Techni ice ice boxes

I bought a 40 Litre box on Ebay for $50 delivered, a much cheaper
option than the $150/$200 wanted by camping shops. Leaves
conventional eskies for dead. Cant comment on the ice sheets as
I only used real ice as I had no way of refreeezing them....oldbaz.

The Ice sheets come in very handy. They do the job however I would argue they don't cool as well as nice packed ice however they last longer . We have taken them away and they are still cooling 2-3 days later, after that they don't do much. I find them handy for those small occassions in a portable eski or cooler over the shoulder.. Being re-usable is handy and can be cut to size to fix the application.

A simple word of advice - don't touch them.

I recently purhased an 80 litre over the telephone after being assured that the walls were over 30 mm thick.

Arrived by courier and yes, the lid is over 30 mm thick but the rest of the box is about 10 mm.

That night I pressed a small LED torch against the inside walls of the box, The light passed right through the walls as a dull glow but in many places a very bright glow indicated that insulation did not even exist.

The ice sheets are simply a waste of space.

Two day ice box if you are lucky.

I bought a 60l on ebay the other day for $42 delivered with 6 ice sheets. Beats the camping shops. I also have a 120l which i have had for 12mths which I am very happy with. I don't think the dry ice sheets work as good as ice though.

Leroy

Great Ice box, one of the best in my view. Worth checking eBay as the company has them listed there all the time.Mine has 75mm lid and 40mm sides and works a treat.

I also use the sheets and find them to be great, but we have a small freezer unit in our camping fridge to refreeze them. Apart from the normal uses, we put 2 or three sheets in the esky when we go fishing to keep the catch cool. Works a treat.

Norm C

I just checked the Techni Ice web site. They have two ice box/cooler products:
Techni Ice Roto Moulded Commercial Ice Boxes (which I have)
Techni Ice Compact Range Cooler Boxes. This seems to be more like a normal 'Esky' with a recessed handle in the lid, come in smaller sizes and seem cheaper.

I have no experience with the cooler box, but believe the Ice Box is a great product.
Techni Ice

Great ice box l use block ice in ours for the drinks ice lasts for days

Thanks for the replies guys, there is a big price diff between the techni ice and evakool etc, and was just wondering if I should spend the extra dollars or save a few if the products were same or similar.