Coolers?

BoB…look’em up and contact them via e-mail.

Tell’em who you are and what you do and ask about any promotional programs they might have.

Next Level stuff that keeps your stuff cold for days…I use’em in Baja. 

https://bobscool.com/

I have one of the Wal-Mart Ozark Trail roto-molded coolers.  It is basically a Yeti copy.  It is tough as nails and holds ice/stays cold for days.  I bought it because it had good reviews and was half the cost of premium brands.  Plus it has rubber feet, measure marks, large and small drains, a place for a lock, small interior basket, etc.

Yes, it's Chinese.  That is the only drawback. 

My Pelican holds ice for about 5-6 days, but it cost a small fortune. 

Check out Moosejaw

Very nice roto cooler

I saw a non-biased test of 4 coolers.

They had a cheapo, a Yeti, an Igloo extreme , and some stainless steel catering monster.

He filled them with ice and would open them once in a while like you would getting beers out.

The cheapo sucked, the stainless one was light-years ahead of them all, and the Igloo and Yeti were a virtual tie.

The Yetis are far and away more durable, but for $600.00 you can have a bunch of $60.00 Igloos.

I love the looks and functionality of those roto molded coolers.  I just don't like how big they are relative to how much space you get on the inside.

I guess that's what helps them hold ice so long but for my money....I'd go snag a decently priced Coleman or Igloo and go about my trips.

Half the battle  of getting ice to last a long time is having the cooler not warm when you put the ice in there, having your stuff going in the cooler already chilled down and not opening it up more than necessary.

Bring your cooler into the air conditioned house out of the warm garage a day or so before you need it, throw a couple frozen water bottles in there to cool it down a little more and you'll probably be shocked how much longer it keeps ice/stuff cooled down.

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I'm sold !!!

https://youtu.be/mSCONAMg2bE?si=n5e--O6oBTCLyhUJ

The You Beti

I just got an igloo because they had a limited edition Iron Maiden one that was black. Damn marketing got me...

RTIC makes some really nice coolers. 
Very comparable to Yeti just not quite as expensive. 

Lungbutter is correct about cooling down the inside of the cooler and loading iot with pre-cooled items.Makes a huge difference! Also block ice last longer, I usually freeze a bunch of half gallon jugs or cartons instead of buying blocks, when it thaws it keeps things dry. Of course the beverage cooler has blocks and cubes.

I have an Orca, Yeti and Coleman extreme, Orca, Yeti are more durable and way more expensive than the Coleman but all kep ice for nearly a week.

I'm going to have to disagree with that assessment of the Lifetime cooler. One of my other passions is camping, and I spend a good bit of time in those circles, and the Lifetime cooler is widely regarded as the best bang for the buck coolers on the market.

I have a 55qt that I use as my food cooler that I've had keep ice for four days. I put two (reusable) ice blocks in the bottom with a 20lb bag of ice (still in the bag) and it works great. Some of my other camp buddies have the smaller 28qt and they love them. 

I've found that you have to give any cooler a chance to succeed by keeping it out of the sun (when possible). When I'm at the camp site, I always make sure it's in the shade, or covered up if it's not.

If you're in SW Florida, I'm sure you're dealing with much more extreme temps, but I was in northern Florida a couple of weeks ago and the temps were in the 90's. Packed it on Thursday, still had over half the ice when I unloaded on Sunday evening. 

One downfall with any roto cooler...it's heavy as hell when it's loaded down. I always get help unloading the thing when it's full. I think I paid $125 for my 55qt. I used to be a Yeti dealer and I can tell you that the Yeti 55 isn't $225 better than the Lifetime. 

I have a Kenai 45 qt rotomilled. Theyre made in house by Grizzly. Shipped in a Grizzly box actually. Made in America and way better prices then Yeti and Grizzly. Definitely worked well for me so far. 

sweet fuckin setup!!  extra jealous of the Milwaukee boxes, i've started some side-work remodeling bathrooms and seriously need to come up with a better system than 3 big boxes for everything. it sucks when looking for a specialty tool and i keep getting jabbed by a drywall saw or a carpenter square or some other bullshit tool i'll need tomorrow.

as for coolers, i have a couple Lifetime coolers that i love. i also have a couple Rtic coolers.

my Rtic for my boat is the best, it's in the shade 99% of the time and as long as i can keep the kids out of it i can keep it full of ice for 5 days. it's my beer cooler so it's getting opened plenty.

my haul-around cooler is a Yeti backpack, it's heavy all filled up but it's the bees knees will keep my Busch Light ice cold all day.

Many use Yeti or Grizzly on the Kenai. Those two are the most popular from what I’ve seen because of the durability of getting beaten and abused daily in the best salmon sport fishery in the country and one of the best big rainbow river systems too

Really depends on how you want to use it. A cheapo cooler is perfect for easy day use of holding beers with adequate ice 

Hey all, if I may toss my hat in the ring on this Cooler thread..

I am the owner @ Bob The Cooler Co. We are fully focused on the powersports community. After my 20+ years as motorsports director at Rockstar Energy drink my passion is in moto.

