3 way fridge

Evening Dedalus...

Dont have one myself but a friend bought one a few months back and says its fantastic. He says it'll freeze a bottle of water over night no trouble at all.
For the price ya cant go wrong in my view.

Boo.

Luca,
Isn't it 35 l ?

I tried one (think it looks identical to the repco one) and found it to be dismal.

Wouldn't bring the temperature of a glass of water from the tap down to below 5 degrees overnight.

Took it back to the camping store and told them I didn't think it should be called a refridgerator if if can't drop the temperate to below 4 degrees. He started to argue about the book saying you need to put things in cold, but then gave in and gave me my money back.

I have since hired a Chescold 50litre blue combo fridge and been much more impressed. However, after trying the gas fridge out in the real world, I am planning to buy an electric camping fridge when the time comes...

Bye
David

We have one of those fridges and have used it numerous of times. We run it in the car & then connect it to gas as soon as we are camped. We find it to be very satisfactory & it uses only about a third of a litre of gas per day. I have fitted a computer fan to my unit which improves its operation in the car. If you want more details send an email to me at "troopyZ@hotmail.com"
Sparky

Just keep your receipt.

You may have to go through a couple to get one that works properly.

Repco have an excellent return policy.

When you get one that does work though , pretty good value.

I always take an Engel and Chescold away with me.
Chescolds are great, no need for genny and no noise. Just have to keep them out of direct sunlight and they work fine.

Just be sure about what you're buying. The 3 way fridges:
- usually are efficient on gas if the outside temp is not too hot - OK in the southern states - not good in the tropics
- have to be removed from the vehicle to run overnight (PITA) - running them inside vehicle on gas used to be a common cause of vehicle interiors burning out.
- Use a lot of power (about 10+amps continuous) when running on 12 volts, so will flatten a big auxillary battery overnight
- Temperature inside is poorly regulated compared to a compressor fridge
- Don't cope well with being filled with a lot of stuff thats not prechilled.

But if you like to stay put for long time when camping, they go a long time on a cylinder of gas.

You will gather that compressor fridges are way more popular for 4wders for lots of reasons.

Cheers
phil

we went through the same thing you are and finally bought one from repco and it has been really good. our first trip with it was lovely- no floating milk etc and not running down the bottleo for ice, we certainly can complain about the temp of it. the ones that k mart sell under the name of jackaroo are exactly the same, only difference kmart is about $100 dearer. if they were having a sale might be the only way of getting it cheaper than repco. we found out that if you do buy on from repco then ask for the promotion pack, then you get a rechargeable light for no extra cost, apparently repco has an over supply of these sets in the warehouse, we got one and it's a good light aswell. hope this helps.

I Have a 90l 3 way in a camper. Problem is it has to be level to work properly. When I set up camp I use level block and then a hilift jack to get it EXACT using a spirit level. But if you bush camp for a few days is way better than having a generator running for hours a day

Dunedigger