Alpicool C15

EDIT 5 WEEKS AFTER PURCHASE: Still haven't had a reply from customer service. :/ EDIT, DAY 10: STILL NO RESPONSE FROM CUSTOMER SERVICE! EDIT, DAY 4: SENT TO CUSTOMER SERVICE YESTERDAY. NO REPLY! "We need guidance on how to use this as a freezer while it's plugged into the wall at home, please. #1. It seems unclear as to what MODE it should be when plugged into the wall at home. #2. It's been plugged in and set to -4°F for 3 days and, while it's keeping things cold, nothing is FROZEN. (We have planned to use it to keep ice packs frozen, so it's filled with ice packs.) #3. The booklet says to put it at -14°F for ice cream. However, our unit will not go below -4°F. Could you please educate us on how to use it as a freezer, at home, plugged into the wall with the provided cord? Thank you!" (WILL UPDATE WITH RESPONSE IF RECEIVED) EDIT, DAY 3: It's been set at -4°F for 3 days, filled with ice gel packs that we know get hard when frozen, and they're still liquid. Very very cold, but still soft. I emailed the company for advice. Will update. Original post: I have no regrets on day one. Immediately after plugging to AC indoor power, it started getting cold, but you can just BARELY hear it! It's a fan noise, whisper quiet. If I had to sleep in close quarters with it, it would not disturb my sleep or peace. Got this to keep 12 of the LARGE SIZE COOLER SHOCK PREMIUM ICE PACKS (available at Amazon) frozen in order to rotate out to a plain ice chest or other 12v refrigerator (depending on what we get; we're not there yet) OR even to keep our big freezer in the sticks-n-bricks as backup in case of SHTF. We will rotate in the spent ones from our ice chest or fridge into the Alpicool to re-freeze at 0°F (having put the other 6, FROZEN ones in the ice chest for the next night. Saw this general technique on Lulu's Way YouTube channel and it seems to work amazingly, though she used hard ice "bricks" and I'm trying these as they say they're "colder and lighter than ice." (Not cheap, but it's a one-time investment for a system we think will last longer term. Hope!) If anyone needs this info, this Alpicool chest holds 6 LARGE laid flat and stacked horizontally inside the freezer. I bought 12 so I can always have 6 being frozen and 6 more at hand to keep the ice chest cold without getting soupy with ice water. If we have any problems I'll let ya know. But so far we are really grateful we were able to grab one. Must-have for any prepper or no_mad!

I have read some of the other reviews and this is what I think about the Alpicool C15. I bought mine to transport items from the supermarket to home during the warmer months and summer, at least 30 minutes and at times an hour. It does this with flying colors and I would not hesitate to use this for any length of time. If I'm using this as a freezer, it will keep frozen things frozen. It was freeze meat that is not frozen. Ice cream that is hard will stay hard and in great shape when put in the freezer at home. In refrigerator mode, I will set it at 30 not more. Less than 30 for any length of time, may begin to freeze certain items. I have not had a single issue with this cheap unit. I have two large ones of the same brand. Dependable, one of the larger one uses more power the other larger on uses less believe it or not. All three do have the insulated jacket on them and fit like a tailored suit. Perfect. As far as some having issues and poor customer service, I'm sorry to hear that. I personally will buy another one if and when this fails me. I have used this 2 summers and stays in the car during summer. From a hot start, this cools to what ever I set it at and ready for use 30 to 40 minutes. Ice cream, I'll start it 60 minutes before. Side note, I did fill it once with ice cream bars and nutty bars for an event and when I handed them out, they were right on the edge but okay if eaten right away. It was 90+ that day and sat in the freezer for 4 hours before handing them out. Try that with a cooler and ice. No complaints. None.

Got this in June 2025. It has been used as a fridge in a work truck since that time. This July we went on a 2 week tent camping trip and used this. We used it for our already frozen meat we would use on the trip. We would plug it into our vehicle while driving. If we made a stop even for a couple of hours it would still be reading under the freezing mark when returning to our scorching hot car. We would plug in at our campsite when we arrived. We even took it into our hotel room the few days we chose that over setting up camp in the rain. It was a vacation not torture after all. But yes, it worked great and it's back to it's usual fridge life now. Love it!

