After second use noticed it was leaking on a join next to the compressor. So when I got home, I put it on the bench (not plugged in) put about 30mm of water in the bottom, checked it the next day and water had leaked out. So I took it in to the Dometic factory Varsity Lakes. They said its not meant to have water in it and to expect it to leak?? So you buy a $100 esky and expect it not to leak but buy one for $1400 an expect a leak? So if you accidentally have water just above the join which is about 20 mm from the bottom it will leak. Great product..!!

Fridge gets down to temp then turns off ( like it should ). Then once it comes to restart, if the input voltage is about 12.1v, it will not restart - despite the battery monitor being set to low, with a cut out voltage of 10.1v and a restart voltage of 11.1. Service agent couldn’t find a fault, Waeco don’t return emails and BCF are washing their hands of it ( not that they have ever been any help because I had to deliver it to the service agent ). Cannot find any schematics for the power circuits so I can try and repair it myself. I’ve had this problem for at least 2 years and it’s been to the repairer twice since I bought it.
I don’t know what my next fridge will be, but it won’t be a Waeco and it won’t be from BCF.

the fridge worked well for 3 years 2 weeks then runs for a few hours and stops cooling turn it off,wait several hours turn it on and it does the same thing contacted dometic and was told "you cant expect it to run forever". their customer service is rubbish like their fridges

Disappointed that this Waeco fridge only lasted 3 years, paid $1,399.
Very little use, now the fridge doesn’t get cold...nobody seems keen to even look at it or repair it. Service people said go & buy a new fridge.
I have left phone messages & emailed Waeco regarding the faulty fridge...still waiting for a reply!

Bought this fridge just over a year ago to use in our truck, returned today as it didn't work anymore, wouldn't offer us a loan fridge and told us fridge would not be repaired for six weeks, so do yourselves a favor and buy an Engel as I just did.

Had it for almost 4 years (CFX 65). Used daily for work, camping and at home via 240v when the wife goes OTT with the shopping. Love it, absolutely one of my best purchases, worth it's worth in gold.
At the time the purchase felt lik a gamble but geez, that gamble's paid off.

Fantastic quality Waeco fridge by Donetic. We have had ours running non stop for 15 months and it has never skipped a beat. Large interior with split centre to make it a dual zone fridge. You can take the separator out and make it in to a single fridge or freezer depending on your needs at the time. Or simply drop the separator back in to take advantage of both worlds at the same time. I purchased a third party thermometre from a kitchen supplies shop to check the real temperature of the fridge and it was exactly what I set the fridge at. Great reliable and quiet camping or home use fridge.

We have had our fridge for 4 days now and wish I had never seen it, it really is inconsistent, you can regulate the fridge section at all, some things are too warm others too cold, frozen milk, meat that is not cold enough one day and too cold the next, I'm getting rid of mine .
It's not safe if you can't control the temp setting of the fridge

I would like to hear if anybody else have a rattle around the compressor while traveling, this is our second fridge they replaced the first for the same reason. We live in our caravan and the fridge travels in our 100 series Toyota and gets really bad on dirt roads. Our fridge freezer is a Waeco CFX65 DZ. other than the rattle its a great fridge..
Ken

I just bought one of these. Its a cracking bit of kit. After first power on it reached its rec -15 c in about 20 minutes. The unit comes with inserted baskets. If you use the baskets then the top and bottom diver holes don't get blocked and cool air is allowed to circulate. It is designed that way. If for example you remove the baskets and cram it full with stuff then the circulation holes wont be able to work as designed. I put some 2 liter bottles and some cans of beer and a few frozen stuff in the freezer. Overnight the stuff was cold in the fridge compartment. It works as per design and purpose. I will be field testing it this weekend. Will let you know how it performs.

We have just completed a 9 week trip. We went up the centre to Darwin, across the Kimberley's to Broome, down to Perth and back across the Nullabor to Melbourne. During this time we had all weather conditions from hot, hot and humid to freezing cold. The waeco worked really well in all these conditions. The food in the freezer stayed frozen, the drinks in the fridge section were always nice and cold and the dairy section was fantastic for eggs, margarine, fruit and vegetables. For the first time ever we were able to use a whole lettuce before it either froze or went brown. We had read mixed reviews before buying the 65DZ but have to say that we are very happy with our purchase.
The dual zone worked very well. Dairy section was great.