“Pretty happy with this fridge so far. Haven't tested it long term but a few weekends away and it has been as expected.
The build quality is great, all metal with nice solid metal lids, riveted metal latches and metal handles. It feels like it will last which is what you want in a portable fridge. The magnetic cover is also well designed even down to cut-outs on the bottom corners for the feet to stick through (avoids rips) and a couple of simple pockets come in handy to store things like bottle opener. The Anderson plug on-board as well as a direct 240v connection are just perfect options as I have had that all too common issue of the cig plug on my other fridge coming lose while driving and loosing cooling.
Be aware of the height of this fridge tho. I am happy enough but on my draw slide in a Toyota Hilux (canopy) the freezer will clear my canopy door when pulled out but the fridge part does not meaning I can only open it half way which is a little inconvenient and also means I need to take baskets out as cannot pull them out unless door is fully open. Not a huge issue as it's usable and the baskets (IMO) just take up precious internal space really. One of the lower baskets has handles that are bent inward and makes fitting a large bottle of soft drink or milk inconvenient. I just leave a single upper basket on the fridge side as it can slide left or right and nothing in the freezer side and that works best for me.
Freezer works well tho, kept a bucket of ice for drinks frozen all weekend so that is exactly what I wanted. And for anyone not able to find the info on this site, you CAN switch off either of the sides if you do not need it which is great when you just need a small cooler you can use the smaller side. Both can be either fridge or freezer so also possible to make it all 1 fridge if no freezer is needed.
Have had an error already, ambient temp too high due to a 40c day and being in a closed canopy so be aware on hot days to check it regularly. Not a fault of the unit, should have had the canopy window open a bit but was testing how it would go on a really hot day, no different than any other fridge there.
While the app is handy to make adjustments the Bluetooth range is pretty poor. Can struggle to even connect between my cab and the back of the use where it is and it's in a fiberglass canopy, if you have a metal canopy then probably wouldn't connect at all. Would also like to see an alarm beeper or something when an error occurs.
So all in all I am really impressed with the quality of this fridge compared to many others I looked at around a similar price point (Oz Trail, Kings....). It has all the features you need, includes a quality cover and is built to withstand the demands of mobile use. I live in Adelaide and was wrapped they have a distribution point where I was able to collect to save on shipping. Not much I would change if asked other than possibly another Anderson plug on the other end to make flipping it round the other way easier but a simple extension will suit.”
“Great bit of kit this 75ltr duel zone. Great value for money. Tried it out on a full weekend just at home to test it with the 200watt slim line solar panels running the MPPT 20 AMP Regulator on a 100ah AGM.
Kept everything frozen and cold. Only one thing with it I've noticed but it's probably just a little picky, that is that it has around a 3 degree discrepancy, so eg. If you set freezer to say -16° and fridge to say 2°. The compressor kicks off once getting to this temp. Then the degrees on both will continue to drop around about 2° more before then coming back up. Then the compressor kicks back in one the temp gets to nearly 3° above what you set it two. Only a minor thing, and still keeps everything cold and use bugger all voltage all night. Very happy with the products I've bought and are really good quality for the price.”
“This fridge is well thought out. It has easy access, huge capacity and uses much less power than the smaller fridges I have. It's perfect for my off grid system.”
“First , I Thank AustDirect , for their, product and service , and I highly recommend this company to deal with , the 75 lt fridge is awesome, packed well easy to remove , a really well made unit, works great , I had trouble blue tootling it to my phone , ( some mothers have sons with a few kangaroos running around in the top paddock, I am one of those) , I rang AusDirect , and told the gentleman, I couldn't get blue tooth , he told me to download the Kickass outback app , I had the wrong app , he also ask if I had read page10 in the instruction book , , WHAT , now I have to READ , I looked at all the pictures in the book , so I read the book , now everything works great , Bluetooth is fantastic , once again I Thank the gentleman on the phone and all the staff at AustDirect , for their service , this beautiful product and their help , just a great company to do business with.”
