Its nice to see a fresh video. We recently bought a Dometic CFX3 55IM with the little ice tray shelf. There is nothing like a few ice cubes in your evening cocktails. We also bought the Jackery Explorer 1000 solar generator and a couple of Jackery Solar Saga 100w solar panels. The E1000 supplies 60+ hours of power for the Dometic fridge. Here in California we are now ready for camping or power outages due to windstorms, earthquakes, or civil unrest. Its good to see your smiling face and hear your positive attitude. Keep up the great videos!
Thank You So Much. Sounds like you have a great setup! I am jealous about the ice! I need them for my drink which is a Covid-Tini Its just like a martini but you drink it alone! Regards =Cosmo
Cosmo: I understand about you missing your ice supply. Those portable ice makers are a SWEET thing to travel with. You can have ice in 10 to 15 minutes and shut it off once you have a small bowl full. About all the big box stores carry them online. Could that be an option? I have to have my occasional coRONA-RITA. It's like a Margherita plus a shot (or two) of Triplesec.
@@kanuckster1 Nice its amazing how comfortable camping id becoming with great technology! Thank You for watching. Check my other videos th-cam.com/users/cosmoweemsvideos SUBSCRIBE th-cam.com/users/cosmoweems
good call on including the lost space for ice. People commonly use 50L coolers, and think a 35L is a downsize, but in reality you can fit more food/drinks in a 35L fridge than a 50L cooler with appropriate amount of ice. I usually bring a small cooler with 1 bag of ice for drinks. Then after the fridge space opens up I start moving drinks to the fridge. Plus gives you ice for the first day or two
Thanks Tom. Sounds like your building a good system. I need Ice for my Covid-tini. Its just like a Martini but you drink it alone. Be well. -Regards =Cosmo
Great information. I am a southwest desert 4x4 pickup truck camper with a yeti type cooler. I added to my truck a small Dometic 12v freezer, a Jackery 500, and a Solar Saga 100 watt solar panel. I have very good results rotating freezer blocks and avoiding ice with this set up. I can fall back to ice if there is an enroute failure.
That's correct. I can either use freezer jell blocks or drain off the cold cooler water and refreeze it in a plastic container. The Dometic goes down to 0 F
Here are all the details on my freezer / cooler combo. First to answer your last question a 1/2 quart of 40 F water took about 12 hours to freeze to 0 F and brought the J 500 down to 40 percent charge. The longest trip I made using the freezer / cooler system was 5 weeks . The trip was a Seattle WA to El Paso Texas round trip last September. Lots of sun , lots of driving ( freezer ran on trucks 12 V), and some hot days 90 +. I maintained a 40 F cooler through out the trip. I had 18 4"x7"x2" Cryoblocks, a Dometic CDF 11 that could hold 6 Cryoblocks , an Orca 48 cooler
Orca 48 qt cooler, a Jackery 500, and a Solar Saga 100 . I would rotate six Cryoblocks daily through out the trip. I haven't done this long enough to know if the freezer can handle the long compressor runs if it can it will be cheaper than ice. If it can't, oh well another not so bright idea.
