Thread: Time to buy new fridge

I am inpressed with my evakool its well built and easy to clean I hose it out...

http://www.evakool.com/

I think They are the best and made right here in OZ..<<<<

I picked up a waeco 50 Litre with a cover and a 32 amp battery for 1195.00. Apparently a special promotion for the smaller resellers.
Regards,
Tote

Mate,
We had on our fraser, cape york and simpson trips:

40 Engel
50 Waeco
60 Evacool

The evacool ran rings around the rest. (IOhave the waeco)

Pro's:

Good esky to start with
Movable freezer compartment
Goodtie down points
wide shallow works well. My 50 is good but I find you have a lot of not well used space on the top that you need to lie items on their side tofill the space.

Cons:
takes up more room
Motor extendsoput a bit (solved by buying 50 ltr)

my 2 c from practicle experience.
They all kep the beer cold. Evacool just better built than waeco and more practicle than both

This is like asking which is the best 4WD and we all know the answer to that one

And thats why i own a 39 ltr engle fridge say no more if your dads has lasted 30 years

Id like to see how many waecos are going in 30+ years and they are plastic

I agree, I own one and although its been great it won't outlast an engel

I like the evacool forthe practical reasons above but as you pointed out this is opening the floodgates

Ive got the 60l Engel fridge/freezer. Had it for a few years now and runs like new. Was expensive at the time $1800 but like anything..you get what you pay for

Camo

This often comes up on lesser forums and the reality is they are all good. Choose which one is going to suit you the best. We have 3 kids and a 40L Waeco which we have had for just over 4 years. It lives in our vehicle (Last was a Jackaroo with Leaf back end) as we have a slide and so don't bother taking it out. We live in a hot area and it gets used regularly (most weeks we use it for the shopping if nothing else)

In hindsight I wish we had of gone a little larger (about 50L I think would be a good compromise)

The engel V waeco classic statement is they (waeco) haven't been around long... Well they ahve been making fridges since 1974 almost exclusively for mobile installations. Also worth checking out who the top automotive manaufacturers rely on.... yes waeco. The main killer of Engels is rust... Not likely to hapen to plastic.

I think whichever unit you buy it will serve you well. As others have said the evacool makes a great esky too! The catch is if you have a Discovery then space is already at a premium so they might not suit.

i think you have answered your own Q

the new engels draw less current than the older ones

i have an older type 32L around 10+ years old and a 2yo 40L, i run the 32L as a freezer or bulk vacuum seal meat and other long life stuff etc and the 40L for day to day use

for a moment there i thought your post was going to be that your engel had failed.........silly me its an engel