Troy,
A few years ago I went to one of the outdoors shows and spent half a day going over everything with a critical eye, to figure out what I would get in a fridge. It was the best opportunity to compare the big two plus everything else on the market. Long story cut short, I talked myself out of the 80-100 litre things that I could easily fit in, in favour of two Bushman fridges. For various reasons, internally and externally, the Bushman had advantages over Waecos and Engels, and I already knew they fared very well in comparison tests (magazines). So for the next two or three years, I ran one as a fridge and the other as a freezer most times, and was happy with that.
Last year I was having a camper trailer built, and once again had plenty of room to work with; so the two Bushmans went into the trailer, and I bought a third Bushman for the vehicle. Those three fridges have had plenty of use, been in and out of vehicles and the trailer plenty over time, and I would buy them all again.
The only thing I have done different and would recommend, is chopped off the cig plugs and fitted Arrid plugs. Obviously cig plugs carry normal duty current OK, but on occasions I was running them as freezers at max cold, i.e. running full current 24 hours a day, and along the way the cig lighter plugs got hot enough to soften and subsequently sieze up the spring pin on the tips of the plugs. Arrid plugs are easily capable of carrying two or three times the current, so they don't get hot in this application.
I think they're about $1100 now. One thing I especially like is the domed high lid. With the extension collar on the fridge is at just the right height to use as a seat, and the plastic domed high lid will easily cope with a boombah sitting on it, no deforming like a metal lid might. They also open in the right direction (long side) to suit my applications.
