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16/5/2014 at 3:30pm
Location: London Surrey
Outfit: Outwell Niagara Falls
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We currently have a generic blue coolbox that cost a tenner which is fine - just about keeps stuff OK for 24 / 36 hours but it does mean messing round with ice blocks and stuff on site. Am wondering about getting a 25l Yeti coolbox, we don't do a big shop before we go and tend to shop local so other than a few drinks, milk, marg, yoghurts, cheese and a fry up essentials it doesn't need to contain much. We are possibly festivaling later this year and I prefer to be "off grid" so not at all interested about EHU. Are Yetis really worth £100 for at most 2 weeks a year?
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16/5/2014 at 6:27pm
Location: Lincolnshire
Outfit: 5 m zig bell force 10 trigano ridge
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Coleman do 5 day coolers for half that price. Although I have one myself and think they're great for the money, I'm considering an iceytec for longer than 7 day trips.
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20/5/2014 at 9:42am
Location: Worcestershire
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I love ours. We have the 40L one and it works perfectly, even in France. Easiest way to keep stuff all cool is with a bag full ice in them.
I did get a real bargain though as I bought one which had been used as a demo and got it for £80!
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21/5/2014 at 7:21am
Location: Staines-upon-Thames
Outfit: Vango Cayman 500
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+1 for the Costco Igloo Maxcold. It's so much better than the 12hr Campingaz one that we used to use.
Slight drawback - it's big and bulky. From the sounds of things, bigger than you need, but a really good price.
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21/5/2014 at 5:09pm
Location: London Surrey
Outfit: Outwell Niagara Falls
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Thanks for the replies all, sorry didn't get chance to reply yet.
Courtesy of a massive leak on our stop cock on the water mains over the weekend (good job we're not on a water meter, on no  , hang on) I ended up movign a load of stuff in the garage including the camping gear and the cool box we have is a campinggaz one and has more or less the same internal volume as the 25l iceytek so the 45l Costco one would be massive, as would the Coleman ones. I've just today booked a 3 night New Forest trip (kids love the Gruffalo so we're off to the woods!) in a couple of weeks so will review my pre-chilling process before I commit to an iceytek.
On a smiley side, while I was emptying camping gear out the garage I got out the camping table and was able to measure it properly and make a very pretty table cloth - husband is going to have right raised eyebrows over it, it'll be too girly for him but at least I've not made bunting or got fairylights....yet.
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21/5/2014 at 10:27pm
Location: Hampshire
Outfit: Outwell Montana 6P tent
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We have the Coleman 5 day one. Suits us and enough room for 4 pints of blue and green top milk standing plus other stuff too.
Yogs, eggs , bacon, cheese, ham, chicken breast, etc.
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21/5/2014 at 11:40pm
Location: Oxford
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Once you have owned an icey-tek , you won't go back. we have kept ice for over 7 days in 25 degrees on board restricting opening to once a day to pack fish
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