All,
I have spent a lot of time and energy looking for the largest cooler I could put in the cooler space on my Hunter 260, without taking off the counter top (I like the countertop space). The largest cooler I could find, that did not require any modification to the space, was an Igloo Latitude 50. I have attached some pictures for people’s reference. I drilled some holes in the lid and sprayed expanding foam in the lid to help further insulate. However, even pre-chilling all my food, beverages, and the cooler, I found it only retained ice for around 3 days.
UPGRADED (ROTOMOLDED) COOLER
Anyways, I searched all over the internet for a nice roto-molded cooler that will fit in that space. I finally found one that is American made (that’s important to me) and that fits in the space with some slight modifications to the storage space. It is called the Kenai 45, and it is made by grizzly coolers. Just go to grizzly’s website, and you can find it on there on sale for $161 (with free shipping)...which is half the price of a Philippines made Yeti! Anyways, I had to drill some small holes and cut some small notches in the cooler area, but the end result is a nice rotomolded cooler that fits PERFECTLY in the storage space, and still leaves the countertop useable. I expect this cooler to retain ice for around 6 days based off my small use of it so far. Hope this helps someone, if not now, then sometime in the future.
If anyone else has some thoughts, suggestions, or things they have done with success on the cooler space, please feel free to comment on them below - as I am sure many people face the same issue - how to keep ice on the boat for extended periods of time.
Thanks,
I have spent a lot of time and energy looking for the largest cooler I could put in the cooler space on my Hunter 260, without taking off the counter top (I like the countertop space). The largest cooler I could find, that did not require any modification to the space, was an Igloo Latitude 50. I have attached some pictures for people’s reference. I drilled some holes in the lid and sprayed expanding foam in the lid to help further insulate. However, even pre-chilling all my food, beverages, and the cooler, I found it only retained ice for around 3 days.
UPGRADED (ROTOMOLDED) COOLER
Anyways, I searched all over the internet for a nice roto-molded cooler that will fit in that space. I finally found one that is American made (that’s important to me) and that fits in the space with some slight modifications to the storage space. It is called the Kenai 45, and it is made by grizzly coolers. Just go to grizzly’s website, and you can find it on there on sale for $161 (with free shipping)...which is half the price of a Philippines made Yeti! Anyways, I had to drill some small holes and cut some small notches in the cooler area, but the end result is a nice rotomolded cooler that fits PERFECTLY in the storage space, and still leaves the countertop useable. I expect this cooler to retain ice for around 6 days based off my small use of it so far. Hope this helps someone, if not now, then sometime in the future.
If anyone else has some thoughts, suggestions, or things they have done with success on the cooler space, please feel free to comment on them below - as I am sure many people face the same issue - how to keep ice on the boat for extended periods of time.
Thanks,
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