EvaKools on Sale

I bought an ED40 in Perth recently for $695... with the 240V thingy thrown in. More than happy.

The quality of the evacool insulation is second to none. Evakool had there own chemists develop the foam insulation. However thats where it ends, OziExplorer, "Mr Evakool",might not agree, but I suspect there's a reason why they're giving the ED40 away.

Terry, if they are giving them away, I would be head of the queue.
I have no idea why they have them on special. Give them a call and ask them.

Yes, 40 litre is most definitely big enough. I would have bought a 40 litre, but got an excellent deal on the 50 which they had in stock. For many years we had a 36 litre.

Also depends on what you keep in the fridge. In our case we use UHT milk so only have one 1 litre carton in at a time when the fridge is full. As soon as it start to empty we put in two.

As for the freezer being able to be used as a fridge, I would say yes, but suggest you ask evaKool.
Personally we never use a freezer, as we get the meat cryovac packed at Safeway/Woolworths which lasts 30 days in the fridge part, and actually improves the meat. We buy the dehydrated peas from Safeway which are great, as that is really the only thing where the freezer would come in handy. It really is what you get used to. Probably if I had a freezer I may use it. I could turn the ED50 up to freeze if I needed to, but never have had the need. However, that would mean the whole thing would be freezer.

I would personally would place it in the cab if you have the space, but the tray would be ok. Most important thing is to secure it properly. Do you have a canopy on the tray?

I doubt these will last long as it has been so widely spread on the Internet today. I don't think evaKool will believe it tomorrow morning. If you want one, I would be on the phone first thing in the morning.

Simon,

There are a couple of questions there.

1) Tray or cab. Taking the easy one first – the fridge will have an easier life in the cab as opposed to being in the tray. Less heat, but more importantly less dust.
2) Separate compartments. This is a question like Toyota vs Nissan or BFG vs Cooper and it has no right answer. However, for what it’s worth, I believe that on a long trip it would be better to have one big freezer and make ice/freeze bottles of water for keeping an esky cool to store fridge type stuff. This would give you the greatest flexibility.
However, this EvaKool with its separate compartments will meet the vast majority of most peoples needs.

You can use the fridge as just a fridge – you don’t need to run the freezer. However, the reverse is not true.

Is 40 litres enough? Well yes it is if you choose your food wisely.

If your cab is a/c then the fridge won't have to work as hard if you put it in the cab (while your driving anyway).

In the tray you would need to regularly clean dust out of the compressor area (no matter what brand of fridge) to avoid heat build up. Also you'd want a good chain on the fridge in some areas to stop it wondering off.

We've had a 68 litre EvaKool for a year now and love it. With 2 adults and 2 kids we fill it close to full for long weekend trips, but it's a case of using the space coz it's there, but it's a nice luxury to have the extra space in the fridge.

Simon..a f/f when it is being used as fridge uses very little power...we have a 60l engel f/f and used it on a trip around oz as a fridge..we had a camper trailer with a 100ah battery in it and that was any amount of power for the fridge when we stopped , the battery was recharged from the car when travelling...the advantage of an engel is that they can be connected to 12v and 240v at the same time ...helpful when you you are camping...cheers

G'Day Pat.

Do I know you? Perhaps under another name?

Sounds like you think I work for EvaKool, but I am afraid that I don't. I just saw a great price on what should be a great product and thought I would broadcast it to interested people.

However, if the Sales Managers job is going ? ? ? ? ? :+)