20 Best Coolers For Dry Ice (2023 Updated)

Holy Molly guacamole! This cooler is excessively fantastic! I’ve had it for two yeas now and have used it on a weekly basis. Okay, the gasket that makes it water leak proof is still going. The cooler looks great and color is like day one, locking system it’s fine.

If I place chilled drinks from refrigerator to cooler, without ice or icepack, they will keep cold for hours, as if they were in ice – well, almost that cool! But, keeping drinks cold with out ice for hours it’s amazing to me.

Drinks with ice keep for about two days and you still have ice in the cooler, little bit of water. Perfect for road trips or one day at the beach or car ride, or a long day running errands – 13 gal is perfect for these applications.

I prefer 8oz water bottles, but 16oz fit nicely, too. Sodas fit nicely. The white basket keeps keys and glasses dry. This cooler is no mess! Nothing but a true frustration free product. Highly recommend it!.

I have been using this for about 8 months now every day. I got sick of the cheap coolers breaking so I got this hoping it would be a more durable option. It is definitely a more durable option. It looks a little bit cheap but it’s not.

I was worried about the foam seal at first but it’s proven to be really durable. It doesn’t keep stuff cold for a super long time but not bad. It will keep lunch cold for a solid day but that’s about it.

It’s big enough for one person to eat all day no big deal. The only problem is that apparently it looks like a makeup box or a sewing box and sometimes people at work make fun of it. But you can just say something about how their lunch box is a garbage walmart one and is probably broken and it usually is.

So no big deal.

Warmth is a strange thing to grade a cooler by. however!! Ive been putting a very small ice pack in there with my massive lunches and it has stayed plenty cold all day! Perhaps its the cooler doing its job by the manufacturer, OR its the Yeti sticker I slapped over the Engel label that tricks my coworkers every time thinking I have a $7,000 cooler that has magical powers of keeping everything inside cold, when in fact its just a dope cooler that does its job perfectly.

Besides no able bodied, hard working, damn proud, John Wayne/Clint Eastwood American drinks their beer so slow that they need a 6 pack to stay cold overnight. enjoy the taste of the Rockies in this perfect cooler for everyday use.

It is a 18 litre cooler drybox. Retro Americana design, with lockdown metal latches they are small so not sure on longevity if treated roughly. It does provide a good seal. I added some aluminium food liner and used two folded Youfodz ice packs.

Loaded all things needing to be kept chilled prior to picking up camper van. Had a problem with powering up the van fridge on first night. Next day resolved this issue and relocated food to camper fridge.

The ice packs were still frozen though not as much as when loaded. Overall this cooler works very well. It also has fold down handle which makes it very portable.

This is my second Engel Cooler/Dry box. Though I have a rotomolded Sportsman, I found it not only overkill for my needs, but also too bulky and heavy. If you need 4-5 day ice retention, the Engel cooler/dry box cooler is not for you.

Disregard the reviews that complain of it not holding ice for more than a day or so. That’s unfair. These coolers are designed to be portable. When I go surf fishing, it’s usually for a day or so and a lightweight cooler such as the 19 quart fits the bill.

Easy to lug along, large enough for a few nice pompano, whiting, etc. So why three stars? Because a $68 for a 19 quart cooler, I expected more. For example, once this thing has ice in it, it’s still going to be kind of heavy.

Why not a PADDED shoulder strap instead of the sharp-edged nylon [email protected]$$ed strap they include? No excuse on a premium cooler to include 98-cent cheap shoulder strap when spending a little extra would really make for nice transportation of the cooler.

The lid opens via. plastic hinges. I don’t have a problem, per say, with nicely designed plastic hinges. But why make the latching mechanism out of stainless, then use plastic hinges to introduce a weak / fail point.

Furthermore, and most importantly, there is no durable “stop” with the plastic hinges. If you open the cooler and someone leans over in a beach chair onto the open lid, I’m certain that will break the hinges.

Engel should have included a short length of stainless cable to prevent the plastic hinges from making the STOP point on the lid. They simply are too under designed for that. Again, I don’t mean to imply this is not a quality cooler.

It is, but because of just a couple of areas where obviously Engel was trying to save pennies, their decisions will jeopardize what could have been a premium cooler worth every penny. As it is, it’s hard to see how the Engel 19 quart cooler can command $68, when an Igloo with an extra $10 bucks in some user mods would be as good, or better, at 1/3 of the price.

Come on, Engel. You can do better.

All in on the shoulder strap! Though, could use padding on the strap, for the price. Good size. Bottles stand upright. Is sturdy enough to use as seat! I work Underground, so to get off my feet on lunch on to a dry sturdy seat is a plus.

