I've been looking at getting a new cool bag as I managed to ruin the one I was using by leaving a pint of Milk in it which leaked and got in the seams etc.

Also wanting to upgrade to something that actually keeps things cool for a max of 48hrs.

I've started by looking at what I'd imagine are the best, Yeti Hopper in the 8 or 12 size, these are obviously mega pricey and also I'm not sure I can fit a 2pt Milk stored upright in it. I've come across the Korda Compaq Coolers now which seem to be a similar type of product.

Anyone got any experience of these? They're half the price of the Yeti versions, does that mean they're half as good? So they actually keep things cool for a decent amount of time? Any user experience would be appreciated!?

Only really interested in these types of bags, I like the fact they've got sealed interior so it can be washed out.
I've got plenty of Cool Boxes but want something lighter and more compact and that I can potentially use to take to work during the summer too.

In reply to Post #1
The korda one is very good,i had one but changed to a yeti roadie 24.If I was going back to a bag one id get the Fox version,it has double zips which are easier to open than the korda one.The Fox version keeps things cold for the same length of time as the korda one,the zip on the korda one is a pain in the arse even when kept lubricated

In reply to Post #2
Any idea on the dimensions of the Korda ones? The Fox one seems to be massive, too big for what I want it for. I mainly want to put 2pt Milk, two cold meals, pack of Bacon and a
Few cans of beer with one of those big ice blocks. My non cold food usually just goes in a carrier bag.

I've already got an Icey-Tek and a Dometic Box for longer sessions or leaving in the Van, this bag needs to be compact enough, lightweight, good performance and easy to clean.

In reply to Post #3
I use a wine cooler bag for my milk, similar to this:

https://www.limango.de/shop/fabelab/isolations-flaschentasche-in-beige-2-14888133?variant=2_46513102&W=11080647&utm_brand=fabelab&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=Google&utm_campaign=Pmax&utm_content=14888133&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=20368158166&gbraid=0AAAAADz9IsW0ZSmCl2Wlx7EOq3kJLUU5W&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI1KzL9P7qjQMV9JCDBx1xPjusEAQYDSABEgJ1PvD_BwE

In reply to Post #3
Fox do three sizes

Korda has been perfect for me. As mentioned below, the zip is a pain and needs to be kept greased up but size wise, it has always been fine for the amount of food and drinks i take for a 48 hour session. Pricey though.

In reply to Post #1
I know you said you're only really interested in the Korda ones.

But I would definitely look at the ones from Speero. I've got two, both the modular with the extra pockets and the standard cool bag.

They surprise me with how long things stay cold in them, and they also take 2 pints of milk stood upright.

Super happy with them.

In reply to Post #1
Have heard Kompac Coolers are good bits of kit for 48hrs . . .being honest I think the difference can be in the quality of the ice packs themselves / how many times you access the stuff in as much as the cool bag lining itself. I had a small TA cool bag last season that was ok for 24hrs . . then tried the Ridgemonkey Coolabox 12 which is poor IMO (thought a hard-walled would be better - in this case it really isnt) . .

As per the above post, now using the Speero Modular (the large one) primarily because I want to put all my cook gear and brew kit in it as well (inc spare gas cannisters / sauces etc) which it swallows with ease on the outer pockets. . .also bought the clip on mini coolbag for the top for longer sessions / more frozen bait etc. IMO its an excellent bit of kit - with the base and two sides lined with Thermos ice packs (the dimensions of the 3x pack you can buy fit perfectly - its weirdly like they were designed for the coolbag itself) it can keep enough food and drink cold for 48hrs with no probs . . .

In reply to Post #1
Try this

LINKY POO™ https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BRNVKVYQ?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1

In reply to Post #9
Nice one mate, that looks worth a punt, just bought the last grey one at the cheaper price, I'll report back after using it.

In reply to Post #10
I use one for shorter sessions and it definitely works a treat, got mine a couple of years back and it's served me well, I the use a 25l Icey-Tek box for longer sessions.
Tel
👍👍

In reply to Post #7
Not just the Korda ones but the type of bag that has the welded seams inside so it can be properly washed out and also got the closed cell type insulation with the waterproof covering.

I've gone through so many of the normal type of cool bags I'm thinking it's about time I changed to something better.

