Where can I buy.....

[Todd K]

    Sorry, this is probably in wrong category, but this is where I spend most of my time. Here's my question. Where can I purchase a heavy duty styrofoam cooler or box to ship frozen stuff? I'm not talking about the thin one you can get at Lowe's that you would use for camping. I bought something from someone on here a few years back and it came in a thick cooler with a nice tight lid. It was like 1 1/2 inches thick. I used it to ship some frozen turkey heads to have them freeze dried. It was really nice. Can anyone tell me where to get one of those?  Thanks

[Heck]

Go down to your local hospital lab or other health lab and check with them. They have blood and medications shipped in them. My mother-in-law gets me loads of them. She works in the lab. They throw them away!! All sizes from 6" square to 2 ft X 2ft x 4ft!! And they are the thick ones!!!
Good luck!

[Todd K]

  Yeah, that is exactly what I'm talking about.  They are awesome to ship stuff in.

[Heck]

I gave a really big one to my brother. It was a 36 inch cube with 4 inch thick walls!! He sprays bedliner..(line-X)..he sprayed the outside of that Styrofoam cooler..it now keeps beer cold and the ice good for a WEEK!! And that was at Sturgis in the August heat!!! The bedliner makes the outside very durable!! I guess I should paten them and sell them!!

[Bud Evans]

go down to the lumber yard and buy a 4X8' piece of styrofoam and cut it to the size you need and get out the duct tape works great. This is how I make my meat coolers for my out west hunting trips when I'm ready to come home. Throw in a hunk of dry ice and your covered. 

[Tim Duncan]

I like to just cut the Styrofoam to fit inside the box i am shipping and duct tape it and rap it in insulation normally works great

[shortYcut]

Wallyworld sells a square cooler for $5.50 that I have shipped dozens of green capes in. Here in my neck of the woods Wallyworld had them right next to the ice chest near an entry/exit door and back in Sporting Goods.  This year I see they even say Wallyworld on them.  Last year was red handles, this year white handles.
I can freeze two WT capes in them and mail anywhere.  Yes, Lab coolers work great along with Omaha Steak boxes but you must know someone that knows someone.  I sell dozens of capes each year and the $5+ cooler gets it done for me and it is not a cheapy.