Budget freezer boxes anyone? Experiences?

[goboatingnow]

Looking on Amazon it seems 50L with -10 to -20 capability are running at about €300

[smj]

Originally Posted by Franziska

Hey Mark, sorry to hear from your misfortune.
What would you choose next time?

We are after a small freezer unit, say 45l.
As fridge we have an old household unit. Works fine for us on a cat (little heeling).

Condensation is less of an issue for us, it lives on the bridgedeck and can drain overboard.

We’ve used an Alpicool 58qt for refrigerator and Alpicool 15qt for freezer nonstop for the past 4 years, no problems.
My wife wants more capacity so was considering the Dometic CFX 95dz. Has great reviews......except on CF! Does come with a 5 year compressor warranty on the Danfoss and would likely get the extra 2 year warranty through West Marine.

[Franziska]

Originally Posted by goboatingnow

Eat it !

Yes, but fast, real fast :-) & better be hungry and real hungry :-)

[team karst]

Our Engel at almost 1k$ is not what i call budget. But it did work great for the first year. A call to engel resulted in a shipment of the parts to anywhere in the US. Too bad we were in the middle of a 7 week cruise not in the US. Took me several hours to replace the compressor and refrigerant system but working again.

[davenrino]

My 40 qt Engel has run @ 35*F 24/7 without issue for 3.5 yrs below deck in Hawaii. My 15 qt Alpicool is a couple months newer and has been running 24/7 @ 0*F without issue.