Say Goodbye to ICE - Acopower Tesfridge for Model Y 3 X
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0:00 - Product overview
3:40 - Couple complaints
4:50 - Perfect fit in the subtrunk
5:16 - Freezer, not just a fridge
5:36 - Pricing (as of now)
6:10 - Ventilation, perfect fit, more features
7:23 - How much energy does it use? - Věda a technologie
Dude! Ice cream sandwiches on road trips! Yippee
MYP here.. we road trip quite a bit. I sure wish this would have been built for the Frunk instead of the basement...subtrunk. When enroute, we have all our luggage in the back...so it would suck to have to unload everything just to get a drink. In the frunk, that would be perfect. You can really only store a single rollaway and a few small items up there anyway, so that woulda been a much better place for this product. There are kits to bring power up to the frunk. I guess this product would be good for bringing food to the VRBO, so long as you don't need it until you actually arrive and unload everything. Good price though
I agree, but i think they went for the frunk because Y (most popular vehicle) has power right there so it's super convenient. On our last road trip, we had some essential stuff in the subtrunk, so I just arranged our luggage in a way that it was still easily accessible.
I thought I was the only one who calls that the basement! I think the frunk gets too hot in the summer for that fridge, but I get your point.
@@thefish5861 me too :)
The Igloo Reactor Portable 30 can Soft Sided cooler fits really well in the frunk of my Model Y. The insulation is at least an inch thick.
Good review! Here’s a tip for people living in a colder climate: the spacious frunk of the Tesla actually functions great as a fridge for a significant portion of the year. It’s one of my favorite features of owning a Tesla, especially here in Norway 🙂
Also handy for grocery shopping on hot days. Don't have to race home with the ice cream!
I have an ICECO portable fridge that I use in my Tesla Model X and love it. While I think it’s cool that people are designing products like this specifically for Teslas there are a couple problems I see here. I am not convinced that the small gap left for air flow for the compressor is really sufficient and may result in overheating and reducing the life of the compressor. Also I personally want my fridge where I can easily get to it during a trip, without having to remove all my luggage, camping gear, or whatever is above it first. That’s why I pack stuff that I won’t need till I’m at my destination in the sub-trunk and put my ICECO on top where I can get to it anytime.
The effect is very low. Dont need much air.
@@BerraLilltroll What about his other comments though. Not only do I prefer access inside the car and don't want to move everything to get to it.
@@BerraLilltrollI'm not sure that's true. The "heat" that's pumped needs to go somewhere. There's a reason the fridge in your house blows air from the bottom. If you put the original cover over the top aren't you just circulating air that gets hotter and hotter?
Correct on all counts! This company is also taking advantage and charging the Tesla owner tax. They do make good products however. I bought a 32 Q from them last year, EXCEPT it has wheels and a handle so you can roll it like luggage. Something also not mentioned is these things with their compressor, and other refrigerant machinery are HEAVY, plus load it up with drinks and it will be back breaking getting this thing out of the sub trunk.
The other feature my unit has is a boss size Li-Ion battery, so I just charge it up in the house the night before and don't have to strain my car's voltage system at all while travelling. If the battery gets low, I can plug it in to the 12V charger, but I've never had that happen. It's a powerful battery pack. If you get it cool on AC in the house before leaving, it uses very little energy. I also store mine on top in the X, and put the luggage I don't have immediate use for underneath in the sub trunk, for the same reasons as @pjcornelius mentioned.
Here's the punchline: I paid $409 and got the wheels/handle system, plus the Li-Ion battery. They want $500 for this model X specific one now with neither of those huge features. There's no way I would trade what I have now for what they are offering.
@@David_L3 Also agree here with you. This compressor is not going to last long under those circumstances.
10:34 “Cold” 😂😂😂
To your top panel indents - they could add a wireless charging pad area for your phone. You have enough room for drink holders too like you mentioned.
Will there be a Model S version?
