Hi Everybody,
I appreciate the ideas, I really, really do. I primarily boondock so I need something with high efficiancy that works on 12v. I do not trust anyone to put the holes in the side of my
burro which would be required to use a
propane fridge for ventilation and the complexity of running the propane hose and that's why I wish the original owner had chosen a fridge instead of an icebox.
I do realize 18 quarts is mega small yet it would allow me to freeze a gallon of water to replenish my ice box with ice which I could live with and was going to pull the trigger except I had a friend just over who is into getting in touch with answers by using a pendulum! Yeah, I know but unfortunately I believe in that intuition stuff.
So when I asked about the dometic it said it wouldn't be the best choice and said the larger, more heavier and destroy the way my rig looks whytner would be a better choice.
So I tore my rig apart again to try to 'act as is' to see where would I put the porta potti, all the things in the 40 lb rubbermaid container, my full sized guitar and it just made my heart sad the way it would all look when said and done.
Yet all the reviews rave about the whytner and the price is right, yet I'm depressed because the streamlined look of my casbah is ruined. Here is a link to a video that shows my rig as I demonstrate how to make a $19 portable shower:
On the left under the roof top candy counter you will see a maroon table cloth that covers the porta potti and all my stuff and there are crystals and things on top making it feel like a cozy santuary that 'my casbah cabana' is. Yet 28 inches of that space would be taken up by the whytner and it would completely destroy the streamlined look.
So I must admit, I'm more confused then when I started and wish I could just call 'a psychic hotline' to get the ideal way to proceed'
I'm so frustrated that I'm tempted to sell my subaru that I tow the burro with and buy a van with a bathroom and a fridge! If anyone has one
for sale in Yuma, az let me know...laughing.
So if I do buy the whytner I would need to purchase by tonight to save $40 yet maybe it's worth losing the potential savings to sleep on it?
I can buy the whytner and have 90 days to return it to kmart if there are any kmarts remaining in 90 days here in yuma there are not but I'm heading to New Mexico.
I always believe in keeping my eye on the donut and not upon the hole while focusing on the positive yet at the moment I really wish the previous owner had just installed a 3 way originally!
I like the idea of having a fridge that isn't taking up ancillary space like Donna but I just don't see a cost effective way of getting one since I'm a performing singer/songwriter on a shoestring budget and the cheapest one I've found is $800 a norcold on ebay and I'm concerned if it makes a strange sound I would have made a very expensive mistake. The whytner gets good reviews on having a quiet fan. And the insulation is so thick that I can actually shut it down at night for complete silence and it will only lose 5 degrees in temp.
I really hope to find additional guidance here especially if someone has bought the dometic 18 or waeco 18 to know if they had a good experience with it specifically.
I really am grateful there is such a forum as this with caring and knowledgable people to assist.
Thank you!
Laurie