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that's quite a big difference! We ended up buying a Coleman Xtreme for our trip and were VERY pleased. It held the cold in so well that when I followed the advice above to bring frozen coffee that would warm to iced coffee, it did not. I had to heat my slushied coffee to drink coffee.
I wish I'd noted the brand of the one we rented in Utah. I was pretty impressed. It was the giant size and we started out by putting 8 blocks of ice in it to precool it. But the next day the blocks of ice were still in good condition so we just stacked our stuff on top of them. Granted-- we had a cooler that was WAY bigger than we needed and we weren't in and out of it all that much (usually 2x/day) but we were in the desert and it was sitting in the back of the pick-up on a black liner Saturday through Thursday and there were still ice block remnants from Saturday on Thursday. Two of the days it was sitting in direct 104 degree temps all day-- the rest of the time was more like upper 80's in the afternoon. But still-- pretty impressed. I read a lot about dry ice, layering, and other techniques that I might try out sometime. But we aren't really car-camp-for- a-week folks and I own two coolers. So, usually I have a sacrificial cooler for things like drinks and snacks and a "do not touch on penalty of death" cooler that contains spoilable foods that must stay cool.
Might want to check into recycling the small propane containers before you buy a propane stove. I shelved a car camping stove and bought a white gas unit because I couldn't figure out how to get rid of those canisters safely.
That's supposed to be a good alternative to the Yeti, but they're having production problems and just cut their warranty from 7 years to 90 days. :O
Any camping wine suggestions? Going away for a weekend with some ladies and some little kids in a pop-up trailer.
I checked my copious notes from our last trip. Apparently, eight bottles = too many.