BEST ICE CHEST UNDER $100
In your opinion, which is best or worst or overrated. Looking for something that can keep ice frozen for 4 days or so.
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I think the single best thing you can do when using any cooler is to use block ice instead of bag ice. Block ice lasts forever.
Back when I owned a house, we also had a chest freezer in the basement - and small kids. I would take empty plastic milk jugs, fill them to the 90% level and put them in the freezer. When needed, I would use a serrated knife and cut around the jug about half way down, then just pop out the gallon size cube for use in the cooler. Having the melted water circulate around everything seemed to work better then just setting the frozen plastic jug in the cooler. Plus, you could break the gallon size chunk in half if that worked better.
Worked splendidly.
Tim
Back when I owned a house, we also had a chest freezer in the basement - and small kids. I would take empty plastic milk jugs, fill them to the 90% level and put them in the freezer. When needed, I would use a serrated knife and cut around the jug about half way down, then just pop out the gallon size cube for use in the cooler. Having the melted water circulate around everything seemed to work better then just setting the frozen plastic jug in the cooler. Plus, you could break the gallon size chunk in half if that worked better.
Worked splendidly.
Tim
