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We have had one for 10 months and it has worked well. Did a 2 month trip to cape york first month we used our big fridge as a freezer and drawer fridge as fridge second month switched them around and used drawer as freezer, caught fish and froze it kept every thing frozen had no trouble with the battery.
Maybe we were unfortunate enough to get a bad batch....it took about 5 days to freeze a bottle of water!!! Ours as a fridge work just fine so that might be their purpose maybe.
Hey guys, Thanks for the honest review! We unfortunately had a very similar experience after purchasing and installing 2 of the drawer fridge/ freezers a few weeks ago and have been unable to find a place to leave a review to warn other potential buyers. Like yourselves we experienced very poor customer service and a complete lack of care/consideration by Kings. After driving an hour to the Dandenong to store and waiting 20 minutes in line to be served we were told that the drawers were out of stock, despite being listed in stock online and on the store floor. We were told that we could pre-order if we paid upfront and that they would be ready for pick up in around 5 months. We then contacted the call centre who said that they had stock in Townsville and that we would need to pay shipping. Later that evening my husband was using the online chat to discuss another matter and he found out that they did have stock in Dandenong, they were just sitting in the warehouse next door. The next day we again took the 2 hours round trip, purchased $100 worth of additional installation and mounting supplies and spent 2+ hours fitting the drawers. Our first trip was to the Victorian high country where the overnight temps were less than 5 and then day temps around 12. It took 5 days to partially freeze a bottle of water. When we attempted return the drawers we were told that they would need to be assessed and this would take 2+ weeks. Thankfully the girl was able to squeeze them in that day as we were leaving to go on the boat. When they were assessed one drawer was only getting down to 2 despite reading -10 and the other to -2. It's disappointing to spend so much money on something that will ultimately end up in landfill. The idea is there, hopefully they can make some improvements to their execution!
Wow!! So sorry to hear of what you went through. Definitely a lot worse than our mess about that's for sure. It is such a shame, go back 12 months and Kings really were on their game but not these days. We had the same issue.....the screen says -10 but definitely not that in the cavity. At least it sounds like you guys managed to get things sorted in the end. Thanks for your feedback - nice to know we're not alone 🙂👍
Thanks for the heads up guys !! We were just about to purchase for use as an additional freezer and put it in the car ... NOT gonna happen now !! If we're going to spend money it better do the job reasonably well ... And the -10C ... NOT good enough, at least -15C for freezing ! Cheers & safe travels to you both - Ted & Rosie - Nomads Across Australia ☺
That was our plan as well 🫤🫤 unfortunately we wasted our money. We ended up going with the Oztrail 20l drawer fridge freezer....goes down to -20°c and works a treat so far 👍
@@jeepinoz Looks good, anaconda sell for $499 (don't know about shipping costs) ... -20C is excellent as a freezer (-15C will do) But it's only 20L, do you find that a bit smallish ?? We thought the other 30L was small LOL 😂 Anyway - thanks again & see you on the road somewhere - safe travels 💕 Ted & Rosie
@@teddekker3383 we fit roughly our fortnight's worth of meat in it..... surprisingly big for a 20L. The rest goes in our van freezer (veges, bread etc). Definitely l, if you see us, come say Hi 👋👋 Safe travels guys 🙂🙂
@@jeepinoz WOW - that's much more than I would have thought !! Thank you both again, and yes surely we would say Hi and G'day and share a beer. ☺ Ted & Rosie 🌹
Hi Guys .. I liked your video review .. Just on your the last comment on moving on to possibly try the Dometic Waeco CD-30 Drawer Fridge - 30L , that model only has a rating spec of -2°C to +12°C ... so the Kings Fridge out performs that model in the freezing area .. thanks again and keep up the reviews .
No worries. We ended up moving to the OzTrail 20L drawer fridge.....they go down to -20°.....we have also done a review on those ones as well ☺️☺️ thanks for the knowledge on the Waeco 👍👍
I have had both Evokol 40l and kings 30l fridge in around Brisbane and surround - their power consumption over a 48 hour period is very similar as a fridge set at about 5c- the evakol cools down a lot faster, much easier to hold a temp ( in the back of Prado) . At the end I sold the kings and kept the Everkol despite the kings being a lot suitable to me size wise… the kings 30l feels smaller than what it says
I put a slightly bigger door seal on mine and problem was solved, you had to push it shut harder so I could tell the seal was working , I put ice block trays in mine and it freezes just fine
That's lucky, we couldn't get it to freeze anything. It would kind of hold things frozen (that we pre-froze) and put in there but wouldn't freeze on it's own. Glad you found a solution but still shitty to have to modify something to get it to work 🫤🫤
freezing -18c ( 0 Fahrenheit) below that is considered a light freeze.. Whatever that means lol Brass Monkey fridge/freezers for example, temperature range from -20 to +20
Good honest review! By the way i have a 95l evakool & after 1 year the seals went hard, they have the worst customer service & charged me around $40 for replacment foam seal. The 40L engel i have has been rock solid for 15years.
Thanks mate. Wife and I were looking at buying one. Thank god i looked at your review first 👍 🙃 will even give you a sub. Wee need to support our fellow campers.
@@jeepinoz Seen it. I was looking at the brass monkey. The misses and i just watched the OzTrail one. Not sure what one to buy. Hard to find a review on them. Wife and i do a lot of off road here in WA. many thousands of ks of corrections.
@@JustinCaseSolarPower I can't quote much but the OzTrail and the Brass Monkey look very similar. It will be great to get out and road test this one further and do another review down the track.
