Price Points: Outdoor drinks coolers

Outdoor drinks coolers

I’m sure you’ll be able to tell straight away which of these three outdoor drinks coolers I’d choose to own.

I absolutely love the egg yolk yellow drinks cooler from Outside Gang (#2) – it would match perfectly with our yellow bistro table & chairs. It’s available in a range of other colours, long or short legs and optional bamboo chopping board and champagne cooler. It can hold up to 10 bottles of wine or 25 bottles of beer in 2 litres worth of ice.

I could probably also opt for the Keter cool bar in another colour; perhaps the slate grey with lime green interior. I think the telescopic lid-to-tabletop mechanism is a great idea. I’ve even seen an illuminated option for this model.

The four hundred pound version has all the bells & whistles that you’d expect for something in this price range; huge capacity, exterior shelves & baskets, temperature control and castors for ease of movement. The only drawback for me is that it’s electric. A power cable will have to weave its way out of the house through a door or window to the spot in the garden that I want the cooler. The combination of an electrical lead and alcohol is an accident waiting to happen!

  1. Keter cool bar: £85.95, Amazon
  2. Drinks cooler: from £129.00, Outside Gang
  3. Lifestyle stainless steel 50L electric drinks cooler: £399.99, Robert Dyas

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Lifestyle stainless steel 50L electric drinks cooler
Lifestyle stainless steel 50L electric drinks cooler
£399.99
Outside Gang drinks cooler
Outside Gang drinks cooler
£129.00
Keter cool bar
Keter cool bar
£85.95
Lifestyle stainless steel 50L electric drinks cooler
Lifestyle stainless steel 50L electric drinks cooler
£399.99
Outside Gang drinks cooler
Outside Gang drinks cooler
£129.00
Keter cool bar
Keter cool bar
£85.95
Lifestyle stainless steel 50L electric drinks cooler
Lifestyle stainless steel 50L electric drinks cooler
£399.99
Outside Gang drinks cooler
Outside Gang drinks cooler
£129.00
Keter cool bar
Keter cool bar
£85.95
Lifestyle stainless steel 50L electric drinks cooler
Lifestyle stainless steel 50L electric drinks cooler
£399.99
Outside Gang drinks cooler
Outside Gang drinks cooler
£129.00
Keter cool bar
Keter cool bar
£85.95
Lifestyle stainless steel 50L electric drinks cooler
Lifestyle stainless steel 50L electric drinks cooler
£399.99
Outside Gang drinks cooler
Outside Gang drinks cooler
£129.00
Keter cool bar
Keter cool bar
£85.95

Gimme Five! Cool boxes

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selection of 5 cool boxes

We spent a lovely afternoon last Sunday watching a friend play cricket for his village team.

We sat in the sunshine on a picnic blanket eating sandwiches and drinking elderflower cordial… then a cold beer or two as the sun went down. We filled our vintage cool box with so much ice and liquid refreshment that we snapped its handle!

It’s time to see what’s on offer in the cool box world for when ours finally gives up the ghost – here are some cool contenders!

  1. Retro cooler box: £85, Bouf
  2. Coastal metal coolbox: £54.99, Argos
  3. Stainless steel cooler ice box: £84.99 eBay
  4. 20L electric cool box: £33.99, Robert Dyas
  5. Jamie Oliver cool box: £69.99, Amazon