Stays secure with the two buckles. I did the research, and this is the best lunch box on the market for the price. I’ll pass on the $200. 00 plus products. ENGEL stands up to its reputation! Highly recommend!.

Love the capacity, bought my husband this one in a 13qt size before but it got ran over by someone at work and broke. We got the 30qt this time and although we love this lunchbox, I wish it was insulated a bit more.

His ice packs are typically melted by the end of the day. No complaints from the husband though, his sandwiches and snacks survive until lunchtime so that’s good. If the ice packs stayed frozen all day, I would have given it a 5 star rating.

His old lunchbox survived a 5ft drop, it was being run over by the Lull that killed it.

I take this to use everyday at work. This is an honest review for people like me who want to use this as a cooler. I will try to be as factual as possible. I bought it for a 3 day canoe trip. I didn’t expect this cooler to hold ice for 3 days, but I wanted the water tight seal.

I have no doubt this cooler/drybox works fantastic as a dry box or lunch box. But as a cooler it’s very OK. I placed four 9″x10″ freezer packs inside of it. Basically it filled the cooler. After an hour or so, I touched the cooler on the outside and felt that it was very cold.

I picked it up and the floor it was sitting on was cold as well. Not good because the cold was getting through the insulation. I left it overnight in my dining room (4pm – 10am). When I woke up I checked the cooler and the freezer packs were liquid.

This was in winter so my house was 68-70 degrees. The quality is still good and overall I really like it, but to call it a cooler is a bit of a stretch. I lined the dry box with 1″ styrofoam and repeated my experiment.

the freezer packs are still half frozen after 29hrs. Despite it’s lack of insulation, I feel its a good, quality product.

Okay, so I have had this for two years now. It keeps ice and drinks nice and cold, which is essentially what I bought it for. Even when the ice melts, the water it still so cold it’s almost as good. I’ve had it on the back deck in NC Augusts and it’s chilled my drinks down for two days straight with no refills of ice.

That being said, this baby is HEAVY. Like, very heavy. It’s a total pain to carry this full of bevs and ice down to the beach, or for a long walk to the boat, etc. The issue wouldn’t be too bad if you could carry it with someone’s help but the single handle on the top doesn’t allow for that.

Speaking of the handle, for how heavy this is, it has never once faltered. It has stood up to many a long haul full of beer. The hinges, however, scare me. Lots of flex when you open the lid and it bounces back, and they’re plastic.

I have been considering replacing them with metal ones. The cooler is great if you don’t want to drop $300 on a Yeti, but we all know which one is better.

I have friends with Yetis and have been around them a lot and knew there had to be something better for the money. I got the green 40qt one and love it! Its taken residency in the bed of my truck as my lunch box for work.

Perfect for carrying extra drinks and snacks on top of my normal lunch. I really like the fact that I can lock it in my truck with a basic bike lock cable and padlock rather than having to buy a special locking strap kit, or use a normal ratchet strap to secure it rather than again buying a special strap kit because the slots are actually big enough unlike a Yeti.

Also the 40 is true to the interior volume so that gets me more cooler for the money. The 2in drain is also a big plus over other coolers since you can drain water in seconds when replenishing ice, and the plug is even insulated! The rope handles also help save space over models that have molded ones that stick out an extra 4in per side.

On ice retention, living in the back of my truck with 80+ temps outside in the sun, Ive been getting 5 days out of 20lb gas station ice and precooled drinks, also keeping the cold water in as long as I can! I think longer ice life can easily be attained with solid block ice and/or frozen drinks ahead of time, as well as keeping the cooler out of the direct sun.

So far this cooler is a much better value than a yeti with a few nicer features that Yetis and others, its hard to beat with a lifetime warranty and ALL coolers being made in the USA!.

I love this cooler! I had done some research before purchasing because the price was similar to the Yetis but Yetis no longer have seafoam green/mint and my wedding colors are mint soI wanted something to match.

My favorite thing is the color, of course. But we purchased this and used it for July 4th weekend along side my brother also brought his Yeti he has I believe the same size but its a little smaller on the inside.

so that was one of the differences, but we set both our coolers, filled with the same amount of ice out in the hot Texas sun by the pool. We actually did 2-3 days in a row. I did have to refill the ice the second day cause it was melted but not completely and it was still cold in the cooler but I wanted fresh ice.

I also love the water emptying drain. Its huge! It gets rid of water quickly and easily. The handles are also great. I would say it comparable to the Yeti with only a few minor differences. It also comes with a lifetime warranty.