Imagine how cool would it be if coolers / freezers would be compatible with Tesla's built-in heat management system (octavalve & so on). There would be no need for a compressor, just some connection to the coolant lines. I imagine something like this would be potentially possible only in the frunk thouhg (due to length of the coolant lines) and of course only if Tesla would decide to introduce such option... This would be so cool.
I just built a 12V outlet into my Model 3 trunk. ^^
Awesome! What do you use it for?
@@DirtyTesla Actually for a portable fridge on roadtrips. ^^ In my sub trunk I already have a 2 kWh power bank, so it needs to fit in the trunk.
Great video, your endorsement is good enough for me, buying one for my X today. Have waited for something like this for 2+ years.
I think you'll love it. Lmk how it is after you get it!
I got one off of Amazon for around 200 bucks. It has both power cords for the 12 volt car outlet and one for the house. It’s 20 quarts and uses 1 mile of range every 4 hours on eco mode. I have been using it off and on for trips for about a year now. It’s great to have 😊
I don't care about this stuff but that's pretty dang cool
I appreciate the innovation. But I feel like maybe a front trunk cooler would be better.
If you're on a road trip, the sub trunk would likely be covered with luggage or something.
House plug should totally be interchangeable.
The biggest issue I see with that is the lack of a power outlet in the frunk. You'd have to get creative with a power source...maybe a modification of the light in the frunk? But I'm guessing that's 5V at the most but I'm no expert.
@@rubberchicken98 yea, or a removable battery that's hot swappable and rechargable.
The 12v is in the frunk, which is the power it uses. I'm sure there is a way
Yeah, I actually need to put stuff in the sub trunk when I'm on a trip and then stuff over it. I'd prefer the smaller one inside the car. To be honest, right now I just use a small igloo cooler that can fit a 6-pack of cans. The ice lasts pretty long... at least until I get to the hotel's ice machine. If you use dry ice, it really does the trick.
Yes. This was my first thought. It would be handy to bring perishables on a road trip but not a place to store treats for the trip. Great for going camping too.
I’m also not so sure about the ventilation once the car is full for that road trip. Sure the pads raise the lid but once suitcases and all the other travel items are on top, how will the air circulate?
Does the power outlet in the back connect to the main battery pack or the 12V battery? It should be the 12V battery. I hope the cooler doesn’t kill the 12V battery without you knowing it. Also, that makes Chris’ test kind of a mute point, unless the main battery charges the 12V constantly.
@@russellklegraefe6425 I think the main battery does keep 12v charges
Very good review! As soon as you placed the refrigerator in the trunk, my first thought was: How good is the heat dissipation? Glad you addressed that. Extremely important!
The price seems extremely fair to me compared to other products, especially considering it's specifically designed for a Tesla.
Compare it for example to a Makita Coolbox CW001GZ. Of course, there is also the possibility to operate it with batteries here, but you can clearly see that the price is really okay!
Yep, I totally agree on the price!
Biggest problem is the 12v (15v) outlets in a Tesla turn off when the car is parked. I've wired my own always on outlet.
There's a workaround for the power. If you put your car into sentry mode or camping mode, the power will stay on. I have a fridge freezer and that's what I do when I park the Tesla with it on. No mains required
@timepstein274 Agree, but that results in even more range loss.
@@andyfeimsternfei8408 At 45 watthour from the fridge per hour. And 274wh per mile, the fridge fridge will shorten your range 5 miles per 24 hour. Or?
@@BerraLilltrollI thought the manufacturer said it runs off the 12v battery, not the driving battery..
Looks impressive 👍
One downside for me, like you, I use mine for road trips and I keep it in the back so I can reach in while driving to grab a drink or snack. With this, it requires a stop to access.
glad i stayed till the slurp at the end😂. Looks like a nice product. i guess the one thing i wish was mentioned is just the inconvenience of the location. road tripping that would be unreachable and even if you stopped and walked back there, you’d be hoisting all the luggage up or taking luggage out. i think a smaller regular cooler up front and a little planning and rotating ice packs would be a fair solution though.
