Travel buddy pulls about 10 amps. Air Fryer 20 amps. The air fryer is on less than half the time of the travel buddy so it will use less of your battery. That 12v toaster drew way more than 20 amps so it isn't too bad. They are the way to go.
The pies cooked a lot quicker too. I had them in for 30 minutes and they were super hot. The saving in time was really good. And yes. It means they are using less power than the oven.
Ours didn’t work trying to cook chips (after cooking for 90 mins on two occasions) and trying to send back again, I am told that the early ones had a different element so we are trying to get the later version. We got ours from Aussieoffroad 4X4 but waiting for a response. Might try Rock Armour directly. I fear the 250 watts is just not enough power but hope I am wrong. Cheers Mark
1000w air fry (which is low for an air fryer) would need to pull (1000w/12v) = 83 Amps. Normal air fryers are around 1300 to 2000watts. A 250w would be very slow, 21 Amps. No thanks I use an inverter, and buy standard household stuff, works out much cheaper, esp for the fridge.
Hey mate. This pulls nothing like that. 17 - 20 Amp at the most. When you use an inverter there is loss when you convert 12v DC to 240V AC then loss again when the device lowers the voltage to use. With this product there is 1) no need to buy an expensive inverter 2) no loss because I don't need to convert DC to AC and then to the voltage it needs. I guarantee you I could cook my meal using less power than a 240V air fryer and not by a small amount. Assume you were using a 1600W air fryer and I am using this air fryer. Yours will cook it in around 20 minutes and draw around 120 Amps / hr. That is you used 40 Amps. Mine takes 30 minutes at 17 Amps and hour ... That is it used 8.5 Amps. Plus you had to buy an inverter and I didn't. So when you are on 12V alone, running off 240V is silly in this case when you have access to 12V equipment that can do it with so much less power.
@@acafwd the losses on modern day inverters are around 5-7%. The fact I can buy standard household stuff and just plug it in is way cheaper. I dont use a12-240 inverter, I use a 24v unit, that cuts down the losses as well as reducing cable size.
@@007floppyboy To run an air fryer such as this would require a 2000W inverter which would cost around $400 - $500 more. These 12V air fryers start from just $30 more than a 240V Air fryer. An Inverter converts DC voltage into AC voltage. A DC step up converter converts between DC voltage which is a different product. Yes. A 24V DC step up converter will definitely reduce cable size, but will not run a 240V AC product.
Great Video Guys, good to see it's working well for you
Look’s a great bit of gear very handy for cooking up a meal.
Thanks for sharing Rob.
Worked a treat!
An awesome bit of kit to witness up close
Good review Rob ! 👍👍🍻🍻
Thanks Mark
I can't believe that I've only just discovered 12volt air fryers. Do you think that this will kill off the Travel Buddy?
Travel buddy pulls about 10 amps. Air Fryer 20 amps. The air fryer is on less than half the time of the travel buddy so it will use less of your battery. That 12v toaster drew way more than 20 amps so it isn't too bad. They are the way to go.
The pies cooked a lot quicker too. I had them in for 30 minutes and they were super hot. The saving in time was really good. And yes. It means they are using less power than the oven.
Will it cook chips?
I reckon it would. Will have to give it a go
Ours didn’t work trying to cook chips (after cooking for 90 mins on two occasions) and trying to send back again, I am told that the early ones had a different element so we are trying to get the later version. We got ours from Aussieoffroad 4X4 but waiting for a response. Might try Rock Armour directly. I fear the 250 watts is just not enough power but hope I am wrong. Cheers Mark
@@jeep2701 Is it the 4L model Mark?
1000w air fry (which is low for an air fryer) would need to pull (1000w/12v) = 83 Amps.
Normal air fryers are around 1300 to 2000watts.
A 250w would be very slow, 21 Amps.
No thanks
I use an inverter, and buy standard household stuff, works out much cheaper, esp for the fridge.
Hey mate. This pulls nothing like that. 17 - 20 Amp at the most. When you use an inverter there is loss when you convert 12v DC to 240V AC then loss again when the device lowers the voltage to use. With this product there is 1) no need to buy an expensive inverter 2) no loss because I don't need to convert DC to AC and then to the voltage it needs.
I guarantee you I could cook my meal using less power than a 240V air fryer and not by a small amount. Assume you were using a 1600W air fryer and I am using this air fryer. Yours will cook it in around 20 minutes and draw around 120 Amps / hr. That is you used 40 Amps.
Mine takes 30 minutes at 17 Amps and hour ... That is it used 8.5 Amps.
Plus you had to buy an inverter and I didn't. So when you are on 12V alone, running off 240V is silly in this case when you have access to 12V equipment that can do it with so much less power.
@@acafwd the losses on modern day inverters are around 5-7%.
The fact I can buy standard household stuff and just plug it in is way cheaper.
I dont use a12-240 inverter, I use a 24v unit, that cuts down the losses as well as reducing cable size.
@@007floppyboy To run an air fryer such as this would require a 2000W inverter which would cost around $400 - $500 more. These 12V air fryers start from just $30 more than a 240V Air fryer.
An Inverter converts DC voltage into AC voltage.
A DC step up converter converts between DC voltage which is a different product.
Yes. A 24V DC step up converter will definitely reduce cable size, but will not run a 240V AC product.