EcoFlow Glacier Detailed Review | Portable Battery Fridge Freezer Ice Maker | 12V, AC, DC

The EcoFlow Glacier is a 38L portable dual zone fridge freezer with a built-in ice cube maker that can make ice cubes in just 12 minutes. It can run entirely off a 298Wh Li-ion battery, solar panels, a 12 or 24V car outlet or mains. The removable battery can also be used standalone as a compact battery pack with 100W USB-C charging. The Glacier can be controlled and monitored via its large LCD screen or a smart app that works over both Bluetooth and WiFi.
It looks to be a very impressive unit that comes under EcoFlow’s new Smart Devices subdivision that includes its Blade robot lawn mower I looked at recently and complements its comprehensive range of portable power stations and solar panels.
I’ll run through all its features and thoroughly test all of EcoFlow’s marketing claims to find out if this might be the perfect portable cooler for you. So let’s take a closer look.
If you want to skip forward or back at any time in this video, please use the chapter markers UA-cam creates from the timestamps down below and in the pinned comment.
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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:57 Overview What's in box, size, weight, build, IP rating
2:29 Initial setup, compartment config, zone divider
2:50 Setting temperatures, range, limitations
3:56 Setting single zone
4:07 Using EcoFlow app: temperature config & fridge settings
5:13 Power Options Optional battery
5:43 Charging battery, using two-way USB-C port
6:16 Need battery for ice maker if running of 12V, & for solar charging
6:45 Using battery to power fridge & as power pack
7:13 Running off 24V
7:31 Running off mains, time to charge battery
7:53 Using with portable power station (eg EcoFlow Delta 2)
8:01 Running of DC, limitations, advantages
8:39 Running off Solar (with battery or via portable power station)
9:16 Performance Temperature stability - fridge and freezer inc Eco mode
10:05 Speed of cooling in dual zone mode measurements
10:40 Single zone temperature stability measurements
11:05 Efficiency measurements - how much cost to run off AC and DC
12:24 Usage measurements running off battery
12:46 Noise measurements
13:37 Using ice cube maker, noise, energy usage measurements
15:21 Draining ice cube maker and cleaning fridge (drainage hole)
16:02 Telescopic handles & wheels accessory
16:37 Bag accessory
16:52 Conclusions
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[@NoZenith]

I also really appreciate that you pop-up imperial units. I'm from the United States and I am trying to get my brain to work on automatically converting things but it's a struggle and it would be very hard to keep up not understanding the temperatures and stuff while you're giving your presentation without those visual aids. Thank you.

[@TheTechnologyMan]

That's great to hear - thanks for letting me know. I'll try and keep adding conversions to my videos.

[@NoZenith]

Thank you very much. I've seen some really good reviewers on UA-cam but you gave some key information that nobody else mentioned that I wasn't finding. The reasoning behind ecoflow recommending the larger compartment as a refrigerator and the smaller as a freezer for example. Nobody else mentioned the differential on the temperature being different. Thank you

[@TheTechnologyMan]

Really appreciate the feedback and very glad the video helped thank you!

[@irishseaswimmer]

Excellent as always, thank you 🫡

[@TheTechnologyMan]

Thank you much appreciated!

[@TheTechnologyMan]

Please do let me know if there’s another portable fridge freezer you want me to look at, or anything else for that matter! And if you have the Glacier, what do you think of it? Is there anything I’ve missed?
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:57 Overview What's in box, size, weight, build, IP rating
2:29 Initial setup, compartment config, zone divider
2:50 Setting temperatures, range, limitations
3:56 Setting single zone
4:07 Using EcoFlow app: temperature config & fridge settings
5:13 Power Options Optional battery
5:43 Charging battery, using two-way USB-C port
6:16 Need battery for ice maker if running of 12V, & for solar charging
6:45 Using battery to power fridge & as power pack
7:13 Running off 24V
7:31 Running off mains, time to charge battery
7:53 Using with portable power station (eg EcoFlow Delta 2)
8:01 Running of DC, limitations, advantages
8:39 Running off Solar (with battery or via portable power station)
9:16 Performance Temperature stability - fridge and freezer inc Eco mode
10:05 Speed of cooling in dual zone mode measurements
10:40 Single zone temperature stability measurements
11:05 Efficiency measurements - how much cost to run off AC and DC
12:24 Usage measurements running off battery
12:46 Noise measurements
13:37 Using ice cube maker, noise, energy usage measurements
15:21 Draining ice cube maker and cleaning fridge (drainage hole)
16:02 Telescopic handles & wheels accessory
16:37 Bag accessory
16:52 Conclusions