Sure, during the driving you're not using it, I could have mentioned that. I have kept my sub-trunk storage accessible throughout a roadtrip in the past though.
Not accesable, for most part, while in the car. Company is new (as is frig) so there is always risk with reliability, warranty coverage, customer service, etc. That all out of the way it's a nice first gen product, I would still wait on it for a bit myself, unless it was free for me, or cheaper. Fit's well into car area that doesn't get used by most people anyway. It's always out of sight of bad sunlight.
I use an igloo 48 quart laguna cooler, it fits like a glove under the Y floor. Granted its not the most efficient cooler or powered, but its always there, it does not consume any electricity and fits a lot more than these coolers. Its used to store groceries from the supermarket, and works like a charm. Most people don't need to have a powered fridge in the car, just transporting fresh products to and fro without having a big cooler in the way of luggage. And its 30ish bucks. Thank me later
Is there a model for the frunk? I mean, it's nice, but if you're road tripping, your luggage is kinda in the way of accessing the cooler.
It can be, but I've arranged our luggage to allow access to the subtrunk in the past.
Nothing for the frunk as of now, and there also isn't power there my default. Maybe Cybertruck 👀
@@DirtyTesla I mean there's the 12V battery below a cover. Just not so convenient to plug stuff in like like with a 12 V outlet.
But I guess you would want to combine that with a powered frunk anyway 🤔
Looks good and good quality… but the air that comes out is it hot? Would that affect inside the car?
Don't know if you have any wiring skills,
But it would would be pretty easy to power this with a computer power supply.
cut a yellow and black wire for the female cigarette lighter socket, yellow is positive, black is ground.
Then cut green and another back wire and connect them.
The one you already had looks much more practical, only really any use for big wilderness camping trips or where you don't need to access stuff on the move
Did you try to fit it in your X ? I'm curious to see if I can by one for my x. Thanks
This should really be a standard option for Tesla. I use one of the other models you show and it's amazing what possibilities open up for picnics, fishing, camping, long trips etc.
EVs in general bring so many opportunities for improvements like this
@@DirtyTesla Especially if it would be built in to the front trunk with some port to the coolant lines & octavalve to utilize Tesla's heat management system :D.
Does it have low power cutoff if battery in car is running low voltage.
This seems awesome! Possibly the only thing I don't like about it is having to stop and get anything out of it.
What are the details on the fridge you were using inside the car? Thinking of going that route.
According the the specs on the web page, it is 45W, DC12V 6A, DC24V 3A
Skip the wall plug, just get an AC-to-DC 12 volt inverter for the hotel. You'll get a crappy one and you'll pay too much for it to have it included. You can then replace the inverter with anything you want as the efficiency improves. Hell, you could potentially use USB-C to 12 volt adapter, which will deliver up to 60 watts of power. Not sure how much power it uses, you should buy a 12 volt measuring tool for this kind of thing. Cheers
I didn’t hear a model for use in Tesla model S. Why not?
What fridge are you using between the rear captain's chairs in the X? I really wish it had a rear center console most of the time!
It's discontinued now :(
Does it fit model Y with 3rd row?
Maybe make the frig as big as you can that will fit into all cars, BUT make it square so that it could be used inside like a regular unit. BUT offer trim panels that drop into the lower trunk like now, and then drop in the square frig. Allows multiple configs while not loosing much space and without a huge hit to cost. You could even just make one frig but with the 5-6 trim panels you need for all the variants.
Cool
I’d love one for the frunk.
Should be in the frunk I think... because if you are on a trip, the trunk would probably be loaded... no ? An remove everything to get a cold drink....
You just pack so you can access the subtrunk. I've done it that way before.
can the modelY and model3 produced after December 2021 on a 16V installation able to give more watts in the cabin than the 12V versions?
