cfx waeco

Johnat
What temp do you have the freeze set on?

I have an older CDF35 31L capacity, side controls and if you want freeze to be REAL at -15C, it never gets there. It uses at least 3 amps while running and runs most of the time in 20C conditions. If hotter ambient, all the time.
It has a cover, useless without it and inside that I have 10mm polystyrene foam sheet to give a realistic heat buffer.

Current is therefore I day per 100ah battery.
Cheers
Ross M

Ross,
We pre-froze all contents in the home freezer, set the Waeco at -18 (and it occasionally got to -20 because one of us, with ham fisted hands hit the button as we were moving it around - so we dropped the setting a bit) and filled it in the house before loading it into the van for the trip. Kept bottles half full of water in it as we used the food from it, so the body was almost always close to full.
When we got nearer home, turned it off, and at home the one remaining food package was still just frozen.

We have a vacuum machine, so cook stuff, pack single meal packages and vac seal them, then freeze.

They do??
Cheapest cfx I see is $1049 for the cfx35 - which is just the RRP I think.

Yes, got the catalogue in the mail yesterday.

I assume you have some data to back up that claim, Andrew!
Else looks like you have a vested interest in dissing Waeco.

Idiot inside how do you justify the rip off prices for Waeco against other brands for similar type and size. In many instances the Waeco insulation is not as good as many cheaper brands. Waeco is not on their lonesome in ridiculous prices. Only consumers that don't do their homework and are easily parted from their money by slick advertising.

Idiot inside try and justify on any grounds the difference in price of a Waeco of but one example
http://tinyurl.com/nxjyt8k

These other fridges may be good But I have found my 80 litre waeco to be tried and proven by myself on many remote trips So I for one am staying with the waeco and willing to pay for it I just wondered how the cfx range compares to the standard waeco that I am used to and if it is worth the extra for it compared to standard waecos In time the range of other fridges may prove themselves but until then I would rather pay and within reason expect the product to perform in the conditions that can test the best of products I might also note it is not the slick advertising that leads me to waeco but experience with the product my 80 litre has not missed a beat in 5 years still running perfect however I now find I would like a smaller fridge for those times when the 80 is just too big I like to stay with tried and proven brand names they usually cost more but are common enough to know if they are reliable unbranded or little known brands can often be as good or superior than known brands but how to tell ? I use a cheap compressor its as good as expensive models but I have two in case one fails it still hasn't let me down after 2 years Its horses for courses and personal preference / experience
all the best
Steve