Thread: OMG! Here we go.... Which fridge to buy :-)

We've had an Engel MT45 for a few years now, never had a problem with it, we are about to buy an Engel MT35 fridge to go into our Macgregor 26X sailboat, the MT45 is 80mm too tall to fit, no problem one for the Rangie one for the boat.

Glenn

I've had 3 ways in campers for 25 years or so. They'll draw about 10 amps from your battery on 12v so be aware of that. To improve their performance, you can fit a fan that moves more air across the condensor. Camec (I think),even has a solar powered fan kit for using the fan when the fridge is on gas. Having said all that, I'd go for a compressor fridge as a truck based unit. Don

I was talking to my local 4wd shop the other day, and they said they just received the new engel price list and the Eclipse is going up to $1080!!!
Annaconda in Melbourne have them on sale for $799!!!
I have on and love it

Originally Posted by nod 130

I've had 3 ways in campers for 25 years or so.

Thanks for all the replies and opinions. I ended up getting an Engel

Originally Posted by Treads

Thanks for all the replies and opinions. I ended up getting an Engel

What no 3 way

Lots of people are happy with Engels and when used in most parts of Australia they perform just fine. As do most other fridges.

In those places there is a reasonable difference between day and night temps and there is plenty of opportunity for the fridge to bring the temp of the contents down to a satisfactory level.

But if you go where there is little respite overnight, humidity is high and a bunch of warmer stuff is often added to replenish stock. That is when you need a good fridge and nothing else compares to the trailblaza (superior condenser and evaporator design and insulation) or autofridge (eutectic holding tank).

I have a Waeco CFS 50 Lts and the circuit board that comtrol the temperature fail due to spikes on the 240v line.
When the circuit board fail the fridge operates like a freezer and never stop.
The service agent in Bundaberg have several of them on repairs for the same problem and adapt the old system with knob like the old Waeco model or the Evakool



If I have to repl;ace the fridge in the future I will go for the trailblaze is the only one that meet the army standards regarding the speed in which reach the selected temperature and is made to last.

If money is a problem then the second option will be the Evakool