Waeco CF 80 litre

I Wouldn't touch them with a bargepole. I had a 30l and 60l and they both expired just out of warranty, while we were out in the bushes. They are loaded with circuit boards of questionable quality, which is just more to go wrong. I replaced them with Engels and had no problems. Don't buy it, spend the extra and get a better quality fridge and you will not be let down.

The CF80 and CF110 both use the bigger Danfoss compressor, the BD35? or something like that.

All I remember from my experience of owning one is they chew batteries harder than my 5 yo grand son when he nicks my Dolphin torch!

Think seriously how you are going to keep up charging the battery if you are camped for any length of time. (Greater than 24 hours with a 105 AHr AGM in moderately warm weather)

The other thing, you'll get told to buy a thermal bag/cover/wrap to improve its efficiency. That is an admission of defeat before you hand over any cash in my book.

Been there once, never again.

Geoff

:)
It's like asking what tyre is best! Human nature for some people is to recommended what they have and rubbish everything else.

Waeco have been in the industry for a long long time though they are fairly 'new' in Aust. Reviews on fridges show that 90% of the different brands use the same motor anyway so sometimes it's a simple case of which one has better insulation etc.

Waeco haven't been around for this long because they make a crap product so it's unfair for anyone to say they are rubbish. There would be thousands of happy users in Australia with their fridge.

I have family members with Engels that are very old, had a tough life and still going strong. Personally I have a Waeco that has had a tough long life and is still going strong as well as mates who bought theirs because of the postive feedback I had for mine.

They are both good products so I'd recommened you research them yourself but ignore very one sided comments as they simply are not correct either way ("they're brilliant and don't buy anything else" or "they're crap, don't buy it").

Any big brand fridge that is a reasonable price 2nd hand and you know it's history is a good buy.

Waeco or Engel?.........Toyota or Nissan?...........BF Goodrich or Coopers?.........Honda or Yamaha? There's always for and against for everything like this and people will have horror stories for both. At the end of the day, if it suits your purpose, it's in good condition and the price is right.....Just buy it...............

Had 80l sold it within three months. It is a fridge freezer not a freezer as the condenser is wraped around less than half of the fridge cavity ( did not know that wh4en I ordered it) It ran quietly but did have a bit of trouble keeping the temp down on the hot days. Have now got one of the ARB ones also made by Dometic and this appears to be a much better fridge. It also depends what they want for this one I had trouble getting $750 for mine with the cover at only three months old and looking like new

Had mine for 5 years, has been a good unit. Keeping power up to it the only issue. It can be used as all fridge, or all freezer by removing the slide out dividers or fridge & freezer with them in. It has worked well with all those choices with me.

I run it on max when plugged into 240 or while driving. I turn it down to 3 or 4 lights overnight. I drove around Australia without another power source this way. I did stop a couple of nights at accommodation where I did plug it into 240 and took the opportunity to charge the batteries.

When in a long camp I have 2 x 105amp hr deep cycles fed by a 120w portable folding solar panel and one camper mounted 80w panel. I do the same, run it on max during the day while the panels are feeding it and as soon as the solar is no longer charging I just start turning it down until at night I am on 3 lights. With this setup & method I can run as long as I want on the batteries & solar.

I have a backup 15amp smart charger which I can hook to a 1kva Yamaha inverter gen set if I need to for any reason.

You will only get one full day and half a night out of a fully charged 105 amp hr battery, without further charging.

As said above some love them, some hate them, some sit on the fence :-)

I like mine and can say it has been a good unit

Cheers Tony

Had mine now for ten years and have just replaced the lid, they do buckle $90, great fridge/freezer would buy another tomorrow.

I have a 40 litre Engel and CF40 Waeco – for the past few years have used both side by side in the back of my Troopy. The Waco goes into error in very hot situations and also is more temperamental if you have low voltage. Don’t know about the CF80 but in my situation the 40 litre Engel has about 25% larger capacity than the Waeco CF40 due to its larger evaporator.
Regards Dennis

had my 80l waeco now since 2002, no problems and plenty of use!

would buy another tomorrow...

only my 2 bobs worth.

cheers and all thebest with it!

Had our waeco for well over 5 years had one issue with it and that was the thermistor but was fixed under warranty and hasnt missed a beat since and is running virtually 24/7. It has been used as a freezer running at -12 with ice cream,ice blocks,meat etc with external temps of mid to high 30s and never faulted when we have been away. I would buy either but I liked the 5 year warranty I got with the waeco compared to Engel's 3, I dont have to worry about dents or rust as per the engel. They had one on display where we bought the waeco (4wd show) and the first thing we noticed was a big dent in the side of it and surface rust where the paint had been gauged, I told the bloke it wasnt really a great demo for him to have out on display, he gave me a filthy look so that was also enough for me to go and buy a weaco and was cheaper for a larger capacity. Would I have an Engel ?? yes they also now have a electronic controller which is great like the waeco you set and forget, not like the older Engel where your adjusting temps by the dial depending on the ambient temp none of that crap with the weaco or the newer Engel. Also ran mine for just over a week as a freezer in summer when we were in the Vic high country and that was off my 750cca start battery as my dual controller had shat itself and didnt have time to replace before we left home. Had no issues starting the next day. Like above asking about these two brands is like nissan/ toyota. Buy what suits you and whaat you can afford. At the end of the day as long as it does its job who gives a rats what brand it is............

Hi Jason,
We have had our 80 litre Waeco for 5 years and it has not missed a beat. I even bought it from Waeco seconds shop. It has been bumped and crashed all over the place and always has the beer cold at days end. It has a Danfoss 50 compresser.
I have never had an Engel but I believe they too are good.
Ian

We have the Weaco CF80

Had it since 2003 I think
Have done many rough trips, including 3x Cape Yoprk, the OTL all three times.
Have a family of 5, always opening, always full as we go remote.

Yes when the freezer is packed full, there is less "cold"going to the fridge with our family often oepning/closing

But as freezer is used less, better economy on keeping the fridge cold.

Reliable - never skipped a beat. Replaced the latches - cheap

Yes lid is now starting to buckle a bit, so am I with ge and misuse ;-)

Would I get one again? Probably change to an ARB one because I like change, not because I was unhappy with the Weaco

Would I recommend one? Yes

Cheers

CJ

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We bought one new at a show one year and gave it a good try out on a couple of long trips. We found that using it as a fidge/freezer that the fridge part wasnt cold enough as the cool air didnt seem to get through to the fridge part very well. We triied a couple of different configurations of the inside to try to get it right but in the end sold it and went for 2 x 40 ltr Engels which we are delighted with. We use one as a fridge and one as a freezer and can cope for a month out in the desert no worries.
We use a solar panel to top up the batterie when not driving and have had no issues in over 5 years now.