Land crunch and ballooning real estate prices are forcing us to rethink space at home. Not otherwise would so much thought have gone into designing wall-mounted televisions. Before we see that happening with refrigerators, you might want to concentrate on the minis for your studio apartment or one bedroom-hall apartment. If you are the type who likes to save your burgers and breezers from others, the mini can stock up your delights in your bedroom while others share the big refrigerator in your 1000 square feet apartment.

Mini or compact refrigerator type
Mini refrigerators are smaller than the regular-sized domestic refrigerators that most of us are familiar with. A mini refrigerator typically has a capacity ranging from around one-third to five-ninth of the capacity of normal-sized refrigerators: generally ranging from 50 to 100 litres.

Why should you have a mini?
Most of us can afford a regular sized refrigerator while we continue to aspire the high-end ones. But the mini is versatile. If you are living on your own, alone, say in a hostel room, or a studio for that matter, the mini can just about comfortably fit in your room, while stocking all your food items. Think about it this way: the mini will keep your weight in check too. You won't buy extra since you can't stock extra! Like we said before, the mini can complement your normal-sized refrigerator too -- just as your bedroom has a smallish TV , while your hall sports a large, flat screen LCD.

Now let's get real. Let's help you identify four real champs in the mini refrigerator space. Mind you, they don't like to be addressed as mini!

Also read: How to buy a refrigerator