Which if your spending the money, you want your cooler to last. I did have problems with the lid slamming down on myself and anyone trying to use it but I contacted the company asking about how to fix this and without even hesitating sent me a label to reship the cooler and sent me a new one and now the lid stays open! Great company and I am so pleased with my awesome mint cooler!! I recommend it for anyone on the fence about purchasing one.

I love the mint! I hope they expand their color line!.

Perfect size to fit on floor board on passenger side of my mini Cooper. I ordered the Pelican 20qt first but found it just too bulky. Seemed very well made buy not for me. This cooler will hold ice and drinks cold in my car for three days.

I live in Florida and its summer so keeping anything cold in this heat is a major challenge. This cooler is very good looking. Sea foam green with black GRIZZLY on the front. Comes with a strap that not only can you carry on shoulder but has loops for side handles.

Perfect solution to small molded handles. 8 pack of 12 oz bottles and a 16lbs bag of ice from those ice vending machines and its full. It also has a plastic food tray that holds above ice line to keep a sandwich or whatever.

Nice addition Im glad it came with it. Last thing, inside cooler was an inspection sticker, dated July/16 good to know it hasnt been sitting in a warehouse for years.

After watching hours and hours of YouTube cooler ice challenges and ‘best’ hard side cooler reviews, and taking into the consideration of price and performance, I bought the RTIC 52qt cooler. I received the RTIC and it had a couple of factory defaults on the molding and coloring so I returned it (granted RTIC did offer a $20 refund OR a replacement, but it I was just too leary of them after that).

I continued my YouTube search and settled on the Engel 50 hard side cooler (fantastic ice challenge results). Overall I love it and would recommend it. Now for it’s shortcomings that resulted in my 4-star instead of a 5-star.

1st) I believe the removable drain plug should be attached to the drain insert via a cable to prevent the drain plug from being misplaced or lost (that could spoil a weekend or a roadtrip). 2nd) I purchased the tray that sits inside along half of the top.

Love it but Engel ONLY offers a single tray that’s ONLY approx 2” deep. I would love for them to offer a 2nd tray option that is approx 4” deep (2” deep is just a little too shallow). 3rd) I wish Engel would incorporate an ACTUAL bottle opener into the exterior of the hard cooler.

They do indicate that you can use one of the closure clips for an emergency bottle opener, but I have found it very awkward to use and not great at all. Come on Engel…give us an ACTUAL incorporated bottle opener.

IMO…if Engel would include the above 3 options this great cooler would be a solid 5-STAR.

Trust me on this, This is a great cooler and her is why, it will hold up to the punishment you subject it too. The latches are adjustable, and may need slight adjustment to ensure the best ice retention, they are easier to use than the Yeti, and I own yeti’s as well.

I can say I won’t buy another yeti, as this cooler is cheaper and better. From the back of the truck to the boat, to falling out of both, being dragged and thrown, it has held up. Now the real abuse, here come the kids, in, out, in, out, I can say this won’t happen with a yeti until the kids are older as there latches are a pina.

They have beat on it with anything they can make a sword, bat, or recently found item of destruction. Lid has not warped either, like on the so called number one yeti, that has a Sheti warranty. Save your money, pick your color and buy an Engel! Go beat the P!$$ out of it and right them a review.

This is my 2nd Engel 50 cooler. My 1st keeps ice much longer and does have a somewhat air tight seal. This new one doesn’t seal as well even after adjusting the locks. My 1st one had the Deep Blue sticker on the inside of the top lid.

my new one does not even though the deep blue sticker is clearly shown in the advertisement when I bought it. I don’t know what the difference is but my new one I just purchased doesn’t keep ice for 2 days even when it’s in the shade.

Bought this cooler for an elk hunt and was very impressed by the performance. A 110, 65, and 45 were used to hold 240lb of processed meat and the frozen cape. The coolers had just enough room for 7lb of dry ice and after 24 hours there was still dry ice left in the cooler.

Ice performance is also outstanding. The cooler is big, so be sure to prechill before using. For bottled water in 80 degree temps the cooler still had ice after a week that included frequent opening and closing.

This Tundra 110 replaces a used 5 year old Tundra 160 that we used on a 6 week 8,500 mile camping trip. The 110 fits our camping needs going forward. It holds block ice for 9 days, has ample room for our food, wine bottle, gallon of milk and plenty of water and canned beverages.

The lid can be opened while under the truck cap in my truck which is an advantage over the 160. It is tough, easy to clean and I expect to be the last cooler I buy. As long as it is pre-cooled before loading cold beverages and I can start with block ice, it preforms great.

On our camping big trip out west, the 160 still had ice from Moab when I arrived home in Mass. , I expect the 110 to be as good.