Whilst I know Nash stuff is not everybody's cup of the tea one of the best things they have brought is their cool bags, either the old polar ones or the older version of the subterfuge. I have not seen the newer version subterfuge to comment. I use my larger one in France and keeps stuff frozen and cold for days

In reply to Post #1
I've got this one LINKY POO™ https://www.anglingdirect.co.uk/korda-compac-cooler-kamo-fishing-bag-14l

great for shorter sessions, 48 hours or so, for longer I have an Icy Tek I leave in the van

In reply to Post #12
These are also a similar product to the one I got from Amazon

https://totalcool.co.uk/collections/cool-bags

Tel
👍👍

Have a look at the Mountall soft cool bag..I'm sure it's the same as the Korda bag but without the carp tax

In reply to Post #16
Well spotted.
I have ordered one of these.

In reply to Post #1
Anything half decent will do pretty much the same job. I use a £20 jobby from Amazon, but I freeze a 2 pint bottle of milk and a couple of bottle of water and use them as ice packs. Thin ones are no good. Then you've got cold milk and cold water as they slowly defrost. 48hrs is about the limit in hot weather, but I almost never do longer then that anyway.

In reply to Post #18
Frozen milk? Does it still taste ok?
I'd be interested on feedback on this as I could freeze one 500ml bottle then it would act as an additional freezer block.

I usually take a 2pint bottle of semi skimmed milk but had it turning by the second day.
I then decided to pour the milk into two 500ml bottles, use one and the other stayed in my cooking kit bag and this was much better.
The big holdall I use for cooking kit and food isn't insulated but it was OK.

But then the summer arrived. The second bottle was turning too quickly!
I bought a small cheapo cool bag, just wide enough to fit a frozen pack of bacon.
This was OK, but i found another cheapo £4 cool bag so one fits in the other, much better.
So the frozen bacon acts as an ice block, enough to keep the 2nd bottle of milk, a second pack of bacon and sausages all chilled.
By the second day the milk is still cool, and the frozen bacon is defrosted and ready to eat.

I have tried most soft cool bags from nash and fox and they were all pointless. Pulled the trigger few years ago on an icey tek and will never use anything else again. Pre cooling it the day before with a bottle of frozen water when you go after 4 days the bottle still has ice in it.

Bit more bulky but honestly so much better then the junk you buy from fox/nash/korda

If your considering a rigid box you can make a very decent 1 yourself. Most cheap cool boxes have very little if any insulation, a lot rely on the airspace between the inner and outer skins.
You can make these very good by drilling holes through the outer skin from underneath and then use a none expanding foam spray to fill the void.

This is quite common in home brewing where some people like to leave the mash overnight. Its quite possible using the method above to lose less than 1 deg over 12 or more hours.

In reply to Post #20
Icy tech soft cool box or normal hard one?
Also when the box gets gaps in it where you have taken stuff out. Can you put anything in to displace the air the gaps leave?
I meant putting something in the air gaps to stop warm air getting in, hence making the frozen stuff last longer as there is no warm air in the gaps..

In reply to Post #18
That's not true mate, hence why I posted trying to find something that will do the job.

All of the Cool Bags I've tried with the standard foil inside are absolutely rubbish.

I finished my weekend fishing today and had a load of cold water left in the bottom of the cool bag I bought, tipped it away and off I went. If it was one of the standard foil bags with seams it would have leaked water all over the place and needed drying out, add food liquid and or milk spilt in it and it's ruined for good.

In reply to Post #22
Hi there

I have the 35l wheeled hard box. Works as a seat too.

As for replacing things yeah I don't normally do as it holds everything I need for a session but have added water bottles to cool in hot conditions and kept cool and cooled the water.

As long as you pre cool them a day before going it will keep your stuff cool with ice bottle for 5 days easy

In reply to Post #19
Frozen milk tastes exactly the same. I worked on an RAF camp years ago and they had dozens of bottles in a chest freezer, since then I've always used it.

