Great cooler
Last year on a hunting trip to Maine in October a member of our group had a new "YETTI" cooler. He had been out there beyond electric power for about two weeks and his cooler still had about 90% of th...
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RoyB wrote:
I get a good solid 5-6 days out of my COLEMAN 5-day COOLER but my trick is to start out with SOLID ICE in the bottom of it. We will freeze up several milk containers filled with water before the trip Then fill up with cubed ice as we go into town etc...
We try not to open the big ice chest unless really necessary - That helps big time...
We also use a sealed plastic box in the top of it to store food etc in.
Two weeks with 90% ice still frozen sounds like a pipe dream to me but who knows what can happen these days haha...Roy Ken
My parents would always add a layer of newspaper to the top of the stuff inside the cooler. Never gave much thought to it as a kid.
I tried it this year and puting a layer of newspaper on top DOES increase the time your food will stay cold.
