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This IcyBreeze Ultimate Cooler... cools you too!
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Jan 25, 2025
When IcyBreeze offered to send us out their Ultimate Cooler, Ryan was stoked to give it a try! He enjoys being in the great outdoors, but hates the heat. This cooler acts not only as a cooler, but with a built in fan, it can act as a portable A/C (more like a swamp cooler). Well, Ryan is going to show you everything you need to know, including who it is for, what he liked, and didn't like! Make sure to sign up for our newsletter: https://gear43.com/email-signup
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thank you for joining me at gear 43 my
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name is Ryan and this is the icy Breeze
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ultimate cooler um I absolutely detest
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being hot I get headaches all the time
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being in the Heat and that prohibits me
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from enjoying the outdoors uh I camp I
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hunt I fish I hang out with my family at
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the beach but I can't really do that if
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I have to go back indoors for the air
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conditioning this guy comes with air
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conditioning built in couple things this
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was given to us for a review and uh I
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got to say I put it through some PAC is
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I tested it out a few times to see if it
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held up to what they claimed it would do
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um they claim it would blow cool air 15°
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cooler than the ambient air uh there's a
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couple other claims they made that I
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wanted to see if it held up it's an
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expensive cooler frankly but I wanted to
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see if it's worth it and if it allows me
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to be with my friends and family longer
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Outdoors it's worth it to me and so I'm
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excited to share this with you guys this
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guy is a Rotom molded cooler and it's in
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the league with say Yeti or Orca
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something like that something similar
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the obvious difference is it comes on
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top here you see this top yeah it's got
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a built-in heat exchanger I'm going to
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open the lid for you so you can see it
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this thing blows cool air from the cool
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water you have at the bottom of your
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cooler it blows cool air out of the top
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at first I thought this looked like a
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spaceship I had no idea what it was for
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I assumed it was cooling down your food
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it's actually cooling down you this here
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you open up and you can have a
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directional port for where the air goes
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or you disconnect the
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hose and you can point it in the
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direction you want simple controls up
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top this will blow cool air or blow cool
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mist got a couple power functions uh
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lithium ion
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battery it also comes with a carport
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charger when I say comes with you have
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to check the options you want one of the
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things I'm disappointed in myself at and
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I did not get the option for the AC
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adapter the wall adapter I think that
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would have been handy for myself there's
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also the ability to get an extendable
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hose past this one so you can actually
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have it outside your tent or whatever
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you're in and have it connected directly
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to the door cooling down your tent
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cooling down your tent or whatever else
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you're in camper this is
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the part of the heat exchange this pulls
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in ambient air air temperature let me
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take this open for you open this up it
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pulls in air through here it's cooled
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down by the ice water at the bottom this
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tube pulls in ice water goes to the heat
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exchanger cools down the
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air and then blows it out the top for
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you um what I do like is it's also made
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with some very good rubberized handles
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and they're easy to open they're not uh
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I've used several that are not easy to
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open how about
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that the other option here
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is this is a standard feature on most
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almost all coolers it has a water drain
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and it has this handle uh I have seen a
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few reviews that did not like the handle
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because it's short on the other hand
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this is very very sturdy and for a heavy
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cooler Roto Roto molded coolers are
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generally speaking heavy this is by the
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way 38 quartz this handle does a handy
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job no pun intended in moving your
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cooler around things I like about this
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cooler number one the warranty it's not
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what you'd expect me to say first but
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that's the first thing I'm saying is I
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love the warranty it's 100% guaranteed
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USA made cooler the warranty is
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phenomenal check it out on the website
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the next thing I like about this cooler
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is it's durable the durability of this
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cooler is you absolutely see it in the
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Mak model I beat this thing up many many
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times it's a very well constructed
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cooler well thought out especially when
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you have a delicate electronic system in
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the top of it other things I like uh I
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think I've mentioned them but I do like
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the rubber handles I Camp a lot in the
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outdoors and you end up with Wildlife
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trying to get into your cooler um secure
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handles are a
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must the thing I like most about this
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however is it keeps me outdoors with my
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family and friends a lot longer for me
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that's very very important and that goes
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into the price is it worth it to me it
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is absolutely it's worth it the reason
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why because I think it's invaluable
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spending time with my friends and family
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if I was just simply looking to keep my
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stuff cool I can go and get a lot of
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coolers this one in addition to keeping
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my stuff cool I'm able to have a cool
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drink and it's cooling me down which
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again like I said I absolutely think is
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invaluable let's talk about a few things
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I don't like about the cooler it is a
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sturdy cooler it's very well made and
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very robust um but truly it is a short
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handle I got to be honest with you it is
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a short handle I'm 6 foot tall when I
