Alpicool 2022 T seriesCar Freezer

I'm very pleased with this Alpicool car fridge/freezer. Built well, and runs as indicated. Quiet enough, with only a small audible hum. This unit is very spacious, and in my opinion, will hold enough food and beverage to get you through a couple of weeks with solar assistance. I would most definitely recommend this product.

Great performance for the cost compared to competitors. The quality really seems to be here, several other reviews of previous versions of this model can be found on youtube from folks who have had basically this alpicool unit for OVER 4 years and zero issues - so we too pulled the trigger. We have been using this for 6+ months now without any issues or complaints... just praise. It sits in the back of our SUV and we use it while grocery shopping as it allows to keep the essentials - like Ice Cream - frozen until we get home. Our drive is on average about 40+ min from home to the stores so this has been a wonderful change for us. It has also given us the flexibility to stop after shopping and go into a restaurant for dinner and such. We use the 115v adapter that comes with it (also comes with a 12v adapter if you only have that in your vehicle) while plugged into the back of our vehicle (which has a built in inverter). We do not have this on a "always on" battery or connection so when we turn the car off, it turns off. This has NOT been an issue even when we go in to eat at a restaurant for up to a couple of hours. We have done this several times on the hot summer days and after having the unit already be at 5F or so when we stopped the car and when we return its usually around 40-50F or so and cools right back down very quick. We use all the features listed on this - from the echo cool mode to the max cool which can rapidly cool the unit from 85F to -5F in less than 20 min on max cool. We change it via their bluetooth app when we drive in to do grocery shopping. Although the divider lets us split compartments to do freezer and fridge on opposite sides we have found that for the most part we take out the divider and just use it all as a freezer or fridge depending on what we get. If we don't do this some of the larger items such as steaks and meat packages do not fit. We have been very happy with this purchase and have recommended this to several of our friends. It has really helped change how we do grocery shopping since we live a ways out from the stores.

After reading reviews and considering price and features, I purchased this product for an extended trip out west. I was a little cynical that it would be able to maintain the temperatures as well as it did, especially the frozen side since my travel coincided with hot environmental temperatures. The product worked as described and I am very happy. There was only one incident - described below - that gave me pause. Before taking on your trip, plug it in the night before, set the temperatures, place in vehicle, then fill with your food items. Since I was in a car and tried to limit moving it in and out, I purchased a 100 foot extension cord so it could be plugged in to 110. The cord for the lighter plug in was plenty long to reach from the back seat to the front. To keep the cooler level during the trip, I placed wood in the seat with a small piece of plywood. To keep the cooler out of the sun, I used a car shade. PROS - Maintained temperature for both sides. It kept fruit and ice frozen. Kept milk and water nice and cold. - Easy to set up and use - Spacious enough to purchase food and keep water cold so as not to constantly eat at restaurants. CONS After using it, I do not really have any true cons, just being picky; however, during the drive through the mountains that basically had switch backs, the unit stopped working. I was going to leave it in the car but carried it in the house, plugged it in to various outlets and it still did not come back on. I left it unplugged and turned off for a couple of hours and it came back on. I can only surmise that the constant back and forth in the mountains affected the compressor. I would suggest if you are traveling through the mountains with many sharp curves, turn off and leave off for a while just as it said when arriving new. The only true con is that there is only one lid (but I understand why). So when you open to get items out of the frig side and leave the lid up for an extended period of time, the freezer side is exposed. I brought along extra 1 inch foam to insulate the cooler during the drive. I placed the insulation over the freezer side while the lids was up - perfect!

nice and fun to have a freezer section

I purchased this T50 unit for a van conversion I will be doing and the cost for this brands dual zone is significantly less then a Dometic CFX along with it was the only one I could find with dual zone in a 50 quart size I thought I would take the chance. My two concerns were quality and efficient to run off of solar power. When I first started the unit it ran for about a minute then faulted. I reset the fault and let it sit for a while thinking it may have been placed on its side during shipping. I have not had a fault issue since. I have had this unit for just under 2 weeks and have done many tests that follow. On each of these tests I opened the cooler door three times each day for abut 20 seconds each. I ran the cooler in single zone mode from room temp to a set point of 33 degrees F and let it run for a day then shut it down for a day to let the cooler warm back up to room temp then repeated this process 3 times. It ran great and with a set point of 33F the coolers actual inside temp was 36F. It took the cooler about 2 hours to reach temp and it draws about 11 watts every hour, keep in mind that this wattage average was over a 24 hour period and you had the initial pump run (60 watts) for its initial cool down. I then ran the cooler in dual zone mode from room temp to a set point of 40/10F (if using the dual zone mode as a cooler/freezer make sure the L shaped zone is the colder zone) and let it run for a day then shut it down for a day to let the cooler warm back up to room temp then repeated this process 3 times. It ran great again and with a set point of 40F the cooler zones actual inside temp was 36F and with a set point of 10F the freezer zones actual inside temp was 8F and it did freeze a glass of water. It took the cooler zone about 2 hours to reach temp and the freezer zone about 3 hours to reach temp. The cooler draws about 20 watts every hour in dual zone as a cooler/freezer setup, keep in mind that this wattage average was over a 24 hour period and you had the initial pump run (60 watts) for its initial cool down. I wanted to see how long this unit would run on my Yeti Goal Zero 1400 and by math (1400Wh/8W/1h) should be about 175 hours or 7 days. As a note in order to use any of these compressor type coolers that have a low voltage shutoff feature on a 12VDC lithium type battery you need to have a regulator or your cooler will shut off when your lithium battery reaches about 50% capacity. Yet sells a regulator just for this reason. My yeti was at 99% when I started and as of now it is at 40% and has been running the cooler for 89 hours (3.7 days) with 40% more battery to go.