Hi Cosmo, I much appreciate your review of the Dometic refer - all your reviews are informative and appreciated. For the record I/we have a CLC self-built teardrop. Also for the record I seriously considered a Dometic and other portable refrigerators - am still considering them, to the point I gave brief consideration of removing the Dometic from my 1983 VW Westfalia camper and then thought about the nightmare of putting decades old technology into my lovingly handcrafted TD, Honu. But then Visa gave me an ultimatum to cash in my miles. One of the options was a Yeti Tundra 45 and I’m very happy with it. While I dispute some of your number$, which give your Dometic the economic edge, I very much see many of the advantages of low power refrigeration you cite. I also see the vast solar array, heavy AGM batteries with a complex system of controllers and regulators. Yes you are producing videos and other power consuming functions that my spartan 650 pound TD lacks (I run the whole show on a 150 watt solar generator and a 60 watt solar panel and have never been wanting for electricity.). If my Yeti goes down, my fix is to stop at the next gas station or grocery store and buy a bag of ice. This brings up the cost of ice. I’ve only bought ice in Oregon and California. In most cities I pay $2.00 per 8 to 10 lbs. In more rural settings around $2.50 a bag. I pre-cool the Yeti with the ice from my refrigerator's automatic ice maker (That can’t cost much.). Heading out I fuel up the Crosstrex and buy a $2.00 bag of ice, which lasts close to a week (I’ve not been out in really hot weather where I assume it would warm and melt faster.). If I were a bit more disciplined I would harvest the ice maker tray and start another batch for the road, where I could conceivably go maybe 5 to 7 days with something close to free ice. Certainly when my wife retires next year and we head out on an extended North American odyssey, we will be buying market rate ice to have a cold cider in the evening. It’s a bit of a red herring to hold Yeti to their 15 lbs of ice claim. There’s no way I could put that much ice in it and still have room for food and drinks. Sleeping bags have temperature ratings. A bag rated at 30 deg F does not mean you will be toasty warm when the temperature drops to the rated temperature. It means there is an industry rating standard that calculates heat retention and heat loss. As far as I know there is no such standard for coolers, but there are dozens of TH-cam videos of fishing and sports outfitters filling a line up of coolers to the brim with ice and Budweiser, setting them out in the Florida sun. So the default standard is how long can you keep a half rack of beer cold. Yeti is always at or near the top of the coldest finalists. So I don’t think we can fault Yeti stuffing 15 lbs of ice to be TH-cam competitive. About food and packaging getting wet and soggy. My Yeti has two wire baskets, which keep the most moisture vulnerable high and dry. There is a divider down the middle. In one side goes the ice, drinks and other items that can stay wet and handle the rigors of jostling around with the ice. On the other side, the drain side, I fashioned an inch high plastic grate to help keep more water fragile items dry enough most of the time. The grate also acts to keep the drain clear of debris. Attached to the drain is a ¼ inch hose with a valve which allows the ice melt to be siphoned out easily. Now there’s “drive-over”/“drive through” country to consider. I don’t mind dropping a few dollars into the local economies of the places I'm visiting or driving through. I’m hard pressed not to stop at a farmers’ market or an attractive fruit stand, many of which have ice for sale. We like to taste the land and meet the people where we are exploring. Big RVs that buy $500 of food and drinks at Walmart are doing far less economically for the countryside economies than the lowly teardrop with a few days worth of food purchased from a local mom and pop general store. Thinking a bit more about it, I suppose if a vital part of greater the Dometic system went down one could always toss a bag of ice in and carry on. I saw a review of the Iceco portable refrigerator on a Playing With Sticks TH-cam video. It is apparently designed to run on shore, 12 vdc and/or ice. The PWS folks run their Iceco on a 260 watt solar generator and a hundred watt solar panel in Alaska. I find Iceco very appealing but for now the simplicity of the Yeti won the day and my Visa miles. Please keep your video coming. They are both entertaining and very informative to a new teardroper like myself. Happy camping and stay safe out there, Robert, the Western Flyer
Thank You for the analysis of frig vs cooler. Thanks to you I am in the process of thinking of designing a small camper like yours so we can get away on weekends. Keep up the great work and stay safe.
Thanks Guy. A friend of mine wrote a book on building teardrop trailers. You may find it helpful. He says it will help builders avoid expensive mistakes and leaks! amzn.to/3dIylNX I hope my videos help too. Be well and thanks for dropping in =Cosmo
I think either the pandemic pushed up the price or its a discontinued model Not sure. Well you will have to camp a lot more to break even - not such a bad goal! Regards =Cosmo
Happy to see you back again. I've been out a few times with my recently acquired 2012 T@B, so I'm learning lots. Wish I could get across the border to get to my fishing haunts in the Dacks, but this time with Fr@nklin instead of a tent. Stay safe in your travels.
Thank You. I am going on the road for a few days and search for boondocking n PA. I will avoid all bathrooms and bring everything I need. Feels somewhat like a Mad Max movie. It does add a bit of adventure! Regards =Cosmo
Great review. I have had the cfx28 for nearly two years and love it. We travel cross country a couple of times a year and boondock in Arizona during the Winter, including all of 2020, so it gets used plenty. I plan on purchasing a second one to use strictly as a freezer. Happy travels Cosmo.
