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    Default In-boat cooler insulation

    Who has added additional insulation to the in-boat cooler and how did you do it? How were the results?
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    Do a search for that and you'll find more than a few threads with dismal results.
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    yea i did a search, i was hoping to accumulate thoughts in one place and try to compare strategies. There has to be a solid solution.
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    Well i tried them all; foam, HVAC insulation, insulating blanket. All were a waste of time. I even HVAC insuled the seat bottom, nope. Finally put a small igloo marine cooler in the starboard locker, problem solved, more capacity and ice for days. The seat cooler is now small item storage.

    On a side note i discovered when winterizing the boat that the under seat cooler had cracked on the bottom. It's made from plastic and i could seal the crack easily but i might just cut the damn thing out all together. Useless it is.

    SC could easily make better coolers and for the life of me i can't figure why they don't.
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    Razz, where is your cooler? I think ours is in a different location than yours.

    So none of the remedies yielded any noticeable results?

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    mine is the rigid plastic unit under the seat directly behind the drivers seat. believe most have it there. I gave up on it as a cooler after the first try. no drain and no insulation make it useless as a cooler. it does however work real well to keep the boat snacks in just incase something leaks/melts or spills. keeps it out of the carpet. that's what mine has evolved into..
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    Here's where the cooler is, see it?

    Saw no real noticeable results, still had to add ice everyday. The only way i could see to get noticeable results would be to use liquid expanding foam but i wasn't doing that as it would be almost impossible to remove.
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    Sandm, your 20 has no drain? Mine had a drain that went into bilge. Our best method was corking the drain, laoding the cooler, and PACKING as MUCH ice as possible into it. When we just used 1 bag, it was always gone asap. Normally, 2 reg size bags and the cork would keep ice all day, not a ton, but enough to keep everything nice and cold.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Razzman View Post
    Here's where the cooler is, see it?

    Saw no real noticeable results, still had to add ice everyday. The only way i could see to get noticeable results would be to use liquid expanding foam but i wasn't doing that as it would be almost impossible to remove.
    Theres a cooler in that picture?

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    Quote Originally Posted by sandm View Post
    mine is the rigid plastic unit under the seat directly behind the drivers seat. believe most have it there. I gave up on it as a cooler after the first try. no drain and no insulation make it useless as a cooler. it does however work real well to keep the boat snacks in just incase something leaks/melts or spills. keeps it out of the carpet. that's what mine has evolved into..
    Well at least mine has a drain, not that it matters.
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