A 40l orange cube iceytek (and two gel packs, because if you're going to spend that much on a cool box what's another £25 on ice packs) is winging it's way to me as we speak!
I'm so excited!
It's also taken me 3 years to get to the point of actually buying one.
And yes, they're so worth it after I borrowed a friend's for a weekend and we had ice in our G&Ts on the second night, cold white wine and the kids got ice cream all weekend.
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RhubarbCrumbled · 26/05/2015 08:55
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pictish ·
03/06/2015 21:13
Ha ha! They're not compact are they? 
Gel packs arrived today. We're all good to go.
pinkpanda101 ·
03/06/2015 22:52
The 25l just wouldn't be big enough for wine bottles and beer bottles and cans of g&t for all the food we eat
TheRobbingBastards ·
04/06/2015 08:01
That was my reckoning pink hence the 55l 
The worst bit was we live in a very small stone cottage with a very quaint little porch- it took two of us to manhandle the box through the two doors, it was so tight. It was such a palava that by the time it had actually landed in the sitting room, DH had sort of got used to the size already :o
it also takes two of us to get it into the loft and it only just fits
pictish ·
04/06/2015 10:20
We take going to have to take two cars now. One for gear, one for kids. 
We can't have a trailer or roofbox because dh's car (seven seater) is a company car and gets changed every six months. My car is a 10 year old Fiesta.
We just managed to squeeze all the gear and people into the seven seater last year. This year we have a new tent with a bigger pack size, kids that have grown including a teenager the size of a man, and an Icey-tek. We need both cars.
holmessweetholmes ·
04/06/2015 10:39
Ummm - can someone explain to me why am Icey Tek is better than a much cheaper normal cool box? Don't get me wrong - I get excited about funky camping stuff too. But I just Googled an Icey Tek and.... it's a cool box 
. I don't geddit. Am I missing some amazing features - does it make you a gin and tonic?
holmessweetholmes ·
04/06/2015 13:18
Ahhh - thanks, pictish. Well that does sound good, especially as we have been known to go on 3 week camping trips. Chances of persuading dh to get one? Zero. He's more of a minimalist camper - thinks all you need is a sleeping bag, a tent and a bottle of whisky .
pinkpanda101 ·
04/06/2015 14:27
We used ours first time last August for a 10 day trip (hotel first and last nights, and then camping) in Germany. I packed it on the Thursday morning and didn't open it. On Saturday we went to buy fresh groceries for the campsite and I was terrified that my expensive box would be rubbish. So bought a big bag of ice cubes as well and chucked on top.
On Monday night we went to get stuff out for BBQ and the ice cubes were still frozen!!! Tuesday night we had to leave the milk outside to defrost for breakfast! And DH loved being able to put warm beers in and have them chilled a few hours later The kids call it Tekster and treat it very lovingly. It's my third child...lol
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TheRobbingBastards ·
05/06/2015 06:46
Mine has been to scout camp where it was eyed with much scepticism by my colleagues (
pinkpanda101 ·
05/06/2015 08:05
Oh yes, I'd forgotten about the cost of the 3 months of therapy after a family camping trip that didn't include iced G&Ts. My Tekster actually should have been MORE expensive
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