Fridges

A plug in cooler is the direction I have been think about going.

 

I have the smaller Dometic 35 and the OEM sliding tray. I have an AGM starter battery with always-on power in the back. I power the fridge from that while driving. In camp, I have a 100Ah AGM mounted in a case behind the driver's seat (and strapped to the rear seat bottom bolts with a D-Ring). I power from that battery when camped. I use a 100W RockPals folding solar panel that connects via a Victron MPPT controller to charger either the 100Ah battery or my starter battery. It has all worked really well, and everything is completely removable.

If there is good solar at camp, I often just continue to run off the starter AGM battery and keep an eye on the charge level (via bluetooth app on the controller). I then have the 100Ah battery as a backup.

 

We have this fridge for going shopping to the big city (Springfield, MO) 1.5 hours away. Have had it for almost 2 years. Works good.
It lives in our Rav4 but gets swapped over to my 4Runner for road trips.

https://www.costco.com/massimo-cx50...SOoDFGFj97bGuO1yhcRq4e19Tbc1HKeGdisCKbEj19oKs



Some reviews:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLwLAj0iEhg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14WXRncVDyk

 

I've been running an ARB 50qt for a while now. I use a X2 Power group 34 AMG battery to keep everything running. Hasn't given my any issues. The ARB kept everything cold and fresh on my 2,500 mile road trip.

 

I’ve had the 40 Qt version from Costco for a year now. It’s been running 24/7 either on road trips or in the garage chilling my beer. I’m pretty happy with it.

On the road I connect it to a Jackery battery, which I charge from the 120V inverter output.

There are no real loop handles on the Massimo so I have it in the 60% back seat, seat bottom up, and held in place with a ratchet strap.

 

MTBChris what brand is your spare tire carrier

 

The Setpoint finally got to stretch its legs in the Ozarks this past week. Its nice to be able to go overlanding away from towns and not have to worry about ice. Also was able to fit a ton more stuff. I literally took my Yeti and gave it away to a dear friend. I'll never go back to a cooler.

 

My Dometic 75 qt dual zone on drawers and fridge drop slide.

 

Snomaster cl 60 running off battleborn lithium 100ah battery with redarc bcdc 1240d and victron bms. Adding 1000w inverter for my wife’s hair dryer and heated blanket as well as any other 110accessories she wants.

 

How did you get a 75 to fit on top of the drawers and still allow the hatch to close? That’s why I got rid of mine and went with the smaller snomaster.

 

I dropped the passenger side rear seat and moved the slide forward a tad. Probably clear it if I got rid of the factory tray slide.

 

ARB Element, love it. The dometics with the fridge/freezer are real nice too though

 

Very happy with my IceCo JP50 and slide. Great price and function. I have it running on a dual house battery in the rear pulling power from the alternator and solar so it runs 24/7.

 

Wow, love this setup DogLover2003, I want to replicate this in my 4Runner.

How are you liking those IronMan4x4 Drawers? Any issues with them, would you buy them again?

 

Whytner 45 Slimfit been using it for a few years in a couple different rigs and have been happy with it