Outer Limits 4x4 Board

anyone got one? what are they like? im bout to buy one tomorrow and im wondering if it will be ok?
ive already got a 40lt engel that i use on weekend trips but i want something for day trips to keep a 6 pack nice and cold and whatever else i put in there..
i know it wont freeze my beer like my engel does but are they good enough to keep drinks nice and cold? if i put some ice bricks in the bottom will it help?
the one im thinking of is the 14lt waeco.
the supercrap auto sale should have them at $160 so its cheap enough for me

You can get a 14lt cheapy that'll do the same job for around $60.00.

They're fine for cooling drinks and keeping food (meat, etc.) cold for overnighters, but they use a heap of power (5 amps continuous), so are relly only any good while you're driving or if you have a BIG secondary battery or a gennie.

Sounds like it'll be fine for the application you have in mind.

The trick with them is to run it on a 240v adapter at home before you stick in the car when you're going away.

http://www.fridgeshop.com.au/default.asp?id=253&catId=6

i got one of these 2 weeks ago and took it camping at black duck to keep the piss cold, i ran it off an old battery i had lying around and it lasted on the battery from 3pm sunday till 8 the next morning when i put it back in the car. very good the piss stayed cold. btw i put all the cans and bottles in hot at 12pm on the sunday and by 3pm they were ready to drink.

http://www.fridgeshop.com.au/products.a ... 70&catId=6

or this one as they 45L doesn't come with the 240v adapter but i run it on a old bat anyway.

i got the waeco one already i should have looked around properly but oh well.

seems to work ok, i put a warm 2lt orange juice in and around 2hrs later it was nice and cold so im happy with it so far.
only thing is when i put some cans of beer in, it seems to give the mouth of the can a funny taste. theres like an electrical smell inside the cooler and it seems to make the cans smell funny when i drink.
it said in the manual to clean it out before use and i did that but the smell is still there

j-top paj wrote:i got the waeco one already i should have looked around properly but oh well...... theres like an electrical smell inside the cooler and it seems to make the cans smell funny when i drink.
it said in the manual to clean it out before use and i did that but the smell is still there

When you store it, leave the lid a little bit open. I put a folded paper napkin there to keep it 5 mm open. Of course you have to dry out the inside properly first! That way it vents, and you don't get the smell anymore.

bi carb soda

Toy80Diesel wrote:

j-top paj wrote:i got the waeco one already i should have looked around properly but oh well...... theres like an electrical smell inside the cooler and it seems to make the cans smell funny when i drink.
it said in the manual to clean it out before use and i did that but the smell is still there

When you store it, leave the lid a little bit open. I put a folded paper napkin there to keep it 5 mm open. Of course you have to dry out the inside properly first! That way it vents, and you don't get the smell anymore.

when i turn my engel off for a few days every few months i take the lid off.
il just do the same with the waeco

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thanks, il try that