The radiant barrier material looks good, but for a cheaper approach you can use those fold-up dashboard protectors. They appear at yard sales all the time and you can just cut them to shape and/or duct tape them into the size you need.

Here's the historical weather averages and record highs and lows for Gerlach (closest reported weather to BM). More likely than not, we are going to be using our coolers. The only shade is what you bring. Sun Aug 29 AVERAGES RECORDS Hi 85°F Hi 102°F Lo 54°F Lo 44°F Mon Aug 30 AVERAGES RECORDS Hi...

Kman,
Nice job on the website.
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Hats off to FigJam (no pun intended). I really like your 3.0. Any comparison tests?

I have been following your posts with great interest and have begun construction of the early version (bucket) cooler. Just ran across this fan at TigerDirect.com. What do you think? High CFM and a control knob. http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1621480&csid=...