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We got ours at Halfords.  They are £35 + £13 for the transformer.

They are great.  It goes in the boot & runs off a socket in there.  Once on site it runs off a transformer off the EHU, also from Halfords.  It will hold enough for the three of us for a weekend, we generally stock up on fresh  stuff every couple of days  when away longer.  It isn't as cold as the three way fridge so it will not make ice cubes, but is more compact, lighter, & much quieter & less smelly.  You will need EHU to run one though - they would flatten a leisure battery very quickly.

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pay a little more and get the halfords 35ltr coolbox which can be used with door opening upwards or on its side opening outwards like your fridge at home,we used ours this summer with the 12v transfomer running off EHU for two whole weeks non stop and the temp in the box was always kept around 20deg below the ambient temp...

there made by waeco and is the same box as the outwell 35ltr one except as was pointed out to me the outwell one will run from 240v aswell as 12v

We have also had a Halfords 12/230v coolbox for a few years now and find it very good. The thing to remember is that they generally only cool to 20 degrees below ambient temperature so in very hot temperatures they won't cool as low as a domestic fridge. However its unusual to get such temperatures in the UK for any length of time! What is you power source going to be as it will quickly flatten a car battery if the engine is not running. No problem if you have an EHU.

David

we use the halford 35lit one, we start it of with a 2lit plastic bottle nearly full and frozen, if we go away friday and come back sunday the bottle is normaly still 50% frozen.

we dont leave it on overnight because it tends to freeze stuff.

we just dont keep things like cooked meats more than two days but milk, butter and salad things are great in it.

mike

ps when we first freeze the bottle we have the top of, but after that we never open it

Quote: Originally posted by alibali65 on 01/10/2008

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We go away but without EHU is it ok to use one of these as a normal coolbox and then when you go out in the car plug it in to keep it cool until you return?

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Hi,

I had a 12v cooler from Woolworths purchased for around £30 when on offer last year. But the fan stopped working when plugged in for more than about 4 days. If you want one for longer go for a fridge with both 12v and plug adapters as this will run for longer as they can be used in offices etc.

Got my new one from Argos for around £45

Hope that helps.

Our Aldi elec coolbox is good. Put loads in, milk, 2 wine, bacon, steak pack, eggs, butter, cold meat, pack of chops, plus a few more bits. Put in 2 ice packs for travel. Kept everything well chilled. There is a constant hum but nothing too intrusive. Kept it in the awning so didn't bother us at night.

Quote: Originally posted by larrybo on 02/10/2008

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Hi,

I had a 12v cooler from Woolworths purchased for around £30 when on offer last year. But the fan stopped working when plugged in for more than about 4 days. If you want one for longer go for a fridge with both 12v and plug adapters as this will run for longer as they can be used in offices etc.

Got my new one from Argos for around £45

Hope that helps.

 

We had one from Woolworths too and it packed up within 24 hours.  We took it back, got money back and bought one from our local camping shop and its been fine

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