Thread: Good value me thinks.

Sold our 29L, 37yr old Engle for $400 12 months ago,as the compressor was that noisy it was keeping us awake at night.
Put it in Gumtree,it was gone the next day.Lid didnt seal very well either as it was sat on more than once or twice,and Mrs Scarry gave it a respray a few years ago to hide the rusty bits.
I had the original manual but not the receipt as it was a present from my parents.
The new 35L Bushman is silent,and has interchangeable lids which give more room,so more versatile than the old Engle.
I nearly bought the model without the different sized lids,but am now glad i didnt.

Ours stays in the car all the time,i recon the old one probably did well over 1M Km in the back of numerous vehicles,including the work vans at times.

So if this 22 yo Engel is so great why did you sell it?

My 14 yo $495 65l ebay fridge is still going well and could probably sell it for $300 but as it works well there is no need to sell.

Originally Posted by scarry

i recon the old one probably did well over 1M Km in the back of numerous vehicles,including the work vans at times.

I see this so often - why do people write "recon" instead of adding one more letter and spell it correctly as "reckon". It really irritates me.

This one's been through a few wars. Still great.
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Originally Posted by p38arover

I see this so often - why do people write "recon" instead of adding one more letter and spell it correctly as "reckon". It really irritates me.

Probably just laziness,strange the spell check didn’t pick it up.

Originally Posted by scarry

strange the spell check didn’t pick it up.

Spell checkers are largely built by US companies... The US is home to the Recon Marines. Well, it could be one reason

EDIT: Just looked. The American dictionary that comes with my OS describes it thus:

Noun: short for reconnaissance.

So, that's ok then.... Abbreviations are whole words....

[QUOTE=101RRS;3177953]So if this 22 yo Engel is so great why did you sell it?"
Because I wanted a new fridge that's why. No really we wanted to get a new one because apparently they draw less power and as we enjoy being away from van parks etc that's important. I don't carry a massive battery bank or gen set like many do so anyway as we'd got good service from it decided to go that way again. Plus it fits our new cover perfectly.....
AlanH.

Yes I recently put my ALDI current draw meter across my 2000 model on 240 volts and found that it drew 5amps ( equivalent at 12v ) which is 25% more than advertised. I cannot now remember how many watts that was at 240 but about 60 watts .
Regards PhilipA