homemade 150 quart yeti for under $100 bucks
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- čas přidán 27. 08. 2024
- Coleman marine cooler modification. After I made the video I left the cooler on the back of the truck and came back a few days later to check temperature, after 17 days the three remaining jugs still had ice in them and the temp in the cooler was still in the low 40s
THE RESULTS ARE IN!!!!! An August test of the Homemade Yeti. Test conducted in Florida with the temps in the 90s. ice chest sitting under a tree and after ELEVEN (11) days the ice is gone but the temp inside is still in the high 40s. The jug with the salt in the ice didnt last any longer than the non salt ice.
Awesome!! I want to do this with my electric cooler!
I just knew Elvis was still alive!! - Nice job on the cooler E.
Outstanding! Such a great job you did on your ice chest! Thank you for sharing your awesome ice saving chest! I will duplicate this one day (stuck doing other projects)! Thanks again!
That's a good trick for a cooler mod, thank you for taking time to film and post this video. Now I'm going to borrow your idea.
Thank you, be my guest lol
I do this all the time with my lifetime cooler. First I prechill it, next I put the two blocks of ice. Then put my frozen foods. Put a foam pad on top then I'll add the others cold foods then put another foam pad on top and I'll last up to 6 days!! But on my coleman cooler I'll add my drinks because everyone know u won't leave beer sitting in ur cooler for days
Good work and idea. This was I was looking fo
r. Thanks
finally! somebody used a thermometer!!! good job bro
Awsome idea. I think I would pierce that thermometer thru the top of the lid down into the cooler in the back right side of the top near the hinge. That way, you can always see what the temp inside is without having to open the lid. ...Just a thought...
That is a good idea, the only thing with me, I usually have something else stacked on top of the chest on the back of the truck while I'm traveling and I would tear it off in a heartbeat. Lol
@@ronnie32567 you could put it on the side, maybe in the middle of the handle area. That way the handle would protect it.
Now all you need is the “SHITI” cooler badge. I think I’m going to make one
I would never use plastic bottles, that are odd shapes, they crack, and don`t hold their insulating properties, as tetrapac rectangle cartons of orange/apple juice do. No other costs involved, other than freezing. Guys throughout Australia swear by them. Thanks for reading. No reply necessary.
Damn dude, I’ll have to give em a try, thanks for the info!!!!
Sealing off the cup holders was something I never thought about..thx👍
Yea every little bit helps, good luck and dont forget the door seal around the lid.
@@brianadams6628 no Sir, I insulated around it but left it open to drain
Try spraying the inside of the cooler with a thin layer of truck bed coating. It will make it extremely durable. You won't have to worry about damaging the foil surface.
I believe I will try that, thanks for the tip
nice job. Though I would have laid in the insulation first, but leaving gaps at the top. Then use closed cell expanding foam to fill the voids. Less work, no hacksawing it off.
The only problem doing it that way is that's the expanding foam will bow out the sides on the foam boards. Several people have tried drilling holes in the lid and filling it with expanding foam and every time it warps the lid so bad it won't seal when closed, maybe you will have better luck.
You, sir, are a genius!
🤣😂😅🤣🤣😂
Awesome! Thanks for the upgrade ideas, and the test trial.
Awesome job man, thanks for sharing!
Update on the ice chest........I finally got my freezer cleaned out enough to freeze 8 jugs of ice for a summer test of the length of time the cooler will stay cold. I also put salt in one of the jugs to see if it lasts any longer than plain ice. I'll update again as soon as the ice melts.
Real nice. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for sharing, amazing what a simple mod can do :)
If you will freeze those milk jugs with frozen salt water they will last twice as long than just plain water.i promise. Put 3/4 cup of table salt in the jugs and fill all the way just about 2 inches from the top and shake well to desolve the salt.It will take longer to freeze but will last twice as long. Please try and let me know what you think. Leon
Leon, I put ice in one of the jugs, didnt measure the salt but I put a good amount and it melted the same time the plain water did. I will try it again using your recipe.
Leon, I had forgotten about your salt ice but I will test it, thanks for the info
Damn that's impressive awesome thanks for sharing.
Thank you for watching!!
The seal probably does the most of the work
Great video! thanks! Came out great, better than a Yeti! :)
Thanks Jonny, I wish I had video'd putting the expanding foam in the indention's in the walls of the cooler, I'm not sure that I explained that process good enough.
I made one of these 2years ago. Better than original but it will get water in it and eventually turn to crap. Good for a summer or 2 but nowhere near as good as a Yeti. I threw mine in the trash can after 1 year.
Rob that is why I only use ice frozen in milk jugs, no water in the chest.
Rob, thanks for the info, now when I dont have the milk jug ice I put in a plastic storage tote to put the bagged ice in so that water never gets in the cooler and since the chest is 150 qt there is plenty of room for the tote and all the food and beer you want.
Thanks I'll be sharing this with Boy Scouts
December the 29th around here you could just put water in it and it would make its own ice...I wonder how it would keep ice if it wasn't in the middle of winter..LOL.
