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When the wife and I first walked in to our gently used 2015 Sprinter fifth wheel at the dealer, she immediately fell in love with the Samsung frig. I was a bit apprehensive about it, but we had lived with a 6cf gas/electric frig in our previous 18 footer. She likes to cook in our camper and seemed never to have the fridge space she needed. We mostly camp hooked up, but have dry camped for a couple of days at a time on a few occasions. The longest was 5 days at the Albuquerque Balloon festival. With the addition of a 200 watt solar panel system to our existing dual 12v batteries, we have figured out a routine of running our Inverter generator an hour or so in the morning, and a couple of hours in the evening up to quite time. This is usually sufficient to keep the fridge going overnight, and the solar panels keep it up during the day. We do turn on the Energy Saver and bump the freezer temp up to its max temp (8 degrees) and practice energy conservation. And as stated in other post, the TV keeps batteries charged in transit. The fridge maintains rock solid temp control and we really like the ice maker. It’s going on 3 years old and has not given any problem. While long term reliability is still to be determined, if the day does come for replacement, It won’t break the bank. These run in the neighborhood of $1000, compare that to around 3- 4 grand for a comparable size (18cf ) RV fridge. Certainly a residential fridge in not for everybody, but should not be automatically ruled out. Just depends on your style of camping.
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