engel v waeco

Oh and yes i think it is. Metal contruction, proven longevity, use less power and I am also a happy with mine.

Leroy

Also higher resale % if you decide to sell further down the track

Actually that is a good point as they do hold thier value quite well.

leroy

just been to the cape and back, 9 weeks on the road ,3 couples in 3 4x4's. 3 fridges , 2 engels 1 waeco ,guess what , not a problem from any of them ,mine was the waeco ,all i did was purchase a 240 volt trans and away we went, got the fridge second hand from the fridge shop. all the mumbo jumbo about fridges is just that ,i heard stories from everybody about them on the trip,they are both good fridges.

Waeco uses less power than engel.
Engel is more reliable.
The only good thing about Waeco is the danfoss compressor the rest is c@#$.

'Waeco uses less power than engel'

Are you sure??

Leroy

roflmao

Sorry to others for a bit of a thread steel here.

Roachie,

I am thinking about a 240v inlet for my Patrol. Could you mm me with details and possibly some pics of what you have done? Thanks in advance mate.

Now back to fridges.........................What I reckon is.................it's all been said before.

I bought an Engel because when the old Chescold stopped playing I was on a trip and it was the Engel or warm beer. The Engel does keep the beer at a reliable temperature. Just above freezing....MMmmmmmmmmmmmm! If I did not have to go to work in about 20min I'd go and get one out of it right now.

Duncs

Can't comment on the Waeco frdge but I just found an old warranty card for our 29 litre Engel fridge that I bought as a young fellow on 21 Feb 85. Back then we used it non stop for 26 weeks during a trip around Oz and it performed faultlessly.

It gathered dust in the garage for the next 5 years whilst we pumped out the billy lids then we kicked it back into use and have been using it regulary on 4WD trips ever since.

It still runs like a dream. In its old age we have bought it a cover and a cooling fan (yet to fit). Am thinking of buying a Twozones extension for additional versatility. Who knows, I might get another 20 years out of it.

Oh and by the way. Now that people have fired me up on this issue:-

I'M SICK OF THE BLOODY PULSATING FRIDGE ADVERT FOR WAECO ON THIS SITE. So There!!!

Never noticed it. My brain appears to have an inbuilt filter

We must be tolerant Chrispy!

Many visitors and even some of the newer members would know nothing about the search capabilities of ExplorOz, until we advise them.

If nothing else, there is the entertainment value of how some of the established users answer the Engel v Waeco; Toyota v Nissan; Coleman v Primus Posts and the "mine is better (or bigger) than yours" debates:-)

Yeah... you're right Sandy

It's just my crappy morning showing through. Apologies all.

So... here's my response:

Engel! .... because I've yet to own a 25 year-old Waeco that's still working.

OK mate.

And just for the record, I also own an Engel.
Was only about $80 more than the cheap & nasty looking plastic Waeco sitting next to it and the Engel had a built in 240v/12v transformer and came with a free digital thermometer and transit base.

Hope I'm not coming across as biased towards the Engel, but I am:-)

A danfoss compressor will blow the doors of a engel compressor it just depends what box the danfoss is in.

Trev - there's a good point there - with something like a fridge, it's not the warranty that's so important - but the reliability...

You tell me what your warranty is worth to you in the middle of the desert - when yours is broken, and theirs isn't ;-)

Not pointing at either brand here - just that reliability is more important than warranty..

Gave up on ice, even have a fridge in the kitchen these days.

Lovely maths ,seriously flawed however ,,eg. 1x 10day trip to Moreton island ,= 8day dry ice block +10kg party ice to create freezer = $50 ,then 4x 5kg bags ice @ $3.50ea = $14 for food+drinks esky ,total for ice before even on island = $64 , temp on island in January = 35+degree c ,,Takes 3.5kg of party ice to chill 1x 6pk of amber fluid from ambient to 2-3 degrees c as required , consume 2 x 6pk per day = 7 to 10kg ice required per day ,cost at Bulwer = $4 per 3.5kg bag = $8 per day x10days = $80 +original $64 = $144 for ice for 1 trip ,,,, buy 80lt WAECO from fridge shop for less than $1000 = 10yrs+ of never having to buy ice.

Sorry about the maths Alloy c/t.

Even on your calculations though @ $1,839 the Engel will give me 12.770 trips at your ice usage.

And it will be 6.944 trips of the same usage for the Waeco.

Im not a serious traveler but while im cashed up i will get the Engel. I may never (for many years) have the chance to plow $1900 into a traveling fridge again.

but a $1000 waeco from the fridge shop leaves me $900 for two ways and GPS's epirbs and blah blah blah.

I think it is not life threatening - but could be.

I might just stay at home and invest the money @ 6.5% in a long term deposit and tip toe safely to my grave.

: )

Or i might just flip a coin!

And if i make a buying mistake i will live with it and just buy the other in a few years time.

That's assuming you are near enough to a shop to buy ice ;-)

I'd reckon most people here are happiest when there's not a shop in cooee - and they don't need to visit one every couple of days...

Once a fridge owner, never again the ice!! - but we drift from the original question....

lol, you wouldn't want to go chucking a waeco around too much...say a few prayers first I think.

Utie,

You think just like me, that's got to be scary LOL.

I went the Waeco 80 for EXACTLY the same reasons.

That was after 6 years of very faithful service from a 39L Engel.

They're both great. I found the Waceo 80 to be more practical then the Engel 60 (that was available at the time) for a LOT less money. My 80 was $980 from The Fridgeshop with a freebie 15L thermo cooler which my wife uses as her fridge in her shop.

The Waeco hasn't missed a beat in nearly a year; neither did the Engel.

Cheers,

Jim.