Poll: How often do you use your frunk? (Or see yourself using it)

[SentinelOne]

That is why I bought a fob. So easy

good point, maybe if I needed to use the front, but like I said, I dont for the current car so not worth carrying around for me

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[rodmacpherson]

I currently keep tool bags in the frunk of my model S and my wife keeps a ziplock full of birdseed and peanuts there.
It is full all the time, it is useful things we just want to have with us all the time but don't want taking up space in the trunk. Emergency kit/first aid kit are in the lower level of the trunk because you may need to get to them from inside the car. All the rest of the stuff I want to carry around all the time but is too big for the glove box is in the frunk. Also an ice scraper and snow brush for winter time. the Frunk is easy to access even when the car is covered in snow, and the windows are frozen in the up position, and opening it doesn't get any snow inside the car.

 

[SSonnentag]

I use the frunk in my Model S a lot, but my wife's Model X frunk seems to attract mice, so we don't use it as much. Tesla really needs to ensure that the frunks are rodent proof.

 

[CyberGus]

raises a good point too: I am now able to think about safety in terms of items in the cab becoming projectiles in a crash.

I've never heard of frunk content causing an issue during a collision, but it's probably not a great place to store your katanas and hand grenades

 

[cvalue13]

I've never heard of frunk content causing an issue during a collision, but it's probably not a great place to store your katanas and hand grenades

I was saying other way around

in my ice pick up, my dashboard was littered with throwing stars, naturally

but now that I have a Frank, I keep em in there, in case of a collision

 

[Rutrow]

I'd like to take this opportunity, and I'm not speaking to anyone specifically posting above, but buying an EV should make you reevaluate the stuff you cart around in your car all the time. I was one of those "boy scout" types who wanted to be prepared for anything. I carried tool bags, a case of bottled water, oil and brake fluid, WD-40, and kept my snow chains and rock salt well into the spring. Aside from maybe a screwdriver and half quart of oil, I never used any of it. I don't know if the several dozen pounds significantly affected the gas mileage in my ICE car, but since buying an EV I realized that all that unnecessary weight WOULD decrease my range. I left all of it (except umbrella and sun glasses) out, and in four years haven't missed it AT ALL. Even the few things I did use in my old car, none of it was so urgent that I couldn't've waited until I got home, or to the Wal~Mart to grab it in a pinch.
Sure, if I were venturing out ahead of a storm I'd cart the blankets, chains, and water to the car, but I'd leave it where I won't forget to take it out of the car when the emergency has passed.
Just stop and think before you merely transfer your old cargo into your new EV. Adopting a minimalist attitude will save you money and charging time on road trips!

 

[Jhodgesatmb]

they fold up, if the pre-production beta is the go by (and I would say it is)

Is there any technical reason why the rear seats couldn’t fold up ‘or’ down, depending on some lock and lever system?

 

[Jhodgesatmb]

I'd like to take this opportunity, and I'm not speaking to anyone specifically posting above, but buying an EV should make you reevaluate the stuff you cart around in your car all the time. I was one of those "boy scout" types who wanted to be prepared for anything. I carried tool bags, a case of bottled water, oil and brake fluid, WD-40, and kept my snow chains and rock salt well into the spring. Aside from maybe a screwdriver and half quart of oil, I never used any of it. I don't know if the several dozen pounds significantly affected the gas mileage in my ICE car, but since buying an EV I realized that all that unnecessary weight WOULD decrease my range. I left all of it (except umbrella and sun glasses) out, and in four years haven't missed it AT ALL. Even the few things I did use in my old car, none of it was so urgent that I couldn't've waited until I got home, or to the Wal~Mart to grab it in a pinch.
Sure, if I were venturing out ahead of a storm I'd cart the blankets, chains, and water to the car, but I'd leave it where I won't forget to take it out of the car when the emergency has passed.
Just stop and think before you merely transfer your old cargo into your new EV. Adopting a minimalist attitude will save you money and charging time on road trips!

I carry all of my emergency stuff in the frunk. Compressor, lifting pucks, first aid, extra wiper fluid, a squeegee/sponge for the windshield, etc. I do not like closing the un-powered frunk so I only open it when these items are needed (a lot on road trips).

 

[cvalue13]

Is there any technical reason why the rear seats couldn’t fold up ‘or’ down, depending on some lock and lever system?

going off the F150, no reason at all - the seat bottom folds up, or the seat back can fold down (it’s where the jack, etc. is stored)

Taking the prior question to be getting at maximizing floor/storage space, seat bottom up is the move

 

[the43k]

I think the question might be an Apples to Oranges premise. In my Model S, I rarely use the Frunk. Family luggage to the airport on a big trip or my wife on a really big grocery day. However, the Cybertruck, will be very different. Carrying tools, equipment, camping supplies, food, clothing, chairs, etc etc. The need for payload will be very different.