The 110 was a gift to me from my place of work. I do roofing in the ga/tn summer heat everything is always cold ,the feet on it keep it secure on the flatbed I drive. Also works great for a seat. You better put it wherever you want it to be before filling it completely up because it’s not a light weight.

Yeti cooler come with slots that makes it easy to chain down keeps it safe from theft ,Very strong and durable. I figure it will last a life time. Best gift ever. Ps the lid will fall and bust your knuckles if you aren’t careful.

Recently left New Jersey and went to Tennessee for a family vacation. Packed Coleman cooler with frozen meats including fish. I placed 3 small ice packs on top. Outside temperature was in the 90s. Stopped at various attractions on the way.

Car interior was blistering sometimes for hours when we were not driving. Upon arrival at our destination, cooler had been in car for 2 days. I never opened the cooler while traveling. What a relief to find everything still frozen.

I can verify that this cooler works as promised.

We had the in-laws over for an extended weekend visit and the Coleman Xtreme kept all the soothing beverages cold for days. The ice finally melted at the end, but by that time it didn’t matter. All we had to do was restock this good looking cooler for the thirsty relatives not to mention the wife and myself.

It was just so easy for people to go and help themselves to cold drinks anytime they wanted. One less thing to worry about. Thank you Coleman.

Perfect Cooler!! Coleman hits it out of the park with their new Extreme line of coolers. It’s deep and just the right size for the cooler/buffet I plan to build for a friend’s poolside. The cooler is part of a 1930s “style” buffet.

(Cooler on the R) The design will also include a specialized homemade wine bottle cooler (M) also recessed but removable with a drain plug and well-insulated. And in between those two coolers is the stainless steel or brass re-enforced hole to receive a 9′ rectangle market umbrella.

Then next on the end area (L), will be a 10″ x 10″ piece of Travertine for a cutting board. Travertine holds up well outside. Behind the cutting board will be 3 plastic recessed containers for sliced limes, lemons, and oranges.

Under the top will be cabinet doors. Inside I’ll put in one shelf plus the existing shelf of the bottom of this buffet under the cutting board. The side under the cooler will be a wine rack for 6 bottles.

It can be used for anything from wine bottles, plates.

I like the style and build quality of Engel Dry Box. If I needed a dry box, I would consider this. However I was looking for a cooler for car trips where the ice would last more than a day. This isn’t that.

Yes I filled the chest with ice the night before the trip (then dumped that ice in the morning) so the box was cold when I put all the frozen/chilled food into it. I used frozen qt water bottles for ice.

Still had to fill with new ice every morning at the hotel. This was in October so not even very hot out (60’s). They don’t make any promises of it being more than it is, but in reading some reviews where it says the ice last 3 days just didn’t prove true for me.

It is a nice day cooler but kind of heavy and awkward to carry without the shoulder strap and too expensive for something a $20 cooler does just as well.

awesome little cooler for a fraction of the cost of the Yeti’s and other rpotomolded coolers. I’m pretty well versed in coolers and understand that roto molded coolers do give you longer ice retention and are much more durable (against bears).

However, this cooler is roughly $200 cheaper than those coolers and offers exceptional value. I just used it for a 3 day camping trip. It sat in a hot car (window tinted) the entire day before even making it to my camp spot and by the time I got home 3 days later- I still had ice in it and the water was frigid cold.

Theres no doubt I would have gotten probably 1 more day of the last bit of ice I had in there and definitely 2-3 more days of cold water to keep beers and food cold. Overall, I would say this cooler would provide you with 5-6 days of cold enough temperatures without having to make an ice run.

*Note- I did do a slight upgrade to it. Even though it has a seal at the top- I still put an extra water sealant from the local hardware store which gave it a water tight seal (I filled it with water and tossed the cooler around/upside down to test for leaks- there were none).

If you want to save $200, this was a $5 fix to help keep it up with the Roto Molded coolers out there. Also, it came with a basket (a $25 upgrade with Yeti and others) and included a drain plug, which is NOT standard on the smaller Yeti and other coolers.

Highly HIGHLY recommend this cooler.

Tried it out for a week. Worked at a jobsite in palm springs for two 107 degree days doing HVAC work. Left it in the van in shade and Ice completely melted in two days. Supposedly, it holds ice for 4 days.

The next two days worked out in two different high desert areas in between 98 degrees and 103 degrees. Same thing happened only held ice for two days and turned into water completely. Kept drinks and food cold decently.

I highly doubt 30 cans can fit in the cooler when I had like 6 water bootles, 3 small body armors, and trey with food. Took it back and got a refund.

