Reddit reviews Coleman 70 Quart Xtreme 5 Cooler
We found 6 Reddit comments about Coleman 70 Quart Xtreme 5 Cooler. Here are the top ones, ranked by their Reddit score.
Stores ice up to five days at 90 degreesHolds 98 cans plus iceTwo-way handles for easy lifting and carrying in tight spacesTwo-inch insulation keeps food and beverages chilled longerLid accommodates 24-inch cords (not included) for additional dry storage on top
wow, make sure you give yourself lots of time ..
make sure you keep all you're filter media, gravel, and decor completely covered with tank water in order to keep the beneficial bacteria alive during the move ..
get some insulated coolers to transport the fish in. they should hold the water at a constant temperature longer than a regular old plastic tote ..
enlist a few friends for the move ..
goodluck.
If you go with the Coleman XTreme line of coolers for your mash tun, this is unneccessary -- I did a 90m mash last weekend and didn't lose a single degree in 50F weather. May be helpful if you're brewing outside in a cold winter climate, but those XTreme coolers are no joke.
Well with both of them you are still going to have to buy stuff. Truthfully you need items from both. The first one you still need a way to boil your wort. And the second you need fermentation vessels. That being said the 2nd ad is all quality stuff at a decent price.
What is your price range? What are you looking to do for brewing. Im confident you could build a mashtun, buy a burner, and a pot for $200. You might be able to get some icing buckets from a local bakery to ferment in.
EDIT: Check out this stock pot this cooler and this burner. Build yourself a valve/bazooka screen for the cooler and find something to ferment in, an auto siphon with bottling wand, capper and caps, and you are good to go. Scale it down if you want but being in the gulf I'm sure you could use all of it for crawfish boils if you find you don't like to brew.
EDIT2: I didn't see the first guy included a pot. That would be the cheapest way to break into the hobby. Im kinda gear crazy right now so don't let me freak you out with expensive shit.
I will keep noting temps for several days in several different scenarios and eventually make a post about it, but the first day's results prove everything you preach about thermodynamics. 2 different thickness and volume empty coolers did an amazing job of equalizing to the hot interior ambient of the vehicle and an equally amazing job of retaining heat when the ambient dropped.
Today's coolers were 2 Colemans, a cheap Walmart $25 28qt bail handle cooler and an apparently discontinued $80 (70qt) Coleman Xtreme with 2" insulation [like this one](https://www.amazon.com/Coleman-70-Quart-Xtreme-Cooler/dp/B000G64I1A/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=coleman+6270&qid=1569544809&sr=8-39/26/19 -)
Stay tuned for monitoring internal temps of a large Yeti cooler subjected to both freezing, chilly and hot exterior temps as well as more fun and games, possibly to even include humidity data for some select applications.
I use the Coleman 70 Quart Xtreme, it is $44 bucks shipped to your door. The extra space won't hurt a 5 gal batch, and you will be ready for 10 gal batches if you ever decide to do them.
EDIT: It kicks ass.
At the advice of many here, this is the cooler I chose:
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I could not be happier about it. It was less than $50, gives me the capacity to easily brew 10 gallon batches if I choose, and holds its temperature miraculously.
Good luck out there!