$70 DIY Yeti Style “Super Cooler” - Build And Test vs Normal Cooler

[@Cederuiter]

Instead of icecubes, I use small waterbottles that I fill with drinking water, freeze them and put them in the cooler. After defrosting, I have cold water to drink and/or cook with, refill them and freeze them again. Love this video, just like all the others you make

[@Del-Lebo]

I do the same! I even use 32 oz. and 64 oz. bottles of frozen water as well. I sometimes use them for drinking water if I am boondocking!

[@bjellison905]

Same. Also i freeze everything possible before my trip.

[@GoldVP...]

Have you looked carefully at the water in those bottles?? When water freezes, all minerals gather together, on the defrost stage, and your water is full of floaties... doesn't matter if tap, or bottled. It's gross

[@nynapetrov]

Me too 😊

[@Jeff250lbc]

Cheat code accepted.

[@zb7861]

Shout out to crazy neighbour for being such a great neighbour

[@crazyneighbour2429]

thanks i love being a guest

[@Calislav96]

Crazy Neighbour is that a replica or real cobra?

[@brycelindseth5965]

@@crazyneighbour2429 780 ingenuvity!

[@hightwelve9991]

Seriously. I want a cool crazy neighbor

[@MrBlizzard769]

I like the crazy neighbor is just a closet millionaire who gets lonely and loves chillin with Steve ?

[@NonIdealDr]

I'd watch more of these home made, DIY camping mods. I mean, I literally just watched ice melt just because Steve walked me though it.

[@rythemzlatin]

part 2 : pour it out & watch his grass grow 🌱 🌿 🌾 🐛 🌷 🍀 🌳🐶💩🌱 🍃 👈!😲 🌾 🌺 🌳 🌸 🌿🌾 🌹 🌱 🌷 & 👣🍻 😉

[@teresacorrigan3076]

I know. What is it with these?🤗

[@terryspurr6753]

I think I’d watch paint dry if Steve was involved 😂

[@northerngryphon6933]

Steve knows how to keep his audience watching. He learned this from Mr. Dressup.

[@philanthropchic2238]

Yup...can't help but

[@dvdschaub]

I actually expected the ice to last even longer in the ghetto yeti, but then I realized that your beer was probably room temp. The warm beer probably melted way more ice than the heat coming through the walls. Great video!

[@falcodave]

I've done the same thing with R-11 insulation batts. We had ice for 6 days. The big thing is to put ice in the day before to cool off the cooler, then refill with ice the day of the camping trip so you start with a cold ice chest full of fresh ice.

[@dopaminedriven874]

Always 4:20 at crazy neighbors. This man knows his way into my heart.

[@eggietheroll1802]

Screw the cooler! Let's have a closer look at that Cobra!

[@dodgedabullet670]

LOL!

[@dodgedabullet670]

He can't afford the Yetti after buying the Cobra!

[@Terryg1968]

@@dodgedabullet670 he can afford the Cobra by NOT buying things like YETI coolers. 👍

[@stewartschwartz4282]

Looks almost like an earlier Triumph. BRG and all.

[@kasdfg776]

Crazy Neighbor has a really sweet ride!

[@jacobeaston7807]

I like how the clock is always on 4 : 20 regardless of the time.....lol

[@terryrobinson1416]

I have a clock here from a master electrician. It runs backwards but keeps perfect time.. you just have to know how to read it.

[@michaelminikel3014]

Ya think maybe....a little up in smoke!!!!!

[@radrcer]

Ive seen some smoke blow in from offscreen in some really old vids of his. Just sayin

[@chuckd9007]

Subliminal message anyone?

[@macehilmatecilof4140]

I have a clock I made in high school and I always keep it at 4 20. I need to see if I can glue the minute and hour hands in place so it still ticks without changing like this one.

[@davidevans9189]

What a great video! The Cobra makes a stunning backdrop for the brilliant DYI-engineered "ghetto" cooler. Nice work all around!!! You guys rock!.

[@ozyankee4403]

Steve plays the game….. He plays the game brilliantly…. Subtle clues… Frugal common person… yet.. This video… the Cobra backdrop Another example “2 nights, extreme cold stealth camping in the city”. … when he at 10:25 .. used his car remote to “blip-blip” locked his car… then walked off into the wool line…. Following the tracks he left in the snow to his site while commenting about stealth camping… Genius…

[@Simple_But_Expensive]

I have done something similar in the past. Having the help of an ammonia refrigerator tech from an ice cream factory, I did a few things differently. We lined the tote with a sheet of mylar emergency blanket before adding the foam. We didn’t think of RV roof sealer for the edging, instead we cut a rim out of styrofoam insulation board, and installed it shiny side up. It was way too much work to get it inset properly, and if I had to do it again, I would definitely do it Steve’s way. We didn’t install drain tubing because I have always used the frozen water bottle trick. We also built two, one to use as a fridge, and one with dry ice pellets purchased from the local welding supply shop to use as a freezer. Apparently, the mylar made a difference, because they would last a week. We also glued a rubber tube around the edge of the lid as a seal, and glued the tote lid to the cooler lid to make it one piece. I always stored it outside my vehicle either set into a hole or on a small wire stand under a light colored tarp. I live in the Mojave desert, and you can bake a potato in your car in the summer. Dig a hole, and the ground temp is 30 degrees cooler than the air at 2 pm.

