12v Cooler

Poplar with campers, travellers and those who participate in road trips either for work or recreational pursuits. For the purpose of work, road trips involving high degree of mobility are made by truck drivers, sales executives, and Consultants for example.

When it comes to leisure, there are people who enjoy free time travelling by road to places of interest. Given that in some countries such as the UK, with so much to see and do, its obvious why road trips are a popular pursuit.

A 12v cooler provide the means to help these people. A 12v coolbox, is very much a secondary refrigeration device, its not something one would consider using as a main fridge in the home. In comparison it is considerably smaller.

The fridge you find in the home is usually a tall appliance that is bulky in weight. A 12 cooler is light in terms of weight making it a portable fridge. Unlike a regular fridge there is no shelving units, you'll simply find a six sided box. The top can be opened to store or remove items of food and drink. Within the six walls is the refrigerated area to place items that need chilling.

The disadvantage is that with a tightly packed 12v fridge, its not always easy to remove items. If something located at the bottom is required, everything else on top needs to be taken out too!

A fridge for the home operates on electric power using complicated electrical mechanism, a 12v cooler fridge works through battery power which are available on a vehicle such as a cars and trucks. The fridge commonly would be plugged in through the cigarette lighter on the vehicle.

Many 12v cooler fridge, not only works on battery but also come with an AC adaptor so the cooler can be plugged into the 110 Volt electric power outlets in the home. Typically before embarking a on the road trip you would plug the cooler fridge into the house-hold power supply to reach temperatures needed for refrigeration. When travelling the power source would be changed to 12 volts from the battery.

If purchasing this type of 12v cool box, the choice on offer is almost endless. You can buy a 12v cooler that have been made by companies such as Koolatron, Wagan, Engel, Waeco, Coleman, Black & Decker. These are a few of the many manufacturers.

A cheap 12v cooler is available for as little as $75 (£40) while the sophisticated models run into thousands. Though most 12v coolers are small devices that help in travel situations, a few bigger models are available too.

For example the Engel MT80F-UI Travel Cooler is the ultimate 12 volt cooler. It can not only serve as a fridge but as a freezer too. Comes with a massive capacity (can hold 118 cans) and with some of the most up to date feature such as Automatic Temperature Control. However, the price tag exceeds $1400! But is well worth the purchase.