges from 13 - 18 degrees, it’s not ideal for food, but for the beauty lover who wants to store in style, this is unmissable.

Add a minibar to your guest room with this 15L cooler, which can be used on the move too thanks to the 12V car cigarette lighter socket. If you want to use it at home, a mains socket is included. The shelf and door shelf should be enough to keep essentials chilled.

If you need to store things at a precise temperature (such as medicines or breastmilk), having a fridge with an LCD display on the front can be a lifesaver. Available in pink and white as well as this mint green, it’s small but sweet with enough space to keep eight 330ml cans at the perfect temperature.

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