Who's COOLER,you or your beer?
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Who's COOLER,you or your beer?
There was a day when people were content with a styrofoam or standard Igloo cooler. Those days are gone and now you have Yeti and other knock offs like Ozark Mountain, Lifetime etc. which leads me to ask, what cooler do you think is best? I had a Yeti Hopper 20 worked good but hard to get my big hands in. Sold it and bought a Yeti Flip works great but little small. Today I picked up an Orion 45. Anyone have any feedback on this cooler? Love to hear how you keep your beer cold and what works best.
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I'm a fan of RTIC Coolers. I have the soft coolers in a few different sizes. Have used the lunch size daily for over a year and it has held up great. Also, have the bigger 30 and 40 size for when we need more ice cold beer. Take a look at Arctic Ice, ice packs, to keep everything cool. Right now Arctic Ice has a sale going on.
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Cool thanks for the response! Anyone else enjoying a cooler to keep your beer super cold??
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If you don't mind a little exterior sweating and a lot of weight, these 50's era aluminum coolers a great. They keep stuff cold and look awesome doing it.
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I dig that Jax! I don’t see many beer coolers like that here in Tennessee
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This old school Old Mil. cooler had a cushion top but the fabric was full of rips, it now has a fish fillet board. Converted a couple more but they are with friends- Ziphippie
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My old school bait box. It was painted(thick) so I hit it with a wire wheel until I noticed the Bud Label. Bottom was rusty so I added a heavy bottom, won’t tip over-guaranteed! Nothing worse than minnows flopping in the back of the truck. Can still get at the spigot- Ziphippie
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those metal coolers will last forever...quality American metal craftsmanship... encapsulating a superior asbestos insulation...
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Now , those really cool cooler, Might steal the show , for those showing those old aluminum cooler. Keep in mind, Handle with care if your are using those old aluminum cooler. 1 } Try not to drop it. 2} make sure it clean well after it use otherwise rust will built up. I use to have a Falstaff cooler but I sold it.. There is couple of old cooler beer brand that I can think of and those are Hamm's, Falstaff, Miller HIgh Life Old Milwaukee, Some I'm not sure of. Schmidt, Pabst. Maybe more I'm missing . But the one that really stand out that I can think of and that is Longhorn Mike cooler- Jax !!!!!!!!!!! Never knew beer brand cooler made way down south!!
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Both Pearl and Lone Star made a variety of aluminum coolers from the late 40's till the mid 60's. Grand Prize even had a couple in the 50's.
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Here's a Grand Prize cooler that attended our chapter's Fall 2013 show:
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Would like to find this genny cooler ..
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kb, Umm I think that kind of cooler will be hard to find.. Keep in mind,, Some people just put sticker on the cooler.
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This cooler was three bucks at an estate sale sale, and I kind of went a little crazy with the paint markers. I always try to have it filled with vintage beer like Hamms, and it always provokes conversations.
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I remember my dad having that coleman cooler when we were growing up. Great cooler, but your cooler is Bad ***.Barry Travis wrote: ↑Thu Jun 14, 2018 8:06 am This cooler was three bucks at an estate sale sale, and I kind of went a little crazy with the paint markers. I always try to have it filled with vintage beer like Hamms, and it always provokes conversations.
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I think I might have a problem. Anyone know of a CA group where I can get some help?
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Crap. Mow your gonna make me want to get mine out. Lol. Nice group. Also digging the brown Colman. Did they really sell those Doo Doo brown?? Lol
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Guess that could lead to a separate topic or add to this one. How many coolers do you own?
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I thought I bring up this thread again. I finally found 2 vintage beer cooler at the Estate Sale not to long ago. I haven't decide what cooler to keep. I may end up keeping both. What I heard, These old cooler can really make beer cold, better than Yeti cooler. Oh yeah, I have old soda cooler too but I can't find a photo of it.
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Umm I wonder how I missed this post the first time round, this is the first picnic cooler I acquired back in the mid 70's to use as a stand for one of my 35lb audio speakers,
it serve well but within a few years I had found this pair of Coke coolers at the end of neighbor's driveways.
The Dow came from an auction in Quebec,
About the same time my next door neighbor set this out at the end of his driveway on garbage day.
On the way home from Nashville Canvention I found this Bud cooler at an antique store in Cave City Kentucky,
How about a 60's French Coke cooler,
Or a 70's Coke,
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I really like the vintage coolers but I have never bought one. I need to find one from Michigan at a future show.
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You guys had me at asbestos. I'm in. And Kevin, aren't you like a walking, talking advertisement for Yeti? One of their mugs killed my old phone and they cost soooo much. I'm gonna go vintage for the pool next summer.
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Cool coolers!
I don’t think Kingsbury put their name on the metal coolers, never seen one. Just a plain red cooler inside the box- Ziphippie
I don’t think Kingsbury put their name on the metal coolers, never seen one. Just a plain red cooler inside the box- Ziphippie
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Tinman- That Budweiser with a horses cooler is cool. I never seen that kind of cooler around.
Here my soda cooler.
Here my soda cooler.
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Great thread. Lots of stuff I haven't seen before. Thought I'd add but nothing real unusual here, just my grandpas old ice chests.
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