![]() Lifetime High Performance Cooler (55 quarts): One of the better performing midsized cooler and a deal at just over $100.Rovr Rollr 60 Wheeled Cooler (60 quarts): Holds temp well, just maybe not as cold as its competitors.Igloo MaxCold Cooler (50 quarts): Some of the best scores in the midsize cooler division and an attractive price tag.Igloo Latitude Wheeled Cooler (60 quarts): Large, but lowest performance scores in its division.Igloo Island Breeze Cooler (48 quarts): Low cost around $35, but second to lowest performance scores in its division.RTIC 65 Cooler (65 quarts): Middle of the pack performance with a slightly higher than median price tag.Coleman Xtreme Wheeled Cooler (50 quarts): Fairly poor stats in the midsized cooler performance tests, but less than $50.Coleman Xtreme Marine Cooler (70 quarts): Tons of capacity in this cooler, and for less than $80, it's a solid choice.Rubbermaid Ice Chest Cooler (48 quarts): One of the worst temperature performance in midsized coolers.Yeti Tundra 45 Cooler (33 quarts): Lowest temp reached in the small cooler division, but its price tag keeps it from top pick.Cabela's Polar Cap Equalizer Cooler (60 quarts): One of the most expensive coolers on the list, but that's the price you pay for a former "best large cooler" title holder.Bison Gen 2 Cooler (50 quarts): The higher price tag will get you the coldest temp in its category, but inability to maintain that temp keeps this cooler from the winner's circle.Frosted Frog 75QT Cooler (75 quarts): Like the other Frosted Frog model we tested, we found it to have reasonable pricing for excellent performance.KENAI 65 Quart Cooler (65 quarts): Classic design.Igloo BMX 52 Quart Cooler (52 quarts): Looks neat and "BMX-y" and is the lowest-priced midsize cooler we tested - but it also gave the worst performance.Orca Light Blue 40 Quart Cooler (40 quarts): A steep price tag for median performance in this category.Igloo Playmate Cooler 4qt (4 quarts): Everything about this is tiny: capacity, level of performance, but also price tag.Klein Tools Work Cooler (17 quarts): Sturdy, but not great performance as a traditional cooler, but would maybe keep your lunch cool.We saw excellent performance, just not the best. Frosted Frog 20qt Rotomolded Ice Chest (20 quarts): This was a brand requested to be reviewed by multiple CNET readers, and we've grown to love it too.It offers neat color options and four lid molded-in cup holders, which is great unless, you know, you need to open the cooler. ![]() Camp Zero 20L Premium Cooler (21 quarts): Very middle-of-the-road performance.Amazon Commercial Rotomolded Cooler, 20qt (20 quarts): Amazon has a line of roto-molded coolers that perform better than most (but not all, keeping it out of the winner's circle), and have one of the best cooler latching designs.It's not as attractive, but you may be able to load a bit more into it. OlarHike Cooler Backpack (23 quarts): Pretty similar to the Tourit.In our testing, these backpacks weren't great for cooling, but at least this one is stylish and has a connected metal bottle opener. Tourit Cooler Backpack (20 quarts): Another popular Amazon find.It's popular on Amazon, but as expected soft sides didn't perform well in terms of keeping things cool during our testing. Lifewit Collapsible Cooler Bag 24L (25 quarts): A handle-carry soft sided cooler.Here's a linked list with brief insights: These coolers are currently commercially available from the dozens we've tested over the last few years. $120 at Academy Sports Other coolers we've tested I'm sure there are some of you who will disagree and are totally happy keeping your charcuterie sampling and bottle of red wine at slightly-cooler-than-room-temperature for the hour it takes you to hike to that flat green spot with the city view (or other unflat green area - choose your own adventure here). None of them get that cold, and they don't hold their median temp for long at all. However, the others are much cheaper and a couple come in backpack format, if that's your thing.īut, to be fair, my personal opinion is that all soft-sided coolers are bad choices. The competitors sport very thin walls, and that's just not going to do much for your insulative capabilities. You could tell before the tests were run that this cooler was going to be the better performer. The performance wasn't close enough for me to pretend like I could name another victor even if I wanted to. The results usually speak for themselves.
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