welcome back to Steve Robb reviews guess what we're talking about today coolers I have three
coolers here I just got a brand new one and we're going to talk about coolers the difference between
a half-decent cooler to a good cooler to a bad cooler and i've had all of them you know
in between and this new cooler air I got here my daughter bought me that and I was looking at
that cooler and she decided she was going to get it for me so thank you very much but today we're
going to talk about the difference between the roto-molded and you'll see them coolers they're
got names like Yeti and that kind of stuff we're talking about coolers $400 and up you know thick
wall two to three inches thick wall and they say they're seven days to ten days of a cooler and
some of them are quite expensive the first one here is my coleman extreme fantastic cooler I
get five days out of that no problem the next one down here is my egg glue and that's the same now
the only thing I did with that is I modified it a bit I showed in the video where I put a brand
new gasket in here all the way around made a huge difference I'm going to show you this new one now
and I'll tell you what I really can't see where there's any benefit in spending a hundred and ten
dollars for this or $500 for these roto-molded coolers that I'm thinking okay like are you out
of your mind there's no way there's any value in that sure they're well-built they look too
built like a tank they're huge and you know what I looked at them and you know there's I couldn't
even use it there's no way I could possibly use it it's way too big and bulky and yeah
it says it's going to give you seven days of ice and this one here you know for just over a
hundred dollars give you six days so is it really worth it buying these roto-molded coolers well I
don't know how many people are going out from wardens say five six days in the first place
you know before you have to get some more ice or something I mean where are you going so I really
can't see the benefit but I'm gonna show you this cooler right here it's a igloo brand and
it is just awesome well first of all I show you my Coleman my small one here if you're new to
the channel I always make a an aluminum insert in here and that's just to put my creamer in I
got an ice block I put in here and this works fantastic you know it keeps the water off and
everything so with this one here now this is the igloo STX guys this is built like a tank and it
does say six days I'll show you the handles on it here they're not cheesy at all this is nice
rubber absolutely terrific and what I like across the back stainless steel screwed in
hinges no plastic stuff and that's the problem that I found on a lot of coolers is on the back
here after a while it's only a plastic hinge and they snap you know very easily and you
end up replacing them a lot another thing I like about this cooler nice latches beautiful latches
stainless steel impregnated with it's in plastic as well and at the end here I like this this is
a turn knob drain it's not like just a pull-out plug sometimes I've had that plug pop out water
all over the place I like to screw in which is better and so let's take a look inside here well
as you can see I put the insert out of my big one in here and I got a spot in here to put my coffee
creamer I got lots of room here and I put a nice block underneath here and this is the size of my
ice block here and you can tell it's going to fit in here perfectly so I'm going to be able to put
an ice block in here and probably another half one inside of here so I've got all this area here that
I can put stuff on and same as over here none in the water at any time another good feature nice
stainless steel cables on both sides guys this is built like a tank and it's heavy-duty and that's
the way I like it I just thought I'd show you the back of most coolers here and this is the Coleman
here and it's the same on the igloo and after a while opening and closing these here will crack
and break and you gotta buy new hinges and most of time they're like $15 for the hinges well just
dawned on me a lot of you are new to the channel and you haven't probably seen where I get my ice
blocks from go take you around the side of my garage and I'm gonna show you I make my own ice
blocks and I got my old freezer and I'm using ice blocks usually I go up north but once every
week during the summer time and this is the only way to go unless you have a propane fridge up at
your camp or if you have a solar system that's big enough to run a fridge off of well this is
the way to go I'll show you what I do well guys if you're right inside of there I have a freezer
I've got a small little vent like you put on a roof of a house to let the hot air go out and I
have a little door on the side here to let the air come in and I'm gonna take the lid off for
ya and I'll show you what it looks like okay here we go there you go right there and there's some
Rubbermaid totes in there and this one here is a half a block this one here is a half a
block and I've got two underneath that are full blocks and that'll just work out terrific well I
will be testing out this igloo STX cooler it's a heavy-duty cooler and I think it's very well
made I will be testing it out seeing how many days I do get out of it and comparing it to the Coleman
and guys you can't go wrong with the Coleman or the igloo as far as I'm concerned and when
I first started off the video I was mentioning about these roto-molded stuff guys you let me
know in the comments any of you own one of these $600 fancy coolers you know what a hundred bucks
is all you really need and this thing here I think it'll be good for five six days no problem and I
have you know in the past but one of them coolers we're like maybe twenty-five thirty dollars just
the entry-level coolers you're lucky didn't get two days out of them so you know unless you're
just going up for the day or something forget it you know but I'll test this out you're gonna
see if in the future exactly how good this cooler actually is so thanks for joining me here today if
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