[@oceanscience2240]

Steve, again you take the cake. Crazy neighbor and you must get on well. I had a neighbor like that once and I miss him to this day. Cooler was great but as you have seen from all the comments, the Cobra (or Cobra kit) freaked everyone out. Now, either you planned it that way or you didn't, but as usual it works for you. Hollywood awaits you my friend, Bear G. has nothing on you.

[@tomdobyns2062]

Use 2 inch thick sheets of closed cell urethane foam. Cut and glue the corners. Round the edges with a router. Fiberglass the whole thing, beginning with a coating of resin only. The best combo is matt and cloth for a great strenght / toughness ratio. Use wood battens to keep the bottom off the ground and the top lined up. Add a couple "eyes" on the side to allow bungee cords to hold the lid on. You can add door gasketing to keep the cold in better. Be sure to paint or coat with gel coat, or the light will degrade the glass. . You can add door gasketing to keep the cold in better. Another nice add in is a drain pipe. Use a couple pieces or roving strand to seal and reinforce it, Fair warning... the only way to glass styrofoam (has styrene, aka blue board)) is to place several coats of water based paint first. Resin will not bother to stop if poured into a styrofoam cup, or placed directly on blueboard. I guarantee if you build a cooler with 2 inch closed cell urethane, fiberglassed, and put a gasket around the lid, that it will hold ice a lot longer than anything else. Another tip, place ice in a LOW temp freezer before use. Most ice is "rotten", or barely frozen. If you make your own ice at home, freeze gallons of water and use them as cold drinking water that doesn't flood everything in the cooler.

[@billforse2687]

Damn good idea 😀

[@outsidewithmike]

Agree. I don't think spray foam is a good insulator. It can be very dense. Closed cell foam panels would work much better.

[@gavinmcvey8177]

You have came some way from being homeless to getting everything back but double it Steve .I've been watching this from the start and your an amazing guy I'm glad you are doing great and have a home people in the world take things for granted you gave it all up Steve then got a better life than your first amazing how people can change given the right circumstances keep the videos coming they are brilliant😎🇬🇧🇺🇸

[@MisterWillX]

Great tutorial and testing! I would contend though, that when you're camping you don't continually add items to the cooler. It's mostly stock and go. So, by adding more beers during the testing days you were increasing the thermal load, which would have worked to melt the ice regardless of the insulation because the beers bring their own heat into the cooler. Which, would have melted the ice relatively evenly between the two because you were adding an equal amount of warm beers to both. A more accurate test of insulation capabilities would be to add all the beers at the beginning, then see how long it takes the ice to melt in both as you remove beers.

[@Anand-qb1wp]

This is a great point. I was disappointed how little the gain was with the DIY cooler. If the ice is acting like a heat sink the insulation will be neutralized. The crazy engineer neighbor didn't spot this :-).

[@stephaniehidalgo5202]

Depends on how long your camping and how much beer or water is drank in a day. If you finish your 12 pack on day 2 and you have 2 more days of camping there has to be a restock

[@douglastibbitts6817]

Actually this goes to prove insulation does not offset adding warm items to cooler. Two coolers should be used in the case of big restocking instances. If you drink and restock separate cooler for beer is recommended restock ice and beer on same run use cheap cooler for restock. Food cooler will be opened less and food will be fresh for longer without need of additional ice.

[@dutchmcoven7292]

Cool idea. I did something similar. Two coolers or chilli bins as we call them. One inside the other, filled both lids with foam and filled the gap between the two. Throw two bags of party ice inside( leave ice in bags ) Put a wire rack or similar in cooler so its above ice bags and put food and stuff on rack. Lasts a week. You want both lids opening opposite ways .

[@sgrif392]

I just fill gallon size Freezer bags with water and stack'em in the freezer on top of each other and woo-la instant ice blocks. Before a camp trip freeze your hot dog's, brats, buy burger in the tube type package. Plan your menus accordingly for each day and your ice blocks will last days longer. Keep a wet blanket over your cooler and out of vehicle and out of the sun. When ice blocks melt you have pure cooking and drinking water or just refreeze and good for another round. By the way, People who buy Yeti coolers just don't know how to drink beer in a timely manner! Beer.........Not just for Breakfast anymore!

[@__WJK__]

Beer........Not just for Dinner anymore! }:)

[@Gantzz321]

the big tip here is the larger the ice block the longer it lasts, I like the idea of doing blocks of ice your way. I freeze my strawberries (as one example) partially crushed in Large Ziplock bags in a similar style, lay them flat and they freeze like thick shingles. Then I stand them on end and they stand up like books in my freezer, makes it easier to get any anything In the past, in my cooler, I had always just tossed a 2L bottle full of water in the freezer a couple of days beforehand and used it. I think I am going to switch over the shingle method

[@__WJK__]

@@Gantzz321 - Flat ziplock "shingel" method actually works quite well for food. Reason I like freezing water bottles and larger 1 and 2 liter bottles is they stay frozen longer than cube ice, plus, they don't leave 6+ inches of melt water in the bottom of the cooler.

