COOLERS

I can't say from personal usage that Pelicans or Yetis hold up better than the Coleman Extremes BUT I can say that the Coleman Extreme 5 or 6 line beats out Igloo Maxi and Rubbermaid line IMO. Also that the Coleman Extreme Line gives a great bang for the buck.

All Colemans are not created the same as the man learned this year. He bought a 28 qt/36 can Coleman w/ wheels and telescoping handle on sale at WM this year 'cause he convinced himself that he needed a special cooler just for beers during our 3 week camping trip. Yes well whatever. Suffice to say it's a hunk a junk close to being on par w/ a Styrofoam cooler. No drain and needed ice every day. I sigh.

Right now my thinking is that our RV fridge will be a Coleman Extreme cooler stored under the dinette space so the manufacturer can install an all freezer unit in the standard space dedicated to a refrigerator.
We buy produce daily and use more freezer cubic feet at home too so this would be our norm.

The expensive ones get very good reviews from tent campers camping for 5+ days at a time. They DO work better.

For RVers with a fridge, whether that is necessary or not is less obvious. The expensive coolers are almost all large capacity. Do you need that capacity or will you be spending more money on ice to fill the cooler for a few drinks?

Do a search for Cooler shootout. There are differences, is it enough for the $ is up to you.

We usually have a gallon jug that is pre frozen we throw in with the drinks and ice. The block helps everything stay colder longer

our Yeti cooler was bought for a specific purpose; that being, transportation of food for periods of several months ... I'd tried other cheaper alternatives which did OK but really didn't perform to the level I was happy with .... even though the Yeti was much more expensive, we were OK with spending the money .... for a cooler that we might use a time or two a year for something like an afternoon at the lake, even though there is no doubt a Yeti would keep the ice longer, there is also no way I'd spend the money ....

A ten year old is probably still better than the ones you can get for a reasonable price today. you probably melt more ice cooling down the drinks that you put in it. Try it with pre-cooled drinks, and see how long the ice lasts.