Is anyone familiar with this compressor fridge/freezer? It includes a small solar panel and Lithium battery which lasts ~10 hours. $480 on Woot today (6/30).
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Cruiserdrew
On the way there
Things look a bit misleading in that ad. They are trying to confuse you with bs. They call it "eco friendly" because you can charge it with a solar panel. If that's the case, everything is now "eco friendly". It isn't a solar powered refrigerator unless you happen to have a solar panel. I hate misleading disingenuous ads like this.
It says a 100 watt panel can charge the included battery in 4 hours. It does not say that it includes a panel. It sounds like the electronics might include a charge controller (no doubt a super cheap chinese PWM low power cc-these cost $5 on ebay)
The battery is TINY. 173 Wh is just enough to run it a short time, making this device fairly useless as a fixed camping fridge unless it's attached to your truck's 12 volt battery. I think you could do far better for much less, and have a better fridge to boot. In another part of the ad, it says the fridge uses 45 watts when running, so that's about 3 hours of run time on the on board battery.
So I would look at this as a no-name chinese refrigerator, with wheels and a tiny amount of onboard power that likely won't do much for you.
Stay away.
It says a 100 watt panel can charge the included battery in 4 hours. It does not say that it includes a panel. It sounds like the electronics might include a charge controller (no doubt a super cheap chinese PWM low power cc-these cost $5 on ebay)
The battery is TINY. 173 Wh is just enough to run it a short time, making this device fairly useless as a fixed camping fridge unless it's attached to your truck's 12 volt battery. I think you could do far better for much less, and have a better fridge to boot. In another part of the ad, it says the fridge uses 45 watts when running, so that's about 3 hours of run time on the on board battery.
So I would look at this as a no-name chinese refrigerator, with wheels and a tiny amount of onboard power that likely won't do much for you.
Stay away.
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