I... can't answer this haha, I'm not sure.
@@DirtyTesla in the old manual it was written that you can load 15A, some tests showed that at 19.5A it still works, I don't know how in new models
When you say you "dont have those models" meaning the model x and model 3, did you mean the freezer FOR those models or did you get rid of you Model X?
Ha, I meant the freezer for those models. Buuuuuut we'll be trading the X for a Y soon. Video about that coming
very confused, why not Model S? :)
My 2023 model Y has a 16V battery. I assume the "cigarette lighter" is 16V. Will this cooler work with my car?
I think Tesla steps the voltage down so accessories work, but I'll be honest I can't promise.
How dare they ignore the S
Looks promising, but can it also print documents? Cause it totally Looks like a printer! 😂
Gunz out!
Just hope the trunk is not full when you need it.
Is the outlet in the trunk drawn power from the 12 volt battery (accesories) and not from the main power pack battery ?
All accessories are from the 12v, but the 12v is topped off from the main pack.
Take it for camping in your cybertruck.
I guess you'll have to empty the trunk to open the fridge?
A bit impractical, isn't it?
Ill take makita fridge which can freeze. cool. and heat. runs on 12v and their batteries
If it has adequate ventilation it's a neat hack after the fact but my engineering spidey senses are not completely happy about it :)
Also Tesla's should have mains outlets. It can be done at very little cost and can be so safe that you can short it without issue. 1000watt is only about 4 amps in europe and that can be done in the size of a pack of cards. then they could sell a super thin cook top, maybe a little Tesla branded coffee maker. And indeed a fridge. The sub trunk could have a couple of plugs so it can vent to the outside. Maybe a foretent with solar cells on top that can feed the car indefinitely at a remote location. a little star link flex. maybe a little kirk flip phone just to flex that there is connection anywhere on the planet. And we need umbrella holes in the car to flex on Rolls. The flip phone could also talk to the car once it has KITT conversational AI. Which we can wildly enough do today.
Maybe a little Tesla desalination device so you can pick up ocean water and make it drinkable. Not that it makes sense but just to flex :) for when you are driving out of the sahara and get to the african coast of course. A UFO to come pick you up would be handy too. Especially if it's not earth. Where we are going we don't neeed..... roads.
I find it so weird Tesla hasn't added standard outlets... please give that to us!
Wait, so you’re telling me I have one of those outlets in the trunk of my Model Y???
Yup :)
Cooler + ice is my go-to. It's easy, simple, and effective. And it is for all kinds of cars.
Cool product, Dont know about the price
Usually these custom Tesla designed products are extra expensive, but the current prices are comparable to other non-custom coolers on the market. The full price you're paying a premium though.
How much energy is required to keep this portable fridge and how much wasted energy is being dissipated in heat in a given 24 hour period?
I'm going to make a giant estimation here, but let's say it used 0.3% of my battery in 1.5 hours. That would be about 4.8% in 24 hours, or ~3.9kWh/24 hours. That's ~160 watts, so it seems likely. And if you were to keep this thing full of cold stuff, it would probably run much less. Keep in mind it was not pre-cooled when I started the test, so I'd assume slightly less energy use per 24 hours.
@@DirtyTesla so I guess it draws about 3kW per day (pretty much same as sentry). Keep me informed how much heat rejection is blowing out of its fancoil.
@@michelmasse6225 I didn't feel any noticable heat but it was also pretty warm outside, like 85F at the time.
The fridge is running off of the 12-volt battery not the high voltage pack.
Sure, but while car is in camp mode, the high voltage battery contacts are engaged so the high voltage to 12V DC-to-DC converter is on, keeping the 12V battery (actually 15V in newer Ys) topped up.
Effectively it's the high voltage battery that's providing the power to the fridge since the low voltage battery remains topped up.
@@nettlesoup 😎
The model Y has a cigarette lighter in the back.
No Model S? 👎