EcoFlow’s new Glacier fridge and Wave A/C look like worthy successors

The Wave 3 pumping acold aerial into the extortion structure portion the Glacier Classic refrigerates the godforsaken aerial alternatively of those beverages. | Image: EcoFlow

EcoFlow conscionable announced improved versions of its Glacier refrigerator-freezer combo and Wave aerial conditioner-heater combo, 2 battery-powered off-grid appliances that tin beryllium recharged with the sun.

The Wave 3 is much almighty than its predecessor, which means it tin chill and vigor larger spaces than the Wave 2 I reviewed past summer. But that 6100BTU (1800W) of cooling and 6800BTU (2000W) of heating means we’re inactive talking tiny RVs, tents, boats, and possibly a tiny chamber from a instrumentality that inactive punches good supra its literal weight. The intake and exhaust hoses are present insulated, which should marque this heat pump adjacent much businesslike than before, and h2o drainage has besides been improved.

The Wave 3 tin beryllium powered successful respective ways, including a removable 1024Wh LFP artillery for up to 8 hours of use, an AC partition jack, 12V / 24V car outlet, EcoFlow’s fantabulous alternator charger, an EcoFlow powerfulness station, oregon 400W of star panels. EcoFlow says it tin little the somesthesia by “up to 15 degrees Fahrenheit” successful 15 minutes successful rooms up to 183 quadrate feet. I’m presently investigating however overmuch enactment that “up to” is doing successful EcoFlow’s assertion for my upcoming review. 

The best-in-class app from EcoFlow makes it casual to entree a fig of utile caller features connected the Wi-Fi (or Bluetooth) connected Wave 3 erstwhile acold from the device. These see activating a dehumidifier mode to trim moisture levels and an automatic mode to support somesthesia wrong a defined range. There’s besides a caller favored mode that automatically alerts the proprietor and activates the A/C if temperatures surpass 77F. EcoFlow besides ships model stickers wrong the container that tin assuage immoderate acrophobic lookie-loos that mightiness interest astir your favored overheating wrong the locked vehicle.

The Glacier Classic, meanwhile, has ditched the crystal shaper from the original mentation I reviewed successful 2023 to absorption connected maximizing interior measurement — a determination I afloat endorse since these 12V fridges are meant to beryllium utilized successful places wherever h2o and energy are scarce. As such, the Glacier Classic is capable to acceptable 45 liters of dual-zone capableness into astir the aforesaid footprint arsenic the 38L original. It’s besides disposable successful 35L and 55L capacities, but the erstwhile operates arsenic either a freezer oregon fridge without the dual-zone divider option. 

All 3 fridge sizes person a built-in 298Wh artillery offering up to 43 hours of cooling, according to the company. The artillery tin beryllium recharged from a modular partition jack, 12V / 24V car outlet, oregon 110W of solar. The Glacier Classic besides features a dual-opening lid for flexible entree wrong choky spaces similar a van oregon boat. 

EcoFlow says the Glacier Classic uses a much reliable somesthesia sensor to guarantee unchangeable performance. That’s important because some owners of the archetypal Glacier had to regenerate their units owed to sensors going retired of power and freezing everything inside. Oops!

The Glacier Classic volition database for $799 (35L), $899 (45L), and $1,199 (55L) successful the US, with aboriginal vertebrate discounts dropping the prices to $699 (35L), $799 (45L), and $899 (55L). It’s disposable to preorder starting today. 

The Wave 3 with artillery is discounted to $1,299 astatine preorder ($2,198 list), portion the Wave 3 sans artillery tin beryllium had for $749 ($1,299 list). An other artillery costs $599 compared to the $899 list. That’s a batch of wealth adjacent with aboriginal vertebrate pricing, truthful I’m moving hard connected getting the reappraisal published earlier the discounts extremity connected May 25th.