BODEGAcooler 2024 Mini Car Fridge 16QT with Shoulder Belt

a great little machine for your next road trip. The fact that you can actually add a battery to this machine also makes it the idea unit for those road trips that lead to camping or picnics. The cooling stands out as the most impressive while the machine also adds to the usability with its convenient features and workmanship.

I've been testing this cooler for a few days. At first I connected it at home to a 12V power supply to see how it works and learn about the features.
The settings are very simple: you select the set temperature with the up/down arrows, you can go all the way to -4F. It can be set to Celsius by following a procedure. I believe it works internally in Celsius, because when you change the settings sometimes it could jump by 1 or 2 Fahrenheit depending on the number. Anyway you don't need so much fine grained control.
I connected it for the first time and filled it up with water bottles, I was able to fit 10 16oz bottles. I set it to 34F to avoid the water freezing. The display showed 80F, then compressor started and was able to reduce the temperature to 34F in a few minutes. But it was not real, only the walls got cold, the water was still at room temperature. Then the temperature went up a few degrees and the compressor started again. I realized that this way would take a long time cool down the water bottles, so I set it to 10F. This time it took a couple of hours to get to that temperature but still the water was not cold. Finally the water got cold after 4 hours, it never froze. Then I set it back to 34F and had it running for 3 days non stop. The compressor started and stopped every so often. All the times I checked the water was cold.
Now for the road test I started with cold water, that is what I recommend. We had a road trip last week, we put it in the rear of our Rav4 (see pics). Something interesting is that the front has vents on both sides, that allows to put the cooler next to a wall and still have air circulation. We had cool refreshments all the trip.
The only annoyance we had, which is not related to the cooler, is that our car doesn't have a 12V outlet permanently on. When we leave the car the cooler looses the power. I will see if I can change the circuit to be fully energized. And talking about that, the cooler has a battery protection system, which will automatically turn off when the battery is low. It can be preset in the front panel to 3 settings.
Something that had me confused is the strap: it comes with clips in both ends but the holes in the cooler are very thin. The instructions are not very clear also, I figured out that I needed to remove the clips and use only the strap through the slits (see pics)
What I like:
- Very quiet
- Don't need to carry ice.
What I don't like:
- No much room, probably good for 2 people or maybe 4 only carrying drinks

⁦I purchased this for my work truck, and it works great.
⁦This product works as advertised and is made in very good quality.
Will be using it in a camper and have only tested it now but for what i see the product is really good quality. Good engineering and good assembly

This refrigerator is unbelievable. Very efficient and huge size of storage capacity. The unit cools to below zero, the 12 volts in my cab is too cold, it insulates well, you can cool it to near zero, the unit is made of good materials and is easy to clean. Excellent product. I am very satisfied with this purchase.

Easy to set up and program. Although it does have a compressor just like a refrigerator. So be sure to keep it in the proper position before you plug it in. It takes approximately an hour to get down to the desired temperature on the initial startup. But once it gets cold it's very cold! Plenty of room too!