 

[Gurule92]

I think the question might be an Apples to Oranges premise. In my Model S, I rarely use the Frunk. Family luggage to the airport on a big trip or my wife on a really big grocery day. However, the Cybertruck, will be very different. Carrying tools, equipment, camping supplies, food, clothing, chairs, etc etc. The need for payload will be very different.

Pardon the vulgarity. Just a funny thing I remembered

 

[HaulingAss]

I personally am hoping for a drain in the CT frunk so I can fill it with ice and use it like a cooler.

I've lined our Model 3 frunks with a single layer of reflectix bubble foil insulation:

and this foil tape:

It's cut and taped to fit the contours of the frunk and has a hinged lid that flips back. Foil tape forms the hinge but the enclosure is not taped to the car, it just lifts out like a lightweight frunk liner with lid.

I leave it in the frunk permanently and use it every time I go grocery shopping, usually without cooler packs, it keeps the ice cream, milk, meat and veggies cold for the trip home, even if I decide to make a couple of detours/stops. I use the Tesla phone app to open my frunk as I exit the supermarket with my cart full of groceries.

For road trips I have a large soft-cooler I put inside the bubble foil enclosure with one or two of these inside:

The cooler is this from AO Coolers (Carbon Stow-n-Go):

Ice is out-dated and I can't believe anyone still uses it in normal cooler usage. The Cooler Shock flat packs are far colder than ice and last two days (cold) to three days (cool) in my setup, even travelling through 100-degree deserts due to the bubble-foil frunk wrap keeping a cool environment around my soft cooler. It may help that my hood is Pearl White to also reflect the sun's energy.

Ice is messy and not as cold. The Cooler Shock packs will freeze produce if you leave them in direct contact with the packs because they are not filled with water but a solution that has a freezing point of 18 degrees Fahrenheit. Of course, no drain is necessary. These work far better than the hard-shelled "blue ice" packs. I like the large size Cooler Shocks, on an extended road trip I will ask the front desk of the hotel or motel I'm staying at to put it in their freezer overnight when I'm departing the next day. You could also use more smaller Cooler Shock packs so they fit in your room freezer.

Depending on the layout of the Cybertruck frunk, I plan to do something similar. I may construct a box of 1" Dow Foam Board sized to fit a cooler for even better performance. You might be surprised how much better a cooler works in hot weather when it's kept in it's own cooler environment. When I lift the bubble foil lid of the frunk liner I made for our Model 3's, the cooler is surrounded by cold air, even on a hot day. Since my cooler does not take up the full width of the frunk, there is a cool space beside the cooler suitable for things like cheese, bread, and other items that don't need to be ice cold.

Well-made soft coolers rock! Skip the cheap Made in China stuff. Most coolers that hold this much stuff require both hands to lug around, I can haul the Stow-n-Go with one hand. Run your cooler dry, much mo' betta' with a thermally efficent system like I've described above. Summer is coming, don't be stuck with warm beer and soggy food in a messy flood of melted ice!

 

[Deleted member 8371]

With the recent flurry of pics and videos, there has been some frunk talk and I noticed a lot of people saying they don't really use their frunks.

I personally use it every day.
Things I put in there regularly:

1. Laptop bag
2. Coat
3. Snap plate
4. Groceries
5. Luggage on weekends out

I tend to back in so I guess that could be part of it.

So I pass the question to you. How much do you currently, or plan to in CT, use the frunk?

I personally am hoping for a drain in the CT frunk so I can fill it with ice and use it like a cooler.

 

[SwampNut]

I've only needed it one time, for a road trip with four people in the car and a couple of them overpack ridiculously. The trunk and frunk were 100% full. I've used it a couple times just to experience it, and it's useless. I don't want my laptop in there in summer because it's insanely hot. Things have to be a certain size, and it's slippery and hard so they will bounce around. I've basically forgotten it exists.

I've used it for this joke however:

 

[Deleted member 8371]

With the recent flurry of pics and videos, there has been some frunk talk and I noticed a lot of people saying they don't really use their frunks.

I personally use it every day.
Things I put in there regularly:

1. Laptop bag
2. Coat
3. Snap plate
4. Groceries
5. Luggage on weekends out

I tend to back in so I guess that could be part of it.

So I pass the question to you. How much do you currently, or plan to in CT, use the frunk?

I personally am hoping for a drain in the CT frunk so I can fill it with ice and use it like a cooler.

I use my Frunk to store things I don't use as often, so everyday

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