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[Long-Term Product Test] WAECO CFX 65 Fridge/Freezer

When it comes to testing a product, there are two ways to do it: Either you take it for a week(end) and check the performance, or you tackle a long-term test on multiple trips over a couple of months.

Our office has a Waeco CFX 65 fridge/freezer which we have been using since early 2013. Of course, Waeco has since been rebranded as Dometic, in line with the Swedish company’s brand consolidation exercise.

So, it’s been four years, and our trusty Waeco has been great to us – and its retirement is nowhere in sight!

Whether it’s working at max capacity in 40 degree heat or sitting turned on in an office for months at a time, the old beast has its work cut out. And it hasn’t missed a beat.

As Grant Spolander put it in his 2013 review of this very same fridge in SA4x4 magazine: “There’s more to a fridge than just degrees, amps and insulation.” He’s right. A fridge must also be well laid out, easy to operate, have a large interior, a small exterior, and be tough as hell.