Unlike our competitors we are invested in the sport with riders like Jason Anderson, Rockstar Energy Husky, presenting sponsor of the Kicker AX series, Title sponsor of the Canadian triple crown of motocross etc etc.

We just launched the brand this past July and our team is doing everything we can to earn the support of riders such as yourselves. We would be honored to earn your support. 

Please ask for us by name at your local dealer, this will go along way in helping us grow in powersports!

https://bobscool.com/

There it is. The secret is out. Now you know why I had all those “Rockstar” years…

Thanks for the support my friend! 

I don't really have a favorite, but I'd like to give you guys a tip: leave the water in your cooler. Why? Science! 

Water (and every other material known to man) has a property known as the heat of liquidation. In layman's terms, it's how much heat the ice can absorb before it completely melts. This value is roughly 540 calories per gram of water. (There is also the "heat of vaporization," which is the net total heat required to turn the liquid into gas.) Once ice is warmed up to the freezing point of water at 32 degrees Farenheit, that's when the melting phase begins. An interesting phenomenon during the melting phase is that the temperature does not change. Think about it: you can have ice which is far colder than 32 degrees Fahrenheit, but you cannot have ice above that temp (except in really extreme conditions which we won't talk about here. Look up all the various types of water ice if you want to freak out - it's a trip).

 Anyway, the ice in your cooler starts at some temperature slightly below freezing and begins to warm as it cools down your beer. Once the ice reaches 32 degrees, it begins to melt. But guess what? Any heat that continues to enter the closed system inside your cooler goes into melting the ice, and the temperature of the melted ice remains constant at 32 degrees - as long as it's contacting the ice. (This is why we stir our icewater; it makes sure there is complete contact between all the water and all surfaces of the ice.)

After a while, you'll have an ice chest full of icewater. The water is still at 32 degrees, and it completely envelopes any can or bottle resting near the bottom of the cooler. Furthermore, the water will remain at the same temperature until all the ice melts - down to the last tiny fleck. Once your bottles and cans all reach the same temperature, the only heat entering the system will be the sun beating down on your cooler, the ambient heat in the atmosphere, and any air you let in by opening the cooler.  

So, start with cold surfaces, cold bottles and cans, open the lid sparingly, and don't dump that water!

Reading Falcon’s posts reminds me that I, most definitely, am a crayon eater!!😁

A friend was bragging on his Magellan cooler and how it retained ice just as well as his Yeti. It looked pretty solid so I bought the exact same cooler the next day. The ice retention was terrible, on its first trip I had to re-ice every day. I took it back to Academy and they said that was their best reviewed model with very few complaints. I swapped it out for another one and it was just as bad. Must have been a defective lot or something.

I have an RTIC 52qt as my primary and a few Ozark Trail hard and soft coolers for other purposes. The RTIC is awesome but the wally world coolers work just as well.

Yeah, could likely be inconsistencies in production.

I got my Lifetime last June, so almost a years worth of usage. I've been very pleased with it. Most of my trips are Friday morning-Sunday, evening (with some being a day or two longer) and I've never had an issue with it keeping my food cool, and I always end up dumping ice at the end of the trip.

Where can the weight of your coolers be found?  I don't see them on your website.  What is the weight of the Amigo and BFF?

Anyone try out one of these Ninja coolers with the bottom drawer to keep food dry?

https://www.ninjakitchen.com/products/ninja-frostvault-50qt-hard-cooler…

I didn’t see this, sorry. There’s a BoB pdf that’s got a “capacity comparison” to other brands (brands that kinda publish bs numbers); so, Jordan had them all tested. I think weights and other info are on there. I’ll check.

Yeah I don't see any internal dimensions on the website either.  The weight and internal dimensions are key specs.

Did you ever find the spec sheet?  Jordan needs more specs on his website, like this:

These ultra-light RTIC coolers are really tough to beat in the value department.  Ice retention is the same as the more expensive rotomolded coolers (Yeti, etc), and the RTIC's are a fraction of the price.  Considering Ice retention is the same and it's much lighter in the weight department, the RTIC also wins by a mile IMO.  This 52qt ultralight is on sale for $179:

https://rticoutdoors.com/Ultra-Light-Cooler?size=52&color=White-Grey&ut…

Cool thread. I’m looking for a backpack cooler to carry 2-13 beers plus one concealing cup a couple of blocks on a beach cruiser bicycle. And down the beach a ways on some days.  Suggestions?

Anytime you stand there considering buying a $400 yeti cooler, remember that companies transporting human organs for transplant still prefer to put body parts in a $12 styrofoam box. 
 

Jokes aside (kind of) you really don’t need a rotomolded cooler unless you’re on a fishing boat where you’ll be offshore for days with a high risk of rough water. For moto trips and long weekends, most brands will work great if you pre cool them. Fill the cooler with Ice the day before you load it. On loading day, dump the old ice and load with your goods and fresh ice. That will give you an extra day of cold. For rotomolded vs blow molded coolers, the different usually comes down to the volume of the insulation chambers rather than the material, and your still only getting like 10% improvement. Save your money.