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What sets the Travoca Rigel 35 Dual Zone eCooler apart from the crowded field of RV refrigerators? It鈥檚 beautiful and efficient. 

Sharon Scott and the team at the Overland Expo booth in Flagstaff told me that combo is what the owners of Travoca demand for their products.

Why should your gear be ugly when you are out in the beauty of nature, she said.

But the question remains: Why does your rig need a refrigerator? Isn鈥檛 an old-style Igloo cooler stuffed with ice to cover your lunch meat, veggies and adult beverages enough?

First, no one likes sloshing around in melting ice to fish out soggy snacks. Second, for those of us who demand food safety (Rebeca Zimmermann, that means you) having a device with a thermometer maintains marital bliss.

In less than 10 minutes, the newest model of Travoca Rigel 35DZ ecooler reached my desired temperature 鈥� after drawing less than 40 watts max from my small Jackery 500 power station via a DC connection. The smaller shelf area is set at just below 30 degrees to keep ice and ice pops in a solid state, and the larger basket area rests at 40 degrees to keep veggies and meat fresh. The dual zone design lets you set one side to act as a freezer. 

You can remove the divider for one giant compartment, all of which is controlled by an easy-to-configure and use app. The app also lets you check if the refrigerator is still operating 鈥� i.e. your battery isn鈥檛 dead or a giant New Mexico pothole hasn鈥檛 dislodged the power cable 鈥� without constantly looking back at the device. Hopefully this will save us from the dreaded 鈥渢he fridge is out, is the food still good?鈥� fight that most often happens upon arriving hangry at the campsite.

With the temperature at less than 70 degrees in my Albuquerque garage, the Travoca Ecooler I was sent for free to review, reduced its draw to just 1 watt. I partially filled the fridge with water bottles and ice cubes on the side I had set to act as a freezer 鈥� and sports drinks fill the other compartment. An empty refrigeration device requires more energy to get cool, according to common belief, but physics shows that once cooled, the difference is negligible, to the Physics Stack Exchange.

Either way in my coolish garage, the Travoca used little power once it got cool.

Using the default battery protection setting, it stopped drawing power and shut off when my Jackery was at 40%. I reset the battery protection to low and it started cooling again.

It worked much better when attached to my more powerful Anker Solix C 2000 power station, quickly cooling down to below freezing temperature without taxing the battery. It easily made ice and kept chicken and ice bars frozen overnight

The latches have worked well in testing, keeping the fridge closed and cool no matter which way it was opened, but with power comes responsibility. Both Rebeca and I smashed fingers as the well-built cover slammed shut.

Last year, Travoca displayed the first generation of its beautiful bamboo accents and steel-frame product in Arizona.

But this year鈥檚 model鈥檚 beauty is more than skin-deep. Travoca turned pretty into more useful based on suggestions of Expo visitors, Scott said. Upgraded features include a MOLLE panel for hanging cooking essentials, an outside shelf for food preparation, and removable baskets for easy loading of groceries.

The lid opens from either the left or the right, and can be removed completely for easy cleaning or filling. 

The shelf came in handy when cooking in nature. After closing the lid, I had a spot to rest what was waiting to cook. It is rugged 鈥� we used it as a bench.

We found using the AC cables to connect it to the Solvix power station worked better than DC drawing 14.7 watts. The DC 12V cigarette-lighter intermittently shut down the fridge with error messages while drawing 12.7 volts. Of course, my partner did manage to step on the charging block, sending me in a frenzy to figure out why the Travoca would not power back on. Once reconnected, all stayed icy cold.

Though the Travoca is big and heavy, handles made it easier to lug from front to back and into the campsite for testing, but I had to make sure to use my knees when lifting or moving. I should have asked for help, but didn鈥檛 want to burden my petite partner. It is 25.8x16.9x14.7 inches, about the size of a giant Igloo cooler, and weighs almost 50 pounds without any food, but like the Commodores sing about a brick house:

鈥淪he鈥檚 mighty, mighty鈥� 

Well put-together, everybody knows

This is how the story goes.鈥�

Unlike the Commodores鈥� music, it is quite quiet. But both are the ultimate cool.

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