Practical Advice Please - Fridge/Freezer Size

"Personally I am keen on a 70L EvaKool"

That should be a good choice in size EV and the EvaKool is developing a good reputation, following on from the popular fibreglass Icebox.

If the price is compatible, I don't think you would go wrong Mate.

We use a 40L Engel plus an EvaKool 37L Ice Box. On longer camps Engel is mainly for food & EvaKool for drinks, if we only go for a few days Engel is sufficient on its own. We find that the EvaKool keeps ice for about 8 - 10 days, they claim up to 15 days, but we haven't acheived that yet.
We find that combination works very well!
One problem with buying too large a fridge is that they are far more efficient when they are full.

Hi there,

I'm actually looking at a 40L engel with a two zone on top which makes it up to 60L. This is particularly good for my situation because it is a high 60L which will take up less space than the others in my small 4WD. It also gives a larger freezer than most of the others if a miricale happens and i actually catch some fish and crabs for once to bring home. It also means if i'm just going for the weekend i can take just the 40L engel and leave the two zone at home, but i've still got the 60 litres for the longer trips.

Cheers, ToNy!

I have a chescold 3way and it's really good for the sorta thing you want 2-5 days camping....take it out of the car, put it under the tarp next to the table and run it on gas.....very happy with mine. However for quick trips 1/2 days I would prefer a compressor type the chescold only maintains the temp on 12v and it takes ages to cool stuff down when you run it on 12v unless you have it cold before you put it in there. But the gas does the job and she gets down to -25

2 adults and 3 teens will fill a fridge in no time and thats even for a day trip. I have a 70lt for our family and could easily justify the 110. Just remember once u have it you can't make it any bigger.

I have a 65l EvaKool , and we have 2 adults and 4 teenage kids.

I could EASILY fill a 600l Domestic House fridge . . .

I have found the 65l is not quite big enough , and need something else (at the moment a simple esky for drinks). I would like to buy something about 30l as well.

The outright size of the 110 is just too big for me (I COULD use the space though).

We have a 39l Engel and a 47l Evakool. We freeze the Engel and use the Evakool for the unfrozen stuff. Each morning we take a frozen lump of meat, chicken or whatever out of the engel and put it in the evakool to keep the evakool cool and start thawing the meat for dinner that night. Works well for us.

Well heres my two cents worth on it EV700.
I have four young children and use a Waeco 80 litre and an evakool ice box about 50 litres maybe...and a Coca Cola esky about 25 litres. having just done a four day weekender last weekend here is what goes in each.

Waeco - All food, fruit, veges, dips for nibblies, cold meats, margarine, cheese, avocado, salad stuff etc plus our meat in the frozen section and I also manage to fit in some milk or a frozen water bottle or frozen primas for the kids, just to fill the gap. ( We live in the tropics so most foods that would get away with sitting in a box usually need to go in the fridge up here.)

Evakool- Carton of beer for me, girly grog for the missus, carton of diet coke for me and the missus and we fill the gaps with a frozen water bottle or two. (This stays cold for 4 days plus and I end up tipping ice on the plants back home.)

Coca Cola esky- All kids drinks which include those popper juice things, plus water bottles and frozen choc milk for breakfast. (This way the kids have their own esky and dont leave the lid up on my esky all the time.)

Whilst we manage to fit all of our food into the 80 litre there is no way we would get everything else in there as well. Reading my post back Im thinking people must be amazed at how much we take but with four young kids its needed.
So I think the 80 litre Waeco would be a good choice. I like the fact that it has a seperate freezer and chiller section.

U can never have too much refridgeration , 15lt engle for drinks only as will chill a can in less time than it takes to type this , 80lt waeco f/f keeps the swmbo happy , also use an 40lt chescold if going extreme remote to keep the swmbos vegies in tiptop condition ,,, all 3 fit in the cruiser like a pea in a pod [ was going to say like a thumb in bumb but the language police would censore .]

Thanks everyone for the good advice and especially the different ways of approaching the problem.

What I'm going to do is buy an EverKool 90L now. I think it will fit nicely in the back of the 100 Series. It can be for meats and well packaged stuff.

We will need extra icebox space and although I have a 45L Coleman I reckon I could do with another bigger, better insulated icebox for drinks and veggies.

The later goal could be to add a 40L quality fridge/freezer. That way the 40L could stay in the vehicle for day trips. Maybe it will end up as a 60L when everyone gets used to having coldies and food on hand for day trips ;-)

Thanks again for the advice.

John