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they are better than the run of the mill cool boxes but as above you have to be very carful how much you open it

we bought a coleman 70qt xtreme cooler from walmart for the grand sum of £26.00 about half what you would get it for in the UK

I filled it with camping goodies shrink wrapped it and checked it as hold baggage for the flight home 

I have used it for many long weekends and on tuesday morning it still has ice in it, what i do is pack it well with freezer blocks and then i put two bags of shop bought ice in it and mid weekend i add two more packs of ice

I use the ice in the magners that we all drink so that is why we have that in the box and it hlps to keep the box cold  

As others have said the trick is to ensure you pre cool the box before you put stuff in it.

We take it to France in 30c heat. We find out there we have to put a fresh bag of ice in every day or so to keep it down to very cold level. The other trick is to ensure that it doesn't get warm in there at all or else you are battling against a losing battle to get it cold again. We keep a layer of icy water in the bottom which is very good fro cooling drinks too.

I bought one a year ago, used it loads of time, even to glastonbury festival.

Was a bit expensive around £70 I think from GoOutdoors. They are briliant and i've even had ice still frozen after a week.