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#1 ·
Last week I was getting my hunting stuff cleaned for the upcoming Dove season and like several times in the past, the plastic hinges on my Coleman Xtreme broke. Those little pieces of junk measured .028. I call that designing failure into a product. Replaced with stainless, but am fed up with Coleman. I've got five retired Colemans - all with broken hinges or leaking drains. (I keep primers and powder in them). Rant over.
 
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That and they are too CHEAP to put a tray in them any more . None of them do.
Really ???? a cheap plastic tray to keep a sandwich out of the water would put the price out of reach.
 
#15 ·
I got around that by freezing water in half gallon milk jugs. A solid block last longer and doesn't drown your food.
 
#7 ·
I've got an old Coleman cooler that's about 30 years old. We used to use in a lot for when we went camping. Hinges still work. We don't camp anymore.....but the Coleman is ready to keep frozen food cold, when the electricity goes out. They are rather cheaply made....but what do you want for $40 for a big one? If you want better, you can buy them for over $150! We kept it, and the stoves, and battery powered lights for emergencies,........which seem to occur rather frequently all year 'round! :rolleyes: Bob
 
#10 ·
I still have a 50 year old Coleman with metal hinges and a latch that has never failed, but it simply couldn't compete insulation-wise with more modern coolers. I use it outside to hold my swimming pool chemicals, with holes in the bottom that I drilled to drain rain water it couldn't keep out. For passive coolers today, there are so many good options, but as has been suggested by SidecarFlip, electronic types for serious users should look into such options, especially with affordable solar gear to eliminate vehicle batteries in remote places.
 
#13 ·
Only thing a conventional cooler is good for here is packing game and it's in dry ice. Once you get a compressor stand alone, you'll never go back to a wet cooler.

I would never buy a 'Yeti' anything. Overpriced, made in China and Yeti is anti-2A.

Now I might use one for target practice if someone gave me it for free.
 
#16 ·
We had the steel Coleman ones; took 2-3 people to haul it form the car to the beach..............and our inflatable rafts were US made and of canvas surrounding a rubber bladder; hard to break those!
 
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I have a Coleman Cooler from about 35 years ago. It has the plastic 'hinge'. We used to use it a lot for keeping food cool when camping. (We used to go camping a lot!) It's still sitting in the cellar......the 'hinges are fine.' And it keeps a lot of food cold for days. I also have old Coleman stoves, lantern,and gas grill. TYhey all still work fine. We keep them around for emergency situations, like when a Ice Storm that knocked out the power for a week about 9 years ago. kfjdrfirii Bob
 
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