Hi Dawa. If you need a seperate freezer compartment & floor space is limited go with Darrells sugestion. By far the most eficient use of limited space. I use an upright Waeco 80Liter & it takes a lot less floor space than my 40liter Waeco chest fridge/freezer & is double the capacity. If i was in the market for a new upright fridge i would probably try the Evacool your looking at. Reason being the Waeco upright i have had problems in realy cool wheather just stoping & defrosting, due to an angoing problem with thermostats.
-- Edited by DeBe on Sunday 11th of November 2012 08:07:32 PM
You & me both, HW although perhaps having prior knowledge of the circumstances may help, With her solar/battery capacity Dawa should have no problem running that unit as mine (larger unit but same compressor) at the dam has been faultless over around twelve months in a fixed partially shaded position. Truth be known, it probably has the same or similar compressor as the little Waeco it's replacing. Only problem I see is with mounting it behind the passenger seat as I'd imagine it would need to be moved to access the engine bay (check oil, water, etc).
Darrell
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Upright you tend to let out more of the cold air when it is open - but easier to find stuff in it. Chest retains the cold air, but Murphy's Law means that whatever you want will be under everything else. We use a Chescold chest fridge for tent camping trips and I find it ok to manage the contents, though.
Upright you tend to let out more of the cold air when it is open - but easier to find stuff in it. Chest retains the cold air, but Murphy's Law means that whatever you want will be under everything else. We use a Chescold chest fridge for tent camping trips and I find it ok to manage the contents, though.
do they have a freezer compartment or will i have to go to upright for that do you think
Dawa, to my mind the BCD106 upright (RRP $1099) would suit you more than a chest type. Reasons: smaller footprint (floor area) & more capacity than the largest chest type, totally separate freezer compartment with good capacity, front opening doors (each have additional locking clips) & only a tad over a metre tall (room for storage above).
Darrell
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Dawa, to my mind the BCD106 upright (RRP $1099) would suit you more than a chest type. Reasons: smaller footprint (floor area) & more capacity than the largest chest type, totally separate freezer compartment with good capacity, front opening doors (each have additional locking clips) & only a tad over a metre tall (room for storage above).
Darrell
Darrell. . .thank you so much for your advice. very big purchase and i want to make the right choice.
It will have to go directly behind the passenger seat. Is the only place i think
You weren't very specific about where you intend to install it or how you intend to use it. I think the above responses assumed you intended to install it in a caravan, that was my interpretation until I read your last post.
What sort of vehicle are you installing it in? Do you intend to camp at the one place for lengthy periods or will you be frequently on the move? These will influence the advice your given here. With all due respect, I'm sorry, but most of us here, myself included, have very poor mind-reading skills.
Geez I must be good. Dawa will be using it 24/7 in a campervan for which she doesn't have a space already arranged to fit it, so it will sit behind the passenger seat. She doesn't already have a fitted fridge that is being replaced. Working only on 12 volt as she has only battery and solar panels. She camps out in the bush for long periods in one place and doesn't have power or gas. The campervan is fairly similiar to mine in my avatar. Maybe Dawa you should have kept to the original post, Less confusing.
Geez I must be good. Dawa will be using it 24/7 in a campervan for which she doesn't have a space already arranged to fit it, so it will sit behind the passenger seat. She doesn't already have a fitted fridge that is being replaced. Working only on 12 volt as she has only battery and solar panels. She camps out in the bush for long periods in one place and doesn't have power or gas. The campervan is fairly similiar to mine in my avatar. Maybe Dawa you should have kept to the original post, Less confusing.
You & me both, HW although perhaps having prior knowledge of the circumstances may help, With her solar/battery capacity Dawa should have no problem running that unit as mine (larger unit but same compressor) at the dam has been faultless over around twelve months in a fixed partially shaded position. Truth be known, it probably has the same or similar compressor as the little Waeco it's replacing. Only problem I see is with mounting it behind the passenger seat as I'd imagine it would need to be moved to access the engine bay (check oil, water, etc).
Darrell
-- Edited by oldboar on Sunday 11th of November 2012 08:08:41 PM
not to check oil water etc but when the van was serviced recently he did have to access a plate behind the seat.
so it would not have to be moved often.
there is really no other place to put it.
I remember us discussing compressor sizes when I was at your place
You weren't very specific about where you intend to install it or how you intend to use it. I think the above responses assumed you intended to install it in a caravan, that was my interpretation until I read your last post.
What sort of vehicle are you installing it in? Do you intend to camp at the one place for lengthy periods or will you be frequently on the move? These will influence the advice your given here. With all due respect, I'm sorry, but most of us here, myself included, have very poor mind-reading skills.
caravan ....poptop....whats the diff a fridge is used to keep food fresher and stop us getting sick
i intend to use it as a fridge is always used. Keep stuff cool/frozen
These questions were asked as it does influence whether a chest type or upright, two way (compressor type) or three way (absorption type), is more appropriate for your circumstances.
