Box Rocket
Well-known member
Alright, well I'll post up some feedback in my own thread. My wife suprised me with one of these steel belted Coleman coolers last week as part of our anniversary. I have the 54 qt version. This weekend was my first trip to try out my homemade trailer and the night before we left I added a little rack for the cooler to the tongue of the trailer.
Overall the cooler is ok. I had it full of soda and water and everything stayed nice and cold. I used 3 bags of cubed ice in it and there was still a lot of ice left after 24 hrs of frequent opening/closing. The case of the cooler seems quite durable and it is well insulated.
My complaints are that the lid did not close tightly. I was worried that it would not seal and ice would melt quickly and not keep things cold very long. In spite of the lid not closing tightly it worked just fine. Additionally, the latch is weak at best. So those that have commented about that already are correct. This cooler would be outstanding if it had a better latch. I wanted to test it so even after crossing several cattle guards at ~60 mph which caused the trailer to catch air a few times, and several miles of washboard roads over the weekend the latch stayed closed even though it's weak. I just don't know how long it will continue to do that.
If anyone has found a way to modify the latch on this cooler I'd be interested to see/hear what you did.
Overall the cooler is ok. I had it full of soda and water and everything stayed nice and cold. I used 3 bags of cubed ice in it and there was still a lot of ice left after 24 hrs of frequent opening/closing. The case of the cooler seems quite durable and it is well insulated.
My complaints are that the lid did not close tightly. I was worried that it would not seal and ice would melt quickly and not keep things cold very long. In spite of the lid not closing tightly it worked just fine. Additionally, the latch is weak at best. So those that have commented about that already are correct. This cooler would be outstanding if it had a better latch. I wanted to test it so even after crossing several cattle guards at ~60 mph which caused the trailer to catch air a few times, and several miles of washboard roads over the weekend the latch stayed closed even though it's weak. I just don't know how long it will continue to do that.
If anyone has found a way to modify the latch on this cooler I'd be interested to see/hear what you did.