Review on JoyTutus Portable Car Refrigerator 42 Quart: Compact Freezer for Camping, 🚗 Car, Truck, RV, Boat, Travel and Home – 12V/24V DC & 110V-240V AC by Lakeem Pickel

I bought the 40L/42sqm version of this fridge. The last few days I have tested the performance and performance of the device. My tests were conducted in a room with an ambient temperature of around 83 degrees. double zone. You can use it as a fridge and freezer at the same time by putting a baffle in it, but it's not a true dual-zone unit with separate temperature settings. . You set the temperature to your desired degree of freezing and the chilled side will be about 40-45 degrees warmer than the frozen side. This is good for keeping chilled foods from freezing on low freezer settings, but not good if you like very cold chilled drinks. One zone (refrigerator) The device cools down very quickly. The display temperature rose from 80 degrees to 32 degrees in about 6 minutes. I'm not sure where the temperature sensor is, but it's only reading the temperature somewhere on the inner plastic panel. This is not the actual temperature inside the block. I checked the plastic liner with an infrared thermometer and it was 32 degrees. In addition, the temperature on the display differs significantly from the actual temperature. I set the temperature to 28; Put a digital thermometer inside (with current/high/low numbers) and let it run overnight. When I checked it the next morning, the lowest recorded temperature was around 35 degrees. One zone (freezer) Took about 32 minutes to go from 32 degrees to 10 degrees. Since I will mainly be using it as a fridge, I have not tried temperatures below 10 degrees. At the 10 degree setting, the compressor ran about 80% of the time (about 4 minutes on and 1 minute off). That strikes me as excessive and worries about the longevity of the compressor, even though the company gives a 2 year guarantee on the compressor. In my opinion, the device is not well insulated for use in the freezer. Power Consumption The unit is programmed to restart the compressor after the temperature rises 3 degrees above the set temperature. At the temperature setting of 28 degrees, the compressor ran about 33% of the time (one minute on, two minutes off). With a temperature setting of 10 degrees, the compressor ran about 80% of the time (4 minutes on, 1 minute off). Of course, the cycle time depends on the ambient temperature and the number of objects inside the device. As for the noise level, the noise level during operation is really above average, and when the compressor is turned off, it gets louder (the device shakes a little). For those interested: The compressor is manufactured by Asbella with part number ASHZ25D. I have tested this device with two portable power stations (with DC cigarette lighter sockets). Both power plants had regulated 12V outputs of 12.2V and 12.3V, respectively. Both showed the same power consumption values: 43-53 watts for the initial cool down from 80-32 degrees and 53-65 watts for the transition from 32 -10 degrees. The MAX setting was used for both cooling periods. I then put the unit in ECO mode to maintain the set temperature and every time it was turned on it used 45-50 watts. The only power problem I had came from one of the power stations. If the device runs for 20 seconds without detecting a DC load, the power plant will shut down. I was able to get around this by plugging a small USB light into one of the USB ports, which drew a bit more watts (enough to leave it on so the compressor could turn back on). So this device is suitable for use as a refrigerator (considering the price and size), as long as you compensate for the real temperature difference and set it a few degrees lower than you actually want. I don't think it's insulated well enough to use as a freezer. It will be a long time before it drops to 0 or -4 degrees (if it can get that low at all). I don't think this is good for dual zone use as the cooling area is small and it's extremely difficult to get the cooling area below 45 degrees.