What type of fridge

the engels are as good as the danfoss...i personally dont like cos they are too expensive to fix

Hi Pop,
I own an Engel and a Waeco. They both work very well as either a fridge or a freezer.

My 29 litre Engel is probably pushing 25 years old by now and hasn't given me an ounce of trouble.
The 110 litre Waeco is about 2 years old and as would be expected it too hasn't given any grief.

If purchased from the Fridge Shop in Qld as a factory refurbished or a seconds unit the Waeco's come in quite cost competitive.

The Waeco has a slight edge on power consumption, it just a fraction less than the Engel. But as I stated there are 20 years difference in the units.

I'd go with Member No.1's comment of the repair costs between the two, the Waeco should be cheaper but then again after 25 years and an initial outlay of $250 the Engel owes me nothing.

Geoff

Any thoughts about the bushman fridges? It would seem the WAECO has potential but I need to be convinced that its reliability problems have been sorted as we intend doing the Canning Stock Route with a couple of friends.

Hi Poppyg

No significant difference in the compressor fridges - I'd concentrate my efforts at installation which keeps fridge away from heat and provides good ventilation.

Robin MIller

I have had two 40lt Engel's one is about 28yo now used by my son and still going great. The other is 17yo and never given an ounce of trouble.

I have had 2 Trailblazer fridges for over 10 years with no problem them, 1 sits in the back of the wagon or on the ute. The other 1 sits in a box on the draw bar of the camper trailer as a freezer.

We have a 40ltr engle and a 73ltr auto fridge. If i could only have just 1 it would be the auto fridge, easy to clean and use the lest amount of power of any fridge.
The auto fridge is also 1 of the dearest around. The auto fridge will run on aprox 25-30amps/day, the engle 40-50amps/day.
Good luck

PoppyG

It depends on what you are going to use the fridge for?

The most robust fridge that I know of is the trailblaza and that is what I purchased. You get what you pay for and they are more expensive than some other brands.

Tjilpi