Pontoon Boat & Deck Boat Forum

I realize these things are spendy but I'd like to know what you guys think about this idea for my 4-5 day trips.
http://www.ducktec.com/itm00157.htm
Ice can be a bit of a pain but maybe it's my only option.

here's another and it's quite a bit cheaper...

http://www.gas-refrigerators.com/dometic-RC4000.html

somthing to check into is the camper fridge that runs off electric/gas or 12 volt...

i had one years ago and we used it in the back of the pick up when we used to tent camp. it would run a day or two and never run down the truck battery

yep, watch craigslist for someone selling an rv fridge... The ones out of a popup are small enough for what you want to do! I would run it off propane and just bring a 5 gallon tank along.

I have a 12 volt Norcold marine fridge on the PC, got it on eBay for $250. It'll run 3 - 31/2 days on a marine battery and gets about as cold as a dorm type fridge.

I installed a dedicated battery for it. Propane fridges work better and being a pontoon, there's not much danger of propane leaking and collecting in low spots (causes alot of fires/explosions on cruisers).

My experience with propane fridge's in travel trailers has not been good. A compressor type 12v-120v would be more efficient. The absorption type are not as effective in my opinion. There are lots of them out there for reasonable cost.

Thanks guys,

Can you make ice with the 12/120?

How 'bout the propane?

I can with mine, but the's only room on the freezer part for two trays stacked up.

jim454 wrote:Thanks guys,

Can you make ice with the 12/120?

How 'bout the propane?

Well my 12v/120/gas camper fridge had a tiny (6"x 6") freezer that would freeze ice cubes