Floor Mat?? Need Advice

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Keiler M.'s Comment
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Hello, I am wondering if any of you put down some sort of floor mat to keep the heat from the floor of the truck away. I bought a cooler that plugs in and it dictates the inside temperature by the ambient temperature. For instance, if inside my truck is 70 the cooler will cool down to 30.. I want to put it on the floor but the floor is really hot so I think it will kind of defeat the purpose. Someone told me to buy those shades for the cars and put it down (don't know if that'll work) just wanted to hear some advice if someone had gone through a similar situation.

Also, does anyone have the ARB fridge freezer? I want to buy the 82 quart one, hope is not too big for the truck, the difference from the lower sizes is just in height and width and not in longitude so that's why I rather get the bigger one any comments? I drive a volvo 670 at the moment.

Thanks in advance.

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Chris the stick slinger's Comment
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I used a couple old beach towels under mine. It will help it get cooler a lot quicker.

Scott M's Comment
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Buy 1" styrofoam house insulation (1/2" if they have it) with duck tape from Home Depot.

Styrofoam is #1- look at a styrofoam cup with hot coffee.

Keiler M.'s Comment
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Buy 1" styrofoam house insulation (1/2" if they have it) with duck tape from Home Depot.

Styrofoam is #1- look at a styrofoam cup with hot coffee.

Thanks a lot, i'm assuming at Home depot or Lowe's?

Keiler M.'s Comment
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I used a couple old beach towels under mine. It will help it get cooler a lot quicker.

Maybe ill put them over the styrofome haha! thanks

Errol V.'s Comment
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Go to a sporting goods store, in the backpack section. The 1/2" foam sleeping pads are good enough you can lay on on the snow and still stay warm in a sleeping bag.

That'll work for cooler.

Keiler M.'s Comment
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Go to a sporting goods store, in the backpack section. The 1/2" foam sleeping pads are good enough you can lay on on the snow and still stay warm in a sleeping bag.

That'll work for cooler.

So I'd put the side I would be sleeping on, on the floor right? for it to work I'm assuming lol.

Errol V.'s Comment
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Keiler is confused:

So I'd put the side I would be sleeping on, on the floor right? for it to work I'm assuming lol.

The side you sleep on will go against your back.

There is one company that makes a one-sided pad. It's called Mobius.

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The Persian Conversion's Comment
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Keiler is confused:

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So I'd put the side I would be sleeping on, on the floor right? for it to work I'm assuming lol.

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The side you sleep on will go against your back.

There is one company that makes a one-sided pad. It's called Mobius.

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Lol Errol, you are a clever one!!!

Errol V.'s Comment
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Persian thinks this is funny:

ol Errol, you are a clever one!!!

With a one sided pad, the other side never wears out! Not does it get dirty. It's great for camping and I bet it will work well on the dirty floor of a cab.

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