You only get what you pay for - minus their profit margin, minus shipping costs and warehousing/ freight costs. So these are really $100 fridges that happen to sell for $500 Pity that they did not sell for $200 then we would be happy as the green shed mob will sell you a cooler box for $200 , so I know what I’d prefer.
Exactly these are only $299 now brand new so they would have to be $60-$100 max wholesale cost before expenses so definitely great value as a cheap fridge. I would not expect something like this to be of high quality or performance (eg. a good freezer) that will last years. I’d also expect to have to make small improvements to gain the most value from them.
Thanks for giving us your advice about Kings fridge freezer because we were looking at one for a freezer so we will Not get one now.thanks. Love to hear what you think about a Dometic one when you get it . 👍
Yep, I found the temp on my one is 4-5 degrees higher than the set temp until about the 4-5hour mark. Wouldn’t recommend as a freezer which is why I bought it.
Hi Ray ans Em, How many batteries do you run in the vehicle. The main reason I would run a deep cell battery as a second battery. Using the deep cell battery on a dual battery system. Where the two batteries are not connected to each other, yes they are charged by the one alternator.
@@jeepinoz Hi Ray, My question is will the alternator charge the battery above 120 amps, if not you will be in strife. When I was in QLD I had an outback radio in my car, using a dual battery system to charge the deep cell battery and the CCB battery. Yes the CCB battery went flat outside of the Longreach. And the deep cell battery came to the rescue and a new battery. When I received the car back from the auto electrician he had mentioned that the current from the alternator had been increased due to the second battery. I was running a Engle fridge @ 3.5 amps, where the radio was pulling 18 amps on transmit.
As we use ours full time on the road we need it to be able to be a freezer, I think as a fridge, they'll work fine. But I guess with most things, quality control isn't the best these days.
Yes, it does hold ok. However the internal draw temp is different to that of the screen, on either fridge or freezer. Would recommend having a thermometer in the cavity so you can accurately monitor it.
I would absolutely agree that not all king's stuff is bad. Those Kings chest Freezers are far better than these drawer ones. These king's drawer fridges are obviously a different design to the regular fridge/freezers we all know, king's just hasn't mastered the design etc on these yet.
That’s is a shame for you. We have 2 in our canopy and had these for months and on hot days everything stays frozen. Ours goes to neg 10 and they both work great. Sounds like you have bought a dud. We always have great service from kings and have never had an issue with anything we have bought. They will replace anything that doesn’t work as it says without question. You have been very unlucky I would say.
Yeh perhaps. We've always used Kings gear too and never had too many issues. It's like all things I guess, sometimes you win, sometimes you don't. Just sharing our opinion and experience.
Yes, we're going to use these as fridges only and get something else for a freezer. It's a shame as we used to have 60l fridge/freezers that were perfect but oh well...lessons learnt.
There is no instructions on how to connect. Item does not come with a cord. Advertising is misleading as it mentions 40cm anderson plug and i am still trying to figure out what this is. Poor customer service and even poorer experience after placing a complaint. I am 70yr old female. They wanted to sell me a $80 kit. But could not tell me if instructions came with it and finally told me to get an electrician. I just want to plug into anderson plug on fridge and the spare anderson plug on my 12v solar system. This thing does not seem to fit for purpose.
Been looking at fridge draws lately and it seems none of the brands are any good really. you can maybe have a fridge in a beter brand but no one makes a freezer that is not garbage. i hate the engel control box inside the draw it is in the way of the food when you slide the draw. The kings seems junk and the everkool. the xtm has a lot of bad reviews. the dometic does not get cold enough to freeze. no one makes a decent draw type.
Definitely hard to find decent draw fridges for sure. Go check out our other video on the OzTrail Draw Fridge......so far, only one we've found that actually freezes (and fast too).
Kings are having issues delivering all over oz we live in Alice Springs instead of sending from Adelaide which would make more sense they send from pert which takes longer it goes from Perth to Adelaide quick waits in Adelaide for days on end to get a full shipping container to then put on train is next day delivery once in Alice Springs. Aus post is just as bad all over aus. Partial refund wow your lucky they give us nothing even tho was two weeks late on deliveries
Lucky only a shower awning and toilet we ordered in advance for Xmas holiday trip 🤦♂️ with kings order well ahead of when you want it to arrive is my opinion
If people are on here watching to see what draw fridge to buy DON’T buy an Engel draw fridge mine died just out of the 2 year warranty and for they money it should last longer then that so now I’m looking at the cheaper ones that have more warranty
We sold these and bought an OzTrail....they are about to be released again....so far absolutely incredible. Not sure on the warranty but I think the sticker said 3 years. Have also heard some pretty good things about the cheaper Brass Monkey ones.
@@jeepinoz thanks for the info I’ll have a look at the oztrail my boss has there bigger normal fridge and it’s been fine and I went and looked at brass monkey today only thing was that’s it’s 20l 👍
@@kaneoliver2080 yes only a 20L....I think the OzTrail is a 20 as well but seems surprisingly big for what it is. Very hard to find decent products these days...dearer definitely doesn't mean better.....good luck 👍
@@Anonymousjoe64 unfortunately OzTrail buggered up their marketing and originally released these as a 30L, however they are only a 20L. Having said that though, so far the OzTrail is great. Really efficient and actually freezes everything!! Also, love the draw latching mechanism. So far, very impressed by the OzTrail in comparison
That's fine, your welcomed to your options, as are we however out of all the camping fridge freezers we have had in the past these are the only ones that do not hold ice cream. Our current OzTrail Drawer fridge freezers do and all of the chest ones in the past did as well. But Thank You for your comment regardless.
