12 volt compressor cooler/freezer

[dpitt]

3 hours ago, BilletHead said:

   Thanks for asking Cody,

     Propane and 120V work great if unit is shaded. 12 volt is just to maintain and both units we have had in truck campers would not maintain worth a darn. Older camper would not work with propane on road. This camper and unit would burn propane down the road. The trip west was brutal headed south west for first deal in New Mexico. A couple places were well into the 100s. Both freezer and fridge steadily gained temperature. Made it to Albuquerque. It was hot all night. AC took care of us but fridge slowly recovered. I had indoor outdoor thermometers. Outside sending units were placed into fridge and freezer compartment. Next stop first fishing place in New Mexico mallard breasts beginning to thaw in camper freezer. Darned The bad luck had to eat them. We were moving almost daily so unit could not catch up properly. I actually had three indoor outdoor thermometers in the front of the truck going down the road. Camper fridge and freezer, plus the 12v cooler. From my report you know which one was perfect. 

Mouth Watering healthy looking meal,  looking forward to the New Mexico report, don't know much about the fisheries over and down there.

[BilletHead]

4 minutes ago, dpitt said:

Mouth Watering healthy looking meal,  looking forward to the New Mexico report, don't know much about the fisheries over and down there.

         New Mexico, Arizona, Montana and Wyoming. It's all about native trout. I need to get this thing together. Just dragging my feet. 

[Devan S.]

14 hours ago, BilletHead said:

         New Mexico, Arizona, Montana and Wyoming. It's all about native trout. I need to get this thing together. Just dragging my feet. 

Woah woah woah....depending on how you went...Utah and Colorado are fly over states now. Man this trip must be good. 

[BilletHead]

5 minutes ago, Devan S. said:

Woah woah woah....depending on how you went...Utah and Colorado are fly over states now. Man this trip must be good. 

            It just was a plan to get some fish to finish out the second challenge of the native fish challenge. Goofy as it is to some you know the deal Devan.  We love a challenge and the story of the trip that goes along with that. Gets us out of the mundane Midwest trout fishing. Not that we don't take advantage of that or look down on it. There is no comparison from fish where we live to where they live and belong in native ranges. I do wish Montana would get off their method of thinking in the challenge. 

[Devan S.]

I feel bad...because of the way Montana does the challenge...we basically skipped right over all of the good stuff. 

I'm down to Alaska and getting a Paiute.

[gotmuddy]

16 hours ago, BilletHead said:

              I may have confused you, Cody. The origional fridge in the camper is the old Evaporative type. You might ask others about how well they work on 12V but our dealings and what we have read is that it only maintains some.  Our Friend @grizwilson has the new type in his camper. I could go that route and replace mine with that type, but I would rather go with these smaller models and use for dual purpose not only camping but for day trips, Motel trips or grocery shopping.  We are totally sold on this new type of 12V fridge.

No confusion here. I am very well versed in the evaporative fridges used in campers.  I have never operated one on 12v, only 110 or gas.  the small amount of time I have used my ARB fridge I have been extremely impressed.  I could only see using a evaporative fridge if your somewhere where power is inaccessible, but you can carry propane to.