Alpicool C20 portable compressor fridge freezer 21Quart(20Liter) for car and home - 12V/24V DC and 110V AC








Key features
- •❄ STORAGE SPACE:21 Quart(20 Liter) capacity ,fits 25 cans of Cola.
- •❄ FREEZES WITHOUT ICE: -4°F(-20°C) deep chilling down performance ,can be a fridge or freezer. Run great with your small solar system as well.
- •❄ CAR BATTERY PROTECTION:With temperature memory function and 3 different levels for battery protection: Low, Med and High to protect your vehicle battery without run down.
- •❄ STRONG PLASTIC MATERIAL:Light weight but durable and easy transport to anywhere.
- •❄ KEEP COOLING AND FRESH:Reliable sealing property construction,thick and high Density Foam Insulation.Continues keep cooling performance during your journey.Fresh all way and super energy saving!
Alpicool C20 portable compressor fridge freezer 21Quart(20Liter) for car and home - 12V/24V DC and 110V AC
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Customer Reviews
Reviews sourced from verified Amazon purchasers4.0
out of 5
Based on 10 reviews
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I should have bought this freezer years ago 😊
Jenni✓ Verified Purchase•January 28, 2018
I bought this freezer for my husband and I to use on the road. ( we're truck drivers )
I wish I had bought it sooner. This freezer is AWESOME! It works great! It's so nice to bring frozen food on the road. We are saving so much money NOT buying crap at truck stops. Plus, you don't even hear it running. It also gets super cold SUPER fast! If your considering a freezer, buy this one. It's fantastic. Later, when It's time to replace it, I'll buy this freezer again.
I wish I had bought it sooner. This freezer is AWESOME! It works great! It's so nice to bring frozen food on the road. We are saving so much money NOT buying crap at truck stops. Plus, you don't even hear it running. It also gets super cold SUPER fast! If your considering a freezer, buy this one. It's fantastic. Later, when It's time to replace it, I'll buy this freezer again.
Faulty thermostat
Cole✓ Verified Purchase•January 24, 2018
It works, but not properly. I bought this for a camper van, but I have been testing it at home in a wall socket. When I got home from work today, the compressor was running full-bore and the temperature read -13 degrees Celsius, even though I had it set to 4 degrees. Adjusting the temperature on the control panel had no effect, and pressing the power button simply turned off the temperature display while the compressor continued to chug away. I had to unplug the entire fridge and plug it back in to get it working properly again. If this happens in my van, it's likely to drain my battery and leave me stranded somewhere. Perhaps I got a bad unit, but I noticed other reviewers recently had this problem as well, so you might want to save for a better known brand, or roll the dice and hope you don't get a lemon.
At half the price of a Dometic it is a good deal too
Carrol Wallace✓ Verified Purchase•January 11, 2018
I have used this fridge for about 7-8 days of use over the last 60 days of owning it. It is fairly quiet when running and is quite energy efficient. I measured the energy usage at about .5 amps/hr when set at 0 degrees Celsius with 21 degree Celsius ambient temperature. At half the price of a Dometic it is a good deal too. Also it is the only portable refrigerator I found that is not tall. I only had 15" of height in the place I wanted to keep this, and this fits perfectly with plenty of air space. Assuming I get a few years out of this refrigerator, it will be a very good deal.
BAD PRODUCT!!!!!!
Rava68✓ Verified Purchase•December 31, 2017
REALLY??!! I received this fridge and the 12v cord it's shorted!!!!! I am very disappointed!!! I will desire it to turn it back or use electrical tape to make it to work!! I'm so up sad!!
Overall, I like the C20 for the money.
Richard G Bingham II✓ Verified Purchase•December 11, 2017
Just guessing, but it seems to be a C15 with a taller lid for the extra space. Not as convenient as an actual 20 liter tub. Max watts seen so far is 59w while running on the provided A/C cable/transformer. Draws .7 watts when the unit is on and the compressor is off. In both Eco & Max modes, compressor seems to kick in when the temperature rises 2 degrees. Seems to draw a few more watts when in Max mode. The lid looks too much like a cushion and may tempt people to sit on it.
The following values where with the unit plugged into A/C using the supplied transformer that was plugged into a watt meter, so values on a battery may be different. Tests where done indoors, with ambient temperatures ranging from mid 60's to mid 70's. Due to the ambient temperature varying, and each test only being done once, these comparisons are only approximate.
In Max mode, set to -20, it averaged about 23 watts an hour, using about 552 watts in 24 hours.
In Eco mode, set to -20, it averaged about 18 watts an hour, using about 447 watts in 24 hours.
In Eco mode, set to -10, it averaged about 10 watts an hour, using about 240 watts in 24 hours.
In Eco mode, set to -5, it averaged about 6 watts an hour, using about 144 watts in 24 hours.
