BEST ICE ESKY?

Evakool the white fibreglass ones

Cliff, I would have to agree with Dave on that one. I have 2 white fibreglass Evakools (the first one must be near 20 years old now) and find them excellent although you have to treat them a little carefully to avoid chipping the gelcoat. If you want one to stand a bit of rough treatment go for the polyethelene one but they are not quite as efficient. .
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The white Evakool esky as already mentioned above...they aren't cheap, but there's a reason for that....I own 2 of them in different sizes. Don't be fooled into thinking the other coloured Evakool eskies are as good, we had a few different ones at camp over Xmas and the white one way out performed their blue one.

I would also recommend the EvaKool fibreglass cooler, I tried a Waeco & returned it for a refund as it was hopeless.

Have had a Dune one from Anaconda for a number of years, very good for 4 - days.

I always use block ice, 2lt or 3lt plastic milk container of water, frozen a good week before trip to get deep frozen.
This goes in bottom, food and drinks in (cold from home fridge), then usually room for a full bag of crushed ice.

This lasts 4 days easy, when I used to get home there'd be 3/4 block still ice, and at least half a bag of crushed ice.
Never used it for longer than that, but feel you could get easy 5, maybe 6 days.

I went a Tecniice fridge then, these have awesome insulation, so suspect their ice boxes would be very good too.
Haven't used an icebox since the fridge purchase :)

No doubt the Evacools would be great too, just balance up what your # of days needs / budget are.

You will get an extra day out of the white fibre glass jobs, but they are fragile compared with the Tropical. So you need to think about your usage. If there's no chance of it falling off the back of the ute eg, go white. If you need a tougher job, consider the orange.

Bang for bucks .... Techniice ..... remember they have a couple of different families.

AND every techniice ice box comes with some of their icepacks.

cheers

It depends on your space v efficiency values. We have a 70 l techni ice sovereign model. It is large because of its VERY thick walls and lid. I'm willing to go out on a limb and say for length of time to melt, you cannot do better.
Last 12 day simmo trip we filled it with 3 home frozen 10 l water containers, a 2l cask and some techni ice sheets as well as pre cooling. It was used to cool ( read very cold ) no less than 14 slabs of beer over those 12 days. Back home there was still around10 l of frozen water in the containers ! Previous to this on another simmo trip I used it instead of a fridge and ice lasted 12 days , although I think I threw a bag of ice in near the end just because I could. They are pretty cheap and so far tough as nails.
If you want maximum ice time I don't think you can beat them. If not , other brands are less bulky and still very good.

Technice for me. White and the fancier one. I got the local plastic welder to put a divider in it. One side ice and beer the other side food. Works brilliantly in lieu of a fridge. He also said he has never had anyone bring a Technice esky in to be repaired

Had both an Evakool 85 ltr and waeco Koolice, to be honest there is bugger all difference between them. This is comparing the two in nearly the same conditions for over 10 years,.
In sth east qld and northern nsw pre cooled and kept in the shade they both last the same amount of time. This was with normal use as a drinks esky
Experience told us that having 1 food esky and 1 drink esky works a lot better. Afterall you tend to open the food one a lot less! The other advantage is they are a lot easier to manage weight wise, we have a 50-60 ltr food and 45 ltr drinks esky and manage to get an extra day or two out of the food one.

12 days would be a dream, never ever seen in normal 20-30 dergree days and nights. Maybe if your doing the deserts where night temps go very low helps..

I would recommend a blue IceKool. Yes, apparently the Fiberglass will hold ice a "little" longer.
I have a 130 ltr blue IceKool. I can pack it in the boat with Jerry cans packed against it and don't have to worry about it being damaged. Replacement handles,hinges and bungs cost very little if ever needed.
Took mine on a fishing trip down to the Roper River. Had it out in the boat where the top of it got so hot I couldn't touch it.
STILL HAD ICE IN IT ON THE 8TH DAY!
Bought it via the seconds site. Nothing wrong with it, not even a mark.

Cheers

Lyndon

Factory seconds

I have a Techni Ice Signature series very thick walls.It can keep things pretty cold but thats using frozen bottles of water in the bottom. Still frozen after 3 days in 35degrees with heavy usage and have 5 year old son always opening it.

For those that are recommending the Techniice, do you have the Signature or Classic? Very big price difference.

I'm tossing up between buying a Techniice Classic or a Campmaster from Masters.