Coleman cooler repairs info

Before I made the move to a dorm fridge, I had them all. IMO, Igloo makes the best one.

 

ive had my coleman for almost 4 years. barely works but its enough to have a cooler drink. Im on the 2nd peltier, 2nd fan, umpteenth cord. since i changed the peltier to a slightly bigger one, i had to upgrade to 12 gauge cord. I tried a dorm fridge but the dang things dont fit in the cubby behind the seat so it took up to much room so back to the coleman.

 

I'm with Condocruiser. I've had the Coleman, I didn't know how bad it sucked until I replaced it with an Igloo.

 

I had the same problem in my 387. The fridges are a couple inches too wide. I solved it by removing the door and one panel behind the seat. If you look them cabinets they have individual walls. At least on that truck it did. When I got done and put my microwave on top, it looked like it belonged there.

 

I just recently did the same "snip-n-change" on my Coleman...got it in December...hoping to get the full year out of it.

I'll try the Igloo next time...everyone seems to be pretty satisfied with that brand.

 

I have had mine for 3 years and never had a problem with it. It will still freeze a single pop of left in there too long

 

freight shakers are all like one piece snap together plastic from floor to ceiling. and being a company truck they only allow 80 watt inverter so if i had to have any work done on the truck and a mechanic saw the fridge id be screwed. heck i even got blamed by a mechanic for my batteries going dead daily (2 batteries with shorted cells) cause they seen i had a burton slow cooker in my truck that i never even use much less leave plugged in all night long to drain my batteries.

 

One time I had one of them smaller Coleman 12V coolers that hold about an 12 pack. I woke up to a smoke filled cabin gagging. The cooler was a melted glob. I snatched it up and threw it out the door. I was lucky it didn't kill me. I'm real leary about them coolers. The plug is fused. But evidently it didn't work right that night. I bought it at a yard sale and used it a month. They probably had tinfoil for a fuse?

The Igloo I had lasted 3 years before I sold it. I had to buy one power cord for it is all. I think I got the cord off ebay?

 

I have had several of those plugs just melt and smoke.

Everyone of them had fuses in them and they were not blown.

Just a melted plug.