Loaded cooler with 16 small bottles of water and left it inside our motor home in colorado 9,000. ft camp ground in a shaded area where our motor home was parked at our camp site. Ice last less then 4 days but kept water cool / not cold.

I have other coolers which we use and have gotten at least 5 -7 days up to 10 days before ice melted. I like the construction of this cooler which seems to be heavy duty but I would have exspected better insulation with less ice melt.

We will continiue to use but will be careful of our exspections of what to put in it in.

We are so glad we purchased this for our 2 day drive across the country. We had ice for 5 days!! (Literally on 4 there was floating ice and it was all melted by day 5). The car was in a 84 degree parking garage for one week, and outside in the sun at a hotel for one night on our way to Florida.

I can’t believe how nice it was to have this cooler – it actually makes me want to go on trips more! While on vacation, we actually had leftovers from a few restaurants and instead of having to throw the food away because of a 2 day drive home, all we had to do was empty the water in the Yeti, refreeze our blocks, add new ice, and we took $100 of leftovers with us! So instead of having to buy more food at a restaurant in TN (our mid-way stop) we ate delicious leftovers from high end restaurants from our anniversary vacation.

Yum! I DONT like that there is only ONE color option – white. One scratch and it’s gonna look terrible because it will be noticeable. or dirt will really make it look bad if it gets dirty. I wish there was another color option!!.

This Yeti 210 is a great product. It is solid and well built. You can feel the quality in the product. Although I really liked this cooler, I had to return it because the height of this cooler will not allow you to close the bed cover of my Ram 2500.

I have NO compIaints on the quality of this product. I did not get to actually use it, but when I realized it didn’t fit in my truck, I returned it to get a lower height cooler to put in my truck under the bed cover.

The 20 inch height cooler will work perfectly. Since most of us probably are putting these coolers in the bed of our truck and possibly under a bed cover of some kind, Yeti may want to put this on their website or in the description for this product.

I am ordering the Yeti 125 and I can’t wait to start using it. Yeti returned the product and refunded me. Great customer service. Good Job Yeti.

Man if you want to save a few bucks and bury your loved ones with dry ice to preserve them, this is the ticket! I knew it was going to be big, but it will literally fit some one 5’7 and 220lbs. Probably bigger if you quarter the animal up! So elk, caribou, and even moose can be transported in this bad boy.

Halibut 8’ long and 400#’s, just cut it in half and BAM! I didn’t say you could actually lift this after that, so don’t try, trying to contact the Hulk as I type this to come and load it into the truck so I can get home from fishing.

I bought this to put in my work truck to keep drinks and lunches cold on long trips. I had a pelican 35qt in there but it was always in my way and too heavy when I needed it to bring in and out of the house.

I have a 35 and a 70qt and they are great on the boat or at camp but they are usually too big when it’s just me. This thing is great. I love the basket that keeps sandwiches and stuff up out of the ice.

I’m not sure what I will put in there, but the drybox on top works really well. I washed the cooler out in the shower on full blast, intentionally spraying the edges and no water got into the dry area at all.

I had a Moosejaw flag in there and it was bone dry. The cooler easily keeps a few days worth of food and drinks cold and is not too heavy or bulky. Great little fishing cooler for beer and lunch or good very large lunch box.

Great quality, good warranty. I love it!.

This is my third Pelican cooler, I also have a 50qt and a 150qt that I use offshore. Their products are bulletproof and well-designed, and this cooler is no exception. From the dry storage compartment to the drop-in basket, the latches to the cut-out for your leg, clearly thought was put into the product.

Not to mention the fact that I can leave it in my truck all day in the summer in Florida and still have ice at the end of the day! I think you get more bang for your buck versus some of the other popular coolers when you go with Pelican.

And to top it off, Moosejaw price-matched and had it on its way to me probably 30 minutes after I ordered. Couldn’t be happier!!.

This was a Christmas gift to my husband to replace a cooler held together by duck tape and bungee cords. It is a major upgrade and he is very happy with it. It performed well on a recent road trip but it is winter so will know more about its performance when summer arrives.

Overall it is a nice weight – not too heavy for me; the latches are easy to use; and the storage compartment is a nice bonus. It was a good gift!.

cute and compact. i couldn’t fit 18 12-ounce cans in this. i dont know how they packed it. we did get about 14 cans but then you can’t use the little tray that they add for small items – it rests on the top.

still – it kept our cans COLD. we camped for 4 days (albeit in cool weather, it did get into the 70s during the day) and our cans were cold enough to drink right out of them. no ice needed! pretty helpful item for camping with no hookups.

wish i had ordered the next larger size.