I like your channel Cosmo - thx. I have similar fridge and found that a small battery fan fan keeps temperature more even. You can set thermostat a few degrees warmer which saves power too. Got fan on-line battery lasts a long time
Thanms Simon. I use the fan too for the same reason I tested it and it does indeed even out the cooling. Sometimes the fridge is so full I have to eat enough room to fit the fan. Not a bad problem to have. ha ha ha. Regards =Cosmo
Thanks Norman. Good luck with your search. Keep an eye out for wattage figures on the model you are considering, Going electric can be done! Regards =Cosmo
Tape and scissors. Took about 30 min. Purchased the Reflexit at Lowes. About $20. It adds almost no insulation but it does reflect radiant heat (sun) so it does help which cuts doen on electric consumption =Cosmo.
Trailer has 4 side windows that open plus 2 ventilation ports. There is a roof fan that circulates air and when its really hot I use a 12V fan. th-cam.com/video/u8yDCEr3ZvA/w-d-xo.html You can order the trailer with an air conditioner too. I am happy with the fans so I dont need that. Thank You for watching. Check my other videos th-cam.com/users/cosmoweemsvideos SUBSCRIBE th-cam.com/users/cosmoweems
Sure! I like it on the sweet side of dry. After dinner drink. I use 12.5 pounds of honey. 2 packets of Lalvin EC-118 yeast. I add 20 ounces of raisins. I let that ferment till it stops. That can take a year. If Its not clear I add more raisins when I rack it. I use a silicone air lock to prevent a wet airlock drying out. I use no chemicals. It gets quite a kick when you feed the brew with raisins when you rack. Enjoy! =Cosmo
We have a 2020 NuCamp T@G XL Boondock. It came with a Yeti, but has the 12V plug for a fridge. We are thinking about getting a fridge. Do you have vents in the floor or somewhere else for when the hatch is closed? Did you look at the Noracold before you got your Dometic? Great video btw 🤓
Thank You I put spacers around the fridge and which give is an inch of breathing room. It draws air from the side and rear and blows it out the front. I leave the sliders open when driving. I check it. It does not give off much heat. Closing the hatch is not an issue (for me). Since this was the only fridge that fit and its one of the lowest energy consumers I lucked out. Thanks for watching =Cosmo
Ya me too. Im itching to get back but waiting for situation to settle down first. We are not out of the woods yet but I cant wiat to get back to the woods.
I missed a great opportunity to get an ICECO GO20 a couple of weeks ago for $299. Out of stock now, but when they come back the price is $399. They have the good Danfoss (I think, it's a German compressor), so looking forward to having that. It's a good bit smaller than what CW is showing.
I did mention that in my monotone dialog. That cost would be about $1200 at the time I built my system. Which would be about 100 camping trips. My point is - calculate your costs for what you want to do and see what works best for you. Thanks for watching =Cosmo
Not sure what you are asking. I can charge the jackery or trailer with 12V car cigarette lighter connectors. Once Jackery is charged I can run the fridge on Jackery or trailer battery. You can plug the fridge into the car too. I hope this helps or restate the question. Thank You for watching. Check my other videos th-cam.com/users/cosmoweemsvideos SUBSCRIBE th-cam.com/users/cosmoweems
Great review of your refrigerator, cool! As i also crunch numbers..would be interesting to know how much was the amperage draw during a summerday 24 h..i assume its low unless some boxes are rated with 6,5 Amps?
For past few years I have been using a 25qt cooler from Cabela’s with frozen water bottles for ice (because I hate food swimming in ice melt). I can get at least 5 days, sometimes 7 days from the water bottle ice, plus have cold water to drink when melted. Was going to do a long summer trip this summer, but C19 got in the way, so moved that to next summer. I have been looking at a 20 Liter 12v compressor fridge either from Alpicool or the Go20 because tracking down ice far from home might be a pain, & as you point out kinda pricey.
Hi Tony! I did mention if you need to build out the infrastructure there are about $1K start up costs for that which requires more camping to break even.. Thanks for watching =Cosmo
@@CosmoWeems I was teasing. I have yet to get a bill for all the solar my little system had been sucking from the sun. Good video. Makes me think about getting one for the back of the truck.
Its nice to see a fresh video. We recently bought a Dometic CFX3 55IM with the little ice tray shelf. There is nothing like a few ice cubes in your evening cocktails. We also bought the Jackery Explorer 1000 solar generator and a couple of Jackery Solar Saga 100w solar panels. The E1000 supplies 60+ hours of power for the Dometic fridge. Here in California we are now ready for camping or power outages due to windstorms, earthquakes, or civil unrest.
