News Anker’s 58-liter solar fridge is a noisy power-monster

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Human, for scale.

Anker is pushing portability limits with the launch of its giant 58-liter Solix EverFrost 2 dual-zone refrigerator / freezer. It’s portable because it has wheels, a handle, and slots for two batteries. But this thing weighs 64 pounds (29kg) empty and quickly reached 120 pounds when I filled my review unit with drinks and food. It can be recharged from a standard wall socket, 12V car socket, USB-C charger, and from up to 100W of solar from a traditional panel or Anker’s new beach umbrella.

The 58L (about 61 quarts) model I’ve been testing has far greater capacity than the largest solar fridges I’ve reviewed from EcoFlow (38L) and Bluetti (40L) — both of which allocate precious space to integrated ice makers. As an avid vanlifer and cocktail enthusiast, I’m definitely tempted by the idea of making ice on the road. I never do it, though, because water and electricity are just too valuable when venturing away from civilization. I’d rather bring a fridge that stuffs as much usable capacity into the smallest footprint possible.

Unfortunately, that’s not what Anker has done.

Instead, Anker allocated that space to two large fan housings in each lid. It’s all part of …

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