Use my cooler every day at work, most of the time 12 to 20 hour shifts. Live and work in Alabama, 90 and up most days. On average I fill my cooler with ice around 3 to 4 AM. Most days by 5 or 6 PM I still have ice left and my cooler sits in direct sunlight most of the day.

Latches still work fine. One word of caution, you may want to use the shoulder strap that is included with the cooler. Though the handle never “broke off” the lid of the cooler did start to develop stress cracks where the handle pulls up on it.

Not a huge deal, just installed the strap once that happend. Overall I am very satisfied with the cooler. I am very rough on coolers, throwing them in and out of the truck, stuff getting thrown on them while in the truck, and getting used as a chair from time to time, and I still use this cooler every day.

I took this jewl to Gatlinburg TN with me. Put a little ice in it, some drinks and snacks. It fit perfectly in my Ram behind and between the driver and passenger seats. Did the same going home. I left the ice in it this time just to see how long the ice would last.

It’s been over 30 hours and it still has a lot of ice in it. It is a very strong and lightweight cooler. Very easy to clean, very easy to open and lock. It stays sealed keeping the cold in and the hot air out.

I also love the little tray that came with it, it is handy and can be used for lot’s of purposes. I even used it to catch ice out of the ice machine in the lodge lobby to fill the cooler up. This is an excellent cooler.

The hinges and locks are super tough and sturdy. They do not stick out so something can catch on them.

I came from a Pelican which I crushed with the boom on my forklift. The guys all had an Engle so I got one too. Its much lighter weight and has a removable strap that pretty well stays in place once laced through the holders under the bottom.

The strap washes nirmal in a machine to clean it up. I hang it to dry. No special directions for it. Both inside and outside clean up easily with soap and water. The box does an above average job at keeping drinks cold all day.

I pack 8 total 16oz (typical size) water bottles standing up, 4 refrigerated, 4 frozen, 1 carton of coconut water, 2 bottles laying down and put my baggie filled lunch on top of the bottles laid down.

The box could easily carry at least 4 more bottle standing up for a total of 12, 16oz water bottles. My lunchbox is stored in the direct sun for at least 8 hrs a day and the frozen water bottles are still frozen with a little detailing.

At the end of 12 hrs, the frozen bottles are about 1/2 frozen. I haven’t experienced any warping of the top but some of the guys who’ve had their boxes longer have. One guy has a crack in the lid but says he doesn’t think it effects the inside contents.

The box comes with a warranty and a dry tray or dish. Its large enough for a bottle of Advil, protein bars and other miscellaneous items. One could use it to store a sandwich if they chose to put ice inside the lunchbox as the tray would keep the sandwich from getting wet.

Overall, I like the box. The colors were fun to choose from. I wish they were different. I like that the box is lighter and less bulky than my Pelican but the reduction in weight is due to a reduction in insulation.

Not a ton different but to me coming from the industry standard for insulation, I can tell there is a difference. This far surpasses an Igloo. The hinges are surprisingly durable and even the guys who have had their boxes for years say there is no damage/wear to them and we open/close our boxes numerous times daily.

They seem durable and functional. Its pretty lightweight and seems to do its job. I’d like to find something in between a Pelican weight/insulation and the Engle. Ill stick with the Engle until I have to get something new.

I saw a similar cooler online at a popular boutique that sells them in pink or cheetah print. However, I wasn’t going to spend over $200 on a cooler. I’m so happy I found this one at Target! The cooler arrived exactly as pictured online.

It’s lightweight and kept ice for two days. The pink color is fun and the size fits perfectly in between the seats of my SUV. Now all of my friends and family want one! Thank you Target for partnering with companies that provide excellent products at a reasonable cost.

I plan on purchasing more for gifts.

This ice chest is very well-made. The latches are easy to operate and the lid seals well. I haven’t used it yet, but I have some recommendations for keeping frozen food: 1) Pre-cool the ice chest for 24 hours.

2) Fill the chest completely with ice and frozen food. 3) Keep the ice chest out of the sun and as cool as possible. 4) Open only when necessary and make sure lid seats well when closing. 5) DO NOT drain the water.

By following these practices, I’ve routinely been able to keep frozen foods for 8 days in a $75 ice chest. This is my first expensive roto-molded ice chest.

Bought before a week long lake Erie fishing trip. Once fish were frozen over night in the freezer I would add them to the cooler the following day. Kept fish nice and frozen. The latches are nice and feel like it creates good pressure on the lid.

Rubber feet keep the cooler from sliding on boat or bed of truck. I will say the interior size was more like 65 and not 80. Compared to rtic65 still plenty of room for a weeks worth of walleye limits.

