Waeco Esky - impressive!
Submitted: Saturday, Jan 20, 2007 at 17:13
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Dizne
Hi all,
I recently took the plunge and, after a lot of online research and reading the many
forum discussions on the topic, I invested in a good esky!
I got a 65L Waeco white fibreglass model for only $160 (it's a factory-second, but I can't fault it and reckon it's as good as new!). Stoked!
I'm testing it as we speak (only the 2nd day). It's still got most of the ice left and my temp guage (that I have placed on top of the basket) is reading 3 degrees C!
My next purchase, to compliment this one, might be some of those Techni-ice packs. Does anyone use those? Any good reports? Or otherwise?
Cheers,
Mick
Reply By: troopyman - Saturday, Jan 20, 2007 at 17:36
Saturday, Jan 20, 2007 at 17:36
I put a techni ice pack in the night before to pre cool the esky . Take it out the next morning and replace with one third volume of 3 ltr milk bottles filled with water frozen . You would need 6 x 3lts = 21 litres to be one third volume of your 65ltr esky . One third volume works best .
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Follow Up By: Taz & Milka-Queanbeyan - Saturday, Jan 20, 2007 at 20:13
Saturday, Jan 20, 2007 at 20:13
It might be worth your while to add salt to your bottles of water.
I have been led to believe that salt water remains frozen a lot longer than fresh water.
Only problem is that in an emergency the bottles are then next to useless - can't drink it, pour it in the radiator etc.
Cheers ... Taz
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Follow Up By: troopyman - Sunday, Jan 21, 2007 at 10:10
Sunday, Jan 21, 2007 at 10:10
Thats why i dont add salt .
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Follow Up By: obee - Sunday, Jan 21, 2007 at 18:48
Sunday, Jan 21, 2007 at 18:48
Putting salt in the water dont make it any colder, it just changes the freezing point. Plastic soft drink bottles are the best; they are free and strong like the mythical american. If you don't want the bottles to freeze, put your favourite spirits in them and u don't have to add ice when you pour it into your soda.!
Owen
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Reply By: Robin - Saturday, Jan 20, 2007 at 17:57
Saturday, Jan 20, 2007 at 17:57
Mick , you can always tell a product has good performance because it will be rated against public standards which allow it to be directly checked against similar products.
If you can't find same , all you have is advertizing statements , carefully concockted statements, and testimonals which add up to the fact that it is avioding the real issues
Robin Miller
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Reply By: mj1 - Saturday, Jan 20, 2007 at 22:56
Saturday, Jan 20, 2007 at 22:56
don't waste money on the ice sheets.... I did when I bought an eski from Techni-Ice. Great eski though.
Salt in the water means you can freeze the water down to a lower temperature than unsalted but only really useful if you have a blast freezer or industrial one capable of pulling temps that low
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Follow Up By: Member - Kingsley N (SA) - Saturday, Jan 20, 2007 at 23:06
Saturday, Jan 20, 2007 at 23:06
I disagree!
I reckon the Techniice sheets are the ducks nuts for convenience and ease of use in an esky. I just checked out their site techniice.com/ and it has some interesting information on it regarding use of the packs in a 12V car fridge. Apparently it increases the fridge efficiency. I must conduct some experiments
Kingo
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Reply By: Dizne - Sunday, Jan 21, 2007 at 01:36
Sunday, Jan 21, 2007 at 01:36
I just bought one sheet of the Techni-ice gear, so I will let you all know how it goes! :)
Cheers,
Mick
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Reply By: Dizne - Sunday, Jan 21, 2007 at 22:07
Sunday, Jan 21, 2007 at 22:07
Third day now ... and a small portion of the 5kg party ice from Friday (3 days ago) is still
rock solid around the ice-packs I have at the base of the esky!
It's still doing a wonderful job on the 4 beers still left in there from Friday night! *chilly*
Love this esky!
Cheers,
Mick
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