Brass Monkey Products
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5 years on, one of the best camping purchases we have made. Still has a year of warranty! We have used this in 7 straight days over 44 degree at… Read more
times. Along with our Oz tent, our best buy. Fantastic Aussie product. Heaps of use, bounced around thousands of km’s of corrugation, never misses a beat. Well done!
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Had a Waeco 40 l fridge since 2016 and never missed a beat, It just failed (my fault!) and I could not find a new PCB for it so now it lives as a 240… Read more
fridge. I just picked up a 75l brassmonkey fridge and out of the box the compressor was so loud it was like a car had pulled dup next to my camper. It was powering on every 5 minutes and the inside compartments were always out of wack- like -2 +6 or -4 +3 etc. Returned it. Second unit with the internal battery upgrade sounded just as bad so I guess that's the way they sound. It also sounded like it was chilling the fridge constantly again. Power draw was unto 80 w too- so huge.
Solution was to turn off at night and cover with a sleeping bag. Not ideal at all. Anyway the second unit with battery drew a constant 20 w and never got past 60% charge. And it also failed today refusing to run my external power only the internal battery. Bluetooth failed. App refused to connect. Taking the battery out fixed issues temporarily. Returned it and picked up another 57l (Waeco) dometic fridge and the second it fired up the quiet hum returned and it kept its temperature well and coming on to chill maybe every 30 mins vs 5 of the brassmonkey. The power draw was back to 40w too.
As a full-time vanlife they just cannot be trusted. Noisy, near zero insulation and electronics fail. I cannot recommend brassmonkey fridges at all.
I gave the brassmonkey a good go but honestly spend a few more bucks and save yourself a real headache. They are awful.
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When people install a fridge themselves without basic knowledge or understanding that ventilation and air flow is vital. I have had to constantly… Read more
educate people on installing requirements. With the brass monkey if you do build inside a enclosure you need to install a 12v ventilation fan or make sure there's adequate air flow. The power draw is only 8amps. And the reason why a fan was never fitted was to reduce power consumption. And most rv don't have a lot of powere. This is the most economical fridge for its size and very reliable if fitted by someone knowledgeable.
Had a range of Brass Monkey Fridges, stationary indoors - perform reasonable. As a mobile fridge, numerous faults, melted cabinets, display, broken… Read more
hinges, UV impacted, the number of faulty fridges is huge. Software cloned and unsupported, struggles to connect to more than 1 fridge. Nothing innovative about this brand. Pay more and get a product with quality control and support - not a rebadged clone.
Works...kind of – Fridge functions but consumes an obscene amount of power. Even with freezer set to only -9 and fridge to 5 it runs almost constantly, at least 75%… Read more
of the time. I have 2 X 110 watt solar panels and cannot run this fridge and charge a 280 AH AGM battery to full capacity. I was able to do this with 1 panel and a single 130 AGM using a 40 litre dometic fridge. Also, it is very noisy when running. You get what you pay for.
Brass dud – I have been using a 25lt Brass Monkey fridge freezer for more than two years. It is primarily used as a freezer. At mid 20c deg ambient temperatures… Read more
it struggles to maintain a temperature -15 and does not shut down. At higher ambient temperatures it will not hold -15c at all and the internal temperature will climb. In the evening when it cools down it will run continuously all night and may approach -15c the next morning. Today the ambient temperature is in the low 40c and the freezer is struggling at -3c . The 12v power consumption is very high. I have had to change to my Waeco cfx 40 as my freeze instead of being a fridge , it is holding a -17c temperature and doesn't use any where near the power the Brass Monkey consumes, The 25lt Brass Monkey doesn't operate well in Australian conditions as least in the West.
very disappointing – purchased a brand new 80lt GH1646 and faults found internal light cover in freezer had fallen off doors dont align with latch latch doesnt pull down… Read more
door or hold doors closed freezer wire tray forced down into freezer area pushing side wall inwards will return this unit for a refund very poor quality finish
Great product, does exactly what I was hoping it would do – I tested the battery under normal operating conditions and recorded 14 hours with fridge set at 3 degrees C, and still with 15% charge remaining in battery.
