F40C4TMP 12 Volt Refrigerator 10 Quart(9L) Portable Mini Freezer(-4℉~68℉) with APP Control Car Compressor Fridge 12V/24V DC, 100-240V AC for Camping, Road Trip, Travel, Boat, Skincare, Outdoor, Home

I bought this little fridge to take with me on a camping trip that started with 4 days driving, then a couple of weeks of day trips. Took a little work to come up with a reliable power plan, but I got there finally. I LOVE THIS FRIDGE!! On driving days, I run it off my car’s 12v charger. Quick 15-20 minute stops don’t need additional power as it stays very cold. Any longer than that, switch to the Jackery for power. (I recharged the Jackery with the car’s 12v charger while driving also.) If the Jackery was at 85% or higher, it could power this fridge overnight. Anything less, plug into shore power.I tested this fridge in my kitchen a few days after it arrived to see how it would work. I turned it on to cool to 36 degrees and used a standard fridge mercury thermometer. Out of curiosity, I checked after 2 hours, only expecting to see the temperature around 40-50 degrees. It had already gotten down to 36 degrees!!!I followed immediately with a test to freeze 2 bottles of room temperature water: a 16 oz and 32 oz. The 16 oz froze before the day’s end; the 32 oz had some ice crystals but not significant. I left it overnight and checked in the morning—it was also frozen solid. I know this isn’t a perfect scientific experiment, but it was certainly sufficient for my needs. Beyond this initial test, I did not use this as a freezer on my trip, so I cannot speak to how it would work for that.I then took it on my camping trip and continued my experience in the field. I discovered that powering it through the Jackery 110 V outlet while driving and simultaneously charging the Jackery did not work for me. I may try it again another time but ultimately, it was easier to simply power through my car while in transit. I was highly successful with simply switching to the car’s 12 V charger during driving and switching to the Jackery 110 outlet when parked.While the Bluetooth app does provide temperature information, I was not convinced that it was particularly accurate. I was able to raise or lower the temperature using the app, but I did not rely on it to tell me what the temperature actually was. I used a wireless fridge thermometer which I felt gave me better temperature readings. The things on the top level are a bit warmer than the things on the bottom level but still within food safety ranges.I predominantly use this to keep canned sodas, water, bottles, and my food for the day chilled. It did an excellent job at that, and I was quite pleased with how it worked.I did experience some temperature fluctuation when plugged in to my trailer’s 110 outlet overnight. I found that even with it being set somewhere around 34°, it would cool off to around 28 to 30°. During the heat of the day, with it in my car during the summer time, I found that it would typically run a couple of degrees warmer than what I had set the thermostat to, but keep in mind that the car temperatures were often in the 110° or higher range when parked. I also found that running this fridge off of my Jackery overnight while it stayed in my car, it would run a couple of degrees lower than what the thermostat was set to. I decided that it was because the ambient temperature dropped significantly. With that in mind, I am satisfied that this fridge will work quite reliably as long as you know it’s secrets.As for its size and bulk and weight, I would have to say it’s a great little fridge for one or two people. I was easily able to move it from my car to my trailer even with it fully loaded. I am not a particularly strong person and cannot easily move my 20 quart cooler when it is loaded. this little car fridge was a little awkward, but definitely easily doable even when fully loaded. I usually kept nine cans of soda along with my lunch, supper, and a water bottle or two in it. I found it better to keep it overly full because it had an easier time maintaining temperature. If you have items that might go bad such as an egg salad sandwich, I recommend you put that towards the bottom, but not on the very bottom. Anything on the very bottom might freeze. The top layer did not keep things cold enough for food safety purposes. I tested this by moving my thermometer around within the fridge over a period of weeks. I was able to confirm that the bottom of the cooler is always a few degrees colder than the middle, which is a few degrees cooler than the top. The lid of the cooler is very deep which allows for taller items or an extra layer of soda cans. I found I needed to fill the cooler all the way into the lid area in order to keep it consistently cold. Anytime I removed a soda can, I replaced it with a can that had been sitting in the car. I put the warm can on the top layer. Typically these cans were quite warm, but they would cool off in a couple of hours, and I monitored the temperature, using my digital thermometer, and as long as I kept any food at the bottom, it continued to maintain food safety temperatures.Before purchasing this fridge, I read several complaints about how the area where you plug it in seems a little fragile. I would agree, but I kept it in mind while swapping the power cord from 12 V to 110 multiple times during the day over the course of the month I used this fridge. While I had no problems with it, I do believe that it is a weak point and will need to be constantly monitored.Overall, I used this fridge on a daily basis for over a month during August in the south. I primarily kept it in my car, and even when the temperatures were closer to 110° in my car for hours at a time, this fridge still maintained my food cold enough to eat safely. It certainly requires more work then an ice chest getting ice added on a daily basis, but it was a significant improvement over fighting to try and keep my food dry.If you are going to keep this fridge in your car in extreme temperatures, I recommend you find some thing to insulate it with. I had a roll of reflectix that I simply laid it over the fridge loosely while I had it in the car. I do intend to make a fitted cover for it when I have some time. Even without it I feel like it still did fine but sometimes temperatures in my car rose close to 120°, and I felt it wise to give the fridge a little break.In summary, this is a great fridge that will do the job, but you cannot just set it and forget it.

This unit seems to be bullet proof. I use it everyday to keep water cold for on the job. I work in the hot desert and this thing does the job! And it really does keep ice cream frozen at 0°!No more ice and the mess.

I purchased this fridge Jan. 1 2022 to use in my truck to carry soft drinks and occasionally lunch, after flipping a small cooler with melted ice and water in my truck.I had purchased a 10L version with the flat lid from another company but it was noisy and didn't cool as advertised. I returned it and later purchased the 12L from F40C4TMP based on the customer service reports. I also went with the 12L vs. the 10L for the additional headroom in the cooler. I can squeeze 10 soft drink cans in it and still have room for a plastic lunch container. It also has enough headroom for 10 half-liter bottles of water.I have run it daily for the past four months without any issues. I bring it inside and load it up in the evening and run it on the 120V wall adapter, and put it in the truck before leaving for work. I leave the 12V adapter in the truck and just plug it in and go.It is very quiet. I never hear it when it's running unless it's quiet in the truck (or house) and I put my ear close to it. It's fits perfectly behind the console of my Ram 1500 crew cab, and the cord has a right-angle 12V plug for the power outlet behind the console, so it doesn't take up any space and I don't have to worry about breaking it off if the fridge moves around. But it stays put on the rubber floor mat.I tried to freeze water in it by placing 10 half-liter bottles in it and letting it run at the lowest temperature setting. 12 hours later the bottles were only partially frozen. They would have probably frozen solid if I let it go another 12 hours. I did repeat the test starting with 10 frozen bottles and it kept them frozen solid at 4 degrees F without any issues. So it would be best to start off with already frozen foods.I leave it in my truck during the day on ECO mode with the voltage setting on medium. So far I haven't noticed my battery running down, or the fridge cutting off, even after a long day. But now that summer is coming around that may change. I may have to use the 120V adapter to plug it in at work if it gets too hot in the truck.I'll update this review after the summer heat.But so far I really like not having to fill up a cooler with ice every day, and if I needed another fridge, or a larger one, I would check out F40C4TMP's lineup.