Looking at the specs it only gives a current draw of 6Amps on 12V. If it stays at that then its going to be a bit power hungry. Most other fridges that use a Danfoss compressor will start at 6 amp then when the temp gets down will change the compressor speed to give about 3Amp draw. The price is certainly cheep enough but for me theres not enough information on the site?

Hi, Tezza, yep I agree [ slightly ? ] However We get ripped off a lot in Australia, always have, Being in Europe for 3 months really opened my eyes to how much we do get ripped off,  

''ie' I bought a mobile phone [ samsung ]  before i went O'seas . Telstra wanted $689  [Phone only]  I got same phone from Kogan $379 + Del. When i got to Germany, very same phone worked out to $338.00 AU

 Also I am a Jim Beam Bourban drinker, In Aus, the best i can get is $35 [ $70 FOR 2 special ] Yet I was buying the Same 700ml bottle from supermarkets in Germany for $14.40 a bottle  -- So who is ripping off the Aussies,

Throughout Europe I found that most of the things we are led to believe, about Aust having the best and cheapest, is simply Not true, Even the fruit and Veg, were Very good quality, and pricing once converted to AU were very similar Chicken and Pork, were very good in quality, and cheaper than Aus, HOWEVER, ? Beef, and Lamb, was very expensive compared to ours, however quality was just as good,

So I suppose some times if something is cheap maybe we are getting what we pay for, However When it is a Brand name and same phone model Like Samsung, or Jim Beam Bourban in the same size Bottle,, SOMEONE ??? is ripping us off ?

DeBe wrote,  ---   Looking at the specs it only gives a current draw of 6Amps on 12V. If it stays at that then its going to be a bit power hungry. Most other fridges that use a Danfoss compressor will start at 6 amp then when the temp gets down will change the compressor speed to give about 3Amp draw. The price is certainly cheep enough but for me theres not enough information on the site?

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Thanks for that Info DeBe, I am not a tech wizard when it comes to Portable fridges, However i am ready to buy one, and compared to what i have seen at Ray's and BCF, etc, this one looked cheap   [ and NOT being one of the big name brands it probaly is ] So I think i had better do some homework and try to understand exactly what is what, 

Hi Dazren

I would recommend to take the extended warranty with it

We've got a 70ltr Evakool with 5 years warranty I hope that says enough

Cheers John

I think the company of similar name back in the 80s and 90s is not related to EvaKool around today. This is documented in another forum somewhere on the WWW with fridges of atrocious reputation. I've got two Evakool Fridgemate FM55 fridges and know a lot of other people who use them without problems. The Evakool fridges have a Danfoss compressor and are pretty good on power.  As far as Kogan is concerned we bought a convection microwave for well under $200 it works ok, but has some inconvenient features but you get what you pay for, a name brand convection microwave is around $600 so we can put up with the inconvenience.

-- Edited by Muskat55 on Tuesday 16th of December 2014 03:31:45 PM

Hi All.

You know sometimes one needs to take chance and looking at that frig it would be very suitable replacement for our 2nd hand very old becoming less reliable ingal frig (did spell it wrong for a reason). Mostly only use it for picnics and a bit of food as we leave home from empty the home frig.

Best of luck with your choice. Ralph.