These Engel rotomolded coolers are not only great looking but they are very well built. Thick rotomolded structure makes them superior to the cheaper brands that have potato chip walls. Recommend these to anyone who is going to buy an RV or go camping.

10 year warranty helps with the length of time for something to go wrong, if it is going to. Other brands only offer warranties that exceed shy of 1 year. Engel matches up to the best of the best in ice retention.

Be aware that you need to pre-chill the cooler prior to any use. The walls are so thick, for the walls to come down in temperature, they will probably take the first bag of ice to chill. Use gallon water bottles and fill them with tap water leaving about 25 percent empty as the ice is going to expand.

Put two or three into the cooler before you even use it. This will save your ice, once you put it in. Once you master that , you will enjoy these rotomolded coolers and swear by them. There are brands that have lifetime warranties, but cost 25 to 35 percent more than Engel coolers.

These are superior and are less expensive. Hope this helps. alleulia campers. enjoy this great country.

We love our cooler. My husband purchased it to put all our water, soda & beer in it while we go camping. We use extra large reusable ice packs in it & a few bags of ice. It keep everything cold for a week.

I am so afraid someone will steal it so my daughter & friend made camping scenes on vinyl to make it more “ours” & my husband uses chains & locks it to the axels of our travel trailer.

So I have had this cooler for 3 years. Only issue I have had is one rubber stop on the bottom corner fell off and I can’t find it. Outside of that its been bomb proof. I primarily use it for whitewater rafting trips which is typically very hard on gear and this cooler has been great.

For cooling I just got of San Juan river. I drove up in 110 degree weather from mesa, spent 3 days on the river where it got to 100 every day. Each day it was in the sun all day. I started off with 2 layers of frozen water bottles on the bottom on their side.

Then had the food on top with scattered frozen water bottles. When I arrived home bottom layer was 90 percent solid ice. Second layer was 30-60 percent ice. Took it on the Grand Canyon with solid block of ice on bottom had ice till day 13 or 14.

I will buy the 145 eventually.

I have been buying the RTIC product for a while now for personal use, business use and lots of gifts for special people in my life. I own 10 30 oz Tumblers , 1 White 65, 1Blue 45, 1 Blue 110, and just got 2 Blue 145’s Yesterday.

I am concerned because I could swear these were scratch and dent or didnt make the cut. Color is off, scrapes and a knife gash in the other. Looking at the box they came in no signs of them being thrown around at all.

I want to buy more but if this is what I will be getting I will stop here. These coolers keep my food and fish on trips safe and super cold and I use them religiously. I love the product but I like to buy impecable products and take very good care of all my stuff.

Hopefully this has not happened to anyone else. Capt. Johnny Martinez.

This thing was impressive. Just did a my first road trip from LA to Anza Borrego in an open top Jeep. Put 20lbs of ice in an empty cooler Thursday morning. Started adding already-chilled beer from breweries later that afternoon.

We had some luck with cool/cold nighttime temps and the cooler got a bunch of shade in the backseat, but it was in the 80s some of the weekend. It’s Monday afternoon now, and even after leaving it in the car overnight, it still has ice and the drinks are still frosty cold.

Love that it has a drain. Chose this one over the Yeti Roadie 24 and really happy.

I have an old sailboat equiped with a cooler that is also used as a step. That 30+ year old cooler needed to be replaced. I’d been searching for a replacement for a few years and came across Engel. The dimensions were perfect, so much so that only a little sanding of the existing frame was needed to fit the new cooler in the old one’s place.

I wasn’t just replacing a cooler, I was replacing a step, so the exact dimensions provided on the website were greatly appreciated and led to me purchasing this cooler. The amount of room inside the cooler is less than the old one, but the fact that food stays cold more than amply makes up for that.

I’ve only been on a two day trip, but the food was kept at the right temperature (not that I’m an expert with a thermostat), and I found myself focusing on using the Engel cooler for appropriate food items and using other coolers for sodas etc.

I haven’t had the cooler for very long, but already find I can’t imagine my sailboat without it. One critical point, I got the non-skid pad for the top, and it’s white – no other options. Shows dirt too easily.

It’s a step into my sailboat’s living room – so I’m sure you can understand the impression it makes :).

Cooler is well made & has a lock feature that is handy. however ice retention is not as good as advertised Engel says 8 days & the best I’ve gotten is about 3 1/2 days. We were out for 3 weeks with temps in the mid to high 60’s & the cooler was kept in the shade.

The cooler was used for canned & bottled drinks & only opened 3 to 4 times a day. this in my opinion is very weak performance. I would not buy this cooler again & an currently looking at other brands!.

