>>2593027It's an Iceco VL65. It's 12v/120v fridge/freezer that doubles as a bench. I think it's the second most expensive thing I've purchased for the cabin after the solar setup.
I thought about an offgrid fridge that runs on LP, but they don't vent outside and the cabin is mighty small to have that running in an enclosed space in the winter. I'm not trying to die of CO poisoning.
If I had to do it again, I would have went with a larger solar setup and a cheap 120v fridge. I was going very low power draw on everything and using mainly 12v when I could find it. In hindsight I could have bought an EG4 3kW Off-Grid Inverter and a fridge for what I paid for the Iceco, and I would have probably saved money on things like lights and water pumps. Lesson learned.
Right meow I get most of my food from the store. Honestly the vast majority of my meals are either sandwiches or canned soup. It's easy, takes very little in the way of prep, and doesn't need a lot of clean up. The goal is to eventually forage, garden, get some chickens, and hunt, with food purchasing kept to a minimum. That requires more work on the land, as most of it is heavily overgrown and difficult to get to. Right now, besides the trail that comes into the property, there are only two walking paths. One appears to mark one side of the lot, and another goes to what looks like an old campsite near the river. I'm clearing underbrush and making paths this year, finishing the trim and building a porch to mount the solar panels to. I have experience smoking, and have a setup for my Weber grill that works great. Picrel. Food like everything else is an ongoing process.