[@shawnr771]

I use big plastic bottles filled with salt water as ice blocks. 3/4 filled with water. 1/4 cup of salt shake well. Freeze. Salt water freezes at -3 C or 25 F. Try it.

[@__WJK__]

@@shawnr771 - It's sound science and works fairly well but for the limited temp gain, having the non-salted, drinkable water available when the bottles thaw always seemed more beneficial...at least in my particular remote camping situations (o:

[@Bluuplanet]

The foam is exothermic while it cures. Might take a whole week to completely finish. But, not only does it continue to grow slowly, it also gives off heat. That explains the initial partial melt. It will improve.

[@jaypee9569]

@Brian Landers he will also have frozen meat juices. Hahaha

[@rickdees251]

@Brian Landers "Might take a whole week to completely finish. " AND it "Might" finish curing in 6 hours or even 30 minutes. Putting off heat for a "whole week" is really flying way out there on the "speculation" scale. I don't think that is a realistic concern that actually altered the results of the testing.

[@mjanssen1255]

The foam need oxygen to cure. The small holes in the lid did not allow enough oxygen in for the foam to cure in that amount of time. Secondly when you spray foam that thick the foam in the bottom is starved of oxygen as well, so without speculating I can tell you that the foam is not fully cured . I have sprayed hundreds of cans of this foam and the thicker you go the longer the cure time. When you spray it in places where airflow is minimal expect the cure time to be much longer. I have had foam not fully cured after 5 days.. .. Just saying.. Be well!

[@blueskies1848]

@@mjanssen1255: had he 'layered' spraying foam in the bottom would speed up cure time.

[@mjanssen1255]

@@blueskies1848 Absolutely!

[@davidinthedesert3532]

Thumbs up! You got me to spend 20 minutes watching ice melt. I have to give you thumbs up. LOL

[@trekOCLVone]

Up next - minimalist camping with what ever will fit in a Ford AC Cobra Kit Car graciously loaned to me by my crazy neighbor Ray. :)

[@ovherlander]

Great hack, thanks! To make it more effective, use block ice instead of crushed. I typically camp in AZ and can nearly double my cooler time by using block.

[@peach5477]

Like dry ice?

[@denimacaz]

Bridget Ricketts no, not dry ice. Water frozen into a large block rather than small cubes.

[@chaplint70]

Suggestion to improve design - use storage bin with wheels and a handle. Will make for much easier job of moving around.

[@aaronakaerrn]

Home depot has a huge tool bin with wheels and its 50 bucks

[@briandiadem]

@@aaronakaerrn Walmart has a smaller one for just over $20. Wheeled, and latching lid. I've got like 6 of them in my garage.

[@justinnitsuj7041]

$12 addition, digital indoor outdoor thermometer.

[@dlighted8861]

Good idea.

[@dlighted8861]

@Beaf Supreme You are nothing but a stupid troll.

[@scottm5342]

There simply is no possible way one can do a "cooler" comparison video without it involving beer. Well done.

[@ecologytoday]

It would be appropriate to have a rematch as the foam is isothermic for days after installing. It would also be a good idea to use slab foam, a container with wheels and handle and keep the coolers closed.

[@jodywhitehead9173]

I just use an old sleeping bag and blankets draped over the cooler . Also I freeze 4l plastic i/c pails which lasts much longer than cubes, gives you a dry cooler, and, stacks much better allowing a flat surface for your food items to lie on. Gives me easily a 4 day weekend and enough ice for the return trip. If you take your meat, precooked meals,etc frozen you get longer.

[@ShroomDay0117]

I love the equality at 11:17 Thanks for all the great content Steve! You and Crazy Neighbor are the greatest!

[@Shrinekeeper1]

I want to see an actual Yeti compared to the modified cooler. Curious to see how the compare.

[@tonymosbach2868]

Just watch another video with the yeti results and compare with the results of this one. It's probably at least a few days longer but 6 times the cost and it's got style.

[@JoshTheHod]

@@tonymosbach2868 too bad this cooler never made another appearance on the channel. Im assuming he just gave it to CN

[@xeiAiex]

@@JoshTheHod yes it has. I don't remember which video it was but he has used it while camping.

[@gregoryherbig5727]

Fun to build and works great! I put beads of liquid nails on the top of the cooler lid and snapped the tub lid in place. Now removing the tub lid removes the cooler lid. Use a good quality tub, the money is worth your time spent.

[@TheJimtanker]

I'm definitely making myself a Yhetto cooler.

[@jaytroxel3495]

I'm not so sure the work to build that super cooler is worth it... just for one extra day of ice. The improved cooler was in a Rubbermaid tub, with no real way to carry it as the handles look weak. I would rather buy an extra cooler and stock it with just ice bags to replenish the cooler with drinks and leave it unopened until day 3. Just my 2c.

[@consciouscoffeeplussugar2658]

@@jaytroxel3495 wouldn't be that difficult to attach handles to it. It would be worth it if you're always using it and it saves you any amount of ice. He said 2 days extra. So you're doubling your ice retention. If you're using it for a week straight, you only have to refill once and have an extra day after that. With the other cooler, you'd have to refill 3 times and have one day extra. That's a big difference.

[@TheWestlandgirl]

Lol, good play on words!

