Hi f00d30,
I will send you a PM as well as answer your question here.
The fridge has worked very well for us. I do not leave it plugged in while it is at home. When we get back from a camping weekend, my wife usually cleans the fridge and leaves the doors opened. When we get ready to head out for a weekend, I will normally start the fridge about an hour before we put things in the fridge. There was a few times that we decided at the last minute to leave and we just packed up and left. When we got to where we were going, normally an hour or two away, everything worked fine and the beer was just as cold as it was in the fridge at home.