BougeRV 12V Portable Refrigerator Fridge Freezer Portable Car Fridge 53 Quart Electric Cooler12V/24V DC 110~240 V AC for RV Truck Jeep Pickup SUV Van Boat Camping Tailgating Road Trip Outdoor Travel

We bought a 19 quart car refrigerator a few years ago, not sure if we'd like it. Turns out that we ended up fighting for space in it. We both have unusual dietary needs, and a desire to save money on longer road trips (we bring our own lunch food with us), so I took to looking for a larger refrigerator. This 53 quart refrigerator fit the bill.There are only a few minor drawbacks. First, I would have preferred it to be a little shorter, as a little extra width or length wouldn't have bothered us. Even in a crossover where I removed the seat, there still was limited room to open the top. It won't even fit into the trunk of our spare car--I have to rig something up to carry it in the back seat, buckling it in sideways so it doesn't move around.Second, there are two compartments inside. I understand why/ how there are two compartments, but one of them is not surrounded by coils and therefore doesn't get as cold. (The space beneath this compartment houses the compressor and fan. So, you're not getting a full 53 quart capacity of uniformly refrigerated space. But we use the space for items that need to be chilled, but not as crucial as things like meat and dairy. On the other hand, it's handy to have that extra pocket where I can toss in a couple sets of silverware just so they're not buried in our other baggage.The third drawback is that the fridge does not have Bluetooth. Our smaller fridge, while nowhere near as well made, does have Bluetooth so I can monitor the temperature, adjust it up or down as needed, or switch from normal to eco mode. It would have been nice to have this.Finally, this refrigerator's eco mode does not cool as well as our older refrigerator. On the older one, it changed the timing of the compressor cycles yet still seemed to hold the temperature well over the course of a day. With the new one, it struggles to get to our set temperature if placed in eco mode. Even after we've chilled it at max mode for a few hours, switching to eco mode makes the temperature drift up over time. However, given our power situation (more on that below), I'm OK with running it in max mode.The power rating seems to be somewhat correct. Eco mode does indeed make the fridge run at about 45 watts of consumption. I didn't see a rating for max mode, but looking at usage on our power station, it seems to consume about 70 watts while in operation. Note that once it is cooled off, the compressor cycles on and off to hold the temperature, so it's not like it's going to pull 70 watts steadily once it is at operating temperature. It claims to consume "far less than 1kwh/day" but I can't really agree with that. I ran a test yesterday with our power station, which can provide 1056wh total, and after several hours it was estimated to run out of power in about 11½ hours. It was a warmer day, but much of it was driving with the AC on, so not too hot inside the car.But despite all that, if this refrigerator is run in max mode, it chills the items really well in the main compartment. A couple of times, I found that a couple of the drinks had started to get ice crystals in them (when the temp was set at 36 degrees), so I know it gets nice and chilly in there! One thing I like, too, is that the handles bolt directly into the frame of the refrigerator, so you can carry this by the handles and not worry about the breaking. (Our smaller fridge has flimsy plastic handles popped into the plastic outer shell. I try to avoid using those.)I did purchase the extra insulated, fitted cover for this fridge, as I wanted to help shield it from intense heat. I never used it without this cover, so I don't know how effective it is. But it fits well, and provides four straps that can be configured to help hold it in place. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08BXY5T7GFor the old fridge, I used an Anker 521 portable power unit which offers 256wh of capacity. I primarily purchased it so power would remain uninterrupted when the vehicle is switched off (you don't want to rapidly cycle any compressor on or off), and to provide power for an hour or two if stopping somewhere. But I was realizing that if we stopped for 4-5 hours somewhere, or even spent an entire day in one place, it would power the fridge only for about five hours at the most. I've since replaced the 521 with an Anker Solix C1000, which has 1056wh capacity. Given my test yesterday, it can run this refrigerator over 11 hours purely on battery power. Unfortunately the C1000 will only charge at about 110 watts from a 12 volt outlet (which means a net charging input of only 40w when the refrigerator is running), but I'm planning on wiring my next vehicle with a 120V inverter with a 500 watt output so I will be able to recharge it quicker while driving (probably at the 300w or 400w setting, meaning I would get a net charging power of 230w or 330w when the refrigerator is drawing 70w).We still use the old refrigerator for day excursions but this larger refrigerator is good for longer road trips, and for those times we stop at the farm market early in the day and saves us driving a distance home to drop off the food when we have other activities scheduled. Once you've owned one, you wonder how you lived without it!

