

The straps are comfortable so I can carry it even when it is full and heavy.” Nearly fifty users say it was a stalwart (and money-saving) partner on trips to Disney. It doesn’t leak for over 24 hours! It also looks so discreet, almost like a normal backpack and not a cooler. One enthusiast, who describes this as “amazing,” offers this proof: “We have used it on day trips to the beach, walking around Savannah with it carrying beer, and on trips. Reviewers express affection for this backpack cooler because it’s comfortable and unobtrusive to carry, has useful pockets and a bungee cord, and keeps things cold. The icepacks feel as cold as when they’re pulled from the freezer before the trip in either direction.” (Former Strategist writer Lauren Levy also deemed this the best cooler, back in 2016.) One reviewer’s friend drove from one end of Washington state to the other with food in this cooler: “She said that it worked great, keeping the seafood she’d brought as cold as if it had been in a refrigerator.” Another reviewer, who’s often moving milk and other perishables from one home to the other, writes, “In the past we had a standard soft-sided cooler which just didn’t keep the ice packs cold during the trip. There was still ice in the cooler and the beer was freezing cold.” A couple of reviewers note that this soft-sided cooler can keep food as cold as it would’ve been in the fridge. Got to the last tee and went for my last beer. This cooler sat in the back in direct sunlight for about 75 percent of our time on the course. “I have no idea why some people aren’t impressed by what this cooler can do,” wonders one reviwer, who explains, “I put a relatively thin layer of ice over six beers and played in a golf tournament a few weeks ago on a 95 degree day.
