Are you looking for UK use only, or are you planning to go to Southern Europe during the Summer, as not all fridges/coolers are suitable for all climates. Lidl have them on offer at the moment, £30 I think, and folk who have them seem to be happy, although I would think best for UK use.
I am sure the Lidl item will be fine for UK, we go to Southern France during July, for our family camping hols, and stop at the same campsite for two weeks, so we need a portable fridge that can cut the mustard, as temps get well above 30+DegC, to keep things cool we use a Waeco CF25, small but perfectly formed!.
Trust me on this one, go for either a weaco cab 40 or and igloo, I have the w, two of mt friends have the i. They retail at approx £140-170 but are worth every penny. They run off mains at home (24 hrs before you go) and then on 12v en route to the selected site and then the best bit.....off gas when youve pitched your tent. They work extremely well (about a week on max on one stumpy patio gas bottle). I have to say it's the best bit of kit I own. There's nothing like an ice cold beer once youve pitched as long as the fridge is level, (the igloo has a built in spirit bubble).
Vickivery i trust anyone who own's a Vermont L ...........LOL , cause that's the tent i want for next season , i will have a look at the one's you mention.
Hi Tommy. We have an electric coolbox which we picked up last June from Aldi. It does the job and im sure was only around 40 pounds. While away last weekend it managed to hold all our essentials including the mandatory beer and wine!! Congratulations on your latest tent purchase. Your mind must be on overdrive. When is your first trip planned?
------------- 2015 Trips
January - Red Squirrel
February - Red Squirrel
March - Gimme Shelter
April - Elie
May - Noah's Ark
May - Riverside, Skipton
May - Blair Castle
June - Braithwaite Bridges
July - The Star
July - Witches Craig
July - Scone
August - Highburn House
September - Gimme Shelter
Hi KK , I will nip into Aldi's to see what they have , we hope to get away for the weekend at the end of May back up to Blair Atholl , although did you not try Noah's Ark at Pitlochery.....if you did would you reccomend it .
I see you have a few trips planned for this year.........remember i'll be expecting some good pictures from any of the sites you think are good , we are really looking forward to trying out the Kalihari to see how it performs.
Hi Tommy. Did you manage to get an electric coolbox? Yes we went up to Noah's Ark last year but it's in Perth. It was a lovely campsite which we would recommend. It was not all that busy when we went and had only just opened last year. I am sure they were building a new toilet block for this season. In fact our tent is actually famous! If you go onto the Noah's Ark website and look at the camping page, they have used a picture of our tent!! We could not believe it. They must have taken it while we nipped out to Tescos for some bits n bobs! Im thinking of asking for a special discount next time we go (ha ha).
------------- 2015 Trips
January - Red Squirrel
February - Red Squirrel
March - Gimme Shelter
April - Elie
May - Noah's Ark
May - Riverside, Skipton
May - Blair Castle
June - Braithwaite Bridges
July - The Star
July - Witches Craig
July - Scone
August - Highburn House
September - Gimme Shelter
You won't believe this but I said to my wife when i showed her the site that i would lay money on that being your tent.............oh it feels good to be right for once......lol........make sure and get a discount on your next visit.....lol
Ha ha ha. Yip.... that was us. The weekend we went, there were only two other tents pitched and they were two man tents. It was mostly caravans and camper vans. It is a nice little site and we hope to go back soon as its only 40 mins from our house.
------------- 2015 Trips
January - Red Squirrel
February - Red Squirrel
March - Gimme Shelter
April - Elie
May - Noah's Ark
May - Riverside, Skipton
May - Blair Castle
June - Braithwaite Bridges
July - The Star
July - Witches Craig
July - Scone
August - Highburn House
September - Gimme Shelter
Yeh , i think we'll be trying it this year , maybe July or August , hope to book Blair Atholl for 21/22/23 of this month........just doesn't seem to be enough days in the week for me just now , just so busy but i need a break .....lol