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Old 03-27-2015, 03:11 PM   #7
Carolena
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Vessel Name: Carolena II
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I'll second (or third) the vote for a good cooler. I as on the fence for a couple of years and finally bit the bullet last summer. We ultimately got an Engel, which is similar to the Yeti but was a little less expensive. We did a five day trip over the 4th of July and still had ice when we got back. Aside from precooling, the other issue is how often you open the cooler. We decided to use the Engel to hold ice and back-up supplies, and use our old coleman for drinks where it is opened frequently. When the ice in the coleman gets low, we grab another bag from the Engle. In fact, using it that way, at the end of the trip there wasn't more than a quart of water in the bottom of the Engle. One year in the sun and still looks new.
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