Cooler insulation

[ahicken]

Talltigeguy,

You are right. The vegas dealer has been great. This cooler thing has just been my pet peve. I probably have seen you on Sand Hollow. I tried to download some picture of my boat without success. Is there a secret.

[anhaney]

Talltigeguy,

You are right. The vegas dealer has been great. This cooler thing has just been my pet peve. I probably have seen you on Sand Hollow. I tried to download some picture of my boat without success. Is there a secret.

You may need to resize the pictures to get them posted. They can only be posted if they are a certain size. Welcome to the board and TIGE' family. You are going to love your boat.

[Ruune]

Here's an idea that I stumbled upon when I had my truck line-x'd. Newer high-end bedliners reflect heat like crazy, so they're obviously good insulators. That said, pull out the plastic tray that makes up your ice chest and get it coated on both sides. You can probably do it in white, or whatever color you want to match your boat too.

And while you're at it, get your transom and composite platform coated to prevent board scratches!

[anhaney]

I say go with the spray foam and if it exspands to much when it dries just cut it back to your needed size. However I do like Rrune ideal also. That may work our real well

[chpthril]

Here is the stuff I used on cooler on the old boat. Was left over from the fixer-uper.

Peice & Quiet from Noise Reduction Ent.

[ahicken]

I think the cooler is part of the fiberglass and cannot be removed. It appears the foam spray is the best solution. I just would like to know what they were supposed to insulate it with at the factory.

[chpthril]

I think the cooler is part of the fiberglass and cannot be removed. It appears the foam spray is the best solution. I just would like to know what they were supposed to insulate it with at the factory.

Interesting the Ve cooler are an insulated plastic insert. Looks just like a cooler if you pulled the inside out.

Makes me want to get in one even more.

[gcalkins]

I approached it differently with my '03 22V.

I found that it was a lot more convenient to load a soft sided cooler with ice, drinks, food, etc at the cabin or house and throw it in the boat behind the captain's chair. It stays cold all day the midwest heat, no has to stand and get out of the way and the cooler has a Velcro mini flip lid for those emergency crew drink replenishments.

The cooler? Gone. About 8 screws held it in place. A little sanding of the edges, white paint and a conformed hunk of matching I/O carpet glued to the floor finished the conversion. I now store all of the ski / board / barefoot ropes, extra bindings, boot screws and other misc ski equipment it a very handy place to which I have quick access.

And then I exercise that emergency flip lid.

[chpthril]

I approached it differently with my '03 22V.

I found that it was a lot more convenient to load a soft sided cooler with ice, drinks, food, etc at the cabin or house and throw it in the boat behind the captain's chair. It stays cold all day the midwest heat, no has to stand and get out of the way and the cooler has a Velcro mini flip lid for those emergency crew drink replenishments.

The cooler? Gone. About 8 screws held it in place. A little sanding of the edges, white paint and a conformed hunk of matching I/O carpet glued to the floor finished the conversion. I now store all of the ski / board / barefoot ropes, extra bindings, boot screws and other misc ski equipment it a very handy place to which I have quick access.

And then I exercise that emergency flip lid.

Got any pics of this before/after mod, sounds interesting but I cant picture it.

[Timmy!]

My RZ2 coolers aren't insulated and that's why we don't really use them. We use the one on the transom every now and then but the ice will only last a few hours. If we put a 20lb bag in there, it will last most of the day with the drain plug plugged up.

[hoppas]

I like the layout of the boat, but a hinged cooler would be so much more convenient. One that didn't melt in 3 hours would help too. I think I'll try the Great Stuff idea this spring.

[ahicken]

Tige might want to consider putting a little thought into the coolers. A small thing to do for little cost, that would make a great boat even better. After all these boats are not inexpensive. I have heard that Tige listens to their customers. Is that true?

[Lunchbox]

Tige might want to consider putting a little thought into the coolers. A small thing to do for little cost, that would make a great boat even better. After all these boats are not inexpensive. I have heard that Tige listens to their customers. Is that true?

I'm sure that they read every post on this board and pay special attention to posts like this that give them good feedback from their actual customers...

So hello Tige...

[zad0030]

I dont even use the cooler.. its just a hassle to make the people get up and move so i can take the seat off and get a drink. So our cooler goes behind the diver next to the motor cover. It makes a great step also.

We usually put random items in the boat cooler, paper towels, trash bags, just knick knack stuff.

Gcalkins has a great idea!!

[gcalkins]

Sorry, no pics taken or saved of the cooler > storage bin conversion. And the boat is hibernating in a remote barn. I'll post some when those yellow flowers poke up along I-44 in April.

But to describe it: The cooler was located under the observer's seat and is nominally a bent 36" in length X 9" wide. (And it had 3/4" Styrofoam glued to the sides but not on the bottom.) The opening was just a rough cut when I pulled the cooler, thus the sanding job. It is wide enough and long enough for easy access to all of the gear I put in it but not quite wide enough for my toolbox I would have stowed there. A little rough sanding of the floor and clean up work around the cooler drain hole to assure floor drainage completed the prep work before the painting and carpet installation.

A simple 3 beer job (for those over 21) with tunes. Some follow-up / touch up work the next day.