[@mrs.c5471]

LOVE that car! Crazy neighbor is COOL

[@sagardeswal6465]

Thank you so much for trying this before I did. I thought of buying two coolers, one larger (80 liters) and the second one smaller (50 liters) and then doing a similar thing to them with spray foam and all, but using a box looks better

[@heli400]

Nice! A suggestion to those wanting to make one of these,... Use a lighter colored tupperware container if you can find one (ie light blue or white) as darker colors absorb more heat rays from the sun.

[@__WJK__]

Or just grab a $2 can of white spray paint... the kind that sticks to plastic (o:

[@romellobo]

Genius

[@imcallingbs1883]

It’s always 4:20 at crazy neighbors, I love it

[@johndebolt5853]

Hi Steve and Glenn. It's true...after a 4:20 break, the second's just seem to go on forever. Nice toys Glenn. Thanks and be well.

[@joenottoast]

i just came from your most recent video - camping with household items. i love how the chair you're sitting on in THIS video is also something you brought to sit on in your current one, exactly two years later.

[@campingwithsteve]

Accidental surprises haha

[@ansuz444]

Great experiment. I lived off grid off of my igloo cooler for about a year. Everyone thought I was crazy. Now I have an AC/DC fridge/freezer and it's wired into my DC fuse block running off a couple solar panels and batteries. So glad I'm not relying on melting ice anymore!! But if I wanted to, I could use the fast freeze setting to freeze water and then use it as a cooler and unplug it. Anyhow, good job man!!

[@rosevalerio5863]

This gave me a good idea for my van build, I'll put a nice cushion on top and it'll also make a great little bench... those yeti coolers are ridiculously expensive!

[@c0pyimitati0n]

Actually just check out the *Igloo Quantum* I've been doing a ton of research on these _diy yeti_ builds as well as looking at regular coolers, and the _Quantum_ held ice for like 7 days, and it's only $55 🤷‍♂️

[@Blindbat1337]

Great comparison! My favorite "yeti-style" cooler is the Lifetime "55qt high performance" cooler. Can be had for less than $100USD and compares nearly identical to the Yeti.

[@desmodog55]

Holy cow. I misread that as $1000 dollars. I almost went full Lewis Black.

[@jayceewedmak9524]

Along with Steve's idea, I found that, if you throw some frozen bottles of water in the cooler 12 hours before adding your food and cooler packs or ice, the cooler is colder on trips longer. Just like you prepare foods ahead of time (parboil spaghetti and freeze, make and freeze sauce, etc), prepare your cooler for cooling.

[@teresapeabody2746]

I think you will find that there was a lot of residual heat in the cooler you built. I am guessing that if you were on an extended trip of a week or more, it would work a lot better, stay cold longer, on the second batch of ice. I am guessing a lot of the cold from the first batch of ice, was wasted in cooling the cooler itself. Furthermore, the ice quantity should not have been equal, but rather a percentage of the volume of each cooler. In theory, I believe the smaller cooler had an advantage in that it had more ice to volume than the larger one. If you measured how much water each held, and added 1/2 of that volume or weight in ice to each, the larger one would fair even better.

[@JoshTheHod]

too bad this isnt a scientific channel, just a camper and his crazy neighbor trying to save a few bucks on a "super-cooler"

[@charless8641]

I switched over to the 12v electric fridge and freezer, I know they cost more in the beginning but my small Jackery 240 will keep it going for a few days without charging. The best thing about a electric cooler is no soggy food. I think your experiment is excellent and will save a lot of money. Thank You for sharing.

[@KNIGHTJUMPS]

Three men just hangin' out having fun very cool project/experiment. Thank you.

[@__WJK__]

Exactly! What is up with all the mean sarcastic comments. The guy wanted to try an experiment... good grief... "sometimes it's better to be silent and "thought" a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt"

[@bextar6365]

Why not buy a sheet of foundation Styrofoam insulation and cut several pieces to fit sides bottom and top. Spray glue each as needed...easy and cheap way...

[@justinmo86]

One can of great stuff would glue all that together

[@rangerguy196]

Right now Yeti and all the Yeti knock-off’s are cussing you out. 🤣

[@pachoula]

