Tuesday, Mar 08, 2011 at 01:29
Hi Vin & Lisa ..........
My Australian Direct 80 litre unit was delivered here last Friday - extremely prompt delivery, very
well packed and protected ...............
My impressions - so far :
Unit is very robust looking, nicely finished with no 'daggy bits' and no immediately obvious problem areas.
The unit is strong and solid in appearance, relatively light at 26kg [?] and presents
well with clean lines both internal and external.
Interior appears to be 'dimpled silver aluminium finish' and the insulated lined canvas cover is
well-made and
well designed to allow good access to the side-hinged lid.
Controls are a piece of urine to operate - an on/off switch and an up/down, arrowed, digital temperature control - so simple ..... even a bloke can do it !!
Flashed it up that day, ambient temp. at 33*, empty, took around 45 minutes to drop to -14 ....... quite acceptable.
Noise level is low enough for me - I often sleep in my Troopy, alongside my current 40 litre Engel unit And yes, mostly I turn it off at night, unless it is really hot ..... and will do so with this unit also.
Two minor negatives - like, very minor :
1 / The two lever-type lockdown catches sit too close to the body of the unit - you can 'do a nail' opening them !!
Easily remedied with a pair of multi-grips and a light 'graunch' upturn - problem solved.
2 / There was a lot of internal condensation evident - I assume this was because the unit was empty at the start. Have loaded it up today - as a
test run before the 'full monty' in a month or so.Overall - I like it muchly.
Have also ordered a 1Kva iGenerator from the same supplier.
Had occassion to speak with the owner, simple problem and sympathetically and effectively resolved, dealt with courteously .
Will come back with an 'operational report' - after around a three-months trial !!
And yep - I'm very impressed - so far.....................
Vin and Lisa .......... what's yours like ??
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