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[Robin]

  Hi

 50 year old metal Coleman ice chest with frozen milk jugs on the bottom to start, then I drink the nice ice cold water when its just about melted then buy ice from a service station. Usually the ice lasts 3 days if the food was all prechilled.

  Victor

That's fine over there, but here in the UK you can't just buy ice at a service station.

More bigger supermarkets are now stocking ice cubes, usually around £1 for a 1kg bag, but you might have to shop around to find some.

However, for just a weekend I agree, and that's what I used to do before getting my compressor fridge - a couple of frozen 1.5l or 2l pop bottles don't take up much space in a coolbox and usually stay frozen for at least 2-3 days   

[Robin]

I have been trying to find one for my camper van to replace the troublesome Electrolux 2 way. They seem to be the way to,go!

Just need to find the right size to fit hole.

Have a look at Vitrofrigo - I know someone who replaced his original Carawagon fridge with one and it fitted well.
I think the smaller ones have the compressor unit separate, but already plumbed in, so just need to find a small space for that as well.

Not cheap though!

[Robin]

Thank you to all that replied. It gave me food for thought and my search was a long one. I looked at ads, reviews and videos and finally purchased one from Amazon.

Yes, that's the sort I was looking at for my new Carawagon - cheap, but the dimensions just don't work well in a Carawagon.
As they have the compressor at the end, rather than under the rear like Waeco etc., they are just a bit too long to fit.
If it were 50cm instead of 60cm, or even 55cm that would work!

There are quite a few sellers with the same one, around the same price, just branded to suit the seller.

[TimV]

Thank you to all that replied. It gave me food for thought and my search was a long one. I looked at ads, reviews and videos and finally purchased one from Amazon. I've had it running in the kitchen for a test run. It comes with a 240volt transformer, dropping the volts down to 12. On the first night, it froze all the drink bottles I put in it. They are solid blocks of ice on a bottle. So now, over the weekend, I shall move it into the garage and start another test with just a fully charged leisure battery and see how long it'll run before it stops and saves the battery.
I'll report back soon.

I have an identical fridge, but I don't do Amazon. Got mine from Halfords with a two year guarantee.

Once set up, works well.

[Fluffle-Valve]

I have an identical fridge, but I don't do Amazon. Got mine from Halfords with a two-year guarantee.

Once set up, works well.

Same Make? Or Identical under a different name?

[TimV]

Halfords own name on it.