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relaxin
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Jun 10, 2013

bar fridge or cooler

over the years we have allways had to tag along a cooler, firstly to keep down the traffic in and out of the RV (bugs and dirt reduction strategy) as well secondly longer trips (more than 4 days, theres never enough room for the refreshments, pop water wine and beer for 4 to 5 of us in the rv fridge, looking at a hand full of receipts we noticed at a couple places we payed as much as $4 per bag of ice, and it was the cheap hollow ice cubes that melt fast, and we went through 2 to 3 bags a day figuring that out for 10 days we spent about $80 on ice like WTF so I was tossing around getting a 3 cubic foot bar fridge, its small enough to pick up and move around (empty) put a couple handles on it to make it easier to lift, and bring it instead of a cooler. I saw them on sale at CTC for $140

anyone else consider this or doing this instead of paying a small fortune for frozen water??

15 Replies

  • What kind of cooler do you have? I have a Coleman Xtreme cooler and I can keep ice in it for 4 days. Even milk and other perishable items are great.

    The thing with a fridge is that it will take time to cool down. We have a small bar fridge in our front storage that came with our TT. We load it up with brews before a trip so everything is nice and cold already. When we get to the CG we plug in and the fridge gets to work again but everything is ALREADY cold to begin with.
  • We keep a small dorm fridge in the TT to supplement the TT fridge. Crank the thermostat down in it and it will keep the beer (and anything else) good and frosty. We set ours up on a folding table under the awning. If the wind picks up and we have to put the awning in, we keep a tarp to cover the table and fridge. Beats the heck outa buying ice every day.
  • How about a portable ice maker and a cooler? The ice maker should be small enough to store inside the cooler.