Its good to see your smiling face and hear your positive attitude. Keep up the great videos!
Thank You So Much. Sounds like you have a great setup! I am jealous about the ice! I need them for my drink which is a Covid-Tini Its just like a martini but you drink it alone! Regards =Cosmo
Sounds like a really nice, well planned set up!
Cosmo:
I understand about you missing your ice supply. Those portable ice makers are a SWEET thing to travel with. You can have ice in 10 to 15 minutes and shut it off once you have a small bowl full. About all the big box stores carry them online. Could that be an option? I have to have my occasional coRONA-RITA. It's like a Margherita plus a shot (or two) of Triplesec.
yup, the CFX3 55im is fantastic. I got a couple of the Dometic PLB40 solar generators to keep it running for a long weekend
@@kanuckster1 Nice its amazing how comfortable camping id becoming with great technology! Thank You for watching. Check my other videos th-cam.com/users/cosmoweemsvideos
SUBSCRIBE th-cam.com/users/cosmoweems
good call on including the lost space for ice. People commonly use 50L coolers, and think a 35L is a downsize, but in reality you can fit more food/drinks in a 35L fridge than a 50L cooler with appropriate amount of ice. I usually bring a small cooler with 1 bag of ice for drinks. Then after the fridge space opens up I start moving drinks to the fridge. Plus gives you ice for the first day or two
Thanks Tom. Sounds like your building a good system. I need Ice for my Covid-tini. Its just like a Martini but you drink it alone. Be well. -Regards =Cosmo
Great information. I am a southwest desert 4x4 pickup truck camper with a yeti type cooler. I added to my truck a small Dometic 12v freezer, a Jackery 500, and a Solar Saga 100 watt solar panel. I have very good results rotating freezer blocks and avoiding ice with this set up. I can fall back to ice if there is an enroute failure.
You make ice and rotate it into the cooler for unlimited cooling? Do I have that right? =Cosmo
That's correct. I can either use freezer jell blocks or drain off the cold cooler water and refreeze it in a plastic container. The Dometic goes down to 0 F
Thank You! Nice how long to freeze how big a container? of water =Cosmo
Here are all the details on my freezer / cooler combo. First to answer your last question a 1/2 quart of 40 F water took about 12 hours to freeze to 0 F and brought the J 500 down to 40 percent charge.
The longest trip I made using the freezer / cooler system was 5 weeks . The trip was a Seattle WA to El Paso Texas round trip last September. Lots of sun , lots of driving ( freezer ran on trucks 12 V), and some hot days 90 +. I maintained a 40 F cooler through out the trip. I had 18 4"x7"x2" Cryoblocks, a Dometic CDF 11 that could hold 6 Cryoblocks , an Orca 48 cooler
Orca 48 qt cooler, a Jackery 500, and a Solar Saga 100 . I would rotate six Cryoblocks daily through out the trip. I haven't done this long enough to know if the freezer can handle the long compressor runs if it can it will be cheaper than ice. If it can't, oh well another not so bright idea.
Hi Cosmo,
I much appreciate your review of the Dometic refer - all your reviews are informative and appreciated. For the record I/we have a CLC self-built teardrop. Also for the record I seriously considered a Dometic and other portable refrigerators - am still considering them, to the point I gave brief consideration of removing the Dometic from my 1983 VW Westfalia camper and then thought about the nightmare of putting decades old technology into my lovingly handcrafted TD, Honu.
But then Visa gave me an ultimatum to cash in my miles. One of the options was a Yeti Tundra 45 and I’m very happy with it. While I dispute some of your number$, which give your Dometic the economic edge, I very much see many of the advantages of low power refrigeration you cite.
I also see the vast solar array, heavy AGM batteries with a complex system of controllers and regulators. Yes you are producing videos and other power consuming functions that my spartan 650 pound TD lacks (I run the whole show on a 150 watt solar generator and a 60 watt solar panel and have never been wanting for electricity.). If my Yeti goes down, my fix is to stop at the next gas station or grocery store and buy a bag of ice. This brings up the cost of ice. I’ve only bought ice in Oregon and California. In most cities I pay $2.00 per 8 to 10 lbs. In more rural settings around $2.50 a bag. I pre-cool the Yeti with the ice from my refrigerator's automatic ice maker (That can’t cost much.). Heading out I fuel up the Crosstrex and buy a $2.00 bag of ice, which lasts close to a week (I’ve not been out in really hot weather where I assume it would warm and melt faster.). If I were a bit more disciplined I would harvest the ice maker tray and start another batch for the road, where I could conceivably go maybe 5 to 7 days with something close to free ice. Certainly when my wife retires next year and we head out on an extended North American odyssey, we will be buying market rate ice to have a cold cider in the evening.
