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What Fridge to get?
Djgtom:
--- Quote from: TAFFY on Mar 21, 2017, 11:26:37 AM ---ARB fridge is the ONLY choice.
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Sooo, i assume that's what you have then lol
Mike44:
I have had my 60l Trailblazer fridge for 7 years or so, they are built so strong mine gets stood on, used as a seat etc, I really rate them, as MUXGUYS said they are built in Qld and you talk to the owner of the company when you call up, Engels are more refined and you can't fault them ether.
but I was sold on Trailblazers when a mates uncle who was a old school bushy told me he had destroyed 11 Utes but still had the same trailblazer.
mydmax2:
ARB fridges are only rebadged of another brand, maybe made in a slightly different way/look though.
I love when Engel and the general population call their fridge compressor a "swing" motor.
There is nothing in there which swings at all. It is simply a "reciprocating" piston driven by a solenoid and electromagnet attached to the piston.
A pendulum swings, Engel compressors don't swing.
A piston engine has a reciprocating piston and conrod, some compressors do too. The piston in both these unit types reciprocate, just one has no conrod and crank, both are driven by some means of an electromagnetic device, ie motor or solenoid. Just a bit of trivia.
konazz:
I've had 3 fridges over 5 years:
Waeco CFX 40 (Dad's fridge, used it around Australia - overall not a bad fridge and the ability to dial in a temp on the thermostat is nice. Last trip, it for some reason didn't like the 110AH Ark Pak, but i think it was the Ark Pak playing up. Bought at Anaconda with a whole bunch of goodies thrown in for under $1k)
Evakool IB35 (my fridge, got stolen form car - similar digital thermostat but the quality was far below Waeco on insulation and general fittings. Little things like a bubble on the wire basket damage the bottom of the fridge and there was rust. Pretty easy to clean. Had some issue connections and definetly the most power hungry. Bought on sale at Canberra 4x4/Camping show)
Engel Eclipse 40L (my new fridge, now about 1.5 years old. Its basically the internal of an old engel but covered in plastic to lower cost. Got it for $550 new from BCF, so really happy with the price. Haven't had a problem and use 2 times a week, but the design internally makes it a bit harder to clean. Appreciate the side opening door now I have a slide but note the lack of digital thermostat - you'll get a few icy things until you figure it out).
MuxGuys:
Just say'in again......sorry :tongue1:
But http://www.norcoast.com.au/
The World Health Organization buy them as vaccine fridges for the heat of Africa to use on solar, the Australian Army buys them too....
Yep Trailblaza are expensive...No doubt, but the cost is soon forgotten when you see the quality and experience the longevity.
My first Trailblaza Fridge that I bought second hand for $600 13yrs ago is now over 20 years old and has been either permenantly in the back of a open tray back ute or on the front of the off-road camper trailer we built, and in the elements ALL its life. We sold the camper some years ago to a mate and a crack in the lens of the analogue thermometer by a thrown rock is its only fault in 20yrs of refrigeration.
Explorer fridges were in a similar category but no longer made......next on my list, providing not in the elements would be National Luna.
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