therook said:
I cant see how to justify paying that much for a rubbermaid, when a 70 dollors coleman Esky is just as good....I may be wrong?
Mark
Mark,
I understand and here what you are saying, but...
The coleman is square, you have to muck around with square manifolds etc.
As the rubbermaid is round, the round false bottoms fit staight in.
Also, i dont know if 70.00 for your coleman cooler is corect.
a 15 ltr round coleman is 45.00
5 gallon - 20 ltr rubbermaids are 98.00
7 gallon - 28ltr rubbermaids are 108.00
10 gallon - 40ltr rubbermaids are 150.00
Also, due to the diameter, you end up with a thicker grain bed...therefore better filtering than with a long wide bottom coleman.
In the US they retail for under 40.00 USD - most places will only post airmail - 62.00usd = 102.00USD.
Each to their own - i am the only one who has to be happy with mine.
As i battered my old mash tun for the electric copper - i was going to have to pay a min of 95.00 for a 55 ltr one - more for the 75ltr...
so for an extra 55.00 i now have a 10 gallon mash tun matched to a 75ltr boiler so i can do double batches if i so desire.