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Have to say Igloo are brilliant. We have been using them for yrs  in US. They were so cheap we would buy at start of hols use during and then leave at end.....wish now we had brought one home(most we paid was $8)

We have a 3 way (very good, very big)but need a coolbox for short breaks so am on look out at mo. Will probably just get a cheapish one from Tesco / Asda ??   

have not used one so cant comment on them but other campers have I think but dont know the link.

http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/2827_10056.htm

Quote: Originally posted by gtijon on 09/6/2009

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I've got to be honest, there's absolutely no way I'd pay Icey Tek's prices. ....

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Well, I said they were expensive! I dithered for months then bit the bullet as there was no way I wanted a 40 litre or more coolbox and Icey Tek are the only company I can find who make a smaller high performance box. Last week the box performed better than I could have hoped for, even at that price,  in very hot weather - so, I guess you get what I pay for. And in this case its a high quality product which delivers on its promises in the size I want  

I guess your other choices are to buy a bigger box or one with lesser performance.

Hi Merry,

Did you get the Iceytek coolbox from the Iceytek website? I have been searching for a better price but am I right in thinking they are the sole UK supplier?

Like you I want a small size and if they work as well as you say then I might just consider investing.

I've read reviews which sound great...if they are in good condition after years of use on a fishing charter boat then one will probably last me a lifetime! A campsite I visit charges 50p PER ice pack which is a little eyewatering especially if we get some warm weather this summer....I'm thinking if they work that well then I will save pounds over each two week holiday through using a lot less ice packs! I've used cheap ones and they are next to usless in any heat unless you constantly change packs.

As you say, the main problem is the Igloos and other good makes don't come in a small size.

Yes, I bought my cool box direct from Icey Tek - and it did cost an arm and a leg!

But, I just used the new cool box for a week in continuous hot, sunny weather in Cornwall. I prepped the box with a £1 bag of supermarket ice the night before I went away, then put in chilled food and drink plus a couple of litre bottles of frozen water in the morning before setting off. I put a layer of bubble wrap over the contents inside the box (to hold the cold air down), put a cold,wet towel over the box during the day and added one further bag of supermarket ice while I was away. That is all. No ice bricks at all. Everything stayed really, really cold and when I got home at the end of the week there were still some bits of ice inside the original bottles of water.

I call that a result.

Thanks for that Merry.

I am seriously considering it as I don't have EHU and have spent enough over the years on useless coolboxes and I do find it irritating to be permanently running backwards and forwards in the heat (distant memory I know!) with packs or having food wasted after it's been prematurely 'cooked' in the box.

I don't spend much on anything else....Mmmmmm.....I'll probably dither as long as you!