Five day cooler

southerngal · 06-22-2011, 02:38 PM

Our local Walmart has a good deal on a huge cooler that's supposed to keep ice for 5 days. Does anyone have one and does it really keep ice that long?

LongShanks · 06-22-2011, 02:41 PM

I've never heard of it but it sounds awesome! I'm interested in hearing the answer to this question too. You say they are on sale at Wal-Mart? I'm going to have to go looking the next time I'm there.

ChadTower · 06-22-2011, 03:52 PM

I have several Coleman 5 day coolers and to squeeze out 5 days you'd have to have very little empty space and almost never open it.

orchard · 06-22-2011, 09:11 PM

That sounds more like a marketing trick to have you buy it instead of actually getting the right use out of it. I would rather take a break mid trip for a run to the store for more ice than waste money.

jason · 06-22-2011, 09:24 PM

My brother has two Coleman's. Not sure what ones, but I put ice in it around noon Sunday. Still cold, very cold. Out on the back porch, gets some evening sun and it is hot out there. I'm tempted to pick some up.

dinosaur · 06-23-2011, 07:31 AM

When I camp out of a truck I take two coolers. One for food and one for drinks. The food cooler is stocked with block ice and is only opened to retrieve the foods to be used for a meal. The other cooler is for drinks and has cubed ice that is replaced every day.

I freeze my own block ice by filling gallon jugs (milk containers) with tap water and freezing them. When they melt, they don't get the food wet. These will last five days if you keep the cooler in a shaded area and they provide drinking and cooking water for the last day or so once they've melted.

IndianaHiker · 06-23-2011, 11:59 AM

The 5 day cooler that I had worked very well at keeping ice when it was used outdoors and the temp was below 32 degrees for most of the day. High for the weekend was 40 rather than that never seen on hold ice for 5 days.

ChadTower · 06-23-2011, 12:15 PM

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Originally Posted by dinosaur

When I camp out of a truck I take two coolers. One for food and one for drinks. The food cooler is stocked with block ice and is only opened to retrieve the foods to be used for a meal. The other cooler is for drinks and has cubed ice that is replaced every day.

I do the same thing but the block ice is a nice improvement. I might do that.

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I freeze my own block ice by filling gallon jugs (milk containers) with tap water and freezing them. When they melt, they don't get the food wet. These will last five days if you keep the cooler in a shaded area and they provide drinking and cooking water for the last day or so once they've melted.

Now that is a damn good and effective idea. I'm going to use that. Effective and versatile. Nice one!

BirdBrain · 06-23-2011, 12:22 PM

I've never had any experience with them. I would say dinosaur is right on not opening the cooler. Thanks for the tips too, dino. I will be getting another cooler to do the same and I appreciate the idea. I think the idea of freezing the water in milk jugs is great too. You would have extra cooking water available after it melted. Nice!

BUUZBEE · 06-23-2011, 03:52 PM

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Originally Posted by dinosaur

When I camp out of a truck I take two coolers. One for food and one for drinks. The food cooler is stocked with block ice and is only opened to retrieve the foods to be used for a meal. The other cooler is for drinks and has cubed ice that is replaced every day.

I freeze my own block ice by filling gallon jugs (milk containers) with tap water and freezing them. When they melt, they don't get the food wet. These will last five days if you keep the cooler in a shaded area and they provide drinking and cooking water for the last day or so once they've melted.

fantastic! we do the same with the 2 ice chests... but going to steal the block ice idea!