Excellent advice in regards to hard wiring. Recently had an electrical fire with a lithium battery in a boat (not mine) 150km offshore due to a cigarette plug on an oven. Not a pleasant experience.
The smaller travel buddy does have a timer aswell - it doesn't have the adjustable thermostat.... If you cant hardwire you can still use the supplied plug, just take the red cap off and use it in a merit socket 👍
Great video, cheers. Great units these. I have the small one in my truck. reheat a lot of home cooked meals I freeze in it. I use the large full size tray from Somerville Metalworks, it adds a little time to cooking/reheating time, but easier to clean up. Used foil to start with but just another thing to buy and carry around. If you do get the trays, add the trivet. Helps make pies and sausage rolls not soggy on the bottom. I've done frozen to beautifully browned in under 2 hours. Plug issue I found was more to do with movement of the plug, and poor contact. I now have mine permanently plugged into the sleeper plug in my truck, and doesn't even warm up, but when I used it in the ciggy plug on the dash, it got fairly warm after just 30 minutes, and thats with the small oven.
Cheers bud. I have a couple of trays that fit in it almost perfectly. If you check out part 1 of our Horrocks video series I did a cobb Loaf dip in it and it was sensational. The camp devour it in minutes lol yeah I burnt out two sockets in the car and nearly started a fire so I thought bugger that.
Hey Paul iv had one of these travel buddies for about 5 years i bought it back in 2014 caravan and camping show used it all the time iv never had to hard wire mine so far always used the lighter socket in the rear of my 08 prado never had any issues ......the time I had the car ...sold prado back in 2015 but still got the oven lol it's about to get installed in the new prado ..after draws system is in ....might look at hard wiring it this time thanks for the advise See ya out on the tracks
Prado must have good strong 💪 sockets I pretty much fried two in the Jeep lol and I’ve heard others have done the same. Some say it’s the movement but I noticed the wiring does get super hot too. How good are they though 👍
@@perth4b4adventures Yer they are great mines been a great every trip if cooked everything in it ....my son in law Ben and Dylan have been on trips with you ....there seen my cooking in it many times specially my little woolies roast on a late night drive south was ready to eat when we got there ....I took the shelves out and wow.i could smell.it all the way was so.hungry but tasted great Keep up the vids ...enjoying them.....specially that last one with the voice over of Dylan's gq ....ps we have tryed to convert him back to.Landcruiser hahahha
Arh ok cool yeah Ben is part of the crew and Dylan has been on a couple of trips. Watch out for the next one he’s a star. Yeah the smell inside the car is a killer when your hungry but still a while away from your eating destination. Drives me crazy lol 😝 Thanks for the feedback bud it’s really appreciated 🤙🤙🤙
Yeah, the Road Chef and KickAss's one are both made in China, but both have a latch to prevent the door suddenly opening midway through a cook. I wish the Travel Buddy had the latch from factory, and not require the buyer to make the change.
You do know that you can actually order the travel buddy with an Anderson plug instead of the ciggie plug. Don't you? I ordered mine with an Anderson and John actually uses genuine Anderson plugs.
It drives you crazy when you’re hungry Hahahaha. It’s all good though, yeah you can smell the food while it’s heating/cooking but it disappears pretty quickly. Usually when you stop to eat the back door is open so it gets a good air out 👍
buy the road chef it’s better built, internal wiring is heat protected, comes standard with an insulated door and standard with an Anderson plug, still made with all parts from China as are travel buddies just not assembled in Victoria.
A lot of Australian made products fall into that category coz it’s cheaper to import parts than buy from Australia and in some instances the parts aren’t available anywhere else but China. I work for a company that does the same. At the end of the day I’d rather support an Australian company and I haven’t had any issues with my Travel Buddy apart from the plug. At the end of the day it’s a personal preference I guess 👍
@@perth4b4adventures do your research on both the people making these ovens, they were both working together at one stage then split, both use the same parts but one has gone to the lengths of insulating the internal wiring, the travel buddy manufacturer needs to lift their game and be better than the Chinese assembled road chef which is a better unit, I’ll support Aussie made when they have a go and actually make something good, the travel buddy is not anywhere as good as road chef, no Anderson plug, no insulated door, no insulated internal wiring, inferior heat insulation, exact same electrical parts used only less care taken.
Great video! Thank You. If you have time - what goes into your brekky wraps? I'm buying one for a tasty brekky at the boat ramp on early morning fishing trips. :)
Cheers I do two different ones. Small size normal wrap with cheese, scrambled egg, bacon and bbq sauce made the night before and chucked in 1 hour b4 eating. The other is use Lebanese wraps cheese, fried egg, bacon and bbq sauce. The wrap goes really crispy 😋
I can’t say I’m overly impressed with mine...yes it’s good for a pie or to reheat something... but for cooking, it leaves a lot to be desired...especially if I compare it to the 900w air fryer I just bought...the air fryer will cook finger food from frozen solid to crunchy & brown in 15 mins...
blueycarlton I have upgraded the oven to a 15v 15A step up converter, so it is now considerably better...as it receives around 15.8v constantly... Because of my lithium capacity, I don’t ever need to start the car to run it & can run it easily for over 24hrs...if I choose to.
@Krump 7 😂😂 I don’t camp...I glamp. Real bean grinding coffee machine with steam wand, hot water on demand system, ensuite awning, led camp lights, induction cooktop, 75L dual zone fridge freezer, grand tourer tent, pico projector, the works.🤣🤪
ford811 all good bud, since hard wiring I haven’t had a problem. Apparently it’s to do with the ciggy plug moving around in the socket. Hard wired the wiring doesn’t even get warm 👍
Thanks David, can you give me a time point in the video please bud as this was made a couple of years ago and I don’t really know which bit you’re referring to 👍
7.13 mins lake with the cut trees looks like a good spot, if you cant remember all good, just purchased a travel buddy now looks good for the boys on a fishing trip cheers
