In contrast, open-cell foam is permeable to air and water like a sponge (which is why it frequently appears in foam pillows, as it’s squishier and it breathes). But open-cell foam’s ability to insulate greatly diminishes when it’s wet because water permeates all of the open space and acts as a conductor of heat. In open-cell foam, most bubbles (more than 50%) share walls with one another. These foams, which weigh around 0.5 pound per cubic foot, are light and easy to compress.
Instead of filling the extra space with ice, wrap the meat in foil and pack towels around it to fill the cooler. This will prevent it from overcooking and drying out, but it will still be hot and ready when your guests arrive. Coleman makes coolers available in every size you could need, from as large as 120 quarts of packing capacity to as small as a 5-quart personal cooler and a wide range in between. There are coolers fit to take on a day trip to the beach with the family, on a fishing excursion, hosting a small backyard party or even handing out cold cans to the neighborhood at a block party. Beach, lake, backyard or tailgate—bring the party in comfort with our Southern Comfort coleman cooler. Since the cooler walls aren’t very thick, it provides more internal storage space.
I love how much storage space this cooler offers, but it’s deep and narrow shaped. This makes it hard to quickly reach in and grab what I’m looking for. Instead, I end up stacking items and digging around, which causes me to leave the lid open longer and disrupt the ice, which significantly reduces the ice’s ability to stay cold. A. Coleman claims that the Xtreme 5 can preserve ice for five days.
Since this is a Coleman product, it gives you the advantage of Thermozone insulation. That’s another way of telling you the coleman camping chair cooler has extra padding to retain coolness longer. The lid, walls, and bottom are all insulated with the same material.
As with all soft coolers, you shouldn’t leave the RTIC Soft Pack Cooler out in the sun or resting on very hot surfaces like the back of a pickup truck or on top of a picnic table for a long time. Although the exterior of the cooler is made of a durable, thickly coated nylon—waterproof and tough—the sun and heat will degrade the material and slowly wear it out. The RTIC 65 has rope handles with a plastic tube for gripping and two rubber latches for holding the lid closed, mimicking the design of most other, comparable coolers. I’d feel comfortable icing down food and drinks for a picnic if I could park nearby. For heavy-duty things like packing meat home from the deer stand or providing enough beer for an all-day tailgate, I’d prefer something stronger. Breaking a handle or hinge under those circumstances would be a serious downer, to say the least––and could potentially even constitute a party foul.
The temperature hovered there for two hours before dipping further to 38 degrees. I checked every hour, expecting to monitor a gradual increase as the sun and warm air saturated the insulation. By the time I went to bed, the temperature had reached 34 degrees. When lunch rolled around, the cooler was at a happy 34 degrees with solid ice cubes still holding strong. Coleman hard coolers come as low as $14, with plenty of solid models running between $25-$75.