Best dorm fridge for truck

I'm using a fridge specially designed for trucks. I'm sure you've seen them. At truckfridge.com
yes, they're more expensive but I've gone the other route with a fridge/inverter combo and didn't work out well for me.
The great thing about the fridge I have, is it's DC power so vie got it hot wired to the fuse box on the truck and it uses very little power. No chance it will run the batteries down.
In addition I bought one of their portable freezers, 2cu.ft capacity and it's fantastic. So I can store frozen food which eliminates going to the store too many times. Again, it's hot wired as it's DC power and keeps all the food frozen.
One of the best things I've bought.
But everyone has their own way of doing things. This combo works great for me despite the cost, but then I attach great importance to be able to eat just as well on the truck as I do at home.

 

Good luck with your fridge combo. I've tried everything and used those worthless thermo coolers at the beginning of my career. Don't know why companies frown on you hot wiring. It's no big deal. I got a buddy to do it for me. But you can use the fridge I have with AC power too via an inverter. It has 2 power inputs But of course the small fridges you can buy in retail stores are much cheaper.
I haven't eaten in a truckstop in years. Refuse to eat that garbage. My main source of food and fresh fruit is costco.

 

Should not need to "hot wire" it in. If you have a truck that has a fridge opening. It would not be that hard for you to create a 12 volt cigarette outlet type pig tail. There is bound to be plenty of cigarette outlets nearby that you can plug into. Those fridges dont pull alot of amps, so it should not be tripping any fuses.

BTW DR Fandango. Thankyou for the good link on truck fridges. It is a keeper.

 

Google walmart item 550319934 black and decker 3.3 cube. Thats my first two door dorm fridge ive had it for 6 six months now and no problems so far. Before ive always had the old coleman 12v camp fridges. I also run off an 1800w inverter. My inverter has a display which tells me the battery volts and also output. I was amazed that the two door drew less power than the 12v coleman, i also noticed that my apu runs less now alot less. Picked mine in store for $165 it stores enough in the freezer for about a week. Im sure im saving $100 a month on food and im able to eat better and healthier i even feel better, more energy, better mood. I had to have the passenger seat removed to fit it tho i dont have a condo. My only worry is in the event of a rollover on the driver side that thing gonna come right at me and its just big and heavy enough that it could really jack me up. I wish i find a way to strap it down w/o making any perminante mods to the truck.

 

I bought an Emerson at Target 2007. I caught it on sale for $120. I think normally it was $185. I still use it today. It got plenty of miles on it. Very happy with that fridge. It has two doors, stainless steel look and the doors lock with a key. That's handy when it's full of groceries. They don't come flying out going down the road. I'll see if they still have it. Walmart and Lowe's both carry dorm fridges too.

 

Here's a similar one, $199.99. No door lock though but maybe it has a catch.

If you watch the sale paper they go on sale regularly. I shopped for awhile before I bought mine and noticed that.

http://www.target.com/p/emerson-3-1...al_1&lnk=Rec|pdp|ClickEV|item_page.vertical_1

Takes 150 watts to start and cruises on 70 watts. It might run 10 minutes an hour.

Here's mine but I didn't pay no where near that.

http://www.amazon.com/Emerson-CR500-Compact-Refrigerator/dp/B0014E448U

 

Yes you're right. You don't have to hotwire it as it comes with a DC 12 volt cord and you can just plug it into the cigar lighter or power plug. Thanks for correcting me. I only hot wired it because I only have one input on the dash and I didn't want to use it. I think Norcold make good fridges too that are specially designed for trucks.,the ones you buy in the retail stores didn't work for me as the compressors burned out pretty quick..
But once you use a good fridge, you never want to go back to those coolers.
I've also hot wired the freezer I have. The folks at truckfridge.com sent me a spare cord which I used to wire it direct to the fuse box. When I'm home I just switch it over to AC power via the other cord. But the thing is built like a tank and once full, it's tough to lift.