auto fridge

Hi, grandpa,
An Autofridge is made by Quirk's Victory Light in Sydney. It uses a Danfoss compressor similar to the Trailblazer, Evakool, and I believe the Waeco. The compressor is a purpose-built 12v unit. The fridge compartment has a eutectic plate surrounding the chiller, which acts like a chiller brick you put in your freezer for your Esky. This means that you can turn the fridge off at night, saving the battery. Is rugged and well built from fibreglass.
Check it out at
http://www.quirks.com.au/

Don't know a lot about the Bushman; check out
http://www.dprefrigeration.com.au/portable.htm
I note that they also use the Danfoss compressor.

cheers, Gerry

Hi grandpa,
I have never had any of the other brands, but the autofridge I have is a top unit!. They are designed with a 'brine' solution that surrounds the chiller compartment & the idea is to put it on 24ov.the night befor you leave & that freezes tomake it very efficient . usually 2hrs. morn.& night is enough to keep every thing cold & very good on the batteries. I was goin to trade it in on a Waeco[bigger size same price] but the salesman said stick with the Auto its much better, & I,ve got no complaints! Hope this helps... Phil

Grandpa,
From the other posts I suspect you know the difference, I had a Bushman fridge I now have an Engle. The after sales service from Bushman was excellent I can't knock that, I had lots of problems with the digital thermometer, lost two fridge loads of food and called it quits after three trips. That was four years ago, since then I've had an Engle, hasn't missed a beat. Nuff said.

I've had a 35 litre Autofridge for about 7 years. Absolute ripper of a fridge. Can easily be used as freezer. I used to put my meat on the bottom and my beer on the top - set on about 3 out of a scale of 7. Perfect. Due to it's eutectic insulation it uses far less amps than just about any other fridge that I know of. They're a tad more expensive but well worth it.

Mine was strapped down in the back of Maverick ute and used day in,day out whilst prospecting in W.A. bush. It got hell knocked out of it and was never in an air-conditioned cab and still held it's temperature. They are highly recomended by the W.A. Toyota club. Of which I am not a member.

Bilbo

Grandpa,
They are the ducks guts. You have read all the techno stuff above , but the best thing is the inside of the fridge does not have a cooling coil in the fridge compartment. its nice and smooth inside, therefore easy to clean. and your spring onions wont get frozen to the coil. the best fridge on the market !!!
will gladly put it up against any frige on the market.
thanks
D

We've had our Autofridge for about 7 years and it is excellent.

The Quirks company is excellent to deal with if you ever have any problems. We had a problem with ours when it was about 6 months out of warranty, and Quirks fixed it free including transport costs.

The only down side to them is that you must have an air space of a couple of inches around them while travelling, but that's not usually a problem - and they are damn heavy - but I don't know how much heavier in comparison to other fridge brands.

We have the 240v converter and use it at home when we need a bit of extra fridge space.

Grandpa,

I got one too. Like everyone says they are the bees knees, the ducks nuts. Mines a 39lt and a few years back I put an extension on it (the fridge that is) and increased it to 59lts, like they now have for engles. Me breads, fruit and vegies are up in this area and last for a couple of weeks.

thanks everyone for your replies,,,,I think i will sell the fridge and eat at the pub!!!