4L Day Trip Jug Cooler

doesn't keep ice long - but I'm glad I bought it

I purchased this because I work in landscaping and it can get really hot and exhausting. This was to keep my electrolytes, ice and filtered water nice and cool. I froze 3/4 of filtered water in the freezer overnight without the bag, left for work at 5am and started to use it at around 7am. By around 10.30am, the ice had melted. It was 36 degrees celsius with around 80% humidity in the shade - just to give you an idea of the environmental context. It had become luke-warm around 1.30pm and I had another 2 and a half hours of work remaining. I would probably freeze 50% of it next time and use this as a water bottle - the small double walled metal bottle I bought from kathmandu, would probably be filled with electrolytes with around 60% ice. Simply because the double walled bottle insulates far better than the Colman 4L day trip jug cooler. The positives would be size. It's compact and light to carry, definitely more ergonomic to use, plus 4L is more than sufficient for a hard days work! I never ran out of water - which is the most important factor. Would I buy it again, probably. It does the job - it just doesn't keep it as cool as others out there on the market.

Response from Feb 26 2019

Thanks for leaving your review, Steph! If you're looking for some ideas on how to keep your ice cooler for longer, take a squiz at our blog here.

Hope that helps. Laine :)

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