Set power fridge and Ecoflow River Pro review
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- Опубліковано 26 сер 2024
- Today I review our new Set Power RV45D fridge/freezer, and the EcoFlow River Pro portable power station that we use to power it. Along with another couple items that we have picked up, this has made a fantastic difference in our adventures.
Finally - thank you - so many videos of this Ecoflow running a blender or a hairdryer or basically anything i don't care about. I want to see how it runs a camp fridge! So thank you.
You're welcome. I share your sentiment... It runs the fridge fantastic. We also use it simultaneously to power our camp lights and the fans in our tent. Obviously the more things you run the shorter it lasts, but we have yet to flat line it overnight. The way we camp is to drive during the day and set up for the overnight in a different place every night, so it's constantly charging through the day. In this capacity, it's perfect. If you want something to run the fridge for 3, 4,5 days or more, I'd either get the additional add-on battery for this to take it up to 1500 amp hours, or buy a different power station of similar capacity. But overnight, or even a couple days, you're in business!
This is all I need ☝🏻 thanks man
THIS IS EXACTLY THE REVIEW IVE BEEN LOOKING FOR! Battery with the fridge (that’s the exact fridge I was looking for too). THANK YOU!
A year or so in, I'm still very happy with that fridge.
I don't subscribe to a lot of channels.... but you've got a subscriber out of me after watching a couple of your videos. I like that you're just a regular guy with a regular budget having fun with camping gear you buy and use. That's the same boat I'm in, and I'm sure there are lots of us out there. Good job on the reviews and entertaining commentary! We're in Alaska and camp a lot, mostly in the summer, and I'm always adding new gear to my garage and 4Runner.
Thank you. As much as I would love to have a higher budget for toys, and as much as I truly don't disparage those that do have that budget... I agree that most guys we pass on the trail are just average joes doing the best they can with what they have. We do it in different trucks, with different tents and different gear but we all share the live for the outdoors, and the sport of you can call it that. I love meeting new people in the trail and learning from each of them a different way, or a different perspective. I like to take a little piece of knowledge from each of them to make my experience better. So... You keep watching, I'll keep on being obnoxious me, for better or worse... But thank you my friend!
The fridge is a gamechanger. No more greasy adult beverages from roast beef.
Mines been running for almost 2 years non stop for work time lunches a nd drinks and camping. Solar and an agm, but the " solar generator " is worth it as well. Just too many $ when I started. That 12 volt male end I fixed with a blue sea male end. I still check sometimes but it's stayed. I ordered heavy duty slides from Lowes for 80 $ and screwed them into my platform with aluminum angle, put a 1/2 inch piece of wood between the slides and strapped the fridge under the platform. Cheap but it works. No rattles. I hit NE Georgia FSR roads quite often, soo.... Sorry for the long post.
Ya, I thought about the slides like you mention, but the whole point is to be able to have it drop down. I'm also considering a back seat delete, and mounting the fridge in the back seat area. Then we can reach it while driving, and with all my camping supplies I have two of those black and yellow top bins, so something has to move...
I'll look into the blue sea make end for the power cable. I'm not familiar....
Great heads up, I am praying I can still get the River Pro in our local Costco.
Check online as well. They had it on their website... www.costco.com/ecoflow-river-pro-portable-power-station%2b-river-pro-extra-battery.product.100716886.html
Agree with another poster, glad someone actually made a video with something useful !!! Thanks
Thank you! I try my best to be helpful and informative with real world info. Sometimes though, I just give up and be obnoxious... 😁
@@EverymanOverland thank you it really was helpful and real life scenario . Appreciate what you do , subed 👍
Been dreaming about this for a week now
It's likely as good as your dreams make it out to be.
I had the same problem with my power and all I did was order new 12 bolt plugs off of Amazon make sure they are the better ones and then I snipped that wire right off and soldered in the wire onto the new plug and I never had that problem ever again well worth it
I may try that. This one barely holds in at all anymore.
@@EverymanOverland yeah give it a try definitely a game changer. Good luck and great video
Thanks Mario!
Great video .. u funny funny . Thinking about ice cream 🍦 😆 🤣
"look at me....you know I like icecream!" lol
I mean... It ain't a lie... 😁
Great video man keep it up one of the best small channels in subscribed to 👍
Thank you!
I have the small setpower fridge with jackery 500. 99% of the time it’s just me. I have small bottles of water and other drinks and I replace them as I go. I keep a couple of frozen water blades in it as well.
An actual fridge vs a cooler or a powered cooler is such a fantastic upgrade. Not cheap, but I'm so happy we did this.
