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Hi, just bought a Igloo Max cold, wanted to test it before going away, but unsure what to expect from my test.

I have placed a few refridgerated bottles in with a frozen water bottle and 3 or four ice packs and after about 2 hours the frozen water has already started to melt and also the ice packs. I covered it with tea towels but was only a quarter to a third full.

What do you think, I bought off e-bay and not sure how to tell if it is a Maxcold or not, as it only has the sticker with maxcold on it.

Thanks

Matt

Hi, it's the right colour as on their website but seems to me that the ice is melting quicker than I expected.

Am I doing something wrong ?

Thanks

Your welcome,

I just want to maximise this cool box to try and make it last at least 3 days.

Thanks

hi

try filling the cooler up with food and drinks and ice packs leaving little  air space inside the cooler this will preform maximum cold retention

kevin

Thanks for the replies,

Former Scout, not sure what you meant about the draining of the water do you or don't you? I have the Maxcold 40 roller version and it doesn't have a drain on it, so that means I would have to pour it out.

Going for 4 nights tomorrow so thanks again I will try some of your suggestions.

Cheers

i think you may have aleady gone away, but thought i would reply incase others are interested!

i have a maxcold40 which i got after long research as its quite expensive.

the 5 day test is done in texas in a room that is kept at 90degrees 24 hours a day, they fill the boxes with ice, and the end of the test they are usually then filled with very cold water as the ice has melted but if there is one ice cube remaining it has passed! they kind off cut of their nose to spite their face here as it sounds like a con, but where do you camp that is 90degrees? let alone for 24hours of the day!

i used mine for the first time in may, everything stayed freezing cold for 3 days and the frozen stuff i had put in it didnt thaw!

but as with any cool box you need to think basics, dont leave it open for to long, leave in shade not sunlight or a hot tent, pack it full as spaces fill with warm air,(hence why it didnt work when matt put a couple of things in it) put coldest items at top as cols air falls.

-when i spoke in length to the uk distributer he was really helpful, lots of tips and told me a funny story of a guy who said his marine cold was broken, he had brought the biggest most expensive marine cold- (you can fit a person it it) he put one ice cube in it and it melted within a few hours-, so he called to complain- duh! where do these people come from!

anyway back on focus....

these are american and over there they dont have cool blocks but fill with ice, this works really well and this is fine if you are just using for cans but can be messy if you put things with paper labels etc in,and you are left with a lot of water to yip away, so you really need good quality ice blocks (big & thick) the cheap ones are bad as when they begin to thaw you have a lot of plastic in your coolbox which is slowley raising the temperature, i actually use 2 litre bottles of water frozen as ice blocks (less plastic) then drink it as it thaws! (but my first use in may nothing thawed so had to drink tap water-lol!) in fact it was so good it actually made some spring onions freeze! (they were touching the ice bottles though!)

i love my maxcold roller 40, its great if you use it right, and an extra seat around camp

hope you had a good time with yours! (let me know)

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