Bongo Fury

any body know anything about these???
seam to get good reviews and was thinking about getting one??


http://www.gooutdoors.co.uk/waeco-3-way ... ge-p115652

Bear in mind that it only cools 25 C below ambient so no ice cubes, and no information about power consumption - however most absorption fridges draw between 75-150Watts which is between 6-13Amps which will cane a L/B rapidly, if you have a 90AmpHr L/B then you will only get 15 Hours of working.

I have a 3way purely because it was offered cheap secondhand. It is not ideal but the regime I used for Spain, including a 24 hr crosing was as follows.

On the road travelling, run off LB. Stopped at campsite. Run off mains. Stopped at campsite with no mains. Take out of car and run on gas. To be honest we did this sometimes even when mains was available. They are happiest on gas but I don't want to be cutting big holes in the bodywork for ventilation so I only use it on gas in the awning or under a tree. Obviously lifting it out is a PITA which I can put up with but might not suit everyone. When we left home we had pre cooled the fridge on mains and put two big bottles of ice in it. This bridged the 24hours on the boat with no power at all there was still a little bit of ice in the bottles when we opened it the first time. Mine is a top loader, I can't remember what make.

The other thing about the absorption fridge is that they have to be pretty close to level to be able to work. Tolerance varies model to model.

Reading the specs the beauty of that fridge (which does seem able to freeze, on gas I imagine) is running it on gas in your awning, or on mains hookup. The reviews suggest it runs for weeks on a small gas bottle.

I have a Dometic 3 way coolbox. It works really well on gas, provided it is absolutely level. In fact, everything freezes up on gas and I have to turn it down

They are heavy (due to the coils and bits for the gas) and bulky.

Works well on electric too.

I tend to use the smaller electric one unless I am staying "sans electric" for more than a few days.

Agree that it's economical on the gas.

Dodgey wrote:Reading the specs the beauty of that fridge (which does seem able to freeze, on gas I imagine) is running it on gas in your awning, or on mains hookup .

You should never run any gas powered appliance in a tent or awning as you cannot ensure adequate ventilation. Even if you have a carbon Monoxide detector these are not designed to work in a tent, so best avoided
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... 2Vdq_Awnr8

I think people are referring to putting their gas fridges in a tent of their own - i.e. a storage tent, to keep it dry.

Dodgey wrote:I think people are referring to putting their gas fridges in a tent of their own - i.e. a storage tent, to keep it dry.

Would the tent then not just eventually fill up with Carbon Monoxide?

winchman wrote:

Dodgey wrote:I think people are referring to putting their gas fridges in a tent of their own - i.e. a storage tent, to keep it dry.

Would the tent then not just eventually fill up with Carbon Monoxide?

I doubt it very much - most storage tents have gaps around the bottom. Even if it was fully sealed, the CO would escape when you opened the door.
There does seem to be a lot of scare stories about CO. Gas stoves give off CO2, unless there is insufficient oxygen to allow a complete burn of the gas - adequate ventilation ensures that no CO is produced.

francophile1947 wrote:

winchman wrote:

Dodgey wrote:I think people are referring to putting their gas fridges in a tent of their own - i.e. a storage tent, to keep it dry.

Would the tent then not just eventually fill up with Carbon Monoxide?

I doubt it very much - most storage tents have gaps around the bottom. Even if it was fully sealed, the CO would escape when you opened the door.
There does seem to be a lot of scare stories about CO. Gas stoves give off CO2, unless there is insufficient oxygen to allow a complete burn of the gas - adequate ventilation ensures that no CO is produced.

It states in the instructions of my 3 way that it can be used in an awning provided it is ventilated. If I slept in the awning I wouldn't have it in there though, I would stick it outside and provide some sort of shelter for it. It is an easy matter to knock something up with a tarp, it's what camping is about for me.

Hi
Yes, that's what I had planned, an old toilet tent cut right down, and a bit of a gap round the bottom, and a vent added to the top.
Cheers
Helen