do you need a special mobile fridge?

steveh2112 wrote:
there's a Engle fridge here
http://www.roadtrucker.com/engel/engel-12-volt-acdc-refrigerator-freezer.htm
but a bit out of my price range

but this looks nice
http://www.amazon.com/Koolatron-P27-48-Can-Voyager-Cooler/dp/B000Q73C66/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1379819443&sr=8-4&keywords=12v+fridge
27 liters and about 60 watts

The subject of this thread highlights what I posted in another of your many threads on the general subject of your plans for your extended trip and that is I think you are going to find out you are trying to go about this in the wrong and basically non workable way. That is you are trying to get all the facilities for a family of three and then some into what can best be described as a hobbled together Class "B" RV and you are going to find out it is going to be way too expensive, too much hassle and bascially un workable in the long haul. Going at this the way it looks like you at thinking is going to turn a 6 mo trip into basically survival and meeting day to day needs leaving very little time to do what the original intend was and that is to visit and enjoy the sights and actually vacation. IMO you need to stick to an RV that is setup from the git go with the minimum being a Class "C" and I still think a TT in the 25' range and a decent TV offers the best combo overall realizing that even that limits the amount of time you can reasonably spend in less than FHU or at least those with electric. Not only will you have loaded down things like a normal mini Van or even a full sized Van with all this stuff like chemical toilets, Refer, extra batteries, potential solar panels, etc., etc. the necessities like food, cooking utensils, stoves, soap/towels/dispans, and clothes sleeping three in something as small as a Class "B" ... especially what I have call a hobbled together one at that is going to get VERY, VERY OLD and STRESSFUL for any time much more than say a week not to mention SIX MONTHS.

I'll repeat again and recommend you stop, take a deep breath and really do a down to earth assessment on your whole plan instead of trying to come at this piece meal with all these various posts on trying to do what is basically a champagne vacation on less than a beer budget. One example is just the cost of some options in this thread being out of your price range, but in another you are considering renting a car when staying in certain CGs. You have obviously never done this before and you are getting a lot of cautionary posts if you read between the lines saying bascially what I'm saying outright in this post. There is a wealth of information and experience here, but most of us have been there and done it and gives us a leg up so to speak in how to so it to varying degrees of success, but in your case I just get the feeling you are heading for a VERY UNPLEASANT EXPERIENCE which has a HIGH DEGREE to be MUCH MORE COSTLY than you ever expected and be WAY LESS ENJOYABLE than you a want.

Larry