Norcold vs. Dometic Fridge

Question

For whatever reason, every rv I've ever had has had a Norcold fridg and I've been very happy with them. My current 1200 RIM is just great but now we're looking a coach with a Dometic....no idea what model, but it's the size of the 1200, side by side but no ice maker. The ice maker is a separate U-line cabinet mounted affair.

So, my question is; Are there any significant differences between the units and second, how do those of you with the Dometic like them.

The fridge space seems a bit smaller but with perhaps a larger freezer. Tough to tell visually.

Thanks for any input.

scottg · Answer

I see them as being fairly equal with a slight nudge going to Dometic. I say this because there seems to be a lot more "No cooling" and broken hinge threads for Norcold.
However, if I were looking at new RV's it wouldn't be a factor.

robsouth · Answer

I've had both. Never noticed any real differences.

bluwtr49 · Answer

How is it that Dometic avoided problems that Norcold had prompting the recall?  Different construction or???

dsdp_don · Answer

From our years of RVing, almost all of our RV's had 2 door Dometic units. Whne we bought our first diesel pusher it had the Norcold 1200. I don't know what years they came on the market, but my guess is that Dometic came into the large refer market a little later than Norcold. The Dometics have some issues, but not like what you hear about with the Norcold 1200 series.

We finally tossed the Norcold and went residential. We'll NEVER go back! No matter what you buy, think about putting in a residential refer as part of the purchase.

bluwtr49 · Answer

DSDP Don wrote:From our years of RVing, almost all of our RV's had 2 door Dometic units. Whne we bought our first diesel pusher it had the Norcold 1200. I don't know what years they came on the market, but my guess is that Dometic came into the large refer market a little later than Norcold. The Dometics have some issues, but not like what you hear about with the Norcold 1200 series.We finally tossed the Norcold and went residential. We'll NEVER go back! No matter what you buy, think about putting in a residential refer as part of the purchase.Nope not interested in going residential unless this one fails and the cost difference justifies it.  I'm perfectly happy with this type of fidge.But, thanks for the thought.

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