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Anybody have one of these? 

If so, are they as good as what they are cracked up to be?  I'm quite tempted at the mo, but need to convince the OH.

Thanks

Ali

Quote: Originally posted by bridgeywidge on 03/9/2010

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The Igloo Maxcold does a similar job and I believe has more space inside as the Extreme's insulation is surprisingly thick.
Take a look at all the threads on here and make your choice according to your pocket.

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Quote: Originally posted by boris-icarus on 05/9/2010

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I finally saw a Coleman Extreme in the flesh yesterday and was surprised how big it is. I was then shocked at how small it is inside. As we have to consider how much we can cram in our little car, this helped me make my decision and plump for an Igloo...a lot smaller with more room inside  

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We took our Coleman Extreme to France for 2 weeks. Put frozen bottles of water in 2 days before we went to get it cold.

Best thing is to leave the ncie cold water in the bottom of it. Our box remained cold the whole time. I have to admit though that I have not been able to keep ice frozen for 5 days despite the manufacturers recommendation of the product..........however it has kept everything cold enough like a fridge so can't be bad! Also when you put warm stuff in the box does have to work extra hard to cool it down. OH was very impressed with it's beer cooling ability!  I will have to do a test one day of putting in all frozen stuff only into the box and seeing how it performs.

Did get a bit wiffy after 2 weeks and needed a clean out...........my tip is to take lots of plastic storage containers so you don't get bits of food escaping into the box and then making it smell.

I have the 70qt Coleman Xtreme, and put food in a couple of picnic-style cold bags inside the Coleman - one with frozen stuff for the latter part of the holiday, and one with dairy/meat that needs to stay properly cold.  Things that I want to be cool go around those.

The result is that meat stays frozen for four or five days at least, and you don't part-freeze the cool stuff.

Ali,

I really rate our Coleman Extreme - we have recently spent a week camping in Europe with one and it kept everything perfectly cold for a week.

It is advisable to pre chill them (we use 2 litre bottles of frozen water) for a day or two prior to going. We also take plenty of the plastic ice blocks. Most campsites have a freezer for campers to use and we refreeze the blocks and rotate them in the Coleman every day or two.

We also made sure it was kept in the shade and placed a wet tea towel over the top each day to help keep it cool. Don't forget cold air sinks so keep ice blocks on top of items.They are a bit pricey but worth it - also silent to use and no motor to break unlike electric coolboxes.