The inside of an igloo can reach as high as 40 degrees, sometimes even more! Compared to this, winter tents are only 10 degrees warmer than the outside temperature. Space: Since an igloo is shaped like a dome, it has more space than a winter tent to stow your gear. It can also pack in more people than a tent can.

Insulation – Snow Acts As An Insulator The reason that an igloos inside temperatures are warmer, is that snow acts as an insulator because of the tiny air pockets in the snow.

Igloos are built from compressed snow. You saw it into chunks like building blocks, then stack the blocks around a circular terraced hole in the snowy ground. While it looks solid, as much as 95% of snow is actually air trapped inside tiny crystals.

An igloo is also warmer than a tent, inside which the temperature can average only 10 degrees higher than outdoors because of its thin nylon insulation, he said. “It may get so warm inside that the igloo may start to melt,” Maschek said.

The inside temperature in an ICEBOX® igloo is usually above a balmy 32 degrees Fahrenheit. Compared to the fluctuating temperatures inside winter tents, there is no competition. An tent is typically 10 degrees warmer than the current outside temperature.

The Icebox Igloo kit, which weighs about five pounds, is also lighter than most four-season tents, which typically weigh eight to ten pounds.

Cooler capacity is generally stated in quarts or capacity in 12-ounce cans. One quart equals about 0.75 cans, so a 24-quart cooler will hold about three six packs or 18 cans. Another way to gauge capacity is to divide the capacity in quarts by 30, so a 60-quart cooler equals two cubic feet.