Garbage. Purchased this with two similarly sized (>120 quart) igloo coolers to store food for 25 people for a week of off-grid camping. We pre-froze our food and vacuum sealed it, then flat packed all the frozen food in each cooler over a bed of about 50lbs of dry ice per cooler.

Each cooler was kept off the ground on 2×4’s to prevent conduction of ground heat. Coolers were kept under a shade structure. Ambient temperatures were 70-90 degrees. Coolers were accessed only once per day to pull meal items for that day, so no frequent opening.

This garbage cooler was about as good as a paper bag to keep our food cold. By the second day, the cooler was covered in condensation, and by day 3 we were scrambling to clear out our now nearly thawed food (dry ice was gone) to eat it early or re-pack into our other coolers.

I wondered if this might happen so I packed our “early” food and non-meat items in this cooler, thankfully. Have been off grid camping for years with a variety of coolers both off brand and otherwise.

This cooler was absolute garbage. Would not recommend. Returned item when trip was over. The food in the same sized Igloo coolers under same conditions was solidly frozen after a week. We also have roto-molded coolers but for this size they’re prohibitively expensive and heavy, especially without wheels.

Spend a few extra $$ and don’t waste your time.

Horrible chest. Purchased online for Curbside Pickup. Experience was excellent using Curbside Pickup. Product was horrible from there. Chest is rated to hold 225 cans. Which would be fine if the chest is stationary.

Problem is the handle is absolute trash. We loaded up 40 pounds of ice and 65 pounds of crawfish. Ice chest has a nice capacity and everything fit fine. Problem is ice chests are required to be moved therefore they needs to be lifted.

While attempting to lift the ice chest, the plastic handle pulled right out of the chest! Super cheap build. I am extremely disappointed in this chest. There is no way in God’s green earth that this chest, loaded with 225 cans of anything, can be lifted without the handles pulling straight out.

They need to be reinforced or connected to the chest by another mechanism. I would not recommend this ice chest if you intend on picking it up while loaded.

Got this a few days ago and decided to see how well it would preform. After a 6 hour test of putting two frozen water bottles and a fridge thermometer to measure the temp I was shocked when I opened the lid.

The water bottles were half melted and the fridge thermometer read 52 degree’s. I did the same thing a few weeks ago with a competitors cooler and test showed the water bottles did great up to 18 hrs.

I kept checking the temp every 6 hours and The bottles were still pretty much frozen and the temp in the cooler was 42 degree’s. The lid on the Coleman is difficult to open. The lid does not have enough surface area to get your fingers into the opening to lift the lid.

Kids with small fingers would be able to open the lid without problems. This one is going back to the store.

Don’t be dumb like me thinking that you can keep your food cold in this ice box with tons of those blue ice bricks. I tried that on our trip to Fraser Island for 2 days with my wife and we found our milk to be rather warm at camp on our first day; leading us to cancel our plans and come home early.

I tried it again with 2 mates and I for a day trip to Bribie island but this time filling it with actual ice, it was remarkable how different it was. Parking the car in the broad sun, scorching interior temps in the cab, but the ice chest didn’t seem to have any signs inside of the ice melting at all.

I used some food containers to make some largish ice blocks the day before departure with the home freezer, and layered them in the domestic like a lasagne with our food. Topped it off with a bag of crushed ice you can get from any servo or grocery store.

At the end of the day there was still lots of ice; which ended up chucked into the kitchen sink that evening.

I purchased this for a trip I was doing and I had to come back just a few days in to get my fridge. I found on low 20’s degree days thinking that I would get days out of my cool blocks as Dometic advertises this to last 3-10 days with ice or ice blocks, I thought great I don’t need to worry about bringing my fridge.

2 days in and my 4 large ice blocks had melted, so I put a bag of ice in it with some drinks and food, the next day it was almost all gone. Some of my food went off as I found out when I opened the packaging as it wasn’t able to keep cool enough.

The construction is really nice and I like the latch system, I’ll use it now for day outings but nothing more. I could have easily purchased a cheaper esky and I bet that would have done the same job maybe even better who knows.

I wish it had handles on it as that strap just doesn’t work comfortably.

I bought this expecting ice to last longer than the regular cheap eskies from Big W etc however that wasn’t the case. I had to use 2 bags of ice for 2 nights of camping and the temperature was in the low 20’s and less the whole time it was in use.

I also didn’t have much food and drink to keep cool either. The product details state that ice should last at least 3 days and in my experience, this definitely was not the case. I’d save money and get a cheaper esky than buy this as they both do the same thing.

Or go more expensive and get an esky that actually delivers what it advertises.