First: Always fill the lid with the popcorn insulator stuff. It's gold. But there are a few things you need to know, whether or not you fill the lid with insulation. No matter the outside temps, never leave the cooler in the sun. Never leave it on the ground. If you are going to go through that much effort to hide it in a larger rubbermaid container, insulate the container the right way, for goodness sake. (!) You don't put that aluminum-foam insulator 'in'side the cooler. You put it on the outside of the cooler, and on the entire inside of the rubbermaid container. Glue it in, all sides, and bottom, and in the blue lid. Do the same to the outside of the actual cooler as well, after filling in the cooler's lid with insulator. That silvery stuff is like gold. Then, go on ahead and go all hog on the filler between the cooler and the container LOL. Another IMPORTANT thing: I am used to catering with my truck, an open-bed pickup. On the hottest days, I have to cart 4 5-day cooler-sized coolers around from 8:30 am until 2:00 pm in the southern California heat! The tops of my coolers sit in the blazing heat for hours. My customers always ask me, "How in the world do you keep your food icy cold?" The same way I do when camping: I have square-sided frozen water bottles that go level into the bottom of each cooler. In the center, 2 bottles on the left and right, I place the light blue GLAD freezer container with dry ice into it. I puncture the lid, as it is a gas. It keeps the bottles frozen ALL DAY and into the next! I place plastic place mats on top of the layer of ice, and the food on top of that. My drinks and foods are too cold to drink or eat sometimes, but it will freeze room temperature steaks and popsicles, and ruin vegetables! I can't put them next to the bottom layer of ice. When camping, I buy a tile of dry ice, place it into a container in the very bottom of my coolers. Never put ice cubes to make a freezer! Buy block ice, put it into a puncture-proof bag, ziplock it, and lay them on top of the dry ice. Put your freezer stuff into one small cooler and only open it at night quickly. The other coolers one for fresh foods, another for breads, etc. Mine last 6 days like this. I also have a small pop-up kids tent I use to put my freezer cooler, wood, water and propane. Keep it in the shade. I camp in searing temperatures as well as in the snow. Bottom line, when you park your car and set up, prepare 'as if' you won't have a car or ride for at least a week: be prepared.

[@Havardfam5]

Awesome. Thank you! You answered many questions I had. I’m wanting to make my hubby a double ice chest from my Dads large blue storage chest he used for Scuba Diving. I wanted to split it so one side could be for fish & the other food & drinks. Mainly because I have experienced fish & my ziplocks of food in an ice chest before. Ha ha! I draw the line at some point. Lol

[@cleoharper1842]

I realize I'm commenting to an old video, but Crazy Neighbor's Cobra is the most beautiful thing I've ever seen - it's even my favorite color!

[@largol33t1]

It's a nice car but I'd love my Cobra in Ferrari Red with two black racing stripes down the center.

[@cleoharper1842]

@@largol33t1 That's a beautiful combo too! Racing stripes (but on white with the green) would be the cherry on top.

[@JohnCran]

Ok another comment back in the 80's I went camping with a youth group and one of the leaders had a "normal" large Coleman cooler except that he put a layer of dry ice in the bottom and covered it with a piece of Perspex . It kept the frozen stuff under the Perspex frozen and everything above cold for 3 days solid and that was in a South East Queensland summer.

[@Steven-gv1ke]

I must have lucked out. I bought my 65 quart RTIC rotomolded cooler for $85 at Buccees when Yeti was suing them and that had to immediately get rid of all the Yeti copy cat coolers. I actually picked up a 30 quart soft cooler at the same time for $40 as well. The 65 hardside cooler will hold ice for 5 days easy here in Texas as long as I stick it under a tree or under the truck tailgate in shade. Now if you got 3 or 4 guys grabbing beer out of it every 30 mins, all day, it will last more like 2 and half days. The soft cooler will last 3 days in the shade, but again, if you are going in and out constantly, its more like 36 hours of keeping beer ice cold. RTIC does sales on holidays where they are around 50% off.

[@scottbainetwisted_keel_adv5821]

O have done my loss and it helps but I learned to put a layer of ice in the bottom of the cooler then salt it then add drinks food etc.... and cover the rest with just ice no salt. It last twice as long doing this as it does just putting ice in the cooler. But do not put salt on top layer you will need a crowbar to get to your food and drink. Excellent DIY video👍👍

[@gailtrotman5256]

GREAT road test! Definitely worth the cost of the ice, and the insulation foam. I think anyone could live with 5 full days of refrigeration by ice before you have to re-stock the ice. By the way, for sealing meats, there are glass containers with sealed plastic lids of various sizes for veggies and meats There is no way liquids could come out of them and unless you are going over huge bumps in the backroads, they won't break. Crazy Neighbour is a blast!

[@Flightstar]

Single part spray foam does not cure well without moisture from the air, this is especially a problem injecting it into a plastic tub. The foam in the lid may never cure. 2 part catalyzed foam is the proper stuff to use.

[@myotherusername9224]

what if you put water inside the void where the foam goes, then drain it so the sides are just damp? Then spray the foam into a void that has water vapor in it?

[@RyanLenz]

@@myotherusername9224 seems like it would be better than nothing. I'm not sure how well the water would really diffuse into the middle of the 'block' of foam. Along the same lines, I wonder if you did a thin layer, than a mist of water, then another thin layer, water, etc.

[@dvig3261]

whatever...

[@dragoszmoartescu5518]

Too true. A Foam-It application would be much better AND cheaper.

[@Bob_Adkins]

That's not correct. If you use a tiny bit out of the can, the rest will solidify in the can in a few weeks.(depending on temperature) But yeah, any urethane-based products catalyzes quicker in contact with moisture.

[@seedmole]

A good way to keep it centered would be to add blocks of foam on the sides to act as spacers, just like the ones on the bottom. Nice design!

[@Blunty67]

Damn, I was all keen and watching until I saw the cobra, then I lost track of why I was here... :)

[@rickdees251]

What cooler?

[@travisdehning1052]

Son of a b&$@# I only told him to take it to get washed. Glad I found my car!

