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woody with a view
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Leaky Polar Bear Cooler?
We've had our red Polar Bear 48 cooler for 4-5 years. We bought it to bring filets home from Cabo and it worked awesome. Since then it's been the
workhorse cooler for the beach since it takes up such small space. Toss in some ice and a few beers and we're off!
Last time out it developed a leak in the rubberized interior lining so I called them up, and for $50 they'd ship me a new one! Sounds like a deal
until I started thinking another $50 leaker in a few years. I had a can of Plasti-dip black spray paint in the garage and it seemed like a no-brainer!
5 coats over the crack and two coats over the rest of the bottom and I think I'm going to enjoy my $3 repair!!!
Still have most of the can left over just in case!
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4x4abc
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you are a bad citizen!
You must consume!
Where else should the new jobs come from?
let me go back to fixing my shower head, before I get too deep into this
Harald Pietschmann
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Ateo
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Ateo
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Or I guess I could just Google "Polar Bear 48 cooler..............." That would be easier than uploading a photo to this site. Sorry.
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woody with a view
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Soft sided VERY well insulated cooler.
http://www.polarbearcoolers.com/category/48-pack-soft-cooler...
[Edited on 5-25-2016 by woody with a view]
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woody with a view
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They don't leak for the first few years!  The new ones have been upgraded
apparently with a better lining.
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Ateo
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Dig. And great for a tight fit when packing for Baja. Ice chest is always the last thing I put in and takes a certain amount of space if plastic.
If flexible it can get shoved in somewhere a little easier!
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Terry28
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We have had one for over 15 years....no leaks and works like a champ!!
Mexico!! Where two can live as cheaply as one.....but it costs twice as much.....
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willardguy
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yeah they're great. I've had one made by american outdoors for 20 years, no leaks but like most things the zipper is the weak link 
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Woody,
Glad you fixed your leaky bottom...that problem will wreck any day in Baja...
Don't believe everything you think....
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ehall
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Quote: Originally posted by Ateo  | | Dig. And great for a tight fit when packing for Baja. Ice chest is always the last thing I put in and takes a certain amount of space if plastic.
If flexible it can get shoved in somewhere a little easier! |
Ice chest is the first thing I put in and pack everything else afterward. If it doesn't fit it doesn't go. LOL
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They're very efficient coolers. I've had mine for 8 years. Has served time on the back of my motorcycle on our summer tours.
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I've had mine 8 years and it leaks. I read somewhere that you can spray it with Plasti-dip. Think Ill try it. Now where did I read that? Thanks.
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jureal
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AO coolers have a lifetime warrantee against leaks.
And cheaper too.
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woody with a view
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There is a new product called Flex Seal spray that's $20 a can. If I didn't have the plastidip already I would have went that route.
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Seems to me you shuda went the route of taking a lot less fish back to the states to rot in your freezer. A Playmate should be large enough. Now
don't all you start tell'en me how you actually eat is all.
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woody with a view
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for all of you guys stuck in the previous century they make this b-tchin thing called a FOOD SAVER. google it and then feel free to kiss my lily white
patootie! some of us aren't just fast food, hamburger types.
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| Quote: Originally posted by woody with a view | | for all of you guys stuck in the previous century they make this b-tchin thing called a FOOD SAVER. google it and then feel free to kiss my lily white
patootie! some of us aren't just fast food, hamburger types. |
Call it what it is - bait saver.
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woody with a view
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weebray, i got nothing to prove to anyone. lucky you can go buy fresh fish any day you feel like it. me, i appreciate the few chances a year that i'm
able to be on the water fishing. we bring home much of what we catch-SO WHAT?
i guess i coulda brought a Playmate (six pack sized from your days on the construction site?) like you suggested, but then i would have wasted 20
pounds of Dorado filets FROM THE TWO FISH we caught!!!
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weebray
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| Quote: Originally posted by woody with a view | weebray, i got nothing to prove to anyone. lucky you can go buy fresh fish any day you feel like it. me, i appreciate the few chances a year that i'm
able to be on the water fishing. we bring home much of what we catch-SO WHAT?
i guess i coulda brought a Playmate (six pack sized from your days on the construction site?) like you suggested, but then i would have wasted 20
pounds of Dorado filets FROM THE TWO FISH we caught!!! |
I do apologize for the troll. I'm sure you can eat that much fish in six months but most families can't. Six months btw is about the longest time
you can store fish in a home freezer and still have it taste something like it did when caught. My point, and I will keep bringing it up every chance
I get, is that MOST of the fillets that leave in coolers from Baja California ends up being plant fertilizer at best. It's a shame and a scam. The
irresponsible fishing hustlers in Baja sell the sizzle - meat in your freezer. Most of it never sees the table. Even you, and it sounds like you eat
a lot of fish, throws away bad fish from time to time. The stocks are shrinking and the "sport" fishery has to share the blame. Go sit in the Cabo
airport some day for a few hours when the planes are leaving. You won't be able to count on one hand the number of coolers headed north. It is a big
deal.
Every beautiful beach in the world needs a few condo towers - NOT.
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