Looked through all the postings on the different cool boxes you can get which keep cool for 6-10 days (without EHU) etc. and now I am in a daze of confusion. Which one is best?
Anyone got any advice on what to choose. I am mainly wanting it for 10 days in France as a normal small cool box does fine for weekends. Thinking will only need to replace the ice once if i invest. Liking the Coleman but is the icey tek worth the extra money?
HELP!!
Also anyone know where the best place to purchase these boxes is? Any bargains known of?
just had delivery of the new icey tek cool box ,have not tried and tested it yet but love the rustic feel of the box ,and if it does what it says on instructions you cannot go wrong, bought it from uk campsite shop icannot yet move links but you can go to top of page and click on shop,anyway good luck whatever you decide on
Yes, I'm looking for exactly the same thing and am considering exactly the same as you in your first 2 links! Glad to hear from anyone who doesn't have EHU but uses one of these large coolboxes re how many ice packs and how long they last in high temps.
I have a Coleman Xtreme 50 something quart. Have only used it once about three weekends ago when the weather wasn't v. good. Put in a bag of ice cubes, 2ltr bottle frozen water and about 4 ice packs also so you can judge the space, about 15 lg cans, 2 pkts bacon, 2 pkts sausages, bag frozen chicken breasts, lg tupperware container or food, carton juice, butter, cucumber, pepper, cheese and still a bit of room left.
We probably opened it about 25 times over the course of the weekend and the bottle of ice was still nearly completely frozen at the end of the weekend. Obviously the less its opened the cooler it remains. Definately much, much better than our old 12v box. Just waiting to use it in the heat. Should be fine, cos as you say you just replace the ice part way through and apparently leave the melted water in there. Need to buy some tupperware containers to protect everything from the wet.
Cheers. JUlie.
Thanks, that's really helpful. the Colman Xtreme is my number one at the moment tho it sounds like the smaller size would do. Does anyone else experience of the Coleman and how many ice packs/water bottles you would need for how long?
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