Update. After one full football season, everything I said below is correct Here are some updates: This device works, plain and simple. After 5 hours in 90 degree weather, it did its job. If you are using it as a frequent "in and out" refrigerator, it will struggle to maintain temp. The fridge air will be around 34-39 degrees when the thermometer on the device will show 28 degrees. If you open it briefly, the fridge wall will stay the same, but the device will show 34. As a tailgate cooler, it worked perfectly. The performance of the fridge is directly related to the volts it receives. Running off ac, the converter included will provide 14.4v off house current. If I Run it off dc direct from battery, depending on the state of charge it will still run, but not as efficiently. My car regulates exactly at 12.0 so it runs a little better off ac, so I di run it off an inverter when I need more performance. ---original---- I live in Hawaii. Especially now, the ambient temperature is pretty high during the day. I bought this in preparation for tailgating season. I wanted something in my car they could run off my big Electric vehicle battery. I looked at the Dometic models but they were quite pricey. Then I came across a YouTube video of a guy from Canada and he ran it through its paces had recommended this model. Everything that he said was spot-on. It will freeze,, given enough time. It does SIP energy regardless of which mode you use. The only real knock I have ought it is the thermometer is not quite accurate. I would set it around 32 degrees Fahrenheit and it's actual temperature would be about 40 degrees. I did a little investigating and I realized that the wall off the cooler was much colder than the center or the air in it. I think this is the one difference between the Dometic brands and this one. I think the cooling elements don't fully in circle the cooling chamber. So if you do a little investigating you will find Cold spots in the cooler and other areas, including the upper lid area, that do not cool down to temperature. If this was being used for a medical reason such as to store medication you might want to think twice or evaluate your needs against the cost. But for food, you do have some leeway in the refrigeration temperature so if you set it 25 to 32 degrees, the food will generally be in the safe Zone. A strong suggestion when using this would be to put in a thermometer so that you can keep track of what the temperature is so you can adjust it. That's the only reason why I would give this four out of five stars. Every other aspect this thing is incredible. If I wanted to keep my food at exactly 34 degrees it would take some fiddling but I could do it. I just received it about a week ago and I did as much testing as I could in that amount of time. The other consideration is that I live in a warmer climate and our climate is more humid than most parts of America so I expect to have some humidity issues at some point. But for now it's everything that I expected. I will update my review in a couple months once I use it for real world experience.

I am a long time off grid homesteader and I have struggled to find a fridge/freezer that would would work on my small 400 watt system and I have tried just about everything. The Dometics and ARB and Engle are great but they are just too expensive for most of us cheap off gridders to invest in. Ice chests are not efficient and won't keep food frozen and you spend as much on ice in a year as this C20 costs without any of the hassle. I have had the C20 for over a week now and it works excellent for a single guy and I use it as my regular fridge freezer in my cabin but can also take it with me camping and adventuring which I do a lot. No more messy ice chests and buying ice. It runs great off of DC and at 3 amps on the eco setting with battery protection it won't leave you stranded with a dead battery. The picture shows the C20 loaded with a weeks worth of food. 2 frozen dinners, pound of hamburger, package of lunch meat, 2 frozen burritos, 2 frozen pizzas, , package of hot dogs, package of salad, bottle of past sauce, bottle of salsa, bottle of mayo, 2 cans of soda, package of shredded and sliced cheese and a quart of milk. Just a heads up. When I first got this fridge I set it to the lowest -4 setting because I didn't think it was cooling fast enough and by morning EVERYTHING in the fridge was frozen solid. If you are using it as a fridge set it on 20 and then the stuff at the bottom will stay almost froze and stuff on top will stay fresh and ready to use. It has enough room for an adequate supply of food and still small enough I can take it with me camping and adventuring which I do alot.. Another idea is you could use this as a freezer for all the stuff you want frozen and put in a couple of those reusable blue ice packs and freeze those to use in your ice chest for fresh foods and could even be used in one of those homemade chest air conditioners to keep your places cooler in summer. I am going to try that when the weather warms up! I have a full review of this Alpicool C20 on my Solarcabin channel: Alpicool C20 Off Grid Fridge Review 1 month update: I am using this as my full time fridge/freezer in my off grid cabin. I have finally found the perfect temp setting to be 20 which keeps everything just above freezing and that will keep frozen stuff frozen for 3-4 days and keeps my soda and beer at just the perfect temperature. I am running this off my small 400 watt solar power set up on DC power and it uses so little power I see hardly any drop over night just on battery power. I noticed compressor noise which is very soft just the first day or 2 and then it faded in to the background I no longer even notice it is running. Kicks on maybe every 5 to 10 minutes just to keep the temp at the setting. This has just enough room for a weeks supply of food and replace items only as used. I would give it 10 stars for price, low power and excellent for off gridders! LaMar- Simple Solar Homesteading.