I just tested it in August in Florida, temps in the 90s, Ice lasted 11 days
I’ve heard that if you put salt in the water that your going to freeze in the water jugs it makes the ice even colder or last longer ,something like that.
I used to put salt on top of the ice that covered my beer and in just a lil while the beer was slushy. I use ice frozen in milk jugs when camping so I can have drinking water as they melt so I dont put ice in them, tell ya the truth I had forgotten about the salt on the beer ice, LOL
Great job on the cooler how bout some pictures of your trip
Thanks, catchy name by the way, lol. I didn’t take any pics but I’m going back to the Rockies in Colorado in about a month for a two month camping trip I’ll take plenty of pics.
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@@ronnie32567 wood like to get some morning pictures from you!
@@irondoger ?????
@@ronnie32567 the best kind!!!!
if u add a layer of HDPE to the foil thad be the best u can get
You spelled Ronny wrong!!!!! LoL. You know how many times i was told i was spelling my name wrong?
Nice
Thank you!
I'm so excited about your project, I've begun to build one! Your materials and methods list is sketchy; can you answer a few questions, mainly ...
- Did you glue the foam board to the inside after leveling the surfaces with spray foam, or did you aluminum tape all the pieces onto their respective sides? Please respond - thanks!
Hi Bill, thanks for your interest, Yea I wish I had videoed the build. I sprayed the foam in all the voids and cut it back down level with the body of the cooler after the foam dries, then I put in the double sided foil 3/4 in foam board and taped each piece to the cooler body individually. Dont forget the foam/rubber door sealer around the lid. Feel free to ask any more questions you might have.
2 cans Expanding foam crack sealer
1 roll aluminum foil tape
1 sheet 3/4 in double sided foil foam insulation board
1 foam rubber door sealer....use the narrow sealer, the wider one interferes with the lid closing.
No, didn't glue anything, just got the foam board in and taped with the aluminum tape. Will try it as a freezer in 3 months on a x-country trip.
Great, let us know how it works for you!
In December and January most ice chest keep ice along time.
Did you not read my post about testing the ice chest in August in 96 degree heat, the chest held ice for 11 days
Well there you go
way way way cool....thank you
That’s a great job. Wonder how it would do with cubed ice laid around the ice chest.
Mike I dont think it would last near as long, Something about big chunks of ice that lasts longer.
THANKS
Great job. Is that the Coleman extreme cooler? Also what was the outside temperature? The date of the video is January so was this in the winter?
Thanks Travis, no it is just the standard marine cooler. The temps for the 4 days I was traveling through the South was in the 70's, most of the time out west was 60-70 except for three days in the mountains which was in the 50s. But it was in the sun the whole time sitting on the black metal flat bed. It probably wont hold ice for that long in 90 degree weather but I believe it will last as long as a 400 dollar Yeti and have a lot more room for goodies. I just put 1 layer of milk jugs, eight I think, in the cooler and two of those were sweet tea that I sat out to thaw and drink.
How is it holding up now that it's summer?
I havent used the cooler since the video, but I will put the same amount of jugs of ice in it in the next couple of days and see how long it lasts now since it is above 90 every day and will let you know.
Thanks.
The ice chest held ice for Eleven days in Florida, temps in the 90s
Good video!
Do the same test in July.
Well, I wont be able to make the trip untill September but I am going to put the same amount of ice in it and let it sit under a tree until the ice all melts n see how long it takes.
Eleven days in August temps in the 90s
Looks good...have you an issues with mold since it’s not water tight?
yeah I'd add the insulation to the outside instead of the inside
French’s mustard and some cheese onion and bologna How did it work on the beer.
Good job 👍🏻
Beer was just right lol
Cool brother
Salt water and something to cover it could make last bit longer
And fill most of the dead space when you open up the cooler more air will get trapped in, while cool air goes out.
@@lawrencehile9902 yea I have some of that bubble insulation that is used for car windshield covering, I wrap the chest in that
I tried a gallon with salt but it didn’t last any longer , maybe I didn’t add enough salt?
Nice!
Sierra Nevada IPA FTW
Where do you get that foam board with the aluminum on it? I see plenty of foam board but doesn't have foil over it.
I got it at my local building supply, you might have to ask where it is.
@@ronnie32567 ah, I found it at home Depot, already foamed the lid with the spray stuff just now.
@@drpepper3726 Great let me know how it turns out. One commenter advised that water from the melting ice decays the foam board, so when I dont have the milk jug ice I put a plastic storage tote in the cooler to put bagged ice in so that water never gets in the bottom of the cooler.
What type of foam sheets are those already covered in the reflective material I haven't seen them at my hardware store
I dont remember the brand but they are standard material, the aluminum foil is a moisture barrier. you might have to go to a dedicated building supply instead of a hardware store. Good luck, let me know how it turns out.
@@ronnie32567 thanks!! Awesome Video btw
Problem is, it's not a Yeti. I'm sure if I didn't open my yeti it be cold too. I'm a cooler brand snob and proud of my yeti sticker lol
Yea but I opened mine numerous times a day over the 13 day trip and it still had ice. I couldn’t see paying 3-4 hundred bucks for a cooler barely big enough to fit a six pack of cokes when for less than a hundred bucks I had one big enough for a months worth of food an drinks!!!
