Ice Chest Help?????

[Slew]

dry ice in the Igloo, duct tape around the lid. Meats froze solid for several days

[VorTexan]

Chest freezer dry ice and to really score some points tape some foam siding over the freezer and it would last a week easy.

[psicoo]

I have thrown 4 gallon bags and a couple of quart bags of fish in my coolerand had to literally chip it out of the ice 3 1/2 days later. I put a layer of ice in the bottom, frozen stuff directly out of the deep freeze(-10 deg f) and covered with more ice. It all froze into a big block. This was with a new but fairly inexpensive igloo. If you want to get the meat out without damaging the bags I recommend wrapping it in another bag first. It should handle 2 days with no problem.

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[mchildress]

dry ice in the Igloo, duct tape around the lid. Meats froze solid for several days

X2 done it many times. I pack the coolers with the frozen meat leaving enough room on top for a slab of dry ice. Put a layer of news paper between the dry ice and meat and duct tape the lid closed and leave it closed.

[Rick]

if the trip is going to take 2 days, why not leave it in the freezer and plug it in where ever you spend the night?

[Hart8]

Silicone a piece of styrofoam under the lid,and ducttape the seams.Bringin' the cooler indoors if ya'll spend the night will help a bunch.(I want abig Yeti,so I can stop doin this on vacations!)

[SPUD]

somewhere there is a detailed test of all the coolers out there and I don't think Yeti performed the best...

just search "Yeti" and see if you can find it.

[Michael227]

Dry ice Duct tape

[Mike Murphey]

I like the idea of a small chest type freezer and plug it in each night to keep everything froze. I would buy the freezer before the yeti cooler. About the same cost. But really, if you put dry ice on top of the frozen meat and tape around the lid it will stay frozen, but we have also went to a meat market where we stopped and paid about $5.00 to put the coolers (with the lid up so it will not close) in their freezer for a night. Good Luck but you will be alright...

[CaptainDave]

somewhere there is a detailed test of all the coolers out there and I don't think Yeti performed the best...

just search "Yeti" and see if you can find it.

I think its already been stated above, but Yetis are better built hands down.

However, they will not hold ice any longer than some of the other coolers mentioned. The key to holding ice longer is keeping the lid shut. That's why the go-to cooler while on a boat or camping never holds ice very well, whether it's an igloo or a yeti, doesn't matter.

For the one time trip, I see no reason to buy a yeti unless you just really want one.

[Bonbonjovi]

one other alternative you may not have thought about

go and buy the commercial used high density styrofoam containers that many restaurants get their seafood in, I have packed meat and other perishables in them with dry ice, sealed them with duct tape and shipped them FedEx 2nd day and they are still frozen solid...dont know how much meat you are shipping but every time you open and close a cooler you lose the cold temps

[tookeymonster]

Sorry it took me so long to get back to everyone on this, but I guess the Yetti's are worth the money.

Yettie vs the Colman Extreme . (Same size on the inside of coolers)

Everything in the Yettie was Rock solid as could be and had no sings of thawing. I even duct taped the lid on the Colman and still had some frost on the meat and some was softer but still mostly frozen. Both of these coolers way outperformed the Iglue cooler I had.

All in all, no meat thawed completely.

[pazthru]

This quote:

Make sure the cooler is absolutely full. What isn't meat, should be ice/dry ice. Put a towel over the top to insulate the cold stuff from the heat coming from the sun shining on the lid......and duct tape the lid shut nice and tight, and don't peek! Keep it out of the sun as much as possible.



Good excuse as any to buy a Yeti though!

[Cam-Mac]

Sorry it took me so long to get back to everyone on this, but I guess the Yetti's are worth the money.

Yettie vs the Colman Extreme . (Same size on the inside of coolers)

Everything in the Yettie was Rock solid as could be and had no sings of thawing. I even duct taped the lid on the Colman and still had some frost on the meat and some was softer but still mostly frozen. Both of these coolers way outperformed the Iglue cooler I had.

All in all, no meat thawed completely.

Cool- thanks for the info on the side by side comparison!