I did a ton of research on what cooler to buy for some boondock camping and bought the Alpicool C20. I got it with the understanding that I needed to use hidden menus to change the temp units from C to F and that the interior temperature would be some 6 to 10 degrees off the displayed temperature and that that would also have to be corrected from the hidden menus. Neither of those concerns were observed in my case. When I turned it on for the first time it was set to F and after a day or two of testing the interior temp seems to be accurate with the displayed temp to about 1 degree I'd have to say. I have the unit set on 35 degrees and the seems to cool to 32 or 33 on compressor runs and not kick back on until 37 or 39. I placed a fridge thermometer inside and if I open it at say 33 degrees it subjectively looks like 32 or 33 depends on how you look at it. At any rate there seems to have been some attention paid to the temp disparity from the manufacturer. The manual is HORRIBLE. There are hidden menus available and the instructions are easily found on the internet. Because I didn't realize any issues as stated above I had no reason to get into the hidden menus to tweak anything. Just plug it in and set the initial temperature. EASY! One thing I noticed that I never read about anywhere is that if you use Celsius it will display 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, etc. If you use F however it will not display numbers which don't correspond to a Celsius number. It drove me crazy as I got it set in my mind I wanted to set the fridge to just above freezing to 34 and you can't set it to 34. -It can be set to 32 degrees because that equals 0 C -The next step is 33 degrees as 1C = 33.8 F -The next step is 35 as 2C = 35.6 C -There is no 34 F If this somehow bugs you the most accurate display of temp will be in C. I lived in Japan for about 16 years of my adult life so using C is normal to me and not a problem. Your mileage may vary. The unit is QUIET. QUIET. Also I am doing endurance testing with it hooked to a Jackery Explorer 500 portable power station. It seems to consume 10% of the power every 6 hours or so. That is AMAZING and means it will power it for just over a couple of days. Perfect for a camping weekend off grid. When I first plugged it in AC I used a power monitor with it. (Sonoff S31). With no compressor running it pulls about 2 watts. When the compressor kicks in it starts with about a 56 (53 in my pic) watt surge which settles down quickly to approximately 45 watts of power when running. That is crazy amazing and half the power of a mini fridge you'd buy for the bedroom or garage. I would say compressor runs are 3-4 minutes and maybe only happen 3 or 4 times an hour. There are a couple of things I wish it had though but I can probably overcome this with some DIY knowledge. First is it can be pushed across the floor. Not super easily but it can be pushed. I'd like to see some really grippy rubber feet so it would not move at all and I'm thinking about this for the propensity for it to bounce around in a moving camper or vehicle. Next it has handholds on both sides similar to a regular non powered cooler. It's nice and easy to carry but I wish there were some way to have some hole or flip out handles so you could use them to secure the cooler with a tie down strap. About the only way to secure it for transport would be to put a strap around it. Again a DIY solution awaits but having the ability to easily secure it would be great.

Great product. I held off writing a review of this fridge/freezer. I've been running it non-stop for exactly 3 years today. I use it in my office with an AC to DC adaptor to keep drinks cold, and then move it to my pickup truck when we travel away. Still going strong!

