Plastic vs. Metal Ice Chest?

[HI Bill]

Coleman Extreme (72-hour) coolers rock! I use them to ship samples that have to be held at just above freezing for multiple days...

[RunningBum]

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Originally Posted by HNL Bill Coleman Extreme (72-hour) coolers rock! I use them to ship samples that have to be held at just above freezing for multiple days...

Agree, slightly less quality than Yeti for a much better price.

[powerplay]

I think I would just go buy one of the small refrigerators for around $100 and use it for the days/weeks until the parts and repair are complete. You could then sell it if you have no need for it and recover part of the money spent. Much easier than playing at camping during the repair time.

[DrRoy]

We've had a plastic one for a couple decades. Works great.

[Red Badger]

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Originally Posted by redduck That might be taking the words "ice chest" too literally.

I vote those jugs don't get frozen...

[Jerry1]

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Originally Posted by powerplay I think I would just go buy one of the small refrigerators for around $100 and use it for the days/weeks until the parts and repair are complete. You could then sell it if you have no need for it and recover part of the money spent. Much easier than playing at camping during the repair time.

Or keep it for a beer fridge. I agree, that would be much better than dealing with an ice chest.

[zinger1457]

Walked through Dick's Sporting Goods the other day and couldn't believe what they are asking for the Yeti's. Over $400 for a cooler about the same size as my $50 Coleman. A lot to be paying just to keep the ice from melting a little longer.

[aja8888]

Why is this thread not a poll?

[kgtest]

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Originally Posted by GravitySucks Fill some water bottles 3/4 to the top freeze them then seal with the cap. Two 1 literature bottles will last 2 days in a cheap Coleman plastic cooler Beats the blue thingies.

How would he do this if the broken parts are causing a broken freezer?

[W2R]

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Originally Posted by kgtest How would he do this if the broken parts are causing a broken freezer?

Like this:

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Originally Posted by redduck We have a freezer in the garage which is working just fine--so freezing the blue freezy-type things shouldn't be too difficult.

[38Chevy454]

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Originally Posted by Music Lover Instead of ice, I freeze a few bottles of water in advance. It prevents getting wet food from a leaky bag of ice, plus you have drinking water.

This is my suggestion. Way better than the blue ice-packs since you just drink the cool water and no need to deal with the packs if you don't have a way to refreeze them.



Also agree get the best insulated cooler. A drain is good idea to get rid of melted ice if using loose ice.

[redduck]

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Originally Posted by powerplay I think I would just go buy one of the small refrigerators for around $100 and use it for the days/weeks until the parts and repair are complete. You could then sell it if you have no need for it and recover part of the money spent. Much easier than playing at camping during the repair time.

Buying a small refrigerator was the initial plan. However, then there was the problem of getting it home, finding a place for it, and then what to do with it after the refrigerator was fixed. Too big and awkward for the garage and too much of a hassle (for us) to sell. If we had bought it, we had talked about just giving it to the gardener. But, then there's the problem of starting the process all over again if/when the refrigerator went down again. For us, an ice chest seemed to have made the most sense.