Many worldwide automotive & trucking manufacturers use Iceco units. Their compressors are made by Secop, a German company. They've sold over 2 million units and have a very good reputation.
We have a smaller version of the Iceco and love it!!! We keep the cooler in the backseat of our truck and charge it with a small Jackery. While we are traveling, the Jackery is charging. Works great!
Another important fact. You can have ice cream and frozen drinks at the beach or other hot location. We love ours (different brand same features) plus it gives you a backup if your rv fridge fails. Also my ram seats fold up with a cargo deck underneath. You could turn your sideways. Just make sure to leave room for ventilation.
I have a vl60 and performs fine in fridge mode. But with one zone as freezer it struggles to maintain 10 degree in 90 degree humid days. Compresser run almost constantly. Is this normal?
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That freezer is nice. You can really store some extra items in there. I was looking for places in my camper where I can store it. We are well under our total weight for the camper. At 60 pounds I was thinking we can store that under the bed. It’s super nice to have extra storage in the clamper for the perishable food. Thanks for sharing. I’m interested in buying that exact freezer after your review of it. Thank you.
Your back seats in Ram don’t fold up or down? Or just spin it around on seat with a spacer on back of seat for airflow to condenser & ratchet strap it securely. Just some options.👍
Fn high rollers with that fridge.Super jealous,I've wanted one for so long,just haven't been able to justify it.Meaning the wifey is like"do you really need that".And the answer is YES!🤣
We’ve had our VL60 for just under 2 years, it would never run on 12 volts, I thought it was our supply socket wiring, so we just used the 120 volt AC in our class A. We use it as a freezer on both sides @ zero degrees. Today it failed - the first indication was after we just added about 40% more cold food to freeze and it wouldn’t go below 16 degrees F. For a couple of days. Today I checked the temperatures in the morning and it was zero/zero and 4 hours later it was dead. Voltage to the VL60 was 120 ac at the end of the female side of the power cord and the fuse was intact (I checked it with a meter) there was no life in the display or any signs of functioning whatsoever. We absolutely loved this ICECO VL60 for the amount of food it could store, but it wasn’t perfect due to the 12 V dc non functioning. (You loose efficiency when inverting) so we will see how ICECO will respond to our repair claim. I’m not saying it’s a bad design, just that we’ve had bad luck, and hopefully we will be satisfied after we resolve the failure.
We run ours through our lion energy Safari LT. Just an added step of safety. But they are very efficient, theres a lot of ways to wire it. We might add a solar panel
I’m tired of dumping out stinky water and adding ice every day to my cooler I keep in the back of my rig. That Iceco would fit nicely and I could keep it running with my Jackery 500, or my Delta Pro, for sure. Ice being $3 a bag, I could have practically paid for the IceCo by now!
No Iceco doesn't have the best fridge/freezer. Iceco's are just Indel B's. Indel B supplies truck fridges to Paccar. Both Kenworth and Peterbilt. All run the Danfoss/Seacop compressor. My boss collects data on everything in his trucking company. He said out of the last 35 Peterbilts he owned had to replace 9 fridges. Over a 3 year period. When he went from Peterbilt to Volvo. Volvo runs Dometics, he's replaced 1 fridge in 3 years. All the Dometics are running the VMOSO3 compressor and the Truck Fridge Indel B's are Danfoss/Seacop. As far as longevity is concerned Engel/Norcold has the reputation as being the best. Snomaster, National Luna and ARB have a reputation as being excellent as well. Iceco's are pretty nice for the price. But I don't think they are as good as Dometics, Engels and the other ones stated above.
@@AdventureEndeavor A guy that works for us has a Iceco in his truck. The 45L that looks like yours. 3 years old and runs everyday as a freezer. Another guy has a brand new VL45pro. He's running it as a freezer. They are very nice for the price. I'm waiting to see how they fair after 5-6 years of hard use.
What the hell?? You didn't show the drinks after getting cold and how long it took to reach the desired temps. Also, no discussion on cons other than that the model you had was too big for your vehicle.
It gets even better when you factor in duty cycle. If it only runs 20 minutes out of every hour you're looking at an average draw of only 20w. Which is 480wh per day and can easily be handled by a single 100 watt solar panel.
Many worldwide automotive & trucking manufacturers use Iceco units. Their compressors are made by Secop, a German company. They've sold over 2 million units and have a very good reputation.
We love ours
We have a smaller version of the Iceco and love it!!! We keep the cooler in the backseat of our truck and charge it with a small Jackery. While we are traveling, the Jackery is charging. Works great!
That's so cool! I didn't realize they were that popular! We were using our lion energy Safari lt also!
@@AdventureEndeavor 95% of the time, we keep our the Iceco on "Eco" and works awesome!
Yeah thats what we have noticed as well!
Another important fact. You can have ice cream and frozen drinks at the beach or other hot location. We love ours (different brand same features) plus it gives you a backup if your rv fridge fails. Also my ram seats fold up with a cargo deck underneath. You could turn your sideways. Just make sure to leave room for ventilation.
Yes! The opportunities are endless!
I have a vl60 and performs fine in fridge mode. But with one zone as freezer it struggles to maintain 10 degree in 90 degree humid days. Compresser run almost constantly. Is this normal?
I'm not sure to be honest, I haven't run in those temps. I would reach out to iceco.
Nice vid. Y'all are still gaining subscribers. Been watching a while and just now subscribing. Really like you guys and love the channel. Keep it real, as y'all always seem to, and I see y'all going a long way. Appreciate all the hard work. Will be watching and praying for y'all's health and success. God bless.
Hey thanks for the killer comment! We really appreciate it!
