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16/8/2024 at 11:27am
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Hello campers,
First post here and thank you everyone for such a useful forum for anything related to camping.
QUESTION: What PASSIVE cool box do you recommend for ~5day camping trips?
We currently have the typical and basic £12, 24-30L? cool box that I filled a piece of Styrofoam on to its hollow lid.
What we usually do is take 5-6 medium blue freeze blocks, frozen 4pt milk carton (water inside, not milk) and swap out (if a campsite has the facility) or top up with new bag of ice. Usually this gives us 3-5camping days with chilled cool box.
I understand the usual cool box tricks of pre-chilling, 3:1 ratio, freeze as many food as practically possible, wet tea towel barrier, keep in shades, etc.
I would like to ask what would be the common upgrade options from here for typical family camping for up to 5 days (at a site with facilities convenient for young family).
Some considerations are:
- Larger volume could be ideal as kids are eating more (maybe 45-50L?)
- Happy to keep swap ice blocks / top up with bag of ice cubes but prefer a bit more insulated container.
- Not interested in the fan (thermoelectric?) cool box or compressor.
- What would get us for a stab-in-the-dark budget of £100?
I understand YETI is the big dog in the world of passive cool box, but it's an overkill for our use. We'll never go "off-grid" so we'll always have access to at least basic facility at a site or got to a shop nearby.
Coleman, Igloo, next level generic box and which model?
Many thanks and happy camping!
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