Whynter 65Qt Fridge

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I been shopping around for coolers for awhile and came across this 65QT Whynter fridge on craigslist. They run anywhere from $550 to $650. I found mine on Craigslist for $230. It was brand new and had a small dent in the front. I read a bunch of reviews on this fridge and decided to buy it for the price. I got it home and plugged it in to AC. Its very quiet you can barley hear it running. After running it for a couple days on AC I was very satisfied on how cold it kept things. The big test for me was running it off a 12v deep cell. I purchased a battery off amazon and connected the fridge. Battery was showing 12.7 volts when I connected it. Its bee running for 4 straight days now and the battery is still and 12.3. Its ideal conditions as I have it running in the house. I have the temp set at 35 degrees and it fluctuates from 31 to 37 degrees. All and all I thing its working pretty good. The real test will be in Death Valley in a few weeks as the temps will be in the high 80s.
 

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That seems like a solid deal, looks like they have some more maybe as well, wish they were a little closer to me.
 
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I have the same one, all in all I like it, strongly recommend the insulated cover for it. I ran it for up to 4 days on my stock FJ battery(6years old) for 4 days before it started to struggle(before i got the cover). My only real complaint is the side carrying handles are a bit on the weak side, I've had them pop out while carrying it loaded. Just have to put it in the truck, then load the fridge.
 
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If you are in the market for the Whynter portable fridges... keep an eye on a certain "Orange big-box-store"s website as they go on sale there when regular appliances do. They have very competitive pricing even when not on sale. They are a lot of fridge for the money, thats for sure.
 
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Anchor Mtn said:
If you are in the market for the Whynter portable fridges... keep an eye on a certain "Orange big-box-store"s website as they go on sale there when regular appliances do. They have very competitive pricing even when not on sale. They are a lot of fridge for the money, thats for sure.
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I just checked that stores website and they currently have it for 559.00 for the 65 qt

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Well the fridge lasted 6 days on one battery charge. Strange I thought the fridge woeldd stay running until the voltage got below 10.4 but it stopped at 11.6 Wish there was a way of turning that off since Im running a stand alone battery but Im still pleased with how long it lasted.
 
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Well the fridge lasted 6 days on one battery charge. Strange I thought the fridge woeldd stay running until the voltage got below 10.4 but it stopped at 11.6 Wish there was a way of turning that off since Im running a stand alone battery but Im still pleased with how long it lasted.
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6 days is excellent! I have not tried that with my standalone battery yet. I may have to try it before the Mojave road trip at the end of the month.

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53kemper said:
I been shopping around for coolers for awhile and came across this 65QT Whynter fridge on craigslist. They run anywhere from $550 to $650. I found mine on Craigslist for $230. It was brand new and had a small dent in the front. I read a bunch of reviews on this fridge and decided to buy it for the price. I got it home and plugged it in to AC. Its very quiet you can barley hear it running. After running it for a couple days on AC I was very satisfied on how cold it kept things. The big test for me was running it off a 12v deep cell. I purchased a battery off amazon and connected the fridge. Battery was showing 12.7 volts when I connected it. Its bee running for 4 straight days now and the battery is still and 12.3. Its ideal conditions as I have it running in the house. I have the temp set at 35 degrees and it fluctuates from 31 to 37 degrees. All and all I thing its working pretty good. The real test will be in Death Valley in a few weeks as the temps will be in the high 80s.
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I just picked up a 65qt Whynter brand new....open box, $250. Totally legit!, thanks for the post and the link.

https://losangeles.craigslist.org/lgb/app/6032950632.html
 
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