Engel SAWMR040F-G3 Cool Box

This is my second Engel, and is just as good as the last one. Good sturdy construction and the low power demand which makes them ideal for 12-volt applications. A standard car battery in good condition can easily run this fridge for 24 hrs and still start the car. I would have liked to see metal handles instead of the plastic ones, or some alternative means of easily securing the unit for off-road situations. Additionally, I think a digital temp display would also be useful. However, I did purchase the Engel wireless digital temperature gauge which can be remotely mounted Engel USA Wireless Cooler Thermometer . Regardless, the fridge is very efficient and is ideal for keeping food and drink chilled, or deep frozen.

I did a lot of online research on these refrigerator/freezers. I choose the Engel due to reliability. Basically the decision came down to the Engel and ARB. I like the idea of the single moving part Engel swing compressor. Engel wins! Out of box unpack audit was a little disappointing. The unit seems to be packaged well however there are no cursory unboxing directions. If you open it from the top and try to dig your hands in and grab the cooler there is nothing to grab onto because you have to attach the handles. There are tight fitting recesses for each corner in the bottom of the box. Pulling the cooler up, the recessed cutouts grab the rubber isolator feet and pulls them off the cooler. Pulls them right over the screws and washers holding them on. So now you gotta figure how to screw them back on without flipping over the cooler. Once I got the rubber isolation legs back on, I noticed the lid was loose. The hinges and latches were loose, not screwed in all the way, so I tightened them up. Not a good first impression. I set the unit up and immediately plugged it in to AC current to test it out. I put a few room temp items in along with a wireless room thermometer. It quickly (35 minutes) went from 85° ambient to 37° for refrigeration mode. I left it there for several hours then turned the freezer setting on. It went to zero within an hour. It froze some water containers quickly. I purchased a 12 volt 55ah deep cycle AGM battery as a spare power source and backup to the AC and my vehicle battery. Both AC and DC can be plugged in at the same time. The unit defaults to AC power. So if AC power fails it will switch automatically to DC, then back to AC when restored so you loose no cooling. I tested the unit just on the AGM battery. From full charge, 12.7 volts, I ran it for 48 hours with a decent load of items in it at refrigeration temperature 37°. Ambient temp was roughly 80° during the day and 60° at night. I opened and closed the unit ten times per 24 hour period during this time to simulate real world usage. At the end of the 48 hours the battery voltage was at 12.2 volts. So in 48 hours it ran down the battery .5 volts. Not bad. I then put the unit in the back seat of my truck for one week on refrigeration mode 37°. It held temperature fine even though at times it was in the sun. When parked I made sure to keep it away from the sun, however it was in a black truck and it was 85° outside. The truck battery was always at over 12.4 volts in the morning with the Engel and a bunch of other electronics responsible for the drain from 12.7 volts full charge. My usage for this is refrigerator is primarily camping in Baja, many times in remote areas with rough roads, sporadic AC power (if any) and warm days. My testing so far has worked out favorably. The main concerns were reliability and low power consumption. I think the Engel satisfies those concerns.

Engel une marque de référence pour les amateurs de voyages dans les coins perdus. Pour l'avoir utilisé plusieurs mois en Afrique dans des conditions très difficiles (Namibie, Botswana, Afrique du Sud), je confirme la qualité de ces réfrigérateurs qui équipaient 80% des 4x4 rencontrés. Livraison effectuée dans les temps par vendeur allemand.

Este verano nos íbamos a Alemania de vacaciones con la autocaravana y como sabéis los que tenéis una autocaravana los frigorífico trivalentes enfrían poco en verano y congelan lo justo y encima el conge lar es pequeño. Así que me decidí por una nevera congelador con compresor y no puedo estar más contento. La puedes usar a corriente y a 12v que es como yo la he usado. Te trae los dos cables y un adaptador del enchufe para que pongas el que mejor te convenga. La nevera es de 40 litros suficiente para mis necesidades. No tiene ningún reloj,pantalla digital que nos indique la temperatura a la que está. Solo tiene una ruleta que del 1 al 5 y en función del número que le pongas te enfria o congela. Del 1 al 2 hace de frigorífico solo enfría y a partir del 3 al 5 congela hace de congelador. Yo he comprobado que en el 5 la temperatura a la que estaba era de -22°. Yo lo he utilizado de congelador,hacia comida en casa y la envasaba al vacío y luego al congelador y te entra muchísima comida ya que el compresor está separado de lo que es la caja donde dejas los alimentos. Lo único que podrían mejorar son los cierres los veo un poco débiles pero aún así cierra herméticamente. Apenas hace ruido el compresor y si quieres le puedes comprar una funda térmica para protegerla y también para que el calor exterior no le afecte tanto y tenga que entrar el compresor menos veces y así consuma menos batería que por cierto tampoco consume mucho. Yo estoy encantado la mejor compra que he podido hacer para la autocaravana.

Prime impressioni: Ho imbarcato il frigo come bagaglio (senza alcuna protezione se non una pellicola trasparente) su un volo aereo e mi è stato riconsegnato senza il minimo graffio,se consideriamo come vengono trattati i bagagli la dice lunga sulla sua robustezza. Alla posizione 2(su 5) raffredda egregiamente gli alimenti anche ad una temperatura di 38 gradi. Forse la cura nell'assemblaggio non è poi così eccelsa (made in Thailand se non erro)