T&T: Engel

[Jim Barrentine]

At 05:37 PM 3/14/2007, Margery Griffith wrote:
>Jim Barrentine...you are asking about an Engel cooler: do you mean 
>an electric ice box or just a 'cooler'? I have an electric ENGEL 
>refrigerator/freezer on board Cinderella and I love it! The 
>temperature can be set to either cool or freeze and I use it as a 
>freezer. I also have an under counter refrigerator and an icemaker 
>on board. Up on deck, I keep a large FIVE DAY cooler (Walmart) for 
>beer and bulky things that are too large for my refrigerator and 
>each night we empty the ice from the icemaker into the cooler. By 
>next day the icemaker is again full. A near perfect solution to our 
>needs! I am not sure what original cost was for the Engel, but you 
>have to expect to pay for it. A 'cheapie' is not going to do the 
>job! Cruising is not an inexpensive hobby/life-style!

My original post asked:

"Does anyone have experience with Ultra Cool Ice Chests made by 
Engel?  I'm looking for something that will keep ice longer than your 
standard Wal Mart variety coolers. "

I think I made it pretty clear that I was asking about "ice chests" 
and not electric refrigerators/freezers.  I guess I wasn't clear 
enough because all the responses I got were about Engel 
refrigerator/freezers and not about their line of ice chests marketed 
under the name "Ultra Cool".  And I still think that $500 for a 
Frigid Rigid Ice chest is a bit much.

Jim



Jim Barrentine
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11470 Euclid Ave., #404
Cleveland, OH  44106
216-496-2008
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