[@mikeodonovan9299]

Me too. Nice car

[@bannerelkglassart433]

I wouldn't do anything near that car 😂

[@tonymoua1058]

Likewise. Lol

[@carriemainquist757]

I can't stop drooling over the Cobra...great idea Steve but Crazy neighbor has you beat.

[@ajkirk7729]

A trick for cheaper Ice that doesn’t leave a swimming pool in your cooler. Freeze a gallon of water. Use a brand with a heavy duty screw on top and ridges in the jug to allow for expansion when frozen. If you don’t have access to a freezer big enough for this, hide a couple gallon jugs from the store in the very back bottom of the freezer section at the local super market, come back the next day and buy them with self check out. Be prepared for sideways looks if there is no self checkout x) best place I have found where they will go 24 hours undisturbed is behind the frozen bags of peas

[@randysanders6960]

I made a similar gheti cooler, and it works well. Mine is in a bin with a handle and wheels. The only problem I had was that the foam wants to expand and lift the cooler off the stand-offs, so the bin lid won't fit. Also, the finished product is much larger than a similarly sized Yeti. Good luck with your project.

[@TheKellieCurtis]

‘Gheti’ 😂😂😂

[@UncleKennysPlace]

I got a Yeti when I bought my farm tractor. It's absolutely amazing; an Igloo is crap in comparison. I also have an RTIC, which I won at my dentist's office drawing! Too good coolers, zero out-of-pocket (unless you count $35K for the tractor, and $7.5K for the dentist ...)

[@parkershaw8529]

LOL, good setup and great climatic ending.

[@bluegrassak7445]

Bro, you needed 7500 dollars of dental work? That's harsh.

[@rickharris5485]

Your neighbor is crazy....crazy for letting you work so close to his Cobra.

[@edmelungeon2239]

Rick Harris Its fake. Kit car. Still looks nice tho.

[@penguin12902]

@@edmelungeon2239 A kit cobra is still an expensive car. I have a Foxbody convertible and I wouldn't be messing with spray foam around it, and it's probably only a $10,000 car!

[@seanwilliams7600]

Penguin1290 your fox body isn’t 10k unless you got 15 into it

[@itkboxing471]

Real Cobras are like $250k I think.

[@Ebolter1]

@@itkboxing471 ummm , add another decimal place there

[@weaniebeaniebur5725]

I love crazy neighbors car, that's rad

[@joewoodchuck3824]

That's a good idea. I wouldn't bother much with insulating the lid however since that's where the fewest losses are. The bottom is the highest loss area followed by the lower sides, then the upper sides, and finally the lid. Remember, heat rises, so the top of the cooler has the least temperature differential with outside ambient.

[@ios6605]

It’s never boring when there is beer involved CHEERS 🍺🍺🍺🍺 🚬😎💨 👍🏼

[@m1t2a1]

Love how Crazy Neighbours clock is stuck on 1620hrs. Hurray for Canada! You can drink 15 beers a day. Don't sell yourself short. All it takes is commitment, dedication, and practice

[@jimmylukes6152]

lmao!

[@thetruthisonlyperspective4872]

That's 4:20 and I'm sure it's not accidental😉

[@Louie_n_Poppy]

You're the Red Green of camping! Love it!

[@Desertvanlife]

If the woman don't find you handsome they should find you handy........

[@UMepher]

TheRed Green of camping, but not entertaining.

[@lowlifeangler]

Need duct tape

[@Rayraywheelz]

Home made YETI cooler! Outstanding. Crazy neighbor has a beautiful set of wheels by the way!

[@aaronm2183]

I've used a heavy winter coat wrapped around a cooler to get ice to last longer. This is a great idea you have built. Those cheap coolers don't have enough insulation. Cooler companies and ice companies must be in cahoots together. Lol

[@joemomma4301]

Crazy neighbor has a sweet ride. I missed your videos Steve. Hope you and the new wife are doing well and the videos keep coming !, we can always use more Steve

[@oldredcoonhound2182]

Hey Steve, instead of the spray stuff you could go to home depot and get the bag of expandable foam for fence posts.

[@jcat5150]

I was gonna suggest marine pour foam but I think your idea is even better!

[@climberbob1]

Have either of you tried your ideas? My first thought is "how do you get it to fill in inside the lid? What he uses in the video is under pressure, so it will fill in inside the lid. If I understand your ideas, it's POUR foam, so what, you use a funnel to get it in the holes, but it's got a rather thick consistency, and I don't think it would spread INTO the lid very far at all. Unless you got a bag similar to what cake decorators use attached to a funnel. I've seen a bag like that used when doing masonry to squirt grount in between rocks, but I think you'd have to drill a much larger holes in the lid to accommodate.

[@jcat5150]

@@climberbob1 no, speaking for myself I have not done a "ghetti" yet with ANY foam. That said, your points are valid with regard to the lid. THAT said, I don't think it is written in stone you'd have to use the exact same material for the lid as the bulk of the tub, and having messed with that spray foam crap (and the mess it has always entailed), something you could just mix and pour for those areas sounds like alot less of a mess!

[@peggystevens5144]

After researching your reply to this post about expandable foam for fence posts, I am doing what you suggested. Looks like I'll be saving a bundle. Thank you oldredcoonhound!

