Wednesday, Feb 23, 2005 at 17:04
Can anyone tell me why the fibreglass onese are "better"??? They are twice as heavy, don't take knocks as
well as plastic, and they cost at least 3 times as much. Sure they look good...... but who cares really. Although alot of 4wdrive products seem to be sold on image these days.
Fibreglass was popular with
boaties cause you could make the esky whatever shape you liked and you could use really thick insulation. And generally they were permanant installations.
I've got an igloo ultracold, one with extra thick insulation (thicker sidewalls) it keeps ice for 3 days in the
pilbara. Friends recently bought a coleman extreme and that seems to be pretty similar.
Ultimately the only thing that matters is how thick the insulation is.
Thick insulation (sidewalls) cost more and will keep cold longer.
Your K-mart/big W varieties are fairly thin and hence cheap and are really only good for keeping your snags cold on the way to the barbie.
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