Freedom from Ice: DOMETIC Portable Refrigerator Insights | Wranglerstar
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- Опубліковано 15 вер 2024
- Unboxing the DOMETIC CFX3 25-Liter Portable Refrigerator - Off-Grid Tent Series
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Welcome back to the Off-Grid Tent Series, folks! In today's episode, we're diving into a game-changer for our campsite - the DOMETIC CFX3 25-Liter Portable Refrigerator. Join us as we unbox this incredible piece of gear and discuss why it's the perfect addition to our off-grid canvas cabin.
*Key Features:*
🌟 *Advanced Cooling Technology:* The CFX3 is equipped with Dometic's cutting-edge compressor and cooling technology, ensuring rapid and efficient cooling even in the harshest outdoor conditions.
🌟 *25-Liter Capacity:* With ample space for all our essentials, this compact fridge keeps our food and drinks fresh and chilled, no matter how remote our camping spot is.
🌟 *Energy Efficiency:* We'll explore how this fridge optimizes power usage, allowing us to keep things cold without draining our off-grid power sources.
🌟 *Durable Construction:* Built tough to withstand the rigors of the outdoors, the CFX3 is designed to handle rough terrain, making it a reliable companion for our adventures.
🌟 *App-Enabled Control:* We'll demonstrate how easy it is to control and monitor the fridge's temperature remotely using the Dometic app, giving us peace of mind while we explore.
🌟 *Solar-Ready:* Discover why we chose this model, which is compatible with solar panels, allowing us to stay off-grid for longer periods without worrying about power.
Join us in this unboxing to get a firsthand look at the DOMETIC CFX3 25-Liter Portable Refrigerator and find out why we believe it's an absolute game-changer for our off-grid tent series. If you're into outdoor living, camping, or simply looking for a reliable portable fridge, this video is a must-watch!
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Wranglestar's Dometic Refrigerator: amzn.to/3rmtaAl
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That's just a link for a cover, not the unit itself. Might be good to update this.
That link is for a Cover not the Refrigerator/Freezer Cody @WranglerStar
I got a question for ya. From an old short/Instagram post you showed a FSS pulaski sharpening gauge, and I've recently received an old school true temper FSS pulaski head, and that gauge seems to be impossible to find. Anyway you could get the measurements of that for replicas?
Has this guy always been a wannabe-hipster hick-lib?
I cant tell if your wearing 2 wrist watches in this video, but I saw in your video titled "how to tell if a man is no good" you where. Is there a reasoning for this?
The more I grow in to an adult, the more I like your "extra" lessons. Not only the necessary info about a product, but the life lessons.
I started watching you +-10years ago only liking your practical information.
Now im 28, I watch your vids for the life lessons and advice, not so much for the practical stuff.
Thank you Cody
Greets from Belgium
That’s actually some serious wisdom right there.
Don’t ever tell yourself “I’ll solve this problem when it comes”.
Thanks for clarifying the geographical linguistics of pop.
Cody you are on a mission. I feel like you have more energy and gusto now than you did when starting youtube. Love to see it!
Yes, his content is way better now.
Especially the last few weeks. My friend thought we may be in a bug out situation sep 23rd...that didnt happen. But maybe that line of thinking is what has him amped up. Also... my youtuve channel has been getting a lot more of attention than it ever has latley also. So i dont know. Maybe its just a good time to make youtube videos... 😮🎉
@@JPMerolla001What happened Sep 23rd?
@@Hallowed_Ground nothing happened. It was just a day she thought something might happen.. im not sure why.
Cody here’s my 2 cents on Dometic. I was doing current product engineering for a big ag equipment company in the cab team, fancy term for warranty reduction projects. Dometic was the supplier for the in cab refrigerators and they were number 2 or 3 on my list of failures per machine. Don’t remember the specifics but they failed a lot. I don’t know if any of them are better than a Dometic but they were really high on the warranty hit list and in the 3 years I was in that role, no matter what we changed those things were always in the top 5 failures for the cabs.
