Definitely pick up a second hand engel or waeco fairly reasonably priced. I'm always on the lookout for a 60l engel for the right price in vic so they are a bit less common but a 40l usually pops up.
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Definitely pick up a second hand engel or waeco fairly reasonably priced. I'm always on the lookout for a 60l engel for the right price in vic so they are a bit less common but a 40l usually pops up.
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John if you want to have a gander at my setup you are welcome to bud, just to help you with idea's and stuff... Yeah the drop down slide was exy but I tell you, so bloody good! And those Titan draws are just getting cheaper. All I need is a drop down table on the door and mine is done.Quote:
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Cheers Mark appreciate it.Quote:
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We are spoiled for choice here.
Went into rays and anaconda today to have a look see and a bit of a play with their fridges. Have always walked right pass them, as I wasn't going to buy one.
Out of the Engel and the Waeco I like the Engel, really liked the way the seal sits and the overall look if it. Still would like to go and see the arb ones too.
From what I've read it does take a bit of playing around to get the balance right for frozen foods and fridge food. Then there's the dual zone ones....
The battery is going in the back and I don't really want to have it on top of the draws. I do want to do it once and I also want to do it properly, all within a reasonable budget.
Mark I've got a light work week next week, so I might pop over..
My 75L is a dual zone. Keeps frozen food frozen, we even keep icy poles in there. The ARB has just as wire separator. Best thing to do is keep all your frozen stuff together in one section and just the colds in another. The frozen food will stay frozen if the fridge is cold enough. I keep my ARB set at -3c. The beers 'wont freeze but they are super cold. The 75L Engel I usually make sure its sits at around neg 8c atleast.Quote:
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Keep them full too. They work better. I use 2Ltr juice bottles frozen, to fill any voids in the fridge, then you have extra water if you ever need it too.
In my opinion, even a cheap fridge is still a lot of money, so I think its better to go second hand on a decent brand. Engel, Waeco, ARB etc etc.
Seen Weaco's latest? 95L, two actual separate fridges in one. That would be the perfect fridge for big trips. If you had the room.
You got my number mate. Give me a ring to T up a time.
Titan draws for $369.
That plus the drop and it could be a goer.
How far do the draws go, is there room for a battery box behind the seat?
Alot if reading over the weekend re fridges and looks like that waeco has stepped up with the cfx range, where as Engel are now made in Thailand...
Thats bloody cheap. I paid $700 last January.Quote:
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You wont have any room for a battery behind the draws and rear seat. Theres just enough room for the barrier.
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Waeco and Engel are both great fridges. It would be hard to choose but i cant really say much about the Waeco as ive never owned one, but i do hear they are good fridges.
I did read a write up on the two fridges somewhere. In a nut shell it said one had a better, more efficient compressor but the insulation wasn't as good as the other and vice versa. So it was pretty much a 50/50 split.
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Yeah that's my thinking. With around $1100 I'll have both the draws and drop slide. Won't be able to buy a draw set how I want with that kind of $$$.Quote:
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That's pretty much everything that I've read.Quote:
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It going to be between the Engel 57l combi or the cfx65dz. Hopefully I can score one for $800 or less.
Agree you can have frozen and refrigerated items in the same compartment. Pre-freeze things you want frozen then when you load the fridge, set it at 0deg. The frozen stuff stays frozen but the stuff you only want cold doesn't freeze. Have packed 60 dinners (20 vac sealed flatpacks each feeding 3 guys) in my 40L engel for outback trips but takes forward preparation. I prefer this method and keeping fridge size smaller than buying a dual-zone fridge but that's just me.Quote:
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haha typical 4x4 mag! Can't upset the advertisers, but can sit on the fence on nearly all comparos and never enlighten those who fork out for the magazine.Quote:
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