At Everyman Overland, I might have missed your comments, how many hours did the cooler last on the single unit Echoflow River Pro. I just bought the combo unit + backup battery, but for some reason, it is not reading it on the main unit or showing the icon. I contacted Echoflow and they said it needs to have a firmware update. Overall,I do like the unit since it charges really fast. I had the Jackery 1000 and it took 6-8 hours to fully charge.
Well give it that update and see if it works. My fridge averages about 15 watts per hour, so just divide that into the total and it will last a couple days with no charging. It's also affected by how hot it is outside, what temp you keep your fridge and what's in it.
But I hope they get your secondary battery up and running. They're not cheap, if you spend that money you should get to use it.
It is 13:54 and it's time for lunch thank you very much. #riverecoflowpro is 60AH fyi
Hi did I miss something? Not sure what you meant with the 60 ah ?
@@RockerMtl1 it’s a 60 amp hours of capacity.
@@tnlwithtrixiekat478 okay thanks for the quick reply !
@@RockerMtl1 no worries.
you should get one of those fold up solar panels made for camping! that could keep the eco charged back up on the trail!
I've thought about it, and I'd we do any stationary camping I will likely do just that. But we drive during the day and camp at night, so I charge the ecoflow while we drive. Solar would be awesome, but wouldn't really be useful at the moment...
Brilliant! Thanks mate!
Thank you for watching!
Boop! That lantern looks amazing for $20
It really is. I plan to pick up one of two more, I really like it!
Attach the red hook to a rubber band or perhaps the cap for the DC outlet to hold it in place. Might answer your question and solve your problem.
Ya maybe. I'll look at it...
I heard if you remove the spring from the tip of the cigarette lighter plug it will stay work.
You can buy a replacement 12v cigarette lighter plug on Amazon between 15 and 25 bucks
I am disappointed that Set Power doesn’t offer additional baskets to purchase that fit. I haven’t been able to find any - wrote to Set Power suggesting. Heard back not offered - may in future.
That would be great for sure. Though I bet enough searching at the big box stores with the measurements and you could find something that would work.
Great informative video - thanks. When charging off of the alternator on DC, do you swap the fridge plug straight to you dash when driving and back to the Ecoflow when stopped? Would you use a DC splitter so you can charge the Ecoflow amd fridge at the same time? Thanks so much
I have plugs at the rear of the truck, and in the rear seat that I've wired in. You can leave the fridge plugged into the ecoflow while the ecoflow is charging, but it takes longer. So if I need it to charge faster I'll plug the fridge into the truck while I drive around. If it doesn't discharge much overnight I'll leave the fridge plugged into the ecoflow. Really just a case by case basis. Come back in a week or so, I'll be releasing a video where I install a second battery in the truck, and how that compares to the ecoflow. I'll compare the advantages and disadvantages of both. I'm actually doing the install and testing this weekend.
@@EverymanOverland awesome man thanks so much looking forward to it. Glad youre sharing info amd experiences it really helps!
Does the backup battery extend the hours of the portable cooler since you have 1440 watts now when you run them together?
Yes. I don't have the secondary battery, but you're spot on to how it works. The main battery has the electronics and the plug in ports etc, and the secondary battery just doubles the capacity of the unit.
Does the ecoflow have a pass through? Where you can still run the fridge and charge while driving?
Yes. That's how I run it. Works great to charge off the truck during the day.
Well won't be able to make it on your trip to Uwharrie vehicle still in the shop and having to work for another 2 weeks so hopefully I'll be able to make it on one of your trips
No worries, I'm sure we'll catch up at some point.
They will be selling like hotcakes with the way Costco is pricing the River and the Delta.
Ya, that's a crazy good deal at Costco. I paid $550 for mine without the extra battery, and Costco is offering them at $700 with the battery that by itself is $350 on Amazon. If you can catch them in stock, that's a phenomenal deal.
I paid $650 with the extra battery after coupon. It is like getting the extra battery for free.
@@billcsho Such a great deal. I wish I could have gotten in on that instead of paying $550 for just the main unit. At $550, I'm still very happy, but to get the extra battery for another $100... Hell yes.
Setpower sent me a different 12volt cable for free that worked. Keep emailing them.
Is it the same style or different?
That bad customer care service if you have to keep emailing them
Anyone has issue with the app? I see most horrible reviews on the app.
Ya... I thought I didn't have it sync'd right. It would appear that the app only works if I'm at the house on wifi. Just tried it again on a trip this weekend. Didn't work. The app is awesome at the house but isn't connecting it in the wild. Phail.
Finally I got the River Pro with extra battery from Costco a couple weeks ago. The app actually works very well. On a road trip, I always bring a travel router. I think that may solve the problem in WiFi connection requirement.
You connect three ways. If you’re on the road you can actually use direct connect.