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My esky,( only a willow in 55ltr) only keeps the ice for a few hours, then it's all melted..I guess, 'you only get what you pay for' rings true here. Granted, I have a Tinny and the esky is in full sun but surely the ice should last longer? What do you guys think of the ' ice box' type of eskies? And what would you recommend in around 60 ltr capacity?

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Yeah those Willow type eskies are crapHave a look at the Techniice range, They get a good wrap around the place and are fairly well pricedhttp://www.techniice.com/ice-box-categoriesI think SAFCOL also sell ice boxes and I've heard they are pretty good too, I bought an ice box from Supercrap Auto with a cushion on top and that has been good and it makes another handy seat in the tinny as well

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10L water bladders from woolies are good.. if you got the freezer room.. solid ice bricks that can be used for drinking if they melt after a few days... depends on how long your trip is. if its just one day trips a bag of ice and a couple of 2l coke bottles frozen should see you through no worries. if its extended days of camping.. SOLID ice is the only choice. and a good quality ICEBOX will see you through. Techni-ice SHEETS are also a usable option if you can have the amount of storage required for them.. ive bought 100 sheets off ebay for a good price.. sometimes i use them if its only a day use job.. but i find they never last long either.. just no mess when using them.

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Hi all i use a couple of milk bottle frozen ,i used to have those techni ice sheets but they have dissapeared but i can remember they were good value ,i just have a crappy plastic eski which i drilled some holes in and filed with that spray foam for extra insulation ,dont know if it helps but the ice blocks last more than a day in the sun inside the crapola esky ,one day ill get myself one of those techni ice eskis they seem pretty good .

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I have a 92 litre "Tropical"......an orange one.........approx 1000mm x 500 x 500.......not been away with it yet,but used it NYE for all the drinks at home........bagged ice lasted until Jan 5,and that's with kids and hung-over adults in and out all that time ........got it at Christies camping,reckon less than $200.The best esky I've ever had though,probably too big for your application,was an old bar fridge......given up the ghost..........had a fridgey mate take the motor / compressor / gas out of it.......took the shelves from the door,replaced with a marine ply sheet (varnished / sealed) and filled the void in the door with "expanding foam"........now that was an esky!..........I took it to a mates shack on the river one year......some-one "borrowed it" :angry::angry::angry::angry:

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My techni ice esky works quite good with frozen 2ltr bottles, The bottles are still frozen solid after todays session along with a bag of reds in it :) worked a treat a few years back over the west coast with dry ice.Im currently in the process of making a esky out of the 50mm coolroom panels, At least that way its made to my specs and my needs, current 80ltr one is to small

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