$100 for a rotomold cooler is a good price, anyone have any experience with this one? https://www.costco.com/coho-55-quart-rotomolded-cooler.product.100711730.html
Coho rotomold cooler at Costco
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Bought one last year, it's done a great job of collecting dust in the garage so far. Didn't realize how busy I was gonna get this year
I used mine for the first time this weekend. It’s heavy as hell but I was pleased with its performance.
Put in ~25 pounds of ice and a frozen 1 gallon ice block. Soda, beers, Juice, milk, etc… filled noonish Friday and then was at 10am Sunday. Temps is the high 70s and kids were in/out.
Ice block is almost completely frozen
Put in ~25 pounds of ice and a frozen 1 gallon ice block. Soda, beers, Juice, milk, etc… filled noonish Friday and then was at 10am Sunday. Temps is the high 70s and kids were in/out.
Ice block is almost completely frozen
so getting ready for pikes peak hill climb.
started prepping the cooler, after 24 hours in a 70* garage. with 20lbs of ice i had 1” of water. it’s now 52 hours later. opened the lid maybe 5 times total. i’ve got 2” of water.
started prepping the cooler, after 24 hours in a 70* garage. with 20lbs of ice i had 1” of water. it’s now 52 hours later. opened the lid maybe 5 times total. i’ve got 2” of water.
Was that sacrificial ice to cool down the cooler? Or you think things are melting too fast? 2in from 20lb after 2+ days of cooling down the cooler seems about right?
sacrificed the ice for precooling.
i bought two of the 5lb ice blocks so i don’t have to worry about soggy food stuffs.
the thickness of the cooler is about half of the expensive rotomolded ones.
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Not a Costco member, but this cooler has me intrigued. For the size and price point, if it will keep ice through an entire weekend, it sounds like a winner.
Great point about pre-cooling the cooler to help it stay cold.
Great point about pre-cooling the cooler to help it stay cold.
I have used these ice packs in my cooler so no melting and they are very cold to the touch. They will last 24++ hours in my crappy 30 year old Igloo, I am sure they would last much longer in a real cooler.
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3 per their website. https://cohooutdoors.com/collections/hard-cooler
Not sure I’d pay full price but with the Costco sale and warranty it was worth it for $100
I was just in Costco.. ran in and out too quick to see these. I would make good use of the smaller size. I keeping strapped to the rear cargo basket when I am heading out camping. Doesn't need to be that big since I pack the Jeep for camping pretty much the same way I pack my pack for backpacking.. and that never includes a cooler!
i had two of the large ice packs in it. had them on the bottom. they took up a lot of space, but was way better than ice everywhere.
70* on the mountain,
and it was 50* inside the cooler just under the lid, throughout the day. according to the thermometer.
overall happy. now need to take it on a longer trip.
70* on the mountain,
and it was 50* inside the cooler just under the lid, throughout the day. according to the thermometer.
overall happy. now need to take it on a longer trip.
i posted that not knowing Birdsall had a huge crash. It literally was the last running of Ol Smokey.
https://www.carscoops.com/2023/06/r...75-ft-fall-at-pikes-peak-after-brake-failure/