It’s a bit of a red herring to hold Yeti to their 15 lbs of ice claim. There’s no way I could put that much ice in it and still have room for food and drinks. Sleeping bags have temperature ratings. A bag rated at 30 deg F does not mean you will be toasty warm when the temperature drops to the rated temperature. It means there is an industry rating standard that calculates heat retention and heat loss. As far as I know there is no such standard for coolers, but there are dozens of TH-cam videos of fishing and sports outfitters filling a line up of coolers to the brim with ice and Budweiser, setting them out in the Florida sun. So the default standard is how long can you keep a half rack of beer cold. Yeti is always at or near the top of the coldest finalists. So I don’t think we can fault Yeti stuffing 15 lbs of ice to be TH-cam competitive.
About food and packaging getting wet and soggy. My Yeti has two wire baskets, which keep the most moisture vulnerable high and dry. There is a divider down the middle. In one side goes the ice, drinks and other items that can stay wet and handle the rigors of jostling around with the ice. On the other side, the drain side, I fashioned an inch high plastic grate to help keep more water fragile items dry enough most of the time. The grate also acts to keep the drain clear of debris. Attached to the drain is a ¼ inch hose with a valve which allows the ice melt to be siphoned out easily.
Now there’s “drive-over”/“drive through” country to consider. I don’t mind dropping a few dollars into the local economies of the places I'm visiting or driving through. I’m hard pressed not to stop at a farmers’ market or an attractive fruit stand, many of which have ice for sale. We like to taste the land and meet the people where we are exploring. Big RVs that buy $500 of food and drinks at Walmart are doing far less economically for the countryside economies than the lowly teardrop with a few days worth of food purchased from a local mom and pop general store.
Thinking a bit more about it, I suppose if a vital part of greater the Dometic system went down one could always toss a bag of ice in and carry on. I saw a review of the Iceco portable refrigerator on a Playing With Sticks TH-cam video. It is apparently designed to run on shore, 12 vdc and/or ice. The PWS folks run their Iceco on a 260 watt solar generator and a hundred watt solar panel in Alaska. I find Iceco very appealing but for now the simplicity of the Yeti won the day and my Visa miles.
Please keep your video coming. They are both entertaining and very informative to a new teardroper like myself.
Happy camping and stay safe out there,
Robert, the Western Flyer
Thanks Robert Will be posting more soon on this fridge.
Thanks for watching =Cosmo
Thank You for the analysis of frig vs cooler. Thanks to you I am in the process of thinking of designing a small camper like yours so we can get away on weekends. Keep up the great work and stay safe.
Thanks Guy. A friend of mine wrote a book on building teardrop trailers. You may find it helpful. He says it will help builders avoid expensive mistakes and leaks! amzn.to/3dIylNX I hope my videos help too. Be well and thanks for dropping in =Cosmo
Amazon has this for just about 1,000. Thats a lot of ice. Happy to see a Cosmo video tonight!
I think either the pandemic pushed up the price or its a discontinued model Not sure. Well you will have to camp a lot more to break even - not such a bad goal! Regards =Cosmo
Happy to see you back again. I've been out a few times with my recently acquired 2012 T@B, so I'm learning lots. Wish I could get across the border to get to my fishing haunts in the Dacks, but this time with Fr@nklin instead of a tent. Stay safe in your travels.
Thank You. I am going on the road for a few days and search for boondocking n PA. I will avoid all bathrooms and bring everything I need. Feels somewhat like a Mad Max movie. It does add a bit of adventure! Regards =Cosmo
Welcome back. Been a while since i have enjoyed your videos. I have been unable to get my teardrop out this season due to covid.
Bummer RV sales have skyrocketed, Nature is the best, safest vacation available right now. Hang in there. Better days are comoing =Cosmo
Great review. I have had the cfx28 for nearly two years and love it. We travel cross country a couple of times a year and boondock in Arizona during the Winter, including all of 2020, so it gets used plenty. I plan on purchasing a second one to use strictly as a freezer.
