New cooler manufacturer

[Colorado Cowboy]

Great idea, I've really never thought about doing this. I have a large chest freezer dedicated to game & fish. Sometimes it isn't too full (like right now!) as after everything is butchered/packages, it goes into the regular freezer. I am going fishing in a couple of weeks and I am going to put 3 or 4" of water in the bottom of my 50 quarter and freeze it in the freezer. Should be able to do this a couple of times. I'll try and get it about 1/2 full of ice, then use it for beer.

Just got back from a fishing trip and tried the freezing method. I froze water in my 50 qt. Coleman Extreme cooler. Used my chest freezer and froze water about 1/3 full. Filled the rest with beer & soft drinks. Lasted a full week sitting in the shade with outside temps in the mid 80"s. I am a convert!!!

 

[Triple BB]

A friend in management at one of the big box sporting goods retailers said a lot of those high end coolers are made at the same plant in China.

I have a standard Coleman cooler that I took to Oregon last summer. Caught a bunch of fish and dungeness crab. Put some regular cube ice in the bottom, dry ice on top and wrapped the cooler in a down sleeping bag. Opened it 5 days later and the dry ice had evaporated. The cubed ice was a solid mass.

 

[Jadyl]

This is seemingly an old thread, but I'll add my two cents.

I will never own a Yeti because it would be the first thing to get stolen. I have all different sized of coolers. The 48 quart is a handy size, but so is a 75 quart. For a week on a river a 100 quart cooler is just the ticket. There are now more imitation Yetis and knock offs all the time. I might spring for a better cooler one of these days. Space blanket, insulating material or even a wet towel make ice last a lot longer. I like the coolers with a small hatch in the lid. For a week I line the bottom of the big cooler with blocks of ice, and add several more. Large capacity is needed to hold all of that ice. Frozen water jugs can be used up as they melt.

I also,a few years ago bought a Pelican camping cooler because I wanted something to keep ice longer and thought it would be cool (no pun intended) to get something that matched my Pelican Storm cases. That was the absolutely worst mistake I've made in buying stuff for camping. I forget exactly what size it was, but it was the size of a 100 quart with something like 4 inch side walls. So the interior wasn't anything close to what I needed. On top of that, the thing was so bulky it was a pain in the *** to move around even when it was empty. I paid a fortune for it and took a helluva beating to pay to ship it back. What I have now is way more manageable. I don't take a lot of perishables out with me, so I actually get by with two 28 quart Colemans. MUCH easier to load in the truck.
There are many interesting videos on YouTube on this topic.
[video=youtube;zu-V0ZqfYHg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zu-V0ZqfYHg[/video]

 

[88man]

I have the soft rtc not sure on the size but you can fit about 16 beers and some ice. It works great and has held up.