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Terrible faulty product – The first one we bought leaked water onto the bench and eventually stopped producing ice. Got it replaced under warranty. The second one stopped… Read more
pumping water up to make the ice & now we have the newer model which again has stopped pumping water. This will be the third time I’m taking it back. We bought it to take camping however use it daily at home on the bench. Absolutely don’t recommend this product at all
Good unit for the discounted prices around – This 9 litre 12v fridge/freezer is being retailed at $100 below the normal retail price by many outlets ($120.00),Made in China naturally with the… Read more
typical Chinglish instruction booklet that bears little resemblance to how it actually works.
Although cheaply made, it's a pretty good deal at the heavily discounted prices around atm and if you want a relatively compact 12v car/boat portable fridge it's a reasonable buy if you're just after a small cooler to hold some sandwiches, drinks and food it does the job. Best to precool the fridge for a couple of hours on 240v and then load it with the above items directly from your own fridge then it will do a good job of holding the temperature.
It's quite capable of keeping frozen food frozen forever and performs well in the fridge mode.
The flimsy plastic around the power cable plug in socket requires gentle handling and with no handholds it's not that easy to lug around.
Essential to buy the 240v adaptor charger ($55.00) as there's not always a battery handy.
I've got a suspicion it's maybe got a relatively short life span but a good buy all the same.
The little fridge that cannot – We have been looking for a little portable fridge / eski for Wifey's smallish SUV and also as back up fridge for when I need a second one for work {… Read more
kenworth t900, k200Big cabs and MACK super liners}. When you want a skinney tall fridge to fit btyween the seats behind the gear shift but small enough to climb over into the bunk area.
The wife wanted a small one for the suv to fit in the rear passengers seat area, it was also to be light for her to lift out of the car loaded to carry to a pinic table with a good handle for a picnic. So far so good and if looks alone this would be a 5 star review..
but without as standard a 240 volt power cord assold with the fridge and having to order that as extr, it is a bit rich .
RUNNING IN THE TRUCK. as a fridge at +4c's.
Not bad however it took 2 days cool down from 35 degrees to 4 degrees. and when I put new food in that was at ambient temps the food took nearly 4 hours to draw down. to chilled.Note rotating food through it was fine.
Note it is loud at night when sleepinga half a foot from it.
Whould I'd buy one as a truck fridge that is turned on all the time... yes. But I dont think it would last a year sitting in a prime mover.bouncing over our so called roads.
RUNNING IN THE CAR as a part time option.
As stated we brought this as apart time fridge {in queensland} for the wifes car. It was for trips about town with cool drinks in the car and at the supermarket and load the chicken in it {as you are 3 hours from home} and want lunch with friends, And as lastly as a picnic esky.. So the idea is turn it on 1 to 2 hours before you need it then go out do your shopping and pop the perishables into fridge and 4 hours later, they are still cold and pop the food safely into the main fridge at home.
Option 2 is turn it on before you need it pop your pre chilled drinks in and hit the road.......
Well It just plain dosnt work. it takes 12 hours to draw to 4 degrees at an ambient temp of 29 degrees.
It seems that the compressor is too small.
. Also there fridge cooling plate is not inside the fridge but protected behind a abs plastic cover soit takes longer to cool down. I did a test run empty and only got-8c degrees after 48 hours on 12volt.
so as a conculsion it is a nice compressor fridge with limitations that perfers to run for long periods. But in a sub tropical climate its no freezer nor will it stop your shopping from going off on the way home .
Junk.......115L Brass Monkey Portable Low Profile Dual Zone Fridge/Freezer – Absolute Rubbish....... Freezer does not freeze when set to -15c even after 3 days after switching it on using 12v power. Fridge is currently 6.3c… Read more
and the freezer is at -1.1c. Doesn't shut down and runs continuously draining the battery. I guess what you get is what you pay for at $429.00. Rang and confirmed I can return it and get a full refund. I'm just glad I gave it a run before hitting the road on our trip to test it out. My advise is stay away from Brass Monkey fridges/Freezers.
takes ages to cool down struggles to freeze food that's not partially frozen , LED screen is extremely dull tried to contact Brass Monkey for an… Read more
option to brighten the display they have never responded , the fridge has now died with an F3 code tried 15-20 factory resets with no result Jaycar not interested have said they will give a refund of $ 300 big deal what about the accessory cover etc that only fit this fridge the fridge is 2 yrs old to the month with minimal use they want me to upgrade at my expense to another fridge because this model is no longer supported what a trash company to deal with