Happy travels Cosmo.
Thanks Debbie . Check my other videos th-cam.com/users/cosmoweemsvideos
SUBSCRIBE th-cam.com/users/cosmoweems
We are enjoying ours and the Jackery 1000 thanks to you!
Ha ha ha ha ha. Good one Mike! Thanks for watching =Cosmo
I like your channel Cosmo - thx. I have similar fridge and found that a small battery fan fan keeps temperature more even. You can set thermostat a few degrees warmer which saves power too. Got fan on-line battery lasts a long time
Thanms Simon. I use the fan too for the same reason I tested it and it does indeed even out the cooling. Sometimes the fridge is so full I have to eat enough room to fit the fan. Not a bad problem to have. ha ha ha. Regards =Cosmo
COSMO Where have you been. Good seeing another video.
Thank You WF Hoping I can get out more in July. Nothing like nature to floss the mind. Thanks for dropping in! Regards =Cosmo
🌟 Great Review! Exactly the video I was looking for! An update after using for a couple of years. Helpful details answered my questions -Thank You!👍
Thanks for watching =Cosmo
Thanks for this I’m in the market for a domestic and i appreciate your cost breakdown
Thanks Norman. Good luck with your search. Keep an eye out for wattage figures on the model you are considering, Going electric can be done! Regards =Cosmo
Excellent review sir! Thank you :)
𝕋𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕜 𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕨𝕒𝕥𝕔𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘! ✅ Check my other videos th-cam.com/users/cosmoweemsvideos
SUBSCRIBE th-cam.com/users/cosmoweems =𝓒𝓸𝓼𝓶𝓸 ✅
Someone has got to crunch those numbers. They won't crunch themselves. Love your thoughts and vids.
Ha Thanks for watching Ken =Cosmo
Looks like it works well for you, was wondering how did you do the silver insulation and if it helps much.
Tape and scissors. Took about 30 min. Purchased the Reflexit at Lowes. About $20. It adds almost no insulation but it does reflect radiant heat (sun) so it does help which cuts doen on electric consumption =Cosmo.
Glad you're ok..
Thanks Maritza. I am doing fine and its good to hear from you. Odd times but we can get thru this OK - Just be careful (as I am) Regards =Cosmo
In the summer how are you keeping cool at night with this trailer? Curious. Enjoy your videos ,thank you
Trailer has 4 side windows that open plus 2 ventilation ports. There is a roof fan that circulates air and when its really hot I use a 12V fan. th-cam.com/video/u8yDCEr3ZvA/w-d-xo.html You can order the trailer with an air conditioner too. I am happy with the fans so I dont need that. Thank You for watching. Check my other videos th-cam.com/users/cosmoweemsvideos
SUBSCRIBE th-cam.com/users/cosmoweems
If you dont travel too much, how do you store the fridge? Keep it plugged in in the garage, make sure its warm during the winter?
Hi Connie. My garage does not get below freezing so the fridge sleeps in the trailer in the garage. So far so good. Regards =Cosmo
We need the hard apple cider recipe!!! Thanks Cosmo
Sure! I like it on the sweet side of dry. After dinner drink. I use 12.5 pounds of honey. 2 packets of Lalvin EC-118 yeast. I add 20 ounces of raisins. I let that ferment till it stops. That can take a year. If Its not clear I add more raisins when I rack it. I use a silicone air lock to prevent a wet airlock drying out. I use no chemicals. It gets quite a kick when you feed the brew with raisins when you rack. Enjoy! =Cosmo
We have a 2020 NuCamp T@G XL Boondock. It came with a Yeti, but has the 12V plug for a fridge. We are thinking about getting a fridge. Do you have vents in the floor or somewhere else for when the hatch is closed? Did you look at the Noracold before you got your Dometic? Great video btw 🤓
Thank You I put spacers around the fridge and which give is an inch of breathing room. It draws air from the side and rear and blows it out the front. I leave the sliders open when driving. I check it. It does not give off much heat. Closing the hatch is not an issue (for me). Since this was the only fridge that fit and its one of the lowest energy consumers I lucked out. Thanks for watching =Cosmo
Great review, Cosmo! How is the noise? Can you hear it from the sleeping compartment when it kicks on at night?
