To whomever recommended placing a bucket of ice in the chiller:

[brillohead]

The most I would plan on for a "medical refrigerator" would be something that can hold 4-6 cans.  I've seen a few different designs on a few different ships.  

 

[teddie]

6 minutes ago, brillohead said:

The most I would plan on for a "medical refrigerator" would be something that can hold 4-6 cans.  I've seen a few different designs on a few different ships.  

 

That's pretty much what the one we were given would hold; more like 4; 6 cans would be pushing it.  

 

Teddie

[Pellaz]

On 2/14/2023 at 8:49 PM, Wineaux007 said:

It was chilled enough that I wouldn't have to find the need or even think of putting an ice bucket inside.  Maybe some coolers on other ships didn't work as well as the one I had.  It seemed my cooler was  closer to a real refrigerator.   Maybe it was.  🙄  

 

You may have been fairly lucky.  On my Freedom cruise last month the cooler barely felt cold at all inside when I first checked it.   That was something I was afraid of; my recent cruises on another line have all featured regular refrigerators.  

On 2/15/2023 at 8:59 AM, RobInMN said:

People are going to have different experiences on different ships and different rooms, even different weather. From other threads, people have reported that newer ships may have actual refrigerators, and not just coolers. From what I understand, if you have a cooler, they can not cool beyond 'x' (35F??) degrees lower than the ambient temperature. If your cooler is in a cabinet, the heat is contained, making the ambient temperature higher. If you open the cabinet door, you can lower the ambient temperature and therefore lower the cooler's inside temperature. I think age, cleanliness of the heat transfer mechanisms could also affect your experience. Wonder if humidity has an effect?

 

I'm sure all of those have an effect.  I propped open the door to the cooler cabinet on my Freedom cruise...and by the third day, my sodas were "acceptably" cold.  So in that case, it appeared that the additional ventilation DID make a difference.