Igloo Coolers Suck.....

[Matt_C]

....double post

[trophy8]

I don’t regret a single yeti purchase. Yeah they aren’t real cheap. Worth it. RTIC isn’t the same. Cheap coolers suck.


Lol

[Wampuscat]

had a 50 quart that bought new didnt use, sat in the garage for 6 months opened it to use one day and the hinges broke when I opened it and the lid fell on the ground

The simple cheap fix is replace the plastic hinges with leather from an old belt. It'll last forever.

[Smokeater]

I've mentioned em before...I think...but look up "unhinged solutions" hinges for igloos. I honestly think they'll last longer than the stainless. Hinges and latches made from the hydrant supply hose we use. I think it's new hose scraps so it don't have any fire scene run off on it!lol Don't know the guy but wish I'd have come up with the idea! Gonna try and get another 20 years outta my poor ol beat up ig's. Just meat haulers so they don't get used year round have certainly served me well. Can't make myself throw the days kill or catch in the nice one. Would rather throw away and replace the cheapies I guess but my colemans and igloos have lasted....and some even have wheels!lol

[Outback77]

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=fire+hose+cooler+hinge&ref=is_s

These are great

[Smokeater]

Thanks O77!

[stickerpatch59]

I've purchased my last Igloo. Got it last year and during the first use the wall where the handle is separated from the interior wall. Got an old green one that belonged to my FIL. Still works like new. On others I've cut small pieces of leather to use as replacement hinges.

I have used nylon cargo strap material, good fix.

[FLASH_OUTDOORS]

I wait until my hinges and latches break, then I expect the lid to be held on by gravity and friction. They always seem to fly out of my truck going 90 down the freeway. Then I use the cooler as a celebratory bonfire starter. You ever burned one?? The black smoke smells so good when you breath it in deep.


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[Mike_Es]

Ive been running these little Coleman coolers for $50 for a couple years now, and they hold ice better than my Icehole, so I sold the icehole and bought 2 more!

Take them to Colorado, set hot brisket to rest, run them for drinks at tailgates, put crawfish out of the boiler into them... I haven’t been able to tear them up!




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Completely agree. I like stuff from Coleman. We purchased dinnerware set and tent from them. No problems after 3 years. So, pretty sure if I needed a new ice cooler, would consider one of those

[Black Ice]

I wait until my hinges and latches break, then I expect the lid to be held on by gravity and friction. They always seem to fly out of my truck going 90 down the freeway. Then I use the cooler as a celebratory bonfire starter. You ever burned one?? The black smoke smells so good when you breath it in deep.


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I just sent all my non yeti, brute, bison, K2, and RTIC coolers to goodwill last week. Technically I didn’t but my wife made me[emoji23].


I did manage to keep 2 of the white igloo 120’s for crawfish against her will.


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[GA Bowhunter]

I've got 3 or 4 of those large Igloo coolers. No problems after 20 + years. They must have made them better back then.

I have lent them out a bunch of times. One came back without a drain plug but I assume someone stole it.

[ELKAHOLIC]

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=fire+hose...hinge&ref=is_s

These are great

Nice! for hinges I use a 2" piece of heavy duty ratchet strap melt holes for screws. lasts forever.

[Hoggslayer]

I joke with my dad, his $20 igloo has gone through $40 worth of latches and hinges.

Cut a piece of old radiator hose and use it as a hinge. $20 igloo with $2 of ice can hold $200 worth of your favorite beverage. Then the joke is on the guy that has the $300 chest with nothing in it cause he's broke.

[sotx]

So in my opinion igloo is the absolute worst cooler I have ever dealt with. If I was going to buy a chitti cooler I'd go Coleman before igloo. Get a yeti it last forever.

[Smart]

Igloo Coolers Suck.....

Cut a piece of old radiator hose and use it as a hinge. $20 igloo with $2 of ice can hold $200 worth of your favorite beverage. Then the joke is on the guy that has the $300 chest with nothing in it cause he's broke.

Man....spend $300 on a chest that lasts forever.....versus $200 on stuff you drink and **** away into a toilet or on the ground.



$300 and one is then broke......but spend $200 on beverages and they are never broke.


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