Deffo for John Deere, thermostat always fails in them. No parts available from Deere but we would repair them at the dealer with parts from online
what would you recommend instead?
We have a Dometic in our travel vehicle. It’s been running cold in our vehicle nonstop since 2015. Zero issues.
Been running a dometic cfx 35l in my camper for some years now. It's a perfect companion an easily fed by our 120W foldable solar panels. Also makes for a nice back up car seat.
Loving the content greetings from Austria.
Cody I must must must recommend an Engle, you can get them in all sizes. I bought a 40L Engle about 20 years ago & I’ve only not had it running for about 6 months. Most reliable fridge I’ve ever owned, I’ve had friends run all different brands & the Engle is the only one I’ve seen last
Mate before your summer kicks in be sure to get the travel cover also really helps the thermostat on cold nights.
Awesome to see something common to most every australian campsite getting a little review.
Like any fridge if storing the unit use a tea towel or something similar to crack the seal with a plastic tray of moisture absorbers in the base. 👌
Proho tip real charcoal will work as well.
Aussie proho 💪🎉
As someone who's forgotten to do this to his fridge.
Don't. You'll spend the afternoon filled with regret
I have been using a Dometic CFX-40 for 4 years now and love it. You don't even realize you need one until you get one and then you won't want to be without it. I use it camping either in a tent, the back of my truck or pulling my camper. My wife and I will take it on day trips site seeing and take drinks, lunch or for picking up meat and cheese from fruitstands, etc. I have a slide in the back of my Wrangler for it or I strap it in the back seat of my F250 with the seatbelt. I run it off a Bluetti EB70. The Bluetti stays plugged into the cigarette lighter in my truck and stays topped off.
Love the soft drink description. So true. It's really funny how regional differences with America show up in the oddest places of language.
I have this brand in my semi truck. Works great! I use the warmest of the cold settings and it’s very cold!
The explanation of pop/soda/coke is spot on. Made me laugh because I've lived in all 3 areas.
When bushmen meets tech and has cash 👍🏼
Lots of it!🤣
Nothing like a nice cold can of pop after a dip in a glacial river!
I have a dometic dual-zone fridge freezer. I absolutely love it and will never go back too soggy cooler food.
I have an ARB Fridge/Freeze that I love. It runs on AC and DC but if memory serves, they don't recommend running it off of an inverter. Just something to check/think about if you're shopping for this type of unit.
Thank you for the coke reference... pop is like a knife in the ear!!!
great insights about the future coming --- thanks
Ecoflo has a nice unit of their own.
Started watching this, this morning. Had to stop watching and then went to finish it and found it was removed. Glad it got put back up so I could finish at lunch. No idea what happened, but happy I got to finish it.
PS it's "pop" here in SE KS😂
I have a Bouge RV brand cooler running off my EF Delta 2 Max and it works great. Using it to keep drinks cool on my construction site.
Keeping groceries cool after shopping is a great use case for one of these. 👍
You have a truly wonderful, rare family 💖
The lighting was excellent in this video
Thank you for showing me this. Am already looking at their supply now.
Quick tip: Lid can be filled with water and put in the freezer to have a ice lid that can start the trip of the bet with ice-cold freezer.
The little nob in the senter of the lid is usually the nob you must remove.
I have the Coleman version of this. It won’t freeze water. And the power cord gets so hot I am afraid to use it. What’s the saying, buy once weep once?
Getting those 2020 feels
Our forfathers faought hard for freedom from ice. And tea taxes. Good job.
Might be a good idea to store that as well as your power source in a faraday bag or Faraday cage.
