Fridge post with a difference..........

I dont actualy own a trailblazer but I would given a chance (I ended up swapping someone some work for a new waeco) but I know for a fact they are some of the most well built fridges on the market they still run the danfos compressor. Been an auto electrician I get to see alot of them and every fridge I have seen is usauly very old but still working like a treat. I havent heard many complaints about them I think the next best thing on the market would have to be the engel In my mind. but I am sure there are people out there that own them and can give you personal experience's.

Gday Michael

After months of research and deliberation, including reading heaps of threads here, I took delivery of 60L RC in December. Am very happy with it and anticipate it will outlast me {grin}. Margaret was great to deal with. In my view, the RC is worth the extra if you can afford it.

Because I have up to 8 warm bodies to carry in the LC, I had no practical option but to mount it on the drawbar of the CT. Margaret was quite comfortable with the notion of mounting it bare - no shroud, case, box, cushioning... nothing! Told me that they get mounted that way on the back of army tanks! However I chose to put it in an ally checker-plate box with sufficient ventilation space surrounding. I glued 15mm insulation (Clark Rubber) under the lid of the box - just to keep some of the heat out - and mounted a 125mm exhaust fan on one vent with a second inlet vent opposite. Whenever the ally lid is closed, which is only when we are on the raod, the fan is on. Other times the lid is up. Just back from a week away at Sundown and Girraween in some hot weather and this setup worked well.

I am running 2 deep-cycle batteries - one under the bonnet, the other on the CT.

The downside of drawbar mount is the added ball-weight. My 60L Trailblaza is 38kg empty.

Regards

Plunger

I had the same friendly old fashioned response from the Explorer mob and very impressed with their fridges' specs.

Someone will say GET A WAECO ;-)

Hi Michael B,
I have owned a Trailblazer for 15 years (60 litre)& could not be happier.I talked two mates into buying them 2 years ago & they are very satisfied.
I have two thermostats fitted to mine one which runs much colder than the standed one, for freezing things a little faster.
Regards Garry.

the trailblazers are very efficient if you can keep them going.

g'day michael
only the $$$$ stopped me from get'n one,in my opinion the best built fridge in australia;
cheers toohey.

i built mine on their design as i was very happy with it....and with my fridge!!!

if er I mean when i get around to it I will make another but not with 75mm insulation.....cuts down product space too much for the actual savings on energy consumption.....

70L standard here.....

Love it!

It works great......

Wouldn't dream of anything else!

hey...we were gonna get an evercool 80 odd lt one....but woke up one morning,decided to go camping out our secret hidey-hole in Gods beautiful land of wee Jasper,nsw past Yass....sssshhhhh dont tell anyone!!.anyway we thought bugger it lets get a waeco cos thats what the camping store had ...... my hubby did the research and evercool sounded great all the way....but now got a waeco and we are so happy!!! Its a 50lt and does our family fine plenty of food fits in for 5 days +, plenty of room and keeps everything so cold!!!! never heard of that trailblazer...good luck!!!! laura......

Michael B,
Have an 80 lt trailblaza. Set up on slide in back of trayback L/C. No probs yet after two odd years. Mate of mine has the 100 lt from just about when they were first put on the market. Been on countless trips up and around the Cape on the back of an open L/C trayback. No probs. Good product.
Cheers,
Bros.