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Wagan 2260 Car Hot and Cold Personal Fridge.
SKU: 385
Availability: This item has been discontinued
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This 6-litre cooler/warmer is specially designed to fit in the front console or the back seat of your car and can cool your favorite drinks to approximately 32-36 degrees F. It also features a warming function allowing you to keep warm food in it at up to 130 degrees F. 2-can cup holders Designed to fit at front console or back seat of your car Cushioned top for armrest Convenient shoulder strap Optional AC adapter for home, office or dorm room
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Convenient in-vehicle cooling and warming of food and beverages
Reviewer: The Gadgeteer.com From
Date: Tuesday 17 May, 2005
Can you remember back when the first (somewhat) affordable portable travel coolers came out? Sized like conventional ice chests, these devices would keep food and beverages either hot or cold by using a vehicle's DC power port. At the time, these gadgets weren't exactly cheap, but the convenience of being able to travel with a portable refrigerator made them seem worth the cost.
I can recall many cross-country trips during the early 90s when I would drive from New Jersey to Texas to see my mom. My daughter Sarah was always along for these trips, and at the time she was just a toddler. Once we had made the 1800 mile drive, we would have at least a solid week of hotel stays ahead of us. Having a cooler that could make the transition from my 4-Runner to the hotel room was very handy. At the risk of sounding like a MasterCard commercial, I can definitely attest that having a place to keep Sarah's drinks and snacks cold was truly priceless.
Of course, time marches on, and as happens with most technology, even the portable refrigerator has been miniaturized. Today, I am taking a look at the Hot and Cold Personal Fridge available from Merconnet. Similar to other portable personal refrigerators that have been available since the late 90s, this version will run from DC power in the car. With an optional AC adapter, it will also work in the home or office.
This cooler measures approximately 11" tall x 10" wide x 7.25" deep and weighs 5 pounds empty. The interior is sized to hold either a six pack of canned sodas, four 16oz bottles, or a combination of sodas and snacks. A removable plastic partition/shelf allows the user to keep items separated.
The fridge will keep items cool at approximately 36ºF (1ºC), or will keep items heated at approximately 154ºF (68ºC).
The Personal Fridge is available in basic white. The front features a silver colored plastic latch. The top has a handle that can either be left up or laid flush in its well. An air vent is located near the rear of the top surface.
The fridge's door opens to the right, and is held with two metal hinges.
The right side has a cooling vent with the control panel located below. On this panel, a switch allows the user to choose between Warmer (power indicated by a red light), Off and Cooler (indicated by a green light). The port for the detachable 12v DC cord is located at the bottom.
The left side has only a cooling vent...
...and the rear has a vent over the cooling fan, as well as a bottom cooling vent. A caution label is affixed which advises:
1. The fridge uses only 12V while in car
2. Leave the fridge off for 5 minutes when switching between "Warmer" and "Cooler" functions.
3. Keep the fridge away from heat sources
4. Turn off the power before cleaning
5. Do not touch the interior metal parts while using the heat function. (These metal parts consist of four screws located in the rear wall of the fridge.)
According to the manual, When the fridge is in cooling mode, "the unit will cool between 68 - 77ºF (20-25ºC) below room temperature. At about 34ºF (1ºC) it shuts off to avoid freezing the contents. It will automatically restart when the temperature reaches 38.8ºF (4ºC)." When in warming mode, the device will heat "to a maximum internal temperature of about 150ºF (68C). At the maximum temperature, it will automatically shut off. Warming will automatically restart at 149ºF (65ºC)."
In this regard, the fridge works perfectly. I placed two room temperature (or "cowboy cold" as they call them in these parts) Diet Cokes inside. Within two hours the cokes were "convenience store cold", and the fridge had shut off. Periodically, it would start running again as needed, before it would once again shut off. I should clarify what I mean by "convenience store cold", shouldn't I? That's like when you buy a coke whose can feels cold, but it isn't quite the icy cold that you were expecting when you picked it out of the convenience store case. It is, however, cold enough to drink without gagging. That's "convenience store cold", and that's what the temperature of the Diet Coke that had been in the fridge overnight was.
Heating is somewhat the same situation. The fridge will keep items warm, but it isn't going to keep hot food steaming forever. It will keep a hot sandwich at a perfect eating temperature as you drive across town from the take-out place to the office. I don't want you to think that I am knocking the fridge's cooling or heating performance though, as I am actually pretty pleased with it.
All in all, I suppose my only real gripe against the Hot and Cold Personal Fridge is that it doesn't come with an AC adapter. With that said, the Personal Fridge is a great item for anyone that needs to tote around a few cold drinks, baby bottles, medicine or even film for old school cameras. In the office (after the optional adapter has been purchased), it is a great way to avoid making multiple trips to the community refrigerator or the coke machine. Of course, that could be counter-productive for some: how lazy would you feel if the only reason you had to leave your desk was to go relieve yourself from all of the soft drinks you had been guzzling?
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