How well does this keep your items cold? I have a similar sized igloo cooler and it does keep my lunch cold at all.
2086919
I've never put food in the cooler just beverages. I have taken this cooler fishing and to the beach all day with drinks in it and they stayed cold all day long. I do put ice in with the drinks to keep them cold.
2086920
It works pretty good if you use plenty of ice. I generally use a blue ice pack and have a 32oz nalgene bottle that I freeze with drinking water. The cooler tends to sit in my very hot work truck all day, but by the time I break for lunch the nalgene is unfrozen but still cold and my lunch is still cold. If I don't eat my yogurt at lunch though it is usually too warm to eat within a few hours of lunch. So it keeps things cold about 6 hours, but only with at least 2 ice packs. It also seems like even frozen plastic bottles of water keep it cool longer than the hard blue packs.
2086921
I place two small ice packs in with my lunch and it keeps the items cool for 6-8 hours.
875382
I've used this for a while now. It's never leaked though I use ice packs. It's a great lunch bucket.
1479369
It holds the cold pretty well if you don't open it many times. I freeze several small or medium water bottles (leave expansion room) and use them for ice. Put my small groceries (lunchmeat, fruit, meat) on top. Holds for 3 days. Koolatron does not hold a lot of stuff, but definitely keeps stuff cool on long trips. I highly recommend it, but also buy the AC adapter to pull it out of car for overnite at hotel or friends house.
583891
It is the best lunch box/cooler I have ever had. Stays cold all day and more. Throw some cans in there with a little ice pack and you're good to go. I have seen a cooler for long neck's, but cannot remember who makes it.Best of luck in your search!
573484
I have been using my insulated lunch box with a reuse able ice pack in it. It has worked great so far. The bags don't leak and don't take up a whole bunch of space. I pump at lunch so the food leaves and the bags go in.
1067134
I use this in my daughter's lunch box and nothing in there needs to stay really cold. She eats only a few hours after it is packed. I can tell you that it is not still cold when she gets home about eight hours later. If these were used with the lunch bags that go in the freezer (which don't even require a cold pack) I have no doubt that everything inside would remain cold all day!
91980
I use cold packs in the lunch bag with the Lunch bot and it stays very cold. My kids have loved them.
726013
I've found if you have all four bottles in it, it keeps cold longer. However, I only have two in it and find it doesn't keep them as cold for as long. After 6 hours I find the milk is just cool, not cold. I think the cooler works best when right up against the bottles and there is obviously some room when you don't use all the bottles.
681203
I guess you could, but once you remove the ice cubes to put your food inside, i am sure it will lose it coolness regardless within several hours. The bag is meant to be frozen by folding it up without placing any contents in it. For me any insulated lunch pack will work just as well with a ice pack. What I do is the night before I place a bottle of water in the freezer, about 3/4 of the way full as use that as my ice pack, and then when it melts I have a nice cold drink of water, the alternative is much cheaper than this bag.
382491
I usually only use it for cold. The lunch box keeps cold for hours. We love this lunch box soo much I purchased 3 more.
1449469
I havent had much luck keeping my food as cold as it should be for the price. Have had to replace the ice packs and buy my own and some days I use 4 ice packs. I wouldnt think of carrying milk around since my yogurt gets a little cooler than room temp rather quickly.
1175610
I agree with M. Oliwa--the cooler is not meant to hold temps low enough for ice not to melt, though in a cold environment, it is, as M. Oliwa says, theoretically possible. Bottom line, don't count on this for storing ice, just for keeping food at refrigerator temps. And it works fine for that.
2014872
I have the West Loop and it will keep things cold or warm for about 3-4 hours as it transitions to room temp. Good quality products!
1937344
We have an Igloo Marine Ultra 25 Qt cooler. The lid does not have a locking feature and is only about an inch thick. Handles on each side, two black plastic hinges screwed onto the back on the lid. We were looking for a med/small sized cooler and this works OK for us. As far as keeping things cold, it's not any better than other coolers we've had.
1396918
My daughter uses this container for her lunch at school and it stays COLD from 7am till about noon. She does keep it in a cheap insulated bag, but I don't think that's really making a lot of difference.
1840748
I've never tried cold stuff in it, but it keeps my coffee hot for a LONG time. I've had coffee in it from the morning, and it is still hot late afternoon/early evening.
1871799
I have not used my cooler under those conditions. However, I take it to an office building loading up my food and drink for the day at 7:00 a.m. and returning to the hotel oftentimes at 8:00 p.m. and my food/drinks are very definitely cold on my return. I like to carry a baggie of ice from the icemaker in the hotel and at the end of the day I still have a significant quantity of ice which has not melted. Hope that helps.