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stand up and I'm rolling this around the
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floor it's nice that it's not going
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anywhere however it is short I have to
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bend over whereas I'm stooping over to
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drag it through the sand at the beach or
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whatever it may be wherever I might be I
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should say the next thing I don't like
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is let me take this battery off so you
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can see it is this
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terminal this terminal I feel like it
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should be better protected when I'm in
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the outdoors it's usually in dusty and
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dirty places uh as a beach or camping or
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muddy whatever it might be and if rain
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water gets on an electronic as you
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probably know it's probably not going to
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be good for it I don't want these to
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rust out so I wish there was a way for
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them to add a protection a protection
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plate over this maybe uh so that when
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the batter is connected or disconnected
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it's still covered just like they do do
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here on the uh the control
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module by the way I didn't mention it
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this can charge a cell phone as well
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from this this is plugged in and
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rubberized I like that but what I didn't
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like was this terminal is exposed the
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other thing I didn't really like and
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this is just more preference is I didn't
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know what options I would want in this
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this cooler you get to check a whole
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bunch of boxes of things you'd want one
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of them for me was a wall adapter I had
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no idea I would use that the last thing
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I did not really like or care for is
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more op pinion and that's the color
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white is great however when it gets
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dirty it gets dirty it gets really dirty
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I have this Outdoors sometimes and it's
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raining on it or it's muddy I have to
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wipe it off for an example in this
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review I had to wipe it off very well in
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order to do the review I would rather
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have tan or black I think um the white
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was uh initially Drew my eye but I do
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like the other colors for hiding the the
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dirt if you will when I watch reviews on
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coolers one of the things that I like
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most is the test I'm a I'm a geek about
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it I do like the test how long the ice
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holds Etc does does this work if I'm
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buying this versus a Yeti or an orca or
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some other brand does it work and so my
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first test I did I did it for 38 hours I
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had it closed with a bag of icense
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inside for 38 hours I took a temperature
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before and after it was a 73° day or at
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least in my house it was 73° and the ice
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lasted for 38 hours I opened it twice
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during the test just to make sure there
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was still ice inside um I took a few
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pictures of the temperatures inside the
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temperature was just above freezing
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which is exactly what you want when
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you're keeping your food or drink cool
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the next test I did I wanted to see if
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the claims from the manufacturer were
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true that it blows 14 and2 excuse excuse
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me it blows 15° cooler than the ambient
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temperature I did a test where I heated
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my restroom uh it has a heated fan
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inside which is nice I heated up to
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about 80° and then I brought this in and
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I wanted to see how quickly it would
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cool down and what temperature it's
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blowing so I heated up again to 80° I I
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started this up um to their specs and it
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was blowing 15° cooler or 14 and 1/2
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exactly it cooled the bathroom down
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within less than 15es minutes absolutely
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perfect um the next test I did I wanted
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to see if it cooled me down you know the
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self test if you will and so I I I did
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the same thing I filled it up I put the
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ice in there and frankly I run hot I
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wanted to see if it worked I opened it
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up open the port turn it
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on it cool me down just fine it was
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perfect uh it obviously works outside or
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inside however this is not a replacement
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for an air conditioning unit I want to
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make that clear it's not going to last
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more than your ice will after the ice
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melts it's not blowing cold air anymore
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so you need to keep it stocked with cold
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ice in order for it to be cold air is
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not by any means a replacement for air
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conditioning however it's a perfect item
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in a placement outside this cooler is 38
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quarts like I
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said it doesn't hold a ton for the price
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range however it does come with an air
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conditioning on top who's this for this
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is for someone like myself who gets hot
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and doesn't enjoy enjoy being outside
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when they're hot this will put you in
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the place where your kids are where
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they're playing where they're having a
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sports game or whatever they're doing
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camping fishing hunting whatever it may
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be usually hunting is in the cold
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weather however that being the case this
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is absolutely at the higher end of the
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price point in my opinion it's for those
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who want to enjoy the outdoors with
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their families I'd like to speak who
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this is not for I would assume this is
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not for someone on a budget uh college
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kids come to mind yes it's handy it's
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nice feature but in general it's not
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going to be for someone on a budget it
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is at a top tier of what coolers are in
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terms of price I love it for those who
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can afford it but for those who can't
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you might be better off buying a cheap
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non-insulated cooler for that matter
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thanks for joining me at gear 43 again
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my name is Ryan this is the icy Breeze
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ultimate cooler again we'll see you next
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time