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Mobicool Freezer

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Hi All,

I have this Mobicool freezer for sale. It works very well in the car but I have upgraded to something bigger and has no more use for this. Works through the normal cigarette plug.

They seem to go for R3700 new on Takealot. Make me an offer?

I am in Pta East.

Thanks
Chris
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Bump... Any takers on R1500?
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Re: Mobicool Freezer

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May be difficult to sell. It is not a freezer, it seems to be a cooler box as the name indicates, MOBICOOL!

If it is, it cannot cool more than about 15 degrees Celcius below ambient. That is unfortunately because of the laws of nature.

Same as a gas/parrafin/220v absorbtion fridge (freezer) can only cool to a maximum of 29 degrees C below ambient temperature. They are also not at all popular because they have to stand 100% level to work even half decently and are no good in a moving vehicle because of those two issues.

Mobicools are not very popular in 4x4s as they are hardly better than a normal cooler box, but are much more expensive and very power hungry (4 amps per hour). Most people rather just spend about double and buy a real freezer. R2700 x 2 = R5400, for which you can buy a small compressor fridge/freezer that on average only use 2.5a/hr.

They are however popular with long distance truckers as it only uses 2a per hr on 24 volt truck electrical systems, have good air cons, lowering cab ambient temps to 20 degrees C and making Mobicools a lot more effective.

I would suggest you to try Gumtree.
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Re: Mobicool Freezer

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Hi Malcolm,

Thanks for the feedback. Agree that it is not a die hard 4x4 solution. We have however spent up to two weeks at a time in Kruger and frozen meat stayed frozen for most of the periods but then again we managed it very well... prior to having kids... So we kept the lid closed as much as possible had a cover for when the sun starts moving to keep it in shade.

So for the price I think it is a pretty nice family friendly solution.

Thanks
Chris
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