EvaKool FridgeMate FM095

Disappointing! – l purchased this fridge/freezer in October 2016 and it sat on our decking under cover ​and used as a beer and bait fridge most of the time and occasionally taken away with us. Some of the reasons l purchased this fridge is Evakool claimed this fridge was dropped 3 times from a height of 1m in testing and was fine also l wanted to buy from an… Read more

Australian company and l could only find good reviews about it. The fridge worked well it wasn't super quiet but it wasn't real noisy either. After about 2.5 years the outside started to bubble and they replaced it under warranty which is what a reputable company would do. The 2nd unit was a little bit noisier than the 1st and l could only run the fridge on either high or low the medium setting wasn't any different from the high but l could live with that. 2.5 years later and it is doing the same thing and it is bowing out at the front so the baskets are dropping down inside the fridge. l realize it is almost out of warranty but it was sold with a 5 year warranty and l expected Evakool would stand by their products how wrong was l. About 18 months ago apparently Evakool was bought out by someone else and according to the warranty person l spoke to it is not covered which is REALLY DISAPPOINTING. l would have thought when you take over an existing company you take over everything the goodwill and the warranties. The problem l am having is obviously not a one off as l discovered when looking on product review. lnterestingly Evakool reply to the good reviews l wonder if they will respond to this one. Hopefully l will be able to add updates to this review in the future.

No Longer an Aussie Icon – Not very happy with Evakool It seems the yellow ones were a treat but the now apparently discontinued Blue Monsters are not living up to expectations. I am on my third one now after replacement warranty issues. The first one warped front and back so the baskets fell in. The skin delaminated creating bubbles on the surface. The back was so warped… Read more

that the lid used to fall off if not opened with trepidation. I thought it was noisy too. Have a 12 volt Glacio Chinese upright in the house and find the compressor hard to hear. Maybe the evakool noise is a trade off for the supurb quality compressors they claim to use. This was replaced with warranty. The second one did little travelling and was used mainly as back up space for the Chinese Glacio. When in the house the noise was overpoweringly unbearable. It also bent and the lid fell off a couple of times. This was replaced. I really felt sorry for Tracey who was dealing with these warranty replacements and our disappointment with a traditionally well trusted Aussie Icon. The current one is bent again. The lid sqeaks when opened. It hasnt fallen off again. Yet. It is marginally less noisy than Number 2. As a back up in the Covid grounded van it works. I assume because of the warped back and front the food in the fridge side is freezing. With fridge set to -13. Have tried putting polystyrene angle in the corners. That seems to help. Currently, unless the sky falls in, we don't want to stress Tracey out so will persist with this one.

Been in for warranty repair longer than I have used it and doesn't work that we'll – Purchased 1 years ago. Used it for 1 5 day camping trip. The internal divider in the fridge forces the side walls to have some pressure and it warped so the baskets fall in and are unsupported. They replaced the fridge body under warranty. However, 2 short camp trips later, it has warped again. So put blocks of rubber under the baskets to get… Read more

around what is obviously a design fault.

Took it camping on a 2 week trip this Christmas. 2 days in and 1000 k from home, warning lights started flashing and whole fridge died. Returned it under warranty 07.01.19. Got a call 3 weeks later to say right to pick up. After an hours drive to pick up told sorry, it's still in parts. It's now the 23rd of February and only now is it right to pick up.

Found out when on hollidays when forced to use ice it does not even keep as cool as my Bunnings esky. 3 bags of ice lucky to last 1.5 days.

It has never been silent like advertised. It's quite noisy. Way above mates other brands even cheaper ones.

It is not energy efficient draining a 110 Ah battery in 2-3 days.

It does not cool well. To cool a carton of beer to 3 degrees takes over a day running on maximum. You need to run it on high even if you pack it with pre-cooled food and a few frozen bottles of water. Hence the poor energy efficiency.

The lid hinges see the lid pop off if your not careful.

Really can't say at all happy with the warranty service (closed all of the holliday period when I needed it most), nor the performance and design. It does not do what they say anywhere near as well as stated.

I am worried now that since the warranty is has been chewy up that the poor history will continue and will end up with a box that doesn't even hold ice that well.

Really really disappointed.