Transport Cooler?

[wytonpjs]

Biggest at CostCo I can currently see is only 85 litres for £100

https://www.costco.co.uk/Sports-Spas-Leisure/Camping/Cool-Boxes/Igloo-Max-Cold-Pro-85-Litre-90-US-QT-Roller-Cooler/p/1819537

 

[zambezi]

The largest Igloo cooler seems to be the Ultra Marine 100Qt version.

Price ranges £200 - £250.

Igloo Marine Ultra 100 Qt Cool Box

The Marine Ultra 100 cool box by Igloo is a 113L robust coolbox built for a long life even in harsh boat and fishing environments.

ukcoolers.co.uk

 

[weblyish]

Coleman do oversize 100lt coolboxes which are solid, wheeled easy to clean and cheaper than the igloos

here

 

[63]

I have a 56 Litre IceyTek coolbox that I bought for spearfishing, it will take a Roe or a muntjac or two.

They do them up to 1100 litres, and they are beyond excellent, not cheap though.

The Iceytek ice blocks are worth considering - they seem to freeze colder than normal ice blocks and hold the temperature better - I assume they have some clever chemical compound in them. You do have to watch out for them freezing stuff they come into contact with - I laid a decent seabass directly onto one once and it properly froze the side in contact.

Icey-Tek Cool Boxes

 

[tozzybum]

Decathlon deer bag 240 litres +as previously advised loads of freezer blocks/ frozen bottles of water .
Plenty of deer back from west Sussex to home .
And mutton from an nice man in Welsh Wales no issues at all.

 

[Pard 007]

Was in Costco last wk end had the 165ltr ones in £120. I dropped lucky got one of SD was christened other wk had 3 x Muntjac in worked fine few bags of ice bit if plastic grid to put deer on, but definitely going to freeze a few water bottles.

 

[Jon69]

Noticed Coleman ones on offer on amazon Here

I have had 2 roe in one of these with ice bottles as several others have said

£137 for largest one (94l)

 

[Jagged77]

I’ve got the big Homebase box and take up a cooler full of ice blocks and frozen water. Plenty of shops en route to buy bags of ice if needed. Definitely a cheap option that works - would be interested in upgrading to an Igloo or similar though, wouldn’t need to take an extra cool box then.

 

[weblyish]

You need to think about what you want it for before getting a cool box rather than just a B&Q plastic crate

I use a box to transport fresh carcasses home. Needs a blood grid and should not be insulated but should have ventilation and you can use cooler blocks or bottles etc

If your carcasses are already fully chilled through then insulation is useful but it will only work against you for fresh still warm carcasses

 

[carthorse]

B&Q have great plastic boxes, tough grey heavy duty with lids about 900x500x500. I use these, can get two in the back of a l200, I freeze a slack handful of smaller plastic drinks bottles and a few bigger 2 litre bottles as well as a few factory made cool blocks. They stay frozen for ages if you put them all together and really help cool a carcass down in summer and the lid keeps flies off. Ideal for a couple of bucks in the summer, can even squeeze a topped and tailed fallow in one at a push
Can’t work out how to post a pic…. But will do if I work it out.

 

[Mr. Gain]

Insulation [...] will only work against you for fresh, still-warm carcasses

That's a really interesting point:

ventilation + ice
vs
heat from a warm day
+ heat from a fresh carcass

beating

insulation + ice
vs
heat from a fresh carcass

doesn't feel intuitive for me.
That's a lot of heat to be lost into already warm air.
I guess additional cooling effects from car a/c or open windows, and the actual ambient temperature, are all important variables.

 

[Paul 600]

I have a 56 Litre IceyTek coolbox that I bought for spearfishing, it will take a Roe or a muntjac or two.

They do them up to 1100 litres, and they are beyond excellent, not cheap though.

The Iceytek ice blocks are worth considering - they seem to freeze colder than normal ice blocks and hold the temperature better - I assume they have some clever chemical compound in them. You do have to watch out for them freezing stuff they come into contact with - I laid a decent seabass directly onto one once and it properly froze the side in contact.

Icey-Tek Cool Boxes

The blocks are probably filled with water with a small percentage of salt. Some interesting videos on YouTube about it.

 

[shbangsteve]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/297258632153?var=0&toolid=10044&customid=6788cbab7b8010f1e0d9a3827affced9
Should be big enough for a Roe

 

[Pard 007]

That's the box they had in Costco for £120.

 

[paulbshooting]

Coleman do oversize 100lt coolboxes which are solid, wheeled easy to clean and cheaper than the igloos

here

This is what I use. Skin and quarter the deer, pack with plenty of ice blocks. Used to bring reds back from Scotland this way, 12 hour drive, no issue wifh venison

 

[63]

The blocks are probably filled with water with a small percentage of salt. Some interesting videos on YouTube about it.

Yeah.

I assume that even cheap blocks have salt in them, a quick google suggests that more expensive gel blocks contain propylene glycol to bring the freezing temperature right down.

Either way they work like a charm

 

[VSS]

Yeah.

I assume that even cheap blocks have salt in them, a quick google suggests that more expensive gel blocks contain propylene glycol to bring the freezing temperature right down.

Either way they work like a charm

I have lots of gel blocks.
None of them were expensive.
They all came as free samples as a result of me emailing various companies saying I was considering using their products for shipping chilled and /or frozen venison, and could they please send me a few sample ice packs to test?
I got sent boxes and boxes of them.