I put an iceco fridge/freezer in my 4runner with dedicated 100ah lifepo battery. Put 2 x 100 watt solar panels between cross pieces of roof rack. Use bcdc charge controller to allow for charging from solar and alternator. So I have a permanent fridge in truck. I keep 5 of the large blue freezer packs frozen in it. Then I swap back and forth between 2 & 3 blue freezer packs in my yeti cooler daily in my canvas wall tent. In which I keep my food and drinks cold. Anything that needs to be frozen stays in truck freezer. Been living in my 16x20 wall tent for 6 weeks while I build my off grid container home.
I’m originally from Pennsylvania and we call it pop as well. Great content appreciate the review.
Please do 6 month and year follow up videos for your offgrid electronics
Another great video , Thanks
Costco in Canada sell a 12-24v/115v apparment size fridge freezer for 1300$canadian. Not so portable but only uses 55w... some thing to consider on permanent cooler ;)
Canvas cabin; awesome series!
Hey Cody. Just wanted to say that 9 time world timber sports champion Jason Wynlard died yesterday. He was from New Zealand. Bloody legend!
“You learn by doing.” - Nuff said.
Just in time! I have been in the market for one and have not heard about this one. Thanks Cody!
I'm from the East Coast, Pittsburgh area, and a lot of us say pop over here 🤷🏽♂️
i took a old fridge digg a hole near the river and got free cold fridge year around no electricity thats what i have done in my place 30 years later still works fine the cold water and ground keeps my food coold.good for offgrid use
High dollar power. Impressive set up regardless 👍🏻👍🏻
I have one from rough country has been on 31 degrees for the past 9 months. Goes to -10
I wonder why you went to/for a Dometic model, vs the Ecoflow version? Curious what, if any, difference there might be, in conjunction with the off-grid solar system you're currently running.
@@CrashlightingYeah, he has no experience with the product other than the unboxing you see. It's all about the affiliate commission.
@@CrashlightingExactly! Unfortunately, I doubt he cares much about being respected by any of us. For me, he is now in the same category as any actor/celebrity/politician.
I was born and raised in North Carolina. We called every soft drink Coke. You could ask “what kind of coke do you want” and a person could respond, “Pepsi”
I've been looking at the ecoflow glacier since it is removable dual zone, has a ice maker, and has a small battery in it so it isnt reliant on a battery bank 100% of the time.
Looks like a great little fridge! In my opinion ARB make the best car fridges but they're expensive
Its best to run the fridge on 12v that way you dont have any conversion losses. Running the AC on those deltas is only about 85% efficient. Run direct DC whenever possible to extend the amount of power you have. Since you have 2 units run DC off of one and AC on the other.
Exactly what I was thinking!
Man, those handles look very sturdy; my Coleman coolers always fail at the handles.
The -8 degrees F makes sense because you want to deep-freeze frozen food so they aren't right on the edge of thawing if they're exposed to heat for a little bit.
Most animal products should be held at -10°F to prevent freezer burn.
@@RogueOntheRoad freezer burn is dehydration (through sublimation) of frozen product. If it is exposed to air and frozen, it will freezer burn, regardless of the coldness of the freezer.
The only way to prevent freezer burn is to seal it away from air... that's why I have year-old ground beef in freezer zip-loc bags that have Zero freezer burn on them. The meat in the same freezer that is in the grocery packaging (Styrofoam tray with cling wrap) will freezer burn within 3 months or so.
They call it pop on the east coast and Midwest, ii grew up in Michigan and traveled all over the east coast
This one looks good. Blessings to you.
Whilst I like my Waeco/Dometic, for reliability and build quality you truly can't go past an Engel.
Great vid. Thank you for the video
25 litres? Are you going all metric on us, Cody?
About 6.6 eagles
Act accordingly
Great Lakes Man also uses "Pop" as our preferred vernacular. Stay Blessed Brothers!
I bought a40l engle combi frige freezer. Drinks the juice though.
