Waeco mobicool

Griddy · Member

Waeco mobicool

Eaglemax · Guru

I havent but we purchased a waeco cf18 small chest fridge/freezer 3 years ago. Its been around Oz and has worked faultless. Seen them advertised for as low as $459 by BCF. Better value IMO.

DeBe · Guru

If its a thermo electric type you will be disappointed with the performance in hot weather ok in cool weather.

Roving-Dutchy · Guru

It will keep contents cooler than the outside temperature but does not get as cold as a fridge, it is not a compressor fridge.
It will bring the temperature of the contents down approx 20 degrees below the ambient temperature.
Cheers
David

macka17 · Guru

IF you'e lucky.
we have an 18ltr on rear seat of Di's Honda for shopping.
meat milk butter etc.
Drop a freezer block in when leaving home.
Always turned on and running when engine running.
BUT Just a cooler.
Treat it as such. Not a problem.
Drinks when going for a drive. That's about it.
Just a modern Ice box.

PeterD · Guru

Ingrid, your question is very open ended. Which one of those coolers do you mean. Most of them are Esky type units. The few of the thermoelectric coolers I looked at work on the Peltier effect. They have a "4 A peltier cell with 12 V direct feed or built-in 230 V adapter, cooling max. 17°C below ambient temperature." This is very inefficient and very power hungry. A compressor fridge will draw 3.5 A for approximately 1/3rd of the time (more in hot weather) resulting it using 28 Ah or a little more in a day. The thermoelectric coolers will draw 4 A continuously or 96 Ah per day. The compressor fridge will maintain refrigerator temperatures in a 40 degree ambient temperature where as your proposed unit will maintain a cavity temperature at 17 degrees below ambient (or 23 degrees on a 40 degree day.)