@AaronLeeJohnson@jnerdy@yakkoTDI okay that made me proper laugh out loud. I only know a small group of people who know that term and they’re all kitchen bitches. Thank you. I needed that.
@AaronLeeJohnson DeWalt and Ryobi sell actual portable refrigerator/freezers, but a pair of batteries only runs it for 24 hours so it’s kind of a gimmick compared to just using ice.
@AaronLeeJohnson@brennyn there are several others that will run on 12V car power or house AC with included adapter. You will find they are quite expensive (used to be $500+ but cheaper ones out now) they weigh a lot due to the cooling mechanism and in the smaller ones, that takes up a big portion of your compartment space. Stay away from the “coolers” that use the Peltier type cooling.
If you remember that there was something like this offered on Kickstarter.A lot of backers got holding the bag & got Nothing for their money. Some one saw that the company was on E-Bay trying to sell them make more money to make more to sent to the backers. It was a Total Flop. that & a few others caused Kickstarter. Indiegogo & others to tighten the Rules if what/ who can offer stuff on the sites, Even offering Tech help to make sure the Project success & the Backers get what they are investing in.
Coolest Cooler? The $13M Kickstarter That Left Backers in the Cold.
@mycya4me I actually got mine. I have one of the big ones (and it DOES actually make margaritas!?!?) and two of the smaller soft-sided ones.
The large one with the blender is fun/unique, but the small ones are amazing; use them all the time, love the magnetic features, and they vastly outperform a YETI I won at a company event.
@acer@mycya4me
Now THAT’S something, a cooler on wheels and it makes margaritas… I wouldn’t have guessed that existed! Do I need to ask for proof/pictures?
@Alereon@cinoclav yes, this is not your cheap styrofoam cooler you used to pick up at K-Mart (when they were in business). Good-quality coolers with a lot of effective insulation often go for $200-400 from brands like Yeti and Otter. If you pre-cool them and then pack with some ice, they can stay cool for several days (no active cooling). Intended for long off-grid camping or fishing trips.
I have one of these and it’s perfect. My least favorite chore camping is digging out soggy containers or crap at the bottom of ice. I used one of these and it lasted 7ish days before topping off and kept my meat and creamer cold. Getting this one for my pops. A bear stole his cooler.
@tylerjgarland reminds me of my bear encounters in Yosemite. Stole my cooking pans due to a package of koolaid someone left inside. Many bear teeth dents but it couldn’t break in. Another encounter one came up to the tent sniffing and I got bear snot on my face (now that was scary). Yet a third people were banging pans to scare one off, we were in the tent, it jumped a guy line and climbed a tree next to the tent. We could see its shadow on the tent roof. Then in Canada (same long summer trip) we were hiking, rounded a corner, saw a mama grizzly and her 2 babies at the stream. We turned around, waited 30 minutes and made a lot of noise going back (they were gone).
@ircon96@Kidsandliz@Lynnerizer Yeah, and Gatorade bottles aren’t wildly divergent in size! Now I could be wrong about which energy drink those are, I don’t drink them myself.
Edit: no, I see there’s a big G on them, so they ARE Gatorade.
@Kidsandliz the outside dimensions work out to 162 quarts so I have to assume the 45 quarts is interior space. But it probably includes that weird slide out tray. That said given the external dimensions this thing is a beast. It’s bigger than it looks in the pictures.
@brennyn there is a plastic board that slides into a slot. Allows you to use one side with ice so that side is coldest, and other side would be for more gentle cooling like veggies and fruit. And if you pull out the divider, it doubles as a cutting board. It’s a tough plastic material.
I have the larger version of this cooler, and it’s phenomenal. I had bought the original one last year, but it didn’t have wheels. These are rather heavy, and that was the one complaint most of us had. You didn’t want to carry one of these too far. This year Ninja introduced the new models with wheels so I upgraded. Like most rotomolded coolers, the walls are thick, so the inside is decently smaller than the outside dimensions.
The FrostVault tray works very well, keeping food at refrigerator temperatures for several days as long as there is ice in the main compartment. They are completely separated, so no water ever gets into the trays. I literally just returned two days ago from a 4 1/2 day camping trip. I put a 20 pound bag of ice in the cooler Wednesday night to chill it. On Thursday morning I filled it with drinks and put food in the trays and then covered the drinks with another 20 pounds of ice. I still had plenty of ice Monday when I got home. My only complaint about the drawers is there is a divider making it two separate drawers and therefore limiting the size of what you can put in there. I’m sure that’s to help keep things stay cool. I have seen some independent tests and these coolers have performed right up there with Yeti and the other well-known brands for ice retention. I paid about $225 for my 65 quart version. Caught it on sale, used Ninja’s ‘new shopper’ discount, and went through a cash back site for further savings.
