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hi all

have heard about these 5 day coolers just want to know do they work?if so which is the best one to get,already have compreser type fridge,but dont always want an ehu now but the thought of warm larger seends shudders down my spine.

        geoff.y

Hi Geoff

We were in the same situation as you and have just bought the Igloo Maxcold 70 Roller.  Used it on a 3 night trip last weekend and were pleased with it.  As it only arrived the afternoon before we went we didn't have time to cool it for 48 hours as  advise from various threads on here have suggested but it was still cold by the end of the trip.

We made some giant icecubes in tubs and left these to melt slowly over the weekend, not removing the water which kept very cold.  I also added some frozen sausages and fish to thaw slowly.  We stood milk, juice, Baileys and beer in the cold water, along with a tub containing butter and cheese to keep these dry.

We then added 3 extra giant ice cubes, still in the tubs on the top.  But forgot to add the lids ... DOH!   We also forgot to take our spare tubs to keep other things we bought dry ... DOH! DOH!!.  so we had to play a bit of a balancing game, and we did remove the excess water from the tubs at the top.

Apart from this, lessons learnt, we thought it was an excellent piece of kit and used properly I'm sure it will fulfill it's 5-day promise.

Hi Geoff,

We have just purchased the Coleman Extreme 36QT, it keeps everything cold as it says, I can't vouch for the 5 days as we were only away for the 4, but if you pre chill everything and use freezer blocks, it is definately fridge cold.

Just one point though although the 36QT looks large on the outside it is quite small on the inside, it says 46 cans I think, which you could get in with a couple of freezer blocks. We are very very happy with ours and would definately recommend it. Think we paid about £40 + P & P from World of Camping