Best ice chest/cooler?

[B&P]

I just took delivery on a 35 qt Pelican cooler last Friday. We'll being doing some field testing on it this weekend. Don't know how it will do, but the handles and latches are top notch.

[Robalo]

Best one is a FREE one!!

[Beandaddy]

The girls or the cooler?

Uh.........Yeah!

[coachlaw]

Get an igloo Max Cold. Take off hinges and throw away. Replace with old belt leather. Take the latch off and pitch it. It won't last more than a few trips, and they really don't do anything anyway. I just leave mine off. If you need one, install a hasp. You just saved yourself a couple hundred bucks and have an icechest that keeps ice as long as the big names.

[Curmudgeon]

Get an igloo Max Cold. Take off hinges and throw away. Replace with old belt leather. Take the latch off and pitch it. It won't last more than a few trips, and they really don't do anything anyway. I just leave mine off. If you need one, install a hasp. You just saved yourself a couple hundred bucks and have an icechest that keeps ice as long as the big names.

Sweet!
I've actually got a MaxCold and I've never had problems with it, but it is kinda small. I've always had great luck with Igloo Marine coolers. They'll only keep ice a few days but I usually don't need it for any longer than that.

[coolerdudes]

I think Pelican is a better deal. It works about the same, costs less, and looks cooler. You might want to check out some reviews here: http://www.besticechest.org

[KennyWayne]

Get an igloo Max Cold. Take off hinges and throw away. Replace with old belt leather. Take the latch off and pitch it. It won't last more than a few trips, and they really don't do anything anyway. I just leave mine off. If you need one, install a hasp. You just saved yourself a couple hundred bucks and have an icechest that keeps ice as long as the big names.

I agree- How much is another bag of ice ? I need the room to hold fish, not ice for 5 days. The price point of getting a super-cooler is what is keeping me from getting one. I would rather get another reel or rod and buy me some $ 0.99 Bucee's ice.

(I believe it is a need thing, if you stay at a remote deer lease then you might want a super cooler. But how many stores do most of us pass that sells ice ?)

[Gulfcoast13]

110 yeti is what I run. If you keep it closed it works great, but if you run it as a beer cooler then it works just like my favorite cheap igloos.

[fuzzy]

Just don't fish enough to justify the money for yeti or others like it.

[kenny]

I fish all the time and almost never use ice, but I don't drink beer and usually don't keep fish. An Igloo with a bag or two of ice is usually sufficient for a fishing trip. Yeti's, et al, are just status symbols. IMO

[plugger]

My Igloos do well enough keeping ice . I don't clean my fish until the second day after fishing because I fish all day and get home late . Then the next day I'm too crippled to do anything . I may have to dump an extra ice tray in there during the summer .

[plugger]

I WILL check out the new soft cooler for the kayak .

[Longhornbubba]

Igloo for me the price does matter.

[J.R.]

For me it's not so much a price thing, it's a wife thing.....She sees $600 for an ice chest and it's game over. That thing would end up costing me another $1,000 in apologies!

[JT]

Yet one more reason not to have a wife..My mind is now totally made up.