I bought this as it met the height requirements to fit under my tonneau cover, work with my custom-designed truck bed storage system/fridge slide, and still fit with clearance.
I have TRD OR 23’ in Tacoma under the retrax XR cover.
Fridge:
Pros:
It's a great size for solo camping for an extended period or a short trip with a few friends. There are no ice trips at gas stations. The app works fairly well and is easy to use. It's a very nice-looking cooler, and it's very energy efficient.
Con’s: (minor complaints in big picture)
The aluminum bottom dents under the weight of 12-ounce cans in a car. Any movement will make minor dents that don’t affect usability.
The app logs you out about every two weeks. If this happens while camping, that’s annoying. It will be a pain even if it hasn’t happened yet, and the Iceco login process is odd and cumbersome.
Batter & solar panel combo:
Pros: test time ran for about 20 hours in July in my garage in Salt Lake, Utah, greater area. Similar run time in Ephriam Mountains camping in August. This is without any power input and fridge pre-cooled from a wall outlet. 5% charge loss in 1 hour. (Both sides set to 32 degrees F)
The battery will charge off my Tacoma bed without tripping the breakers using the truck bed outlet. I have a second backup battery (both 250wh) that can charge in the cab using 12 volts. This leaves me 40ish hours without any power to run the fridge on two small compact batteries. The max wattage pull is 100W, which works with low-wattage charges (for me, this was huge).
Solar panel charges the battery very quickly when hooked up. (I have one, and it keeps batteries topped off at 100% in the day's heat if they are in direct sunlight. Will top off the battery and run the fridge for a few hours. The result of this battery over a larger bank is more charge options, leading to greater flexibility.
You can see temps in the truck cab or my RTF using app.
Cons: Once or twice, I haven’t noticed the 12-volt plug come out of the fridge/power bank connection. (Even with the 4-prong connector) I habitually check the fridge every 5 minutes after using it to ensure I don’t accidentally lose power. This battery would be perfect if it used a more secure connection.