I have a good cooler, but when taking out and adding in it tends to make the ice disappear as well with the kids they have to look for that one illusive flavor in there and have the cooler open and be stirring everything up.
what I was thinking is I don't need it for weekenders trips, but when I am out for like 5 to 10 days then there is plenty of time to cool down and that would be allot of ice I don't have to get, and I would just leave it in the garage on those short trips
now the ice maker sound like it may be a feasible idea, don't they need a permanent water hook up?