Gotta get the àux battery setup for it. Went engle made from metal and malcom douglas had a engle. I dunno. The metal gonna get hot in the sun though. I will say atomotiv sunshade over it helps alot with the heat. I might rig sometbing up with velcro on the bag to attach the sunshade. I keep it on the back of the tray.
40 pop cans? shoot we might need to step it up in size especially if it is so light to carry. A mini fridge that size would weigh twice as much!
Went with the CFX and the PLB40 battery, coupled with a solar panel = Endless refrigeration
Thanks god bless
I'm used to ordering from the waitress like, "I'll have a coke please" - "What kind?" - "Pepsi." Now, ever since I moved states, nobody understands me and just brings me coke. lol
You ever think about making “act accordingly” stickers I feel like that could be pretty profitable, I know id buy them
Freeze accordingly
Solar is good in general but if you live in an area where it gets cloudy for weeks it doesn't generate enough power. I would love to see you buy or make a hydro generator to put in that river, there even seems to be a nice drop built in.
Western NY, Buffalo area, we drink pop as well.
Can you confirm that the light goes off when you shut the door? 😄
Serious question, if put in a (van) cupboard, how much room/clearance, if any, does it require for air circulation for proper efficient function.
You need to try an Engel proper Aussie made one
800, wow. Better really need one.
What about getting a freezer to make ice; and use the ice in an old fashioned, handmade refrigerator?
How the US Forest Service gives viewers deja vu.
For those of you who need medicine that needs to be refrigerated this would give you the ability to do a road trip.
1:25 In my culture we call every kind of soda: Peysi (Pepsi) 😅
Mornin Sir, off topic but I just came across 4" TH Witherby chisel. About the length of a forearm
Southern man here, nobody actually calls all sodas a coke. Everyone says they do, but nobody ever actually does.
This guy should get his hands on and Engel
you should make a water wheel for electricity
In Pittsburgh people call soda, pop
I miss your old type of videos. Because the viewer could actually learn something from them usually.
At that price point, it's a great entry level cooler.
Pop in central/ nw NC
What's the "coming struggle"?
for me if price wasn't an issue may be buy yourself a couple of 40-50 foot 5th wheels/caravans..
Canvas is a great material though no practical to live within for years ion
end cody you aren't getting any younger in age cody, you need to consider trucck hauling with a min o0f 3x 40 foot trailers
if i was going to wasrte money on a car fridge i would consider aythign under 2x 60 liters because you are supporting 4 people on that for a short amount of time long term option would likely 50-60 sea container in a half and half fridge and freezer design
realistic without options for resupply you are looking at a bare ming of 5-10 years worth of food and something to live in for the next 30-50 years
800 bucks to keep a 12 pack cold seems a bit much for me. But. Im spending 900 on a custom made kukri knife. So... i cant really talk. Gotta love man toys.
God bless.
thanks for translating pop to coke for me
Is there a level that you recommend? A brand or model in particular?
Mr&Mrs Wranglerstar, what are your water rights? are you able to generate power off the river?
I have a feeling its like all freezers, its light until stuff is in it.
I’d like to see a receipt, thank you.
The reason it’s so light and quiet is that it doesn’t use a compressor and liquid refrigerant. They are thermoelectric similar to a heat pump.
Six months around Africa my 45litre Dometic is still going strong and we've been on some of the worst roads possible
Canadians also call carbonated drinks "pop".
Ive had a bouge rv fridge freezer, the 35 model and for the Fourth of July this year we took it with us and loaded it with ice cream. Big hit with the group. Powered it with my Anker 757. Also considering buying a Delta Pro but want to see what the price point of the new larger Anker is.
will it fit a deboned deer? I can see that being handy
"Cold drank" down south
Live stream coming back soon?
What brand are the double front jeans you wear?
How the US Forest Service gets put in the dog house and has to build an off grid hunting cabin to live until they're let back inside the house XD
What's the compressor noise like?
Should be nice for 800 bucks.
tell me about those shoes you have on...always looking for wide toe box footwear.