[@jayfalls5689]

Fill quart or liter-sized plastic jugs (or larger) with water & keep in your home freezer for camping. Blocks of ice will last much longer than those expensive bags of small pieces of ice.🙂

[@billiamc1969]

We keep a few in the freezer just for that purpose

[@saginawdan]

And...you end up with cold drinking water.

[@TheGardenerNorth]

Nice to see someone make a DIY 5 day cooler. However, you have what seems to be a really nice garage and a beautiful cobra and your drinking Lucky and Brewhouse beer. The world is bewildering at times.

[@mobiltec]

This is the first video of yours that I ever watched Steve. Can't believe it's been over 4 years now.

[@strietermarinesurvey1415]

Love the clock stuck at 4:20 😜!

[@murphragous]

Its the "GHETI". The ghetto YETI. A lot better than foam inside the cooler like the other versions.

[@exoduslnx]

lol thats awsome man.

[@ustabefast]

Ya man..dude did it right! But definatly hard sell him on the naming rights! The"ghetti" it is.!!!

[@blake102989]

Damn I was gonna call it the same thing 😂

[@theshadow7205]

It's BS that you only have 23 thumbs for a comment like that..I lmao sir!

[@evilcanofdrpepper]

lol I thought the exact same thing!

[@kueblersnavyinc]

Use mylar coated closed cell high density foam panels cut to size... also freeze water in empty gallon ice tea jugs..... solid ice stays longer and at end have cold water to drink....

[@thetruthisonlyperspective4872]

If you saturate that water jug with salt it will get colder and stay below freezing longer

[@thetruthisonlyperspective4872]

@indiapale who drinks a cold pack?

[@Kurokyura]

This is a classic crazy neighbor intro

[@darkdaze3860]

Hey Steve. Another benefit of your "Yeti" cooler is stealth! Right up your alley! You could easily leave that cooler outside your tent and no one would be the wiser that it's full of food and beer!! No one steals your cooler or it's contents!! Great idea!!

[@71160000]

Nice idea but I would suggest you remove the handles and remount them on the inside. Then put the ice chest in a garbage bag and fold the open top of the bag into the chest. Now fill the container with foam. After it sets with someone to hold the container down you should be able to remove the ice chest from the bag and then pull the bag out. Now the inner ice chest is free to be removed and cleaned after use. Personally I'd try to find a large styrofoam ice chest that the normal ice chest would fit inside of or a smaller foam chest that will fit in the bigger chest. Years ago I had a large aluminum bay boat that had a built in cooler for drinks but it was lined with aluminum and on a warm day it was impossible to keep ice in it for more than an hour or two. I found a foam chest that fit tightly inside the built in and it would keep ice all day long. I tend to use different chests for different purposes. One for drinks and food stays clean at all times. One for fish or game gets bleached out after each use. The fish box gets solid blocks of ice that will last for days which is longer than I usually need. For camping and using one ice chest then I'd get a seal able plastic container to hold anything that might leak out to keep the inside clean.

[@__WJK__]

Extreme Camping Cooler Tricks... awesome, I love it.

[@stevesmelch5073]

I really like the plastic bag idea for removing the cooler for cleaning. Expanding on that idea I thought it might be beneficial to do the same thing inside the tote so it could be replaced because of damage or age. Plastic degrades with time, especially in sunlight. Being able to replace the tote with a duplicate would extend the life of the cooler.

[@robertlefler7313]

4:20 all day, every day!

[@pchts1]

If I were building such a thing I would use rigid foam on the bottom and the sides I also would remove the handles and hinges as well. There is a spray foam that contractors use that comes in a much larger can that does a far better job than those consumer style spray cans, I'd be seeking that stuff out and using it along with the rigid foam board.

[@razoredgechris]

even better is they make 2 part expanding foam that would/should be a lot cheaper and it usually expands at a faster rate

[@eugeniaskelley5194]

That is a really cool idea and crazy neighbor has the most organized garage and cool car. My hat is off to him.

[@thizizliz]

Oh that's clever - I may give it try. Thank you. I love that it is cleaner than the sheets of foam and of course less conductive.

[@natevanlandingham1945]

Why not add rigid foam sheets to take up most of that space and just foam the little voids?

[@kevreutens1543]

I was thinking the same thing. Quicker and neater. Sheet the bottom and sides. Throw away the plastic lid altogether and use foam sheet. If you use the sandwich foam, foam sandwiched by metal, you could put and handle on that as a lid.

[@markin_]

It's easier and it guarantees that both boxes will remain glued together. It's probably cheaper too....

[@VegaChastain]

I thought that's what he was going to do since he had the foam anyways... seconded

[@PapaVik1218]

Hmm what cost more a 4x8 of r.foam or 2-4 cans of spray foam. Idk I think your right. I would do it your way actually bc i hate messy construction.

[@michalmunoz8717]

That cobra looks awesome....can't believe your neighbor let you do that work right next to it with out at least covering the car.

[@dragoszmoartescu5518]

I was going to say this very thing. When I saw that paint job, I thought... "I wouldn't let someone take a photo of that car unless they were in a clean room shooting through a window".

[@jonjohnson102]

Ive heard its a kit but cool nonetheless

[@thomasmalone6654]

Love the vids Steve Rock, you and Crazy cool neighbor, make a good team. I have found, not letting ice out of bag will last longer, even blocks of solid ice. Just sharing.

