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If so, do they keep food cold for a decent length of time, i.e longer stays rather than just a weekend away? I'm looking into fridge alternatives!

Many thanks :-)

yes we have a Maxcold igloo  and if I pack  frozen bacon, burgers and chicken etc....on Friday , then  the food is still mainly frozen by sunday -  the key is to keep the lid down and when you go to get somethign out - do it quickly and keep the lid open for only a minimal amount of time.

if you go away  for longer than weekend,  keep topping up with other frozen stuff  - I use small frozen bottles of water and swop with my ice packs (whilst the ice packs are freezing)  and swap each day.. it really does keep things cold/ frozen if you look after it .

We have one and used it last year and found the food stayed chilled for days - the only thing we found was that we put ice in to keep things cold but then we wanted it for our drinks so found that we were often in and out which was not the best idea - so if you using it for food don't put your beer in.

Before you use it (chill for about 24 hours) you need to chill the box down - we found that freezing some 2ltr pop bottles of water, put these in and then fill with chilled water cools it down then all you need to do is empty the water give it a quick wipe to dry it and then fill with ice packs, fozen and your chilled food.

Jeff