Update 2/17/2020 - I took this unit on a field trip and it worked great. Caveat #1 While this unit work wonderful I did purchase a 1000W Jackery to power the unit while my Subaru Outback was turned off. The Jackery was expensive 1K however I also use it at home during infrequent power loss at home. I also use it outside to power some power tools. The Alpicool runs easily 7 to 12 hours on the Jackery. Note once the Jackery is used you either have to recharge it using your car which will require 10 to 12 hours of driving or find a 120V outlet. All things consider it was a great value. I did a 8 day trip during covid and used the Alpicool & Jackery with no problem. I spent 2 days without being close to a 120 volt outlet and still had enough power in the Jackery for 1 more night. Note before leaving it is best to start the Alpicool and get it cold only put cold food are cold beverages into the unit in order to conserve Jackery power. I am glad that I purchase both these items, traveling during Covid I made zero stops to purchase food are drink and was able to avoid other people. I have only had the fridge/freezer for 24 hours and here is my data for this 1st review on this product more to come as I continue to test. These car/trailer fridge/freezers on the market are becoming popular and they cost as much as your home fridge/freezers and while I did in depth research online real information is sparce, even the highest price units seem to have significant short comings. I don’t really believe any of the 5 stars can be true on any fridge/freezer product. 1st thing I did was turned on the Alipcool fridge setting to -4 degree F. After 2 hours it was at 4 degrees F settings on the fridge/freezer Max (seems good). At 5.5 hours it reached Zero degrees again not bad for a warm unit startup. At 7 hours running time it reached -2 degrees and remained there overnight. It never went below -2 degree after 18 hours of running time except when cycling. It seems to me that the lower limit is -2 degrees not -4 degrees. I also put a thermometer into my home freezer and it never got below -2 degrees so I am pretty sure this Alipcool fridge/freezer will not go below -2 degrees, which is an adequate temperature for most products. Personal note: When you open the door briefly you will see a sudden and dramatic temperature drop; it does return to the previous temperature within 15 minutes, this of course require more energy. I just wanted to note this for those with children for obvious reasons. Also, I placed the same digital thermometer into the Alpicool after removing it from my home freezer. A few remarks on the accuracy of this thermometer; This thermometer is not designed for testing however it does seem to give fairly accurate results and I have used it for years. It is an outdoor thermometer that seems to correspond to weather channel readings even when the temperature drops in the negative number for days at a time. In theory this Alipcool unit will be used a refrigerator and not a freezer ergo the cold temperature setting will be in the range of 30 to 35 degrees F. Having said this the temperature readings now coming from the Alpicool is 4 degrees F on the E mode. The problem is that my thermometer is showing 18 degrees F. My thermometer was placed on top of the Cotinga Cup in the center of the Alpicool. This is a 14 degree difference from what is seen on the Alpicool unit and is very distressing. After testing with the lithium batteries moved the thermometer back to my home freezer and the temperature returned to -2 degrees. Heretofore now, I have not seen this discrepancy reported in any previous reviews and makes me suspect either my thermometer is wrong are Alpicool unit thermometer is wrong? My next step was to run the unit in its current cold state with an external lithium battery with 150-Watt Hour and the Alpicool setting was to allow the fridge/freezer to drain the battery low. The fridge/freezer was plugged into the 110-volt sine socket. After 2 hours the 150Wh battery shut off. This was not surprising, and my test will continue with the Alpicool using the E setting and 150-Watt Hour battery. I forgot to mention previously that on the cold start up I put two 15 oz. Contagia cups filled directly from the cold-water tap. It took between 11.5 hours and 18 hours for the water to freeze solid. After hooking up the 2nd 150 Watt Hour lithium battery and running the Alpicool it ran for 3.5 hours on E mode vs 2 hours in Max mode. A significant increase in service this would indicate to me that E mode may work for those times when the Alpicool is being run off of the battery. So far, I feel good about this products performance and it is much cheaper than the higher end products. If my math is correct you should be able to run a 1000 Watt Hour lithium battery for over 13 hours. The downside is you just spent an additional $1000 dollars. My next test will begin September 10th when I am planning to go camping. Temporary Conclusion after 24 hours - the temperature discrepancy is distressing and leads me to believe that you must choose a setting below what you would normally set your home fridge/freezer. I fear that choosing a lower temperature could lead to freezing but since I don’t intend to use the fridge for anything like fruit are vegetables, I believe for $200 dollars it is good enough for me.

I purchased this refrigerator for a road trip from Canada to Mexico. It worked great for keeping a few things cold during my trip. Not a large capacity but exactly what I wanted/needed. Best of all it's QUIET. I did a fair amount of research into which one I should buy and decided on this one for a number of factors (low noise, 12V plus 110, etc). It took me a couple of days to determine the best temperature setting (so that no freezing happened) and once I determined the correct temperature for my needs, it kept my perishables cold and maintained the temperature throughout many external weather changes. It was also the perfect size and on my road trip it was easy to take into my hotels at night to plug into 110. To conclude, I'm very happy with it and highly recommend it.

After seeing postive review in youtube for this Alpicool C15 Portable Freezer.I decide to buy it.Since i live in a very small room in shared accommodation cannot accommodate the small regular 45L fridge in my room as it takes alot of space. This Alpicool 15 liter Portable Freezer it's more sufficient for putting small cooked fresh foods for some 3-4 items and drinks also.It come comes with AC adaptor for home and 12/24 volt for the car and trucks.From my 1 week experience it did not fail me so far in terms of cooling. Hope it will last many years. My advice is better to take it with extended warranty if you buy this mini fridge.

great all around use in mycar. I have also an ARB cooler, more sturdy but too bulky, this one is perfect in a car to bring milk home or keep the sandwich cool for our 6 hour drive to the cabin

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