Eco mode seems to use less watts while running, but running for longer. Max mode averaged about 51 watts when the compressor was running, while Eco averaged about 42.
Using an IR thermometer, the tub wall near the compressor matched the displayed temperature pretty closely, so I'm guessing that's where the sensor is. When set to -20, a thermometer at the bottom near the tub wall typically shows 4-10 degrees higher. Up in the lid would read about 5-14 degrees higher than displayed. The temperatures really depended on what was in it. If it was packed pretty tight, the readings where lower than if the unit had a lot of empty space, which seems typical of freezers/refrigerators.
Battery Protection settings.
The manual mentions battery protection and that the H3 setting is the default and safest, but doesn't actually give any numbers, so I thought I'd test it and find out. Battery protection stops the compressor and gives a F1 on the display if the voltage drops too low. My testing was done using it as a 12 volt system.
Behavior seems the same for both Max and Eco modes.
H3 will give the F1 between 11.6 - 11.8 volts, and will clear the error and resume around 12.5 - 12.7.
H1 will give the F1 between 10.6 - 10.8 volts, and will clear the error and resume around 11.5 - 11.7.
It would give the F1 as soon as the voltage hit the above values, but there was a delay of a few seconds up to about 30 before it would resume.
You would think H2 would be somewhere in between H1 and H3, but it wasn't. Sometimes it would behave the same
as H3, and other times as H1. At first I thought it would follow whatever was the last setting, but I think
it's just random. Not sure if it's a design issue or just the one I have. Not that big of a deal for me now that I know, but if you assume H2 will protect your battery better than H1, it may or may not.
I also got some strange behavior when switching between the modes, especially when the voltage was low. I would
recommend if you change the setting, power it off, then back on, just to be sure.
The above tests where done with a variable voltage DC power supply.
Even though I'd prefer a 20L tub, rather than 15 with a 5L lid, all in all, I like the C20 for the money.
I was considering giving it four stars for the lid and strange H2 setting, but anyone looking at the picture before buying should know about the space in the lid, and the H2 itself isn't enough for a full star. If I could, I'd give it a 4.8 or 4.9.
The following values where with the unit plugged into A/C using the supplied transformer that was plugged into a watt meter, so values on a battery may be different. Tests where done indoors, with ambient temperatures ranging from mid 60's to mid 70's. Due to the ambient temperature varying, and each test only being done once, these comparisons are only approximate.
In Max mode, set to -20, it averaged about 23 watts an hour, using about 552 watts in 24 hours.
In Eco mode, set to -20, it averaged about 18 watts an hour, using about 447 watts in 24 hours.
In Eco mode, set to -10, it averaged about 10 watts an hour, using about 240 watts in 24 hours.
In Eco mode, set to -5, it averaged about 6 watts an hour, using about 144 watts in 24 hours.
Eco mode seems to use less watts while running, but running for longer. Max mode averaged about 51 watts when the compressor was running, while Eco averaged about 42.
Using an IR thermometer, the tub wall near the compressor matched the displayed temperature pretty closely, so I'm guessing that's where the sensor is. When set to -20, a thermometer at the bottom near the tub wall typically shows 4-10 degrees higher. Up in the lid would read about 5-14 degrees higher than displayed. The temperatures really depended on what was in it. If it was packed pretty tight, the readings where lower than if the unit had a lot of empty space, which seems typical of freezers/refrigerators.
Battery Protection settings.
The manual mentions battery protection and that the H3 setting is the default and safest, but doesn't actually give any numbers, so I thought I'd test it and find out. Battery protection stops the compressor and gives a F1 on the display if the voltage drops too low. My testing was done using it as a 12 volt system.
Behavior seems the same for both Max and Eco modes.
H3 will give the F1 between 11.6 - 11.8 volts, and will clear the error and resume around 12.5 - 12.7.
H1 will give the F1 between 10.6 - 10.8 volts, and will clear the error and resume around 11.5 - 11.7.
It would give the F1 as soon as the voltage hit the above values, but there was a delay of a few seconds up to about 30 before it would resume.
You would think H2 would be somewhere in between H1 and H3, but it wasn't. Sometimes it would behave the same
as H3, and other times as H1. At first I thought it would follow whatever was the last setting, but I think
it's just random. Not sure if it's a design issue or just the one I have. Not that big of a deal for me now that I know, but if you assume H2 will protect your battery better than H1, it may or may not.
I also got some strange behavior when switching between the modes, especially when the voltage was low. I would
recommend if you change the setting, power it off, then back on, just to be sure.
The above tests where done with a variable voltage DC power supply.
Even though I'd prefer a 20L tub, rather than 15 with a 5L lid, all in all, I like the C20 for the money.
I was considering giving it four stars for the lid and strange H2 setting, but anyone looking at the picture before buying should know about the space in the lid, and the H2 itself isn't enough for a full star. If I could, I'd give it a 4.8 or 4.9.
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