Brad T
Fulton, MO
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Sold my TT and now looking for a pop-up. Would like to have one with a fridge located so that it is accessible when unit is closed up. But they are hard to find, new or used, preferable in a smaller unit. So I’m wondering what everybody does when loading up for a trip and they can’t get to the fridge. Do you go ahead and open up the unit, use a cooler for the time being or what?
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Brad
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kknowlton
Wisconsin Border Country, IL
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Your question is exactly why we opted not to get a fridge in our PUP (which we bought new). We used coolers for 17 years. What do you consider accessible? - crawling in on hands & knees to reach one across from the door? As far as I know, no PUP has a fridge that's accessible comfortably when the unit is folded down for towing.
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colemancheyenne
Putnam, Illinois
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We use a cooler. We try to remember to pre-cool the refridgerator if it is a short trip. We use a cooler for the drinks anyway, so it is going one way or another.
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Hornet28BHDS
Parker, PA
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We always used coolers.
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campingrandma
South Carolina
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We use coolers. To us, the fridges in most campers are too small to hold much of anything anyway, tend not to cool well unless you run it on propane, take a long time to cool down for use, and take up valuable cabinet space; not to mention you have to be much pickier about leveling when you have a fridge. Coolers work much better and are a lot less hassle IMHO.
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Guest
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Fleetwood Sun Valley, Mesa and pre-2004 Bayside all have top down fridge access. I have the Sun Valley (the best minivan towable pup ever made!).
Access still isn't easy unless you are a dwarf. For weekenders, I just prepack everything VERY tightly in a cooler and pack loose ice in the nooks that are left. Then I transfer most of it to the fridge upon arrival. For longer trips, I do crawl in and prepack the fridge.
Be aware that pup fridges are mostly NOT like larger RV fridges. They operate at fixed BTU outputs instead of having a thermostat. You have to guess at which BTU setting your weather needs to avoid spoilage or freezing. I use a wireless thermometer, crank the fridge to max (in summer anyways)and just add a few warm cokes/beers before bed at night to avoid sub freezing fridge temps overnight.
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bonscott
Michigan
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Many of the Flagstaff/Rockwoods have fridges that are accessable. What this means is that the sink/stove flipdown cabinet does not block the fridge. But as mentioned you're still crawling in. Highwalls might be easier.
However like others it's just coolers here. We do use the fridge but only at camp. I'll plug it in a couple days before and cool it down. Run on 12v while travelling and then on propane or electric at camp.
We have a 6 day super ice cooler by Coleman which we put in our drinks and frozen foods. We also have a Coleman powerchill fridge which runs off 12v in the back of the SUV while travelling. When we get to camp we'll transfer stuff from the powerchill into the PUP fridge as well as some of the frozen foods. We may move the powerchill also into the PUP if we have electric hookups.
We only pre-packed the PUP fridge once and never did it again. Just easier to put food in coolers and either keep it there or transfer some to the PUP fridge when set up. We only take what we really need which helps a lot as well.
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pete42
Jamestown, Ohio
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Years ago I was in Gatlinburg (sic) there was a Coleman out let store.
I got a nice 12 volt cooler/freezer (12 or 120 volt).
I like it a whole lot better than ice chest type coolers
Then again I don't dry camp I always have electric.
I can carry pop, water, snacks in the truck.
I also have a dorm size refer. that sits in the door way
and can be loaded but of course it's not cold until we reach camp.
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neilc88
Cleveland, OH
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We load up our Rockwood on our hands an knees. Not fun but it works.
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crosbygroup
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When we had our 1997 Jayco 1207 I could crawl in and preload it for a trip.
Now we have a 2008 Fleetwood Avalon (highwall). There is no way you can get to the frig. it is toward the back and the dinette slides in making the aisle only about 10 inches wide. I just pop it up a couple of days before to start the frig. then pack it before we leave.
I think they should make a PUP frig, that has two doors. One facing the center aisle of the PUP and one that opens to the door aisle. the frig should be placed at the corner near the door. That way we could use it from either side.
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