Opinions on best camping refrigerator?

[Danielims]

What are your opinions on the best options for a camping refrigerator? We are starting with a blank slate here and not looking to go "all out" with the rear. But for camping trips that are 3-4 days or even day trips in Arizona heat we need to get something that will do a better job than a cooler.
Thanks

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[Wraven]

Only two I have ever used myself are ARB and Engels, both expensive but both designed to work at angles a device would be subjected to for overlanding.

 

[scottyah]

I rented a van with a 75cuft Dometic and it worked well. They have kind of a cult following in the vanlife community

 

[ldjessee]

I rented a van with a 75cuft Dometic and it worked well. They have kind of a cult following in the vanlife community

I know several jeepers who also swear by them, but the price tags is a bit hard to swallow…

 

[Outdoors]

I have two Dometic 100's CFX3. The non divided ones. I keep one as fridge and other as freezer. Use almost nothing for power and are quiet. Yes pricy, but I also have many Yeti's, and they are never cold to start with, and require a walk in freezer to do a deep cold for a long journey. I am off grid, and the one thing I crave is Ice cubes. The split ones never make ice good enough as it is used as fridge, and if you open it often it can't maintain like a 99% of the time shut freezer only.

They also double as a bench with a nice diamond pattern.

 

[ldjessee]

You have pics of your dual Dometic setup?

 

[Zbatc]

Ecoflow Glacier. Has a very cybertruck vibe, makes ice super fast, can be plugged in or has its own battery power. Only downside is maybe under sized a bit.

 

[FirstRLast]

Not sure what one I’ll go with yet. But I like to use a combo of the electric chilled just for ice and then a well insulated 5 day cooler and just keep restocking the ice. That way you aren’t opening the electric often and it will keep cold with less power and every 3 days or so you just add some new ice / drain water into an empty 5 gallon for cooking/ cleaning. You can get a good week and a half to 2 weeks with that method with very little power.

 

[Outdoors]

I don't have a picture per say other than contents. Friends would ask what to bring, and I would always shoot a picture of what we had. However this is the campground setup. Maybe the 100s are a bit big to lug around in the truck, but I use them in the Airstream.

https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/thr...-solar-powered-ev-charging-campground.278318/

 

[GollyGee]

I have been surprised by the Bodega T50 splittable refrig/freezer.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08D96FM73/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1
The temperature control could be better, but besides a couple of camping trips so far (freeze side at 10F, refrig at 40F), we have been running it continuously in our house for months in refrigerator mode at 40F. Plug in at 120Vac or 12Vdc.
Price currently at $450, but price bounces down to $250 at times.

 

[sylvius]

All the options stated are great but they are super expensive because they are designed to run off 12V which takes some doing. Once they enable the bed outlets to run while the truck is moving and assuming you aren’t trying to go for days without charging, probably a small chest freezer in the bed (with a temp controller if you want fridge temp) would be a good, cost-effective option.

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