Well to each their own I guess.

I just like not having do the ice thing and for me, there's enough
room inside the Dometic.

In a perfect world, (Dometic working right or "ching" to put into a
Norcold w/solar) things would stay cool. In fact the Dometic uses very
LP, though that depends on conditions. Camping solo, I don't use much
LP.

But hey, I like stuffing my clothes in the overhead storage above bed.
It gives them that wrinkled look that chicks really dig!

--- ;^)

Neil.

--
Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia.

http://web.mac.com/tubaneil

On 8/2/07, Ryan Miller <rmiller@azteca.com> wrote:
> Forget fridges in a vanagon! They don't carry enough, are noisy, heat the
> cabin, consume precious resources and barely keep beer cold enough to drink
> (unless you're German) for a good camping weekend. Remove it and install
> shelves for more storage (finally! a decent accessible place to put folded
> clothes). Then, buy a nice cooler and a $1.99 block of ice and you're good
> to go for 3+ days in the wild. $325 will buy a lot of ice.
>
> But, keep the fridge! It adds a bunch to the resale value since the buyer
> will think it's a great idea too. Heh heh, suckers.
>
> My $0.02
>
> Ryan
> '82 camper van 'Beethoven'
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> neil N
> Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2007 3:31 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: fridge replacement?
>
> Is this a portable Engle?
>
> If you'rs looking for a unit to slip in place of Dometic, then check this
> out:
>
> http://www.members.shaw.ca/McTavishPAC/fridge/fridge.html
>
> IIRC, both Engle and Norcold use the same type of, or very similar,
> swing arm compressor.
>
> Food for thought......
>
> Neil.
>
>
> --
> Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia.
>
> http://web.mac.com/tubaneil
>
>
>
> On 8/2/07, Stuart Jeff <stuart@stuartjeff.com> wrote:
> > Has anyone with a Westfalia camper tried replacing their Dometic with an
> Engle? I'm really impressed with the efficiency of these units and I think I
> would be much happier with the Engle overall but I'm concerned about how I
> would install the thing and keep my Westy looking nice. If anybody out there
> has done it could you please share you experiences and maybe even some
> pictures?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Stuart
> >
>