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tinstartrvlr
Explorer
Mar 13, 2018

Avanti fridge-anyone have?

Evening everyone,

Anyone familiar with the Avanti brand fridges?

They make one that is 7.4 cubic feet and is almost exactly the size of the typical gas/absorption fridge (and has more interior space) so it fits perfectly in the cutout. Under 400 dollars.

Read a ton of reviews about it on Amazon; very many good and many spoke of putting one in their RV, but there were also a ton of reviews mentioning dings/dents/and some pretty serious damage. Seems the seller or mfg has a problem packaging them, or they are scratch n dent models (although it's not stated anywhere)

Anyone here ever had one of these?

Thanks

Exact model if anyone needs it RA7316PST

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  • tinstartrvlr's avatar
    tinstartrvlr
    Explorer
    Mar 13, 2018
    FWIW, it supposedly only uses about 72-76 watts to run which translates to low amp use, so that's a plus. One of the Amazon reviewers has one in his RV and went into great detail explaining the electrical use.

    Just a little troubled by the damage thing. Wizard, sounds like you bought yours before the damage issues began, but very happy to hear it has worked well. All the Amazon reviews that mentioned damage seemed to be in the past 3 yrs or so.

    Since I don't boondock a lot, and a cooler works fine for those times, I think I will give this a try. I could buy 5 of them for the price of one gas absorption fridge! :)

    Thanks all.
  • westend's avatar
    westend
    Explorer
    Mar 13, 2018
    Go for it. I have a 120V dorm fridge and there's no way I'd go back to a gasser.
  • Almot's avatar
    Almot
    Explorer III
    Mar 13, 2018
    They are not top of the line, but what these days is? If it's time to replace propane fridge, and this Avanti fits, and you're tolerant to compressor cycling hum in the night, and you're on hookups most of the time - go for it.

    Coolmom42 is right. I don't think any 120V compressor fridge of this size would make a good choice without hookups or very big solar, this is their nature.
  • MrWizard's avatar
    MrWizard
    Moderator
    Mar 13, 2018
    we have been running one in the Safari (previous coach) for 7yrs, full time use
    except for 'engine repair shop time'

    it has been excellent, NO problems, not a single one
    has been running on tripplite 1250w powerverter (inverter)

    Yes the very same fridge
  • Lwiddis's avatar
    Lwiddis
    Explorer II
    Mar 13, 2018
    “It seems to hold temp OK but it is not heavily used.“

    Then what would it be good when RVing? Nada. More than packaging problems.
  • coolmom42's avatar
    coolmom42
    Explorer II
    Mar 13, 2018
    I have the smallest model in a lab, for storing samples. They are just an inexpensive small basic fridge. It seems to hold temp OK but it is not heavily used.

    I'm pretty sure they are not particularly energy efficient, since there doesn't seem to be a lot of insulation and an inexpensive compressor system. Possibly not the best choice for running off a battery bank, if you ever camp without hookups.

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