That is what started the whole debate. When I mentioned that test I think I
got their testosterone in an uproar. :-) The $450 Frigid Rigid was a close
second and the Icy-Tek came in a distant 6th. I got a hundred bucks riding
on the outcome and win as long as my cooler is even close to equal to
theirs.

--
Glenn Ashmore

I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack
there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com
Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com

wrote in message
oups.com...
Practical Sailor did this and reported on the results for the Dec 1,
'05 issue.

See: http://www.practical-sailor.com/pub/...es/5211-1.html

for a brief synopsis.

You'll be happy to know that the Coleman 'Ultimate Extreme Marine' was
the Best Buy winner.

MW

It seems to me that you need to pre-cool the units if you want it to be a
straightforward test of thermal retention.

Load them all with ice the night before the contest and then clean them out
and reload with ice for the measuring of the melt rate.

If you don't do that, a unit with better insulation, but a higher thermal mass
might appear to lose because of ice melted to cool the unit down.

In article 26pRf.503838$0l5.167922@dukeread06, "Glenn Ashmore"
wrote:
That is what started the whole debate. When I mentioned that test I think I
got their testosterone in an uproar. :-) The $450 Frigid Rigid was a close
second and the Icy-Tek came in a distant 6th. I got a hundred bucks riding
on the outcome and win as long as my cooler is even close to equal to
theirs.

An engineer, accountant and, of course a lawyer are in their hunting
lodge after a day in the bush. The engineer says my dog is smarter than
your dogs. He proceeds to dump a bag of dog biscuits on the floor and
says "Sliderule build me a cantilever bridge". The dog dutifully moves
the biscuits into a perfect example.
The accountant mixes up the biscuits and tells his dog "Ledger, give me
a trial balance", whereupon the dog manouevers the biscuits into an
auditor's dream of perfection.
The lawyer laughs and says to his dog, Suppaeny" show them howit's
done". He smiles, copulates with each dog and then eats all the
biscuits.
This is the kind of contest you are in.

At last! An intelligent discussion about a worthy subject. Thanks guys!

Rusty O

"Glenn Ashmore" wrote in message
news:26pRf.503838$0l5.167922@dukeread06...
That is what started the whole debate. When I mentioned that test I think
I got their testosterone in an uproar. :-) The $450 Frigid Rigid was a
close second and the Icy-Tek came in a distant 6th. I got a hundred
bucks riding on the outcome and win as long as my cooler is even close to
equal to theirs.

--
Glenn Ashmore

I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack
there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com
Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com

wrote in message
oups.com...
Practical Sailor did this and reported on the results for the Dec 1,
'05 issue.

See: http://www.practical-sailor.com/pub/...es/5211-1.html

for a brief synopsis.

You'll be happy to know that the Coleman 'Ultimate Extreme Marine' was
the Best Buy winner.

MW