Hi Dennis. Its VERY quiet. Barely noticeable. I wish the home fridge was that quiet. =Cosmo
Cosmo Weems thank you! VERY helpful!
Keep more videos coming! Thank you!
Thanks for watching =Cosmo
Enjoy your vids Cosmo. Hope to see more adventures in the Adirondacks.
Ya me too. Im itching to get back but waiting for situation to settle down first. We are not out of the woods yet but I cant wiat to get back to the woods.
The big difference between a cheap/expensive fridge is a Danfoss compresser. They have a reputation like a Honda moter.
I missed a great opportunity to get an ICECO GO20 a couple of weeks ago for $299. Out of stock now, but when they come back the price is $399. They have the good Danfoss (I think, it's a German compressor), so looking forward to having that. It's a good bit smaller than what CW is showing.
Great thanks for sharing! =Cosmo
Long time between drinks good to see you again. Hard apple cider sounds good how about a vid on that. Cheers.
Ha Thanks CS. I may do a cider video. I make the cider in the fall when the apples are ready! Regards =Cosmo
In my opinion you need to factor in the cost of the power source.
You really need a solar system and leisure battery to run the refrigerator.
I did mention that in my monotone dialog. That cost would be about $1200 at the time I built my system. Which would be about 100 camping trips. My point is - calculate your costs for what you want to do and see what works best for you. Thanks for watching =Cosmo
Do you know if you can charge it with the 12V cigaratte lighter while driving and then charge it with a Jackery 500 power station?
Not sure what you are asking. I can charge the jackery or trailer with 12V car cigarette lighter connectors. Once Jackery is charged I can run the fridge on Jackery or trailer battery. You can plug the fridge into the car too. I hope this helps or restate the question. Thank You for watching. Check my other videos th-cam.com/users/cosmoweemsvideos
SUBSCRIBE th-cam.com/users/cosmoweems
Thank you
Great review of your refrigerator, cool!
As i also crunch numbers..would be interesting to know how much was the amperage draw during a summerday 24 h..i assume its low unless some boxes are rated with 6,5 Amps?
I have that info in multiple videos. Once the temp is stable it draws 44 watts an hour or about 3.8 amps an hour. Thanks for watching =Cosmo
@@CosmoWeems great information, thanks indeed! 👍
It’s good but I still have to buy ice because I use the other cooler drinks because you can’t fit everything in that one cooler.
Get an ice maker
Ya Ice machine and a massage chair! Regards =Cosmo
Dom frig for food in Vistabule. Yeti in the Subie for drinks. 😀
I want to camp near you! =Cosmo
Thanks. Good info.
Thanks for watching =Cosmo
How do you put everything in this one cooler
I un-package everything and plan carefully. The menu is planned in advance with space considerations. I can make it work =Cosmo
Great points!
Thanks Darryl Its good to be in fresh air again. Regards =Cosmo
Thanks good info
Thank You for watching. Check my other videos th-cam.com/users/cosmoweemsvideos
SUBSCRIBE th-cam.com/users/cosmoweems
You have to have a combination of both Food in Refrigerator and water, beer in cooler Just buy Storage behind your Teardrop from GBL Overland
Thanks =Cosmo
For past few years I have been using a 25qt cooler from Cabela’s with frozen water bottles for ice (because I hate food swimming in ice melt). I can get at least 5 days, sometimes 7 days from the water bottle ice, plus have cold water to drink when melted. Was going to do a long summer trip this summer, but C19 got in the way, so moved that to next summer. I have been looking at a 20 Liter 12v compressor fridge either from Alpicool or the Go20 because tracking down ice far from home might be a pain, & as you point out kinda pricey.
Some people use icemakers!
Thanks Karin. =Cosmo
But Cos! You failed to add in the cost of the solar power it burns.
Hi Tony! I did mention if you need to build out the infrastructure there are about $1K start up costs for that which requires more camping to break even.. Thanks for watching =Cosmo
@@CosmoWeems I was teasing. I have yet to get a bill for all the solar my little system had been sucking from the sun.
Good video. Makes me think about getting one for the back of the truck.
I feel like coolers are money suckers in the end. Much better to get a 12v fridge, IMO.
I agree! Regards =Cosmo
i just camped with a fridge for the first time..i stored boots in my yeti..im a new man
I hope the yeti cools your boots. Baw haw haw. Thanks for your input. =Cosmo