Works. Chills. Freezes. Quiet. Be aware, the door hinges on the shorter side, so it's a long narrow opening style of cooler. For the 2 compartments, there is only temperature setting. It's a balancing act of keeping the "refrigerator" part chilled but not frozen and the "freezer" part colder to keep stuff frozen not just chilled. Have to remember there's no battery, keep it plugged into something powered like a large power bank (EcoFlow/Jackery, we're looking at you). The spring-loaded handles are great idea, the springs are very strong; I tuck the corded transformer into one handle as a holder. For the size, it's not very heavy, maybe 20 pounds?, easy to carry and load into the vehicle. But this 42Qt is on the small side due to the permanently split compartments, so a larger volume will be much heavier. The feet are small rubber pads, it doesn't really slide. That would be the next improvement. This size cooler when loaded of course will be too heavy to carry, nice to add wheels or an easy way to mount to a hand truck/cart. Bottom line, for the price, form and function, I recommend this.

tl;dr - (53Qt Version) I love it with the understanding that this can be either a fridge, or a freezer - but not really both. The the (much) smaller "fridge" compartment runs almost exactly 15F blow the setting of the "freezer" section, as stated in the product description. Nice to see a company that is actually honest in the specs :D. That means if you want the fridge compartment to be 45-ish, set the thing to 30F. Be aware - it is tall - it won't fit in my Subaru Legacy trunk. This is actually a good thing - helps keep the cold in when you open it and minimizes the footprint. See pics with a 12" ruler for scale.I purchased this for an event I am going to at the end of September 2024 - where I will be totally off grid, but wanted to bring some frozen foods. I've had it for a couple of weeks doing some pretty significant stress testing, and I'm very happy with it. Testing was performed using a thermal load of 8 already frozen16oz water bottles - you have to have some kind of load to even out the temps. Set the control to maintain a 10F temperature (this temp was used for all testing below). Used the AC adaptor to 'prime' the system - pulled down to the preset of 10 degrees. Temperature stability was not that great +5/-2, and the sides felt cold to the touch - meaning the insulation could use a little help. IMHO, that should be included, but whatever. Ordered the cover and that smoothed things out. Just remember to add $70 to the price when you buy it. I then moved it outside. First with the AC adaptor, temperature was maintained at 10F +/- 3 on the high power setting. Abient was as high as 110F in the shade and yet it kept up. After a few days of that, switched to running on battery power in economy mode - initially with a older 20Ah 12V LiFePO4 battery inside where the ambient was about 77F for the entire time. The 20Ah battery gave me about 11 hours of runtime (with the protection switch set to high) before cutting out on low voltage. Upgraded to a 30AH battery and at 12hours I still had ~30% charge. Finally, the stress test - using a 120W "12v" panel, MPPT charge controller, and the 30AH battery I put the whole mess outdoors. Ambient during the day has been around 95F-100F, evenings dropping to low 70s. It's been running on that system for 3 days, only on the solar system. - the panel is producing about 5A - which is enough to both charge the battery, and take on the daytime operation. The battery easily ran it overnight. If I had it set to a more reasonable temperature as a fridge (35F or so), I suspect even the 20Ah battery would have been ok. Some things to be aware of, especially since it's so tall I can see it getting put inside the passenger compartment - it has to be able to breathe. This means do *NOT* put on the seat with one of the vents against the seat back - it won't cool worth a darn, will eat your battery, and quite possibly overheat. That means only put the *short* side against anything,and I would say give it 10" minimum clearance to either side. I did verify with the manufacturer that for normal road travel, and even mildly bumpy off road, so long as the cooler is kept to within 35degrees of flat, it's safe to operate. Which means taking into consideration the tilt of your seat if you put it there.

Good refrigerator that consumes little power. Used for 4 days and 4 nights on a camping trip with daytime highs in the 80’s and nighttime lows in the low 50’s. Always kept in the shade. Jackery 1000 went from 100% to 20% powering fridge. Temperature inside kept at 37 F. Not a true dual zone refrigerator. Temperature set on Eco mode.