I, like others was genuinely trying to help but at this stage I couldn't care what sort of bloody fridge you installed.
We have both upright and chest. Upright is in the van, chest fridge in the car as an extra. Both are 3 ways. Both work!
Freezer capacity- fridge has small freezer compartment, chest can have temp adjustment and become a freezer.
Access- fridge is bar fridge size and on the floor level- I find it difficult to find the odd bit of cucumber etc without getting right down low for a good view, as the old knees object. The chest fridge will always have what you want buried beneath everything else as some one above said, and that means unpacking it.
Flexibility- the chest is easier to move- but only really when empty. Its hard to get a proper lifting grip on the crappy handles. However, recently when out of gas, I just put ice into both fridges- 3 days later the chest was still cold and had ice still in it, the upright was hot and wet!
These questions were asked as it does influence whether a chest type or upright, two way (compressor type) or three way (absorption type), is more appropriate for your circumstances.
I, like others was genuinely trying to help but at this stage I couldn't care what sort of bloody fridge you installed.
i will ignore your comments then as caring is the nexus of life on the road
We have both upright and chest. Upright is in the van, chest fridge in the car as an extra. Both are 3 ways. Both work!
Freezer capacity- fridge has small freezer compartment, chest can have temp adjustment and become a freezer.
Access- fridge is bar fridge size and on the floor level- I find it difficult to find the odd bit of cucumber etc without getting right down low for a good view, as the old knees object. The chest fridge will always have what you want buried beneath everything else as some one above said, and that means unpacking it.
Flexibility- the chest is easier to move- but only really when empty. Its hard to get a proper lifting grip on the crappy handles. However, recently when out of gas, I just put ice into both fridges- 3 days later the chest was still cold and had ice still in it, the upright was hot and wet!
Rosie.
Thankyou for your informative answer.
mine will be run on 12v only and pray for enough sunshine. . .
Think i will go with the upright if for no other reason than floor space
Some chest ones have fridge and freezer sections, both. My mate travels with a Waeco in her Troopy based camper, and it has both sections. Works pretty efficiently too: kept meat parcels well frozen on a Kimberley trip we did, and it was HOT. She runs it off 12v.
Wasn't recommending the Chescold - just the chest type of fridge. (Our Chescold is a 3 way and we run it on either gas or 240v. It has worked brilliantly since we bought it, in 1992, though.)
Some chest ones have fridge and freezer sections, both. My mate travels with a Waeco in her Troopy based camper, and it has both sections. Works pretty efficiently too: kept meat parcels well frozen on a Kimberley trip we did, and it was HOT. She runs it off 12v.
Wasn't recommending the Chescold - just the chest type of fridge. (Our Chescold is a 3 way and we run it on either gas or 240v. It has worked brilliantly since we bought it, in 1992, though.)
so many choices. . . .I will only have 12volt tho and i think that may narrow things down a little.
Some chest ones have fridge and freezer sections, both. My mate travels with a Waeco in her Troopy based camper, and it has both sections. Works pretty efficiently too: kept meat parcels well frozen on a Kimberley trip we did, and it was HOT. She runs it off 12v.
Wasn't recommending the Chescold - just the chest type of fridge. (Our Chescold is a 3 way and we run it on either gas or 240v. It has worked brilliantly since we bought it, in 1992, though.)
so many choices. . . .I will only have 12volt tho and i think that may narrow things down a little.
Thankyou for your help
Hi Dawa, I am curious, Which one did you decide on.
Some chest ones have fridge and freezer sections, both. My mate travels with a Waeco in her Troopy based camper, and it has both sections. Works pretty efficiently too: kept meat parcels well frozen on a Kimberley trip we did, and it was HOT. She runs it off 12v.
Wasn't recommending the Chescold - just the chest type of fridge. (Our Chescold is a 3 way and we run it on either gas or 240v. It has worked brilliantly since we bought it, in 1992, though.)
so many choices. . . .I will only have 12volt tho and i think that may narrow things down a little.
Thankyou for your help
Hi Dawa, I am curious, Which one did you decide on.
150ltr 2 door upright and hoping i can getr someone to help me sort out the other 200w solar panel that is still in its box. $900 including delivery
Looked at a chest one in the camping shop $800 for a piddly little freezer with no lid and a basket that would hardly hold my fresh veggies. every time u opened it the freezer was open to the hot air.
With her solar/battery capacity Dawa should have no problem running that unit as mine (larger unit but same compressor) at the dam has been faultless over around twelve months in a fixed partially shaded position. Truth be known, it probably has the same or similar compressor as the little Waeco it's replacing. Only problem I see is with mounting it behind the passenger seat as I'd imagine it would need to be moved to access the engine bay (check oil, water, etc).