@ronnie32567 ya man I hear ya. I love my yeti. its like riding a Chinese quad...ya your out there and think it's cool cause you saved some money but really its a piece of sh1t and everyone knows your cheap for buying it.
@@tazzthedoodle7861 don’t you have something better to do than trying to piss people off? I could really care less if you like my cooler or not, I like it and I’m not trying to impress anyone by spouting off about how I only use the high dollar products. Maybe you should take up knitting to occupy your time!!!!!
@ronnie32567 okay I'm sorry, let's be friends instead.
Would you happen to have an update with summer weather temps? Thanks again!
I will shortly, I will update you when it is completed, thanks
Held ice for eleven days in Florida, temps in the 90s
did you put the foam board on the underside of the lid also?
Yes the lid had long indentions running crossways of the lid so I filled those with spray foam then cut it level with the main body of the lid then put the foam board over that
@@ronnie32567 I'm doing something similar but I have the foam board just laying on top of the foam board that's lining the cooler.
I have the same cooler.
How did you measure the piece for under the lid?
Thanks
So ... is that styrofoam? Please let me know... thanks
Yes, 3/4 in Styrofoam board with aluminum foil on both sides, you can buy it at any building supply store.
That cooler is going to nasty in a very short time / how are you going to clean it
1rst of all I freeze water in milk jugs so that I will have drinking water as they thaw and the water never gets in the cooler and if I need bagged ice I have a plastic tote that just fits and only takes up about a third of the room in the chest. 8 jugs of ice lasts 11 days in 90+ temps
The real challenge is how to keep water out of all your food and condiments.
Thats why I froze my ice in milk jugs, when they melt the water is contained and does not ruin everything and you have drinking water. The cooler does have a drain for the minute amount of sweating that occurs on the outside of the jugs.
Actually, the foam board is foil lined and I taped all the seams with foil A/C duct tape. I use the milk jugs because the ice lasts longer in blocks than it does in small cubes. Thanks for your suggestion.
Drink every time he says cooler.
Yea, I wanted to make sure you didnt mistake the COOLER for a rocket ship.
ronnie32567
Well played.
Lol, my very first video and yea I did stumble around quite a bit.
how did you build it?
the plastic body of the cooler has voids/indentions in the walls floor and lid, fill these up with the expanding foam crack sealer. When it dries take a hacksaw blade and lay it flat with the plastic and cut the foam that sticks up past the plastic. cut 3/4 in styrofoam board that has aluminum foils on both sides, ti fit the walls ,floor and lid and tape them down with aluminum foil tape. put a rubber door sealer along the lip of the cooler where the lids contacts the body of the cooler.
Alluminum foil didnt rip
Its not a yeti and never will be
Yep you are right, a yeti can't touch it. Holds ice twice as long and a hell of a lot cheaper and bigger
@@ronnie32567 nahhh out sailboat crossing to the bahamas yeti was the only thing that did awsome but there is a walmart lifestyle and a yeti lifestyle its the diffrence between fake and real
To each his own!!!!! I just know I wound up with a chest twice as big and several hundred dollars cheaper that holds ice for 11 days in 90 degree weather so I'm as happy as I can be. I don't know if you watched the whole video but, mine is not stock I modified it to be able to hold ice that long.
@@christinaalame9375 I kept my mouth shut for 7 months, but I’m gonna dive in now!!!! So you think cause you’re crossing to the Bahamas with a yeti that you are somehow better and more important than someone that might shop at Walmart?????? Let me enlighten you dear, in my experience people with money got that way by being a lil frugal and no one would think they actually have MONEY, people that want others to THINK they have money, tend to behave lavishly and then crow about it, guess it makes them feel important!!!!! I’ll keep shopping at Walmart thank you!!!!
Ok people don't be stupid. This is in the winter. It's freezing all night long and probably just above freezing all day. If this cooler was in the truck that ice would have been gone look ago. I didn't watch the video because i saw the dates (pointless)
R H I saw where someone asked him and he replied he had been driving through some conditions in the 60's and 70's , and it was in the sun on his flatbed for the whole time, so that's not bad, and if this is tried in the summer will probably be pretty decent especially if left in the shade
rh Nah dude, I spent several days in the Arizona/California/ Nevada desert, Tshirt weather,a long way from freezing. And 7 of those days were in the south, where it was nearer 80, The black flatbed soaks up a lot of heat in the sun all day and the cooler was sitting directly on it. It probably wont hold ice that long in the summer, but if it can hold ice for 17 days in Tshirt weather, well, thats still a hell of a lot longer than a stock cooler. Ya might want to read/listen to something before you stick your foot in your mouth with an uninformed opinion.
Ok This is in the SUMMER, AUGUST to be exact temps in the 90's ice held for ELEVEN (11) DAYS.
ronnie32567 awesome, bothers when people just have to be negative downers and not watch all the way through. I know in the south it gets hot and super humid so I'm sure this cooler did its job, love all your videos, I've watched a ton of them
ronnie32567 8 jugs = 66 lbs of ice = 6 lbs / day. That is really pretty good