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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message: * HTML is OFF * Forum Code is ON Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by Voyager[/i] [br]Among the forum members, what’s the skinny on what kind of cooler to use? Specifically for overnights and a few days out? This summer I plan to do some 3-4 day trips around LI Sound and Rhode Island, so I d appreciate your experience and advice. • There’s always the old standby Ice Box built into the galley on the C25s.Similar on C250s? • Then you can buy an Igloo or Coleman 3 or 5-day cooler is nice. I have one, but the ice melts about mid-day on day 2. Ruins my dinner. $100-200 gets you a really nice one. • In the truck stop, I’ve seen the Thermo-Electric cooler that uses some kind of piezo element to cool the contents down to 40° below ambient temperatures. E.g.: 80° day, you should cool to 40°, 90° gets you 50°. I’ve read that they don’t work very well, nor for very long, and crap out after a season or two. They cost between $200-400. • A proper refrigerator that uses a compressor - these are the most reliable, however they can cost $600-1200 and can run down your battery pretty quickly. Anybody using a fridge on their boats? I’d love to know what your experience has been. [/quote]   Check here to include your profile signature. Check here to subscribe to this topic.