Has anyone compared the Polar Bear cooler with the AO cooler? Which one seems to keep beer cold in 120 degree desert heat?
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I have not compared against the AO - I have no need to. Our Polar Bear has kept the contents cool throughout the day whilst sitting in open back of a 4x4 pickup, in direct sun, whilst crossing the Wahiba desert - which exceeds 120 degree's comfortably. By late afternoon the contents were cool rather than chilled, but it did the job, and we had a cool beer in hand.
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Hi. This bag may have the same type of insulation since it works very well. The zipper bag inside helps to mantain the cold. Everything is close tight. The gel ice that comes with it (Cold Pax) it's great because it maintais cold better than other brands I have tried. What I have found to be very useful (specially in long trips) is to use two gel ice packages (one in each of the inside bags) instead of one. The advantages of this product over a cooler is that it is much easier to handle than a cooler
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Technically the answer is no. Because the cooler isn't a freezer the inside temperature will be higher than a freezer. But with that said, this will keep things cold for a long time. I brought this to the desert once and after sitting in the sun for days there was still some ice left, no much ice, but impressive none the less.
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Never measured the temperature; I just put a keg inside and it cools the beer perfectly. Are you measuring with a keg in or out? It's designed to work with a keg in it, and the keg itself will help retain the cold because it's metal...
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Good Luck, the 1st cooler we bought from Haier it didn't heat up. So they shipped us a 2nd one and that one didn't get cold. The 3rd one was cracked. After that we just went elsewhere. I would check to see if the thermostat is up? There might be a switch to activate the coldness
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That is why I wanted to buy them. My beer will taste great in them. I like me beer real cold. :-)
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I think that depends on the ambient temperature of your location and the type of cooler. I used them in a super insulated polar bear cooler (used to transport medicine) in sunny Italy and they lasted a total of 27 hours before the inside cooler temperature rose above 45 degrees F.
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I have no problem keeping my beer cold (unlike others that have complained about it not getting cold enough. However, I have never tried to use it for making a lager. I used another full size fridge for that process. I am not saying it cannot be done because there is a thermostat screw that can be adjusted. Bottomline, if you wanted to tinker with it I am sure you could make it work. I hope this helps a little. Good luck with your brew.
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agree with beerfest answers.susanne you can make the temps vary by reading previous post
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I have the Haier 6-bottle wine cooler. After unpacking it and setting it up on the counter I plugged it in and let it run overnight. The next morning it was right on the money. May have reached temperature much sooner but I was sleeping and don't know.
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Thermoelectric coolers are all limited by the outside room temperature since they don't have a compressor like a fridge. It's the trade-off since compressors vibrate which you don't really want for your wine. So it the room is 80, the cooler won't go below 65 or so.
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http://polarbottle.com/Click FAQS link for the following info:The Polar Bottle Thermaluxe™ performs the best for hot liquids. According to our tests, in a standard mug, water at a rolling boil (201°F) at 5,430 feet above sea level will drop to a temperature of 118°F in about a half an hour. In the Thermaluxe™, on the other hand, the water took five and half hours to drop to 116°F - an impressive 11 times longer than a standard mug.Hope this helps.Cheers!
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Sorry, I've never used the Camelback Big Chill bottle, but in my opinion the Polar Bottle does not keep liquids cold for very long.
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I am looking at an 08 6.4 cooler right now and although the tru cool can be made to work it looks like the factory is the same if not better than the tru cool model in question. I would probably check out the for diesel forums for a better recommendation
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I returned this unit because it did not cool very well. The Igloo 40 quart cooler is a much better unit. You just have to install a longer strap on the lid so it stays open. The cords are about 10' long on both of them. The cord that you see is just a pig tail that plugs into a longer cord, a good idea but the cooling unit is too small for the capacity of this unit. Go Igloo!
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As others have said, this is the chill which doesn't use aerogel. The Ice model has aerogel. For me the insulation works fine, but its not hot here yet. The lid is not insulated so that and the shape which has a relatively low volume/surface area ratio means that this is far from a perfect insulator. Also, mine doesn't leak at all.