If anyone has any questions, feel free to ask. I’ll try to check in throughout the day. And if anyone wants to buy a 50 quart version without wheels, I’m selling the one I bought last year.
Specs
Product: Ninja FrostVault 45qt Wheeled Cooler with Freezer Pack Divider & Cutting Board
Model: FB245AOB
Condition: New
What’s Included?
Warranty
90 days
Estimated Delivery
Monday, Oct 20 - Wednesday, Oct 22
45 qt? How many people is that?
@yakkoTDI 2. I think.
@AaronLeeJohnson @yakkoTDI meh, maybe 3 if you brunoise
@AaronLeeJohnson @jnerdy @yakkoTDI
Well heck, if you’re going to brunoise you might as well just puree it and use it as a tureen.
Lol 
@AaronLeeJohnson @jnerdy @yakkoTDI okay that made me proper laugh out loud. I only know a small group of people who know that term and they’re all kitchen bitches. Thank you. I needed that.
@AaronLeeJohnson @jnerdy @Lynnerizer @yakkoTDI you’re gonna need to simmer dem bones for the gelatin if you’re making a terrine or aspic.
@AaronLeeJohnson @jnerdy @yakkoTDI
@sillyheathen
Terrine or aspic… Ew gross, do people really like that kind of thing?
I want this but not for 179 dollars. I kind of want the container that cools or warms. Not maintains the temperature, changes it.
@AaronLeeJohnson that’s called a fridge, sir
@AaronLeeJohnson DeWalt and Ryobi sell actual portable refrigerator/freezers, but a pair of batteries only runs it for 24 hours so it’s kind of a gimmick compared to just using ice.
@AaronLeeJohnson @brennyn there are several others that will run on 12V car power or house AC with included adapter. You will find they are quite expensive (used to be $500+ but cheaper ones out now) they weigh a lot due to the cooling mechanism and in the smaller ones, that takes up a big portion of your compartment space. Stay away from the “coolers” that use the Peltier type cooling.
Not sure about this; may I put my order on ice for a while?
@phendrick I would put it in the FrostVault. Don’t want the invoice getting wet.
Good write-up (they’ve been pretty good recently. AI?), but I ain’t payin no $180 for a dadblamed cooler.
/image dadblamed
If you remember that there was something like this offered on Kickstarter.A lot of backers got holding the bag & got Nothing for their money. Some one saw that the company was on E-Bay trying to sell them make more money to make more to sent to the backers. It was a Total Flop. that & a few others caused Kickstarter. Indiegogo & others to tighten the Rules if what/ who can offer stuff on the sites, Even offering Tech help to make sure the Project success & the Backers get what they are investing in.
Coolest Cooler? The $13M Kickstarter That Left Backers in the Cold.
@mycya4me I actually got mine. I have one of the big ones (and it DOES actually make margaritas!?!?) and two of the smaller soft-sided ones.
The large one with the blender is fun/unique, but the small ones are amazing; use them all the time, love the magnetic features, and they vastly outperform a YETI I won at a company event.
@acer @mycya4me
I wouldn’t have guessed that existed! Do I need to ask for proof/pictures? 
Now THAT’S something, a cooler on wheels and it makes margaritas…
@Lynnerizer @mycya4me here you go! fresh pics!
https://imgur.com/a/PXNA4Bi
@acer @Lynnerizer @mycya4me Now that’s amazing - it really CAN make a Margarita, just as you said!
@acer @Kyeh @mycya4me
Thanks for the visual acer…
YES, that’s amazing!
AND it’s got a speaker too! It’s a party just waiting to happen!
This seems like a terrible deal, for the price it should be an actual actively cooled fridge/freezer, not an overpriced cooler!
@Alereon Have you priced other rotomolded coolers? This is actually a very good deal. I have the larger version of this and it’s phenomenal.
@Alereon @cinoclav yes, this is not your cheap styrofoam cooler you used to pick up at K-Mart (when they were in business). Good-quality coolers with a lot of effective insulation often go for $200-400 from brands like Yeti and Otter. If you pre-cool them and then pack with some ice, they can stay cool for several days (no active cooling). Intended for long off-grid camping or fishing trips.
