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I have a couple of 120-150qt Igloos. They work fine for me. What's funny is that WallyWorld used to sell the 2-3" huge styrafoam box cooler's.
We did a fishing trip for a week each year. Six guys, three boats, lots of beer. We would start a month before leaving and fill those coolers with ice from the work ice machines. We would tape them shut with duct tape and store in a walk in freezer until ready to leave. They would keep ice for a week.
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Joined: Mar 2011
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Campfire Outfitter
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Before a new cooler ever goes to the field, I hit the hardware store and purchase metal hinge that spans the full length of the cooler. Plastic and rubber hinges don't do well in 20 below temps. I do not tolerate failure. How do you attach the piano hinges? I have used them for repairs but the screws pull out in our AZ heat... There are apparently some other good coolers out there but anything with the name Coleman, Igloo or Gott is not one of them. Someone needs to step up and give yeti some competition. Yep, leather works a charm. On one of mine I used some alligator I had lying around on. I think I left it with a member in TX, though...  Use leather for the "hinge".
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Joined: Sep 2011
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Campfire Tracker
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Campfire Tracker
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7 pages for a cooler? You guys are funny.
Money can't buy you happiness, but it can buy you a hunting license and that's pretty close.
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Campfire Regular
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Just received my Yeti tan 65 quart cooler. About 1/2 retail price or I wouldn't have spent the cash for it. Built seriously tough but heavy though.
Bob
I met a French guy the other day. I asked him "Do you speak German?" He said "No." I said "You're welcome!"
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Joined: Oct 2006
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Campfire Ranger
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Campfire Ranger
Joined: Oct 2006
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there have been several reviews of coolers such as the yeti...
the yeti is built better, but keeps stuff cool no better than the better grade igloos...
engel makes coolers built even better than yeti, and their ice keeping performance is better as well... they are priced accordingly... ------------------------------------------------------ I saw a test online by some guys that took yeti and some other top end coolers -plus igloo exteme coleman extreme -placed same amount of ice in them open and marked amount of melted ice daily in each cooler -yetis might be tough but they sure don't work any better per what i saw in that review.
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