Does it pull the same amount of power between the 12 volt versus the 110?
It will be different because it's 12volt compared to 110
That freezer is nice. You can really store some extra items in there. I was looking for places in my camper where I can store it. We are well under our total weight for the camper. At 60 pounds I was thinking we can store that under the bed. It’s super nice to have extra storage in the clamper for the perishable food. Thanks for sharing. I’m interested in buying that exact freezer after your review of it. Thank you.
Hey so glad you found it helpful. It's been great so far. The extra space is nice.
Your back seats in Ram don’t fold up or down? Or just spin it around on seat with a spacer on back of seat for airflow to condenser & ratchet strap it securely. Just some options.👍
Only the bottom folds up, and it's the whole bottom. I think we are going to find a 60/40 split seat.
Fn high rollers with that fridge.Super jealous,I've wanted one for so long,just haven't been able to justify it.Meaning the wifey is like"do you really need that".And the answer is YES!🤣
Yeah....same here. We have wanted one for a while. Show the wife this video, maybe it will change her mind lol 🤣😅
We’ve had our VL60 for just under 2 years, it would never run on 12 volts, I thought it was our supply socket wiring, so we just used the 120 volt AC in our class A. We use it as a freezer on both sides @ zero degrees. Today it failed - the first indication was after we just added about 40% more cold food to freeze and it wouldn’t go below 16 degrees F. For a couple of days. Today I checked the temperatures in the morning and it was zero/zero and 4 hours later it was dead. Voltage to the VL60 was 120 ac at the end of the female side of the power cord and the fuse was intact (I checked it with a meter) there was no life in the display or any signs of functioning whatsoever. We absolutely loved this ICECO VL60 for the amount of food it could store, but it wasn’t perfect due to the 12 V dc non functioning. (You loose efficiency when inverting) so we will see how ICECO will respond to our repair claim. I’m not saying it’s a bad design, just that we’ve had bad luck, and hopefully we will be satisfied after we resolve the failure.
Hopefully they help you guys out!
Did you just use the supplied 12v cord? Did you try cutting off the “cigarette lighter” end and rewrite it into a 12v distribution block?
Any updates?
@373achat it's worked great for us so far, on and off use. Still like it alot.
Great job. Band of Brothers and Sisters. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Thank you.
What kind of electrical set up is needed to run the VL60 in a vehicle reliably 24/7 ?
We run ours through our lion energy Safari LT. Just an added step of safety. But they are very efficient, theres a lot of ways to wire it. We might add a solar panel
@@AdventureEndeavor Thank you :) ...and you are charging this battery via the cigarette lighter outlet?
Yes we go through a cigarette lighter.
@@AdventureEndeavor nice. thank you very much!
I’m tired of dumping out stinky water and adding ice every day to my cooler I keep in the back of my rig. That Iceco would fit nicely and I could keep it running with my Jackery 500, or my Delta Pro, for sure. Ice being $3 a bag, I could have practically paid for the IceCo by now!
Yeah that's the thought for most. It adds up, we also live that after a trip we don't waste food
Could someone tell me where this unit is manufactured?
They are made in China
@@AdventureEndeavor Thanks!
You are welcome, thanks for checking out our channel.
No Iceco doesn't have the best fridge/freezer. Iceco's are just Indel B's. Indel B supplies truck fridges to Paccar. Both Kenworth and Peterbilt. All run the Danfoss/Seacop compressor. My boss collects data on everything in his trucking company. He said out of the last 35 Peterbilts he owned had to replace 9 fridges. Over a 3 year period. When he went from Peterbilt to Volvo. Volvo runs Dometics, he's replaced 1 fridge in 3 years. All the Dometics are running the VMOSO3 compressor and the Truck Fridge Indel B's are Danfoss/Seacop.
As far as longevity is concerned Engel/Norcold has the reputation as being the best. Snomaster, National Luna and ARB have a reputation as being excellent as well. Iceco's are pretty nice for the price. But I don't think they are as good as Dometics, Engels and the other ones stated above.
Thanks for the info! We really like this one.
@@AdventureEndeavor A guy that works for us has a Iceco in his truck. The 45L that looks like yours. 3 years old and runs everyday as a freezer. Another guy has a brand new VL45pro. He's running it as a freezer. They are very nice for the price. I'm waiting to see how they fair after 5-6 years of hard use.
Yeah that was our thought. Great to hear that they work well. Thanks for all the information.
I run over the road…I have 2 iceco vl65 they are excellent. I’ve had mine for a little over 2 years no problems..they never get shut off.
Dometic used to use the secop compressor for years until developing their own. The compressor has a favorable reputation.
Iceco came up in price. Better off getting the dometic
Possibly, we haven't had any issues. We would still recommend this one. Thanks for watching.
Normally I like your vlogs but this one seems like a long commercial
Sorry man! We were super excited about it. It's been working well. Thanks for watching.
What the hell?? You didn't show the drinks after getting cold and how long it took to reach the desired temps. Also, no discussion on cons other than that the model you had was too big for your vehicle.
They got cold in about 40 minutes. The unit is great overall all zero complaints. We have taken it offroad many times and it just keeps on ticking.
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60-65 watts is so minor a draw.
Yeah we are not super worried about it. We have two batteries in the ram and the Jeep as well. I think we might add a small solar panel down the road.
It gets even better when you factor in duty cycle. If it only runs 20 minutes out of every hour you're looking at an average draw of only 20w. Which is 480wh per day and can easily be handled by a single 100 watt solar panel.
Great little fridge!
Umm ya never showed us weather or not it froze the water bottle and how it did cooling your drinks 😂😂
It does well. Highly recommend freezing anything before though.
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