What’s the deal with over engineered coolers?
@DVDBZN They are going for the engineers, of course.
I have one of these and it’s perfect. My least favorite chore camping is digging out soggy containers or crap at the bottom of ice. I used one of these and it lasted 7ish days before topping off and kept my meat and creamer cold. Getting this one for my pops. A bear stole his cooler.
@tylerjgarland gotta be bear aware! I sadly still remember the whole ordeal we had to orate to the tourons in Yosemite.
@sillyheathen @tylerjgarland Is dis da guy? Probably goin’ to a tailgate.
@sillyheathen @tylerjgarland
Lol
@Lynnerizer @sillyheathen @tylerjgarland I know for sure raccoons understand “cooler” and know all the tricks to opening them.
@tylerjgarland reminds me of my bear encounters in Yosemite. Stole my cooking pans due to a package of koolaid someone left inside. Many bear teeth dents but it couldn’t break in. Another encounter one came up to the tent sniffing and I got bear snot on my face (now that was scary). Yet a third people were banging pans to scare one off, we were in the tent, it jumped a guy line and climbed a tree next to the tent. We could see its shadow on the tent roof. Then in Canada (same long summer trip) we were hiking, rounded a corner, saw a mama grizzly and her 2 babies at the stream. We turned around, waited 30 minutes and made a lot of noise going back (they were gone).
I am presuming the dimensions given are the outside dimensions? Are the inside dimensions findable anywhere?
@Kidsandliz Apparently not. Amazon has more pics and I screenshot a still from a user’s video review:
So about 4 Gatorade bottles tall and 4 wide??
@Kidsandliz @Kyeh
Who needs a banana when you’ve got Gatorade…?!
@Kidsandliz @Kyeh @Lynnerizer
@ircon96 @Kidsandliz @Lynnerizer Yeah, and Gatorade bottles aren’t wildly divergent in size! Now I could be wrong about which energy drink those are, I don’t drink them myself.
Edit: no, I see there’s a big G on them, so they ARE Gatorade.
@Kidsandliz the outside dimensions work out to 162 quarts so I have to assume the 45 quarts is interior space. But it probably includes that weird slide out tray. That said given the external dimensions this thing is a beast. It’s bigger than it looks in the pictures.
@jandrese @Kidsandliz that’s because it actually has a very thick insulation layer (good).
@Kyeh So about 6" less in all dimensions. Thanks,
If only I had spare $180 lying around. Price is a little too steep for me. I like the concept though.
What is “Freezer Pack Divider & Cutting Board” referring to? This just looks like a cooler.
@brennyn there is a plastic board that slides into a slot. Allows you to use one side with ice so that side is coldest, and other side would be for more gentle cooling like veggies and fruit. And if you pull out the divider, it doubles as a cutting board. It’s a tough plastic material.
@brennyn the other “good” brands sell the divider/board separately for about $20.
@pmarin Thanks, couldn’t find a pic here or on other sites. I almost thought they were saying you could cut stuff up on the lid…
I have the larger version of this cooler, and it’s phenomenal. I had bought the original one last year, but it didn’t have wheels. These are rather heavy, and that was the one complaint most of us had. You didn’t want to carry one of these too far. This year Ninja introduced the new models with wheels so I upgraded. Like most rotomolded coolers, the walls are thick, so the inside is decently smaller than the outside dimensions.
The FrostVault tray works very well, keeping food at refrigerator temperatures for several days as long as there is ice in the main compartment. They are completely separated, so no water ever gets into the trays. I literally just returned two days ago from a 4 1/2 day camping trip. I put a 20 pound bag of ice in the cooler Wednesday night to chill it. On Thursday morning I filled it with drinks and put food in the trays and then covered the drinks with another 20 pounds of ice. I still had plenty of ice Monday when I got home. My only complaint about the drawers is there is a divider making it two separate drawers and therefore limiting the size of what you can put in there. I’m sure that’s to help keep things stay cool. I have seen some independent tests and these coolers have performed right up there with Yeti and the other well-known brands for ice retention. I paid about $225 for my 65 quart version. Caught it on sale, used Ninja’s ‘new shopper’ discount, and went through a cash back site for further savings.
If anyone has any questions, feel free to ask. I’ll try to check in throughout the day. And if anyone wants to buy a 50 quart version without wheels, I’m selling the one I bought last year.