Waeco versus Engel

[liftlid]

My suggestion would be to get all the food you expect to carry in a pile and see how much space you really need.

[LachDiggityDog]

I have a Waeco CFX 65 DZ and its great! got it for a good price too $1300 with a heaps of extras

[Patrol'n]

I still can't make up my mind, my boss has the 40lt engel and he swears by it. My regular auto shop guy swears by waeco, says he had his last one ten years, sold it on when he upgraded, and still going strong for the bloke who bought it from him. Impossible to get a conclusive answer, which makes it hard when I haven't owned one before. I'm really thinking I may have to go for the eclipse 38 lt plastic body model from engel. I just can't do the steel body price at this stage...

Anyone have any bad experiences with these? Mechanic who re gassed my air con the other day has one and swears by it, he even told me he was standing on it on the tray of his ute, and fell which dropped the fridge off the ute too, no damage that I could see. Anyone have any thoughts on the plastic body engel?

Thanks as always

[Winnie]

Plastic Engel vs Waeco is a no brainer... Waeco all the way

[sooty_10]

Plastic Engel vs Waeco is a no brainer... Waeco all the way

Personally after owning an engel I wouldn't even think about a waeco. My mate has gone though 3 waecos and only had issues. My engel is close to 5 years old been in the back of my ute, out on boats in the ocean and still gets to -20 in the shed on hot days. Runs perfect in the back of the patrol.

If the plastics Engels use the same motor I would definitely go engel over the waeco.

My brother has recently bought an ARB fridge though and thinks its the bee nees, but he is Toyota so I take anything he claims with a grain of salt.

[Clunk]

I've got a Waeco CFX50 and love it, Only got this one because they were doing much better deals than Engel and ARB. Never owned anything else so can't do a comparison.
It's like anything in life, there's always someone who going to bag out another brand. All I can suggest is just take the plunge and just buy one.

[4bye4]

This will go forever.

"My brother has recently bought an ARB fridge though and thinks its the bee nees, but he is Toyota so I take anything he claims with a grain of salt"

That's a great comment sooty_10

Oh yea, iv'e got an engel. I used them for 10 years when I was working Karratha / Port Hedland in the 80-90's. Same as other posts, these went everywhere, fell of the back of the truck, even got involved in a roll over and just kept on working. Give me knobs and buttons over electronics anytime.

[P4trol]

What about compressor styles? They say Engel has the better compressor.

[the evil twin]

What about compressor styles? They say Engel has the better compressor.

Engel branded fridges use a Sawafuji Compressor and are the only fridge to do so.

The reason is simple, Sawafuji own Engel lock stock and barrel and have done for many, many years and won't sell or licence their compressor technology to anyone else.

The Sawafuji compressor technology they bought off a German Inventor in the 50's is simple, robust and efficient,
They chew about 25% to 33% less power consumption and work on lower voltages so you don't get those annoying voltage drop issues that plague Waeco's etc.
It is a tad noisier than the danfoss style tho.

The only Engel I have seen fail was a work one that is over 20 years old.
I also haven't had a Waeco fail as such but the low voltage cut outs on them can be a right PIA at times.

Waeco prefer to use an external 240 power supply and Engel prefer an onboard 240V solution so Engels tend to be a tad heavier and a tad less capacity for a given external size but no real biggee.

We would have about 10 Engel "plastics' at work and I have one of my own. They work fine.
I also have a couple of Evacools and they work fine as did the Waeco I had previously, low voltage issues aside

[BigRAWesty]

If your taking about the new cfx range v Engel. Then it's a no brainer.
The cfx40 is nearly as big as the Engel 60!!!
It's stupid.

But waeco have reinstated the old cf range. Now your talking.
My brother runs the 40 Engel and I run the 50 waeco cf..
They both have a similar base size but the weaco is taller.

My bro does wish he had a dairy section. It's good for keeping those more venerable items.
The Engel has a turbo cool option. Great if you need things cold fast but yea. Mo biggie..
Both are solid units and will last a lifetime, both now have the 12 and 240 onboard so it's a matter of carrying 2 cords.

I personally like the lids of the weacos and the ability to swap sides easily is great. The Engel is open from the end only on the 40ltr.

These are just some points we talked about.