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Many of us who travel by caravan or car and stay in camps solve food cooling in the summer. So I wrote you my experience with travel refrigerators, which we or our acquaintances use on our travels. 

Before any longer trip, whether to Croatia, Italy or more distant destinations, you are definitely deciding what to take with you as food for the trip, or the first days at the campsite, so that it does not spoil you. Of course, it is possible to eat on the way in fast food or at gas stations, however, for many of you it is not enough and also not exactly economically advantageous.

Active cooling boxIn the case of shorter trips to the surrounding countries, you do not have to deal with this if you go to sea at night. you will definitely welcome something that will keep your food and drinks cool. For this purpose, we also bought a travel refrigerator. In our Czech basin, the offer of these facilities is sufficient, but not all of them are completely convincing in terms of quality and performance. I recommend reaching for some more well-known brands. Among them, Campingaz stands out. For many years, this company has been shooting practically two - three popular models without significant design modifications. For transport by car, some models also have handles for the safety heel, for those who will transport it on the seat and not in the trunk of the vehicle.

Before I sort out some of the brands, let's say how the coolers actually split. The first type is  passive cooling boxes.

These cooling boxes are only isolated from the outside by polyurethane foam. I recommend increasing their effect by inserting the chilled cooling gel or plastic inserts to extend the efficiency. This type of box is really just a few hundred, but it is not enough for a long trip or stay in the campsite. It finds use but to store food on the beach, on a trip or on a short trip.

Active cooling boxes forms a more powerful category. Here, electricity takes care of lowering the temperature. For cheaper models, a small fan spins, usually located in the lid of the box. The air flow thus creates a cooling effect, at the same time the warm air is removed from the box body. The highest category of travel refrigerators are compressor car refrigerators, which can maintain the internal temperature calmly up to minus 20 ° C Celsius. However, they are significantly more expensive than classic electroboxes and their price for a 30-liter car refrigerator rises well over CZK 10.000.

What to look for when choosing a car book?

Always look at the internal volume of a given model. Some manufacturers state external dimensions, while internal ones tend to be smaller. Serious brands state not only the exact values ​​for the internal dimension, but also, for example, the number of PET bottles that you can store in the refrigerator. This will give you a better idea of ​​the internal size. An important factor when choosing an active cooling box is the range of indoor temperature settings. However, this is stated in more expensive compressor car refrigerators. With classic electric boxes, you will find an indication of how many degrees, compared to the outdoor temperature, it is able to cool its indoor space. The vast majority of boxes are equipped with a connector for connection to the cigarette lighter socket - ie 12V. But be careful if you use a refrigerator in a truck where the voltage is 24V. For these cars, you need a model capable of operating at this voltage, or you need to buy a voltage converter.

A useful thing that many brands have is so-called " battery protection. This is very important, especially for those of you who do not turn off the cigarette lighter socket when removing the ignition key. The box keeps running even when the car is parked. If the model you selected does not have this protection, the cooling motor may continue to run and the car battery may be discharged.

And can you use the car refrigerator when you come to the cottage, to the pension or to the camp? Of course. It is therefore possible that you will use the services of shared refrigerators and freezers in the camp. But you know for sure that they are often very crowded. So you will appreciate the possibility of your cooling box in the tent or in the room always with you. For this purpose, you need to have a 220V connection on the box. For some types, both cables are included, but for cheaper types, you must purchase an adapter. It can make the purchase more expensive by several hundred crowns. Therefore, choose types that already have both connectors hidden in the body of the device.

Finally, I would like to share my own experience with the cooling boxes that we use on our travels. We have two types of active boxes. One is Campingaz Powerbox 28l and another is a product of a German company Ezetil E3000 Carbon.

 

 

 

Campingaz is relatively cheap and easy to use and fully sufficient for undemanding users. In terms of performance, Ezetil is really more powerful. For example, on the last holiday in Greece, when it was definitely at least 40 degrees inside the tent, this model is able to maintain an internal temperature of around 10 ° C! This is the value at which dairy products or butter will reliably withstand you without harm. And even canned beer or watermelon will be beautifully chilled. However, it is true that Ezetil E3000 has a so-called Boost function, which is a rapid cooling mode in which the cooling impeller motor rotates at a higher speed. The great thing about the above model is that it has a digital display with indoor temperature measurement. You have a perfect overview of the environment, without having to verify it by opening the lid and unnecessary heat leakage. Take a look at the new company Compass, which offers quite cheaply Compass 25 l cooling unit BLUE 220 / 12 V, which has a temperature display, a connection to 12 and 220V and even a heating function.

 

 

 

This compares significantly to the active cooling boxes, some of which are sufficient for use in a very warm environment.

 

 

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David Poplar (unregistered) 6. September 2021 - 19: 06
Hi. Thanks for the article. I'm just thinking about buying a smaller refrigerator, so quite a nice comparison. Thanks :)

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