In reply to Post #60
It might sound like a stupid idea but if you pre cool your box before using it can make a big difference to how long things stay frozen

In reply to Post #62
Not silly, definitely works.

I did pre-cool it

In reply to Post #64
I paid £148 for the pukka 40L ICEY-TEK granted with a 15% discount. I do think that if you are splashing out the kind of money that you have around £120 then really you are not getting value for money out of something that barely retains ice for 24 hours or thereabouts.

I am over the moon with the 40L box, yes its bigger and chunkier than my 26L Coleman box but the performance is so much better and while the cost was a factor it is built very well and I know I will get so much use out of over the coming years from trips in the UK to trips in Europe.

Definitely a good tip the pre-cooling of the box, I haven't done this before but I will be in future by adding some cool blocks because the insultation inside looks like it is made from the same material as the Icey Tek gel packs.

When I was doing loads of 2 to 4 week trips in France a thing I always did was take an old bath towel
((it weighs sod all when dry !))

and on the boiling hot 30c plus days I used to drop it in the lake and drape it soaking wet over the cool box when it dried about 3 to 4 hours just repeat it

and every 3rd or 4th day when I went to do a food run to the big supermarkets just picked up a couple of bags of ice I have kept bait frozen for 3 weeks this way in my Coleman Extreme I used to use

In reply to Post #53
I have the yeti roadie, i pre chill it with 1 frozen bottle of water the evening before I intend using it. bag of ice in the bottom with food drink on top. most I've used it was 5 days and still ice in it.

So after another week of using the 15litre Iced cool box i feel it only fair to update -

I doubled the frozen items which now included 2 x Ice Packs (supplied) and 4 x 500ml frozen waters.

I added 2 bottles of 750ml unfrozen drinking water and a basic sandwich type lunch.

I have to say there was a marked improvement .... I managed to get 48hrs of ice/fridge cold and by 60hrs it was still cool, if not ice cold. If i packed with loose ice im guessing performance will improve again. This feels a much better result ..... downside is by the time you pack enough ice/frozen items it leaves very limited space for non-frozen goods .... but enough for a lunch or so .... Its always going to be a balance/compromise and Im relatively happy with that for what i need it for ... even though the price irks a little

I was looking at the 25ltr version of the Icey tek . Although the dimensions are on the website I wondered whether anyone who has this size can give me an idea of the amount of items they get in theirs . The 40ltr I'm pretty sure would be too big . Also are there any current offers , thanks ?

In reply to Post #69
From the web site
Will hold 12 kg of cubed 'Party Ice' from The Ice Co (6 x 2 kg bags)
Will hold 32 x 330 ml drinks cans along with 1 x Icey-Tek Large Gel Pack
Will hold 12 x bottles of wine along with 1 x Icey-Tek Large Gel Pack


Videos on the web site may help
https://www.coolboxesuk.com/collections/icey-tek-cube-boxes/products/icey-tek-25-litre-cube

In reply to Post #69
|My pal has the new army green 35l plus the 85l one both excellent bits of kits - I had the green eyed monster using my igloo version next to his I felt inferior

In reply to Post #68
Just reading through this are we saying the 'rogue / clone' IceyTek is the 18L smallest version? (previous post refers to a 15L clone variant - is this a different / now discontinued bit of kit?)

The 18L is the one I'm interested in as a step up from my SpankMonkey Coolabox Compact 12L which is fine for 24hrs but struggles over 48 in warmer weather . . .

In reply to Post #71
but they weigh as much as a tractor empty !!!!

There's a green 25L one for sale in the classies

Daz