[@GoldVP...]

Beautiful Cobra! At 16yrs old, I chose a 1980 RXL RX7, with 325hp...over the Cobra with 275hp...what a gorgeous green though! Yup...spray upside down Bet you'd get 8 days with block ice!!

[@MiscMitz]

I use bottles of water and Gatorade as my ice. Just freeze fully and pull out as they melt and drink. Stops all my food from getting soggy and don't have to drain cooler after. Also, seems like the larger chunks of ice lasts longer.

[@dantefiveofdeadmj1532]

THANKS FOR THE TIPS, SO WHEN I GO ON MY NEXT ROAD TRIP, YOU WILL MAKE MY LIFE EASIER!

[@Luigi13]

The crazy neighbor garage is like a living room very clean.

[@harleylover4968]

Hell my floors aren't that clean INSIDE my house. He's obviously OCD.

[@CsykKrit]

@@harleylover4968 Respecting yourself isn't OCD.

[@ELW2940]

Would you keep your Cobra in a dirty garage ?

[@TheJusnic82]

what a tease, building a yeti cooler infront of a sweet cobra kit car!!!

[@TheRealKalEll]

GENIUS idea, Steve!! Which got me thinking: "How to Make a Fridge at Home" contains a refrigeration unit part for $23. new that will turn your awesome cooler into a refrigerator that cools to 0° if you so chose. Simple mod+ battery (which I see u already have) = cold food and drinks for EVERRRRRRRR !! GREAT videos, Steve !!

[@slick41]

One of the other smart fellows on you tube suggests using frozen water bottles as you cooling agent. Fairly cheap, less wet mess, reusable and drinkable once they thaw. Sounds like a good idea to me. Thanks for your efforts, well done.

[@fhunjunkie]

2-part liquid flotation foam. Mix, pour in and step back. Dries in minutes.

[@MikeBaxterABC]

6:34 ... or you could do it the smart way and use non-expanding foam insulation! :( (which has a higher R-value as well)

[@terryburns8917]

Maybe fill the gaps with expanding foam.

[@__WJK__]

Mike Baxter - Agree! Would be interesting to see how much longer the ice would last with a higher R-Value product! Also would've liked to have seen him add in the foil lined foam board to the bottom and sides and then add the expanding foam!

[@heresthething....4685]

Would have been extra interesting if he had a 3rd cooler, a Yeti, to show difference. The Cobra guy probably owns one.

[@__WJK__]

@Here's the thing - Pretty sure if "Cobra guy" owned a yeti cooler, it would have been included in the test. Also, it was actually mentioned in the video that "cobra guy" is a engineer, so considering "engineer cobra guy" owns such a car, likely proves he knows what a wise "cost-to-performance-ratio" looks like... so I'd venture a guess, a over-hyped/over priced yeti ain't even on his radar. Not trying to bust your chops, just trying to point out that throwing away $600-$1000+ on any cooler is rediculous unless it actually outperforms the competition's ice holding performance/longevity by a bare minimum of twice as long (hopefully more) because honestly, just a few days difference in ice longevity between a $1000 & $75 cooler is (like I said earlier) absolutely rediculous...

[@UMepher]

Harder to fit. The best practical choice would probably be a mix of rigid and spray foam.

[@mindbonker]

is that a real 429 cobra or one of those really nice kits that do extremely well with a 350...whoever did your spray did an excellent job...and that was an excellent trim job on the foam...i had a totally different idea in mind but you pulled that off well...good job crazy neighbor is an engineer c")

[@UnlikelyToRemember]

It's a kit

[@randomschittz9461]

What? Crazy neighbor has an AC Shelby Cobra 427? Dream car!!! I actually pictured him driving a 57 Chevy step side, with three on the tree and a bed full of moonshine. 🤣

[@Subway1427]

Crazy neighbour seems like a good friend. And crazy neighbour has a crazy nice car in his garage. You should redo that cooler time test outside in the sun, as though your out camping somewhere.

[@hicksa1]

Lol Krazy niegbor "I closed mine faster" 😂

[@kevinnashskitchen3517]

You should have used a white colored Rubbermaid container. The black container surface temp will be quite a bit hotter in the sun. Thanks for sharing!

[@campingwithsteve]

I know, unfortunately, they didn't have a white one that would fit the cooler inside of it.

[@harleylover4968]

@@campingwithsteve white spray paint for plastic. Ta da!

[@alantaylor6691]

Would a transparent container be better or worse than black, and white, containers?

[@NaeemAkramAndroidiOSApp]

Nice work... the cooler you made looks cooler than the Yeti one...

[@everyhousetellsastory8231]

Love your neighbors Cobra. Not sure if it is the real thing or a reproduction but looks great. Especially with the spinner hubs.

[@Lowkey_ID]

Screw the foam, just put a 1.5 inch layer of sawdust or cedar shavings like the one used for rabbits or gerbils on the bottom and the sides of the tote. We've kept ice for at least a week in 110 degree weather using sawdust or shavings and it's natural.

[@shawnrasmussen7873]

Smart. They did use sawdust in ice houses back in the old days to help keep the blocks of ice from melting.