After traveling and working with an old Igloo cooler for the last year and a half my parents surprised us with a brand new cooler and we are loving it! Here’s our take on the Ozark Trail 26 Quart Cooler which we think is perfect for van life. Watching ice melt was probably the most difficult task of the tests I performed—only because it seemed to take forever for the ozark trail backpack ice to melt in each tumbler. I started the test first thing when I got to the office and was waiting for hours on end. By the time I left the office about eight hours later, the ice still wasn’t entirely melted and the water levels in both tumblers seemed to be at the same level.
The Ozark Trail Association Trip Planner contains information on a thru-hike, including directions to Onondaga State Park and Eleven Point Western trailheads. Grab a hydration compatible backpack for $13.96 or Go Bag for $15.53. It was perfect for storing smaller items like hooks, pliers, and bait, and the quick-release zipper made it easy to grab these items when needed.
The first good design feature is the placement of the door on the side, and more specifically on the long side of the tent. For the end-door variants, one has to toss their sleeping bag down the tent when getting ready for bed. Other items that you may want to keep at the foot of the sleeping area are also hard to access or reach if your head is near the door. For these styles, it seems most people want their head at the door side and so they have a constraint for which way the tent is set up if the ground is not flat.
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Rounding out the exterior is a lid that features 4 cup holders and inch notches for measuring your catch of the day. In a sheer stroke of luck for this test, we are having a very aggressive heatwave in Southeast Michigan with temperatures around the 90’s during the day and staying in the 70’s overnight. I’m using my North facing deck as the staging area which receives direct sunlight at almost all hours of the day.