Hi all,
Well hopefully in the next week or two we will be on the serious hunt for a good second hand expanda or be placing some hard earned down on a deposit for a newie...
One question we are struggling with at the moment is the fridge. We have always had Engels and love them. We are free campers and will have a good (200w) solar setup with generator as a back up. We are a family of four so we are trying to figure out should we go to the 150L 3-way or should we stay with the standard 90 and then change it over to a 140L waeco compressor type?
What are people's experiences with the 3-ways on gas? How long does the gas last on a 9kg bottle? We usually do our cooking on a camp stove but with a panda, not too sure what we will do whether we cook inside or whether we use a cooker outside so gas use will be pretty minimal.
I know a lot of people comment re compressor noise etc but that does not concern us.
The price difference for changing in a new van is approx $900 and we can get a Waeco at trade price so negligible difference for us but obviously we would then also possibly need to modify the cabinet But from what I have seen the sizes are almost identical.
Thoughts/comments/experiences would be greatly appreciated.
BJ
Well hopefully in the next week or two we will be on the serious hunt for a good second hand expanda or be placing some hard earned down on a deposit for a newie...
One question we are struggling with at the moment is the fridge. We have always had Engels and love them. We are free campers and will have a good (200w) solar setup with generator as a back up. We are a family of four so we are trying to figure out should we go to the 150L 3-way or should we stay with the standard 90 and then change it over to a 140L waeco compressor type?
What are people's experiences with the 3-ways on gas? How long does the gas last on a 9kg bottle? We usually do our cooking on a camp stove but with a panda, not too sure what we will do whether we cook inside or whether we use a cooker outside so gas use will be pretty minimal.
I know a lot of people comment re compressor noise etc but that does not concern us.
The price difference for changing in a new van is approx $900 and we can get a Waeco at trade price so negligible difference for us but obviously we would then also possibly need to modify the cabinet But from what I have seen the sizes are almost identical.
Thoughts/comments/experiences would be greatly appreciated.
BJ