In reply to Post #25
Never knew that, thought it would separate, will have to try that

In reply to Post #23
Check out the Nomad Soft Coolers from www.coolicebox.com. I've got a couple of their rigid coolers and can't fault them. They make gear for vaccine transportation, commercial food preservation, etc. Quality gear without carp tax 👍

In reply to Post #25
I'm going to test freeze some milk and check it out.
I'm a very fussy tea drinker so if it passes my rigorous levels of ocd then I will report back

In reply to Post #28
Frozen milk is absolutely fine in tea, makes no difference. Just drinking it on its own is does seem to lose it's flavour though

In reply to Post #29
I can taste the difference. Always seems to taste a bit watery after being frozen IMHO.

In reply to Post #30
That's how I remembered it.
A small plastic bottle of milk is now in the freezer... I will bring back the lab report.

In reply to Post #30
Same here. Still, far better than it turning sour!!

Im a sucker for a cool box my latest is an anker everfrost 2 58l beast and can be used as a freezer for up to 4 days that Ill use off grid, Ive also got an icy tek and various igloos for camping and session fishing but for anything up to 48 I use a titan cool bag deep freeze I think its called from Costco they have plenty of versions soft and hard versions and no carp tax to pay

In reply to Post #31
OK, here's the official report...
I'm trying to find a noticeable difference, but I can't.
This is with semi skimmed milk. Next time I go fishing and its for two nights I will freeze one of the bottles.
I'm not sure if it would be more noticeable with full fat, but what weirdo drinks that ****.

In reply to Post #34
As a short session guy I add frozen milk cubes 50;59 to chilled milk, decent cool bag or box and as the ice melts it cools the balance and you can have decent tea form the first cup.

In reply to Post #34
Full fat is the ******** , gold top Guernsey is out of this world 😎
Unfortunately, pussies like me drink semi skimmed, because its healthier, or our statin dose would need to be increased. Is it any surprise lower fat milks freeze better

I take 2 pre-cooked frozen dinners out of my freezer and use that to keep stuff chilled. Just take them out and hour before cooking.

In reply to Post #35
Frozen milk cubes... Well I never..

In reply to Post #34
Healthy people drink full fat organic..
Skimmed milk has loads more Suger.
Full fat tastes better and I much better for your health.

In reply to Post #39
Full fat all the way for me. Semi skimmed tastes weird and don't get me started on skimmed, that's just white coloured water!

In reply to Post #39
Skimmed milk contains loads more sugar ? Possibly about 0.1 % more ! Better punch an extra hole in my belt Lol. And how can consuming twice the amount of fat be healthier ? Just curious 😁.

In reply to Post #41
Drinking skimmed milk you're missing out on fat soluble nutrients like vitamin a and e.

In reply to Post #42
It's ok if you want to drink full fat milk, but not in tea ffs.
Coffee, cornflakes, milk shake, or neat, but never, NEVER in tea.

In reply to Post #42
Vitamins A and D are added back in to compensate for the loss during fat reduction. Anyway, has Shane got himself a decent cooler bag yet ? 😂

In reply to Post #44
Who cares we are milking this thread

In reply to Post #43
This is exactly right

In reply to Post #45
Haha, nice one ! 😂

In reply to Post #45
All he asked for was cool bag recommendations and everyone keeps banging on about milk. Lock it up mods so he can start anudder one.

I took a punt on the one in Post 9.

Decent price and looked much more what I was after than the standard type cool bags, although a bit larger than I originally wanted I think it'll be fine for fishing for a couple of nights but too big for a day at work.

Used it for the first time at the weekend, I don't take a huge amount of food with me so not asking too much of it. I got 8 Beers and all my food for the weekend plus a bag of Ice from Tesco in it and it was fine.
I didn't have time to “pre cool” it, and by Sunday morning when I left the lake the ice had all melted but it was still cold inside, the remaining beer and milk was as cold as it comes out of the fridge at home.
What I really like about it though is that I just tipped the water out wiped around the inside and that's it ready to use again.

The zip is really tight, it does come with a tube of lubricant which will be handy and it's got loads of hanging points on the outside which will probably never get used.

My wife went to a concert of some sort last night and took it with her for drinks and picnic, I'll find out how she got on with it.

In reply to Post #49
Looks decent that 👍

In reply to Post #49
I got a Vevor one last year, probably all come out of the same factory.
£50, holds a 2lt bottle of milk. Seems fine for 24 hours but not sure it would be great for a 48 in the summer.
https://ebay.us/m/J0RE6K