I've been using one for the past three years in our EV. It works well as long as the inside temperature is in the 60s or 70s. However, as you may know these coolers/warmers keep the temperature in cool mode about 40 degrees F below the exterior (to the cooler) temperature, or in heat mode about 40 degrees above the exterior temperature. So if your van is parked in the sun and the interior temperature starts rising above 90 degrees, essentially your cooler turns into a warmer. I don't see these coolers as replacement for a regular refrigerator for long term use for that reason. We do get around the problem to an extent by putting a frozen bottle of sparkling water in the cooler when we know the van will be sitting in the sun for a while, otherwise if we don't our food, etc. gets "cooked". Hope this helps. Ric
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