Kitchen

[hondagirl]

Did anyone buy the Flip-Box cooler recently... I just received mine and will give it a try this weekend if it does keep items cold... Any input on the item???

[itsmagic]

I did not buy it but did see a presentation. In addition to using it for cold items, I thought it would be good for taking hot items to football tailgates in the fall.  I'd be interested to hear how you like it!

[hondagirl]

Stopping at some fruit and vegetable stands upstate NY this weekend and see how this cooler holds all my perishables.  Then I will decide if I keep it or not...  It hardly weighs anything and according to the writeup it's not styrofoam....Don't know how long it will hold up everytime you open and close it - seems like it could break easily... Will know by Monday or sooner...

[SharkE]

Not worth a...............  Sorry

I'm buying a Yenti one of these days

[moejoe]

I bought the larger one, as when we go to Costco, it is an hour ride each way and we always want to stop somewhere else instead of coming right home....anyhow, bought about six large items that were frozen, put them all in there, and I was glad it was the larger one, but by the time we got home about 3 hours after the purchase, the items were still frozen. So I say it works if that is what you want to use it for, like I did....just keep it collapsed in my trunk. Takes up hardly any room. And the temp was 95 that day.

[homedecor1]

@SharkE

my son is a semi-pro fisherman & he has invested in YETI & his opinion is his cheap Coleman cooler works better than the YETI! In fact, his biggest complaint is -- ice melts faster than expected!

You may want to rethink or check reviews before you invest big $$$$ in their products. (Just sharing)

[VaBelle35]

I have a Coleman set of coolers that I got for a ridiculous price at some outlet store.

I keep the largest in the trunk for grocery shopping.  

[Tigriss]

I like the idea of this foldable cooler.  I read the reviews to find that people either liked it or didn't.  Looking at it, it looks like styrofoam, so the idea of it keeping things for a bit is good, but I don't think that you can get away without having a cold gel pack or something to help keep things cold.  I also don't think you can put ice cream in it, even with a cold pack, and it stays frozen after an hour's travel.  Some of the reviews have people that tried to do that with and without a cold pack.  They were disappointed and seriously unrealistic with their expectations.

[Elom]

I must add that I did purchase the small flip box. My opinion is if you put a lot of cold things together they stay frozen and cold. However I had one bag of cold yogurts etc and a pack of klondikes and I travel 25 miles back from store and it failed they were very Mushy. . I am going to try my cold pack next time as I don't want my ice cream to melt. I set my priorities! LOL

[Carmie]

The secret to using these boxes is to fill them up.  When they are filled up, the air in the box will stay at a constant hot or cold temperature,

if the box only is half full, the box is half full of whatever the room or outside temperature is.  On a day that it is 95 degrees out, a gallon of ice cream will melt in no time if it is the only item in the box.  If the box is full of frozen food, everything will remain frozen, because there is no warm air in the box.

i would  take newspapers or magazines and thickly layer them on top of the food if the box isn't full.  That would help keep the food on the bottom either cold or hot.  Don't keep opening the box or you will let warm or cold air that you don't want.

Hope this helps.