Yep, we've used it for years and it holds up great. Get some of the plastic grommets that they sell next to the shade cloth, a hammer, and a bottle of gorilla glue. Figure out your spacing on the grommets, add a ring of gorilla glue to the bottom side of the grommet, pound it closed with the hammer ...

Thanks Kent, appreciated.

Here's a question about power sources. The 115 Amp Hour Costco battery seems to be the favorite (there's one sitting about 10 feet behind me) but why not just use 8 D-Cell batteries? You can get that off Amazon for 12 bucks and in series they'll provide 12 Volts (1.5x8==12). According to the page be...

Hi guys, What are you using to fix the 4" septic line connector to the top of the bucket lid? I've tried Gorilla Glue and Epoxy and neither worked well. What exactly is this "goop"? Now with the lid on the bucket, I used a 4 inch septic line connector gooped to the lid over the fan. Thanks, Groovy --

Hi FIGJAM,

Quick question: Have you tried adding a third layer of Dura-cool padding in the bucket? If so, did it help with cooling or did it create some sort of problem or was counterproductive? Almost done with the cooler and huge thanks for putting this together

Groovy --