Buy it you won’t regret it. I get a lots of questions and comments from other subcontractors about it. Time will tell once July gets here. Right now it’s holding my ice bricks all day in the front seat of the Ram with direct sun. I’ll update this review in September. Swamp heat can get even the best coolers warm. Built strong but lighter and 2 carry options. Looks professional and easy to carry loaded.

This was a big upgrade for me. I've been slogging through desert camping with my 2004 Coleman 5 day cooler for way too long. This ice retention has been great so far. I love that it has a nice seal around the lid. The drain plug is also a nice upgrade. Easy on and off and no worries of it falling off. Rubber tires instead of plastic is a plus. The thing is heavy, but Coleman made integrated handles plus webbed handles. This allows you to carry very comfortably without it wacking your knuckles on bumping against your side. I really like the blue color and its perfect back of your car/truck size. It is a little spendy, but the with the quality, I'm hoping it holds out 20 years like my last one. I would suggest Coleman use much beefier packaging to avoid damages.

I like this cooler. It’s like a cross between the heavy roto-molded coolers and the old plastic Colemans with no seals. It’s significantly lighter than the Yeti, and it still keeps ice a long time. I haven’t tested it in summer sun to compare, but I had a mix of cans and bottles in it with a few ice packs, and in 60-degree weather with 40-degree nights, the ice was still half-frozen two weeks later, half of which it was in a mostly-empty cooler. It claims to keep ice up to 3 days. Judging by how it’s been in cool weather, I expect it will be just enough for a Thursday night to Sunday morning campout in midsummer.The shoulder strap is excellent, the pad is long and covers my whole shoulder. That long pad is one of the most comfortable I’ve used, even better than my laptop bag, which also has a long pad. This one is the wrap-around-the-strap kind and I was surprised how much of a difference it makes. The strap uses steel plates that slide thru a slot in the handles to remove. They wrap around the handles when in use and the flat plate keeps the strap from twisting. It’s a very balanced strap system. My lunch cooler is a soft one with a strap on clips, and this cooler carries more comfortably even with double the weight.The clasp shuts and opens easily, it’s light but feels solid. So much easier than a pair of hard rubber locks, even easier than the hinged clasp on the Ninja. Has a satisfying seal when it’s closed, there’s no question that it’s shut all the way tight. The drain is a simple screw cap, no insulation there. It’s tall enough for most bottles and a sturdy seat. Four rubber feet with tread.It wins against the Yeti on price, weight, carry comfort, user experience. Ease of cleaning is about the same. For most situations, I prefer the Coleman. I’m not sure it will take stickers as well, but I’m not planning on covering it. That all-over blue color is such a rich tone, it looks really good with the matte finish.

Underrated cooler. This thing is legit. The wheels are sturdy and tough. You will not be disappointed.

My view for the longest time is a cooler is a cooler is a cooler and that was that. Why anyone was spending hundreds of dollars on coolers, YETI comes to mind for sure, was just beyond my ability to process. I will share that I do believe we get what we pay for and if income/money isn't an issue I do know it just isn't a big deal to spend a lot of money on something others might feel doesn't make sense. For some context I am blessed to say from the income side our family is comfortable and while I could go out and spend 4 to 6 hundred dollars on a cooler I just feel I could get more for the money in better places, like phones, tablets, computers, furniture, tools, and the list goes on so its been a struggle to understand why folks spend so much on a cooler, that was until I came across this cooler by Coleman. I remember using Coleman as the small cooler I'd use to store lunch in when I did summer work in construction or other kinds of jobs and it did a great job so when I seen this I thought, ok maybe give it a try but how could this differ from say the less than 100 dollar version of an almost similar unit by the same manufacture. Now being an engineer I do understand how subtitle design chances can improve durability and how changing materials can improve longevity of a product but really, 4X the price for a rather similar unit just didn't see to fit but in this case I was offered the chance to try this one out and to the point I AM SOLD! I've fixed my old cooler once cause the hinges failed, easy to do so ok no big deal but it reminded me just how precious having a well insulated, well designed, and solidly closed cooler will impact things. Hands down this unit is far lighter in weight than many others in this class and its lighter for sure than my budget cooler without question. I can also say, after comparing a mid level cooler to this one that the overall ability to retain temperatures is a big deal and this unit wins hands down. One example, I used this unit along side a similar sized, budget line, Coleman unit for a recent outdoor event, filled with ice, beverages, etc... and the event ended but I left the coolers outside over night and the next day I went to empty them both as part of the clean up and my budget one was doing good, still had some ice inside and it was very cold to the touch however the more costly unit (the pro unit here) had far less water inside and significantly more ice intact. I decided let me just check temperatures and in good form both were within a few degrees of each other so keeping things cool was even however I have to say that I don't think my budget Coleman unit would hold up well if it went another 24 hours where as the upgraded unit I decided to just leave outside for the rest of the weekend and surprise, after 3 days it still was as cold on day 3 as on day 1. It amazed me really and so I have to say I get it, keeping things cold over long periods and reducing the impact of cost should things go bad it makes sense. A win for this unit. My second test was a simple one, weight and size. In this case size wise this unit could fit more internally than my budget line Coleman while maintain a similar external size overall. Fair since I assumed it was better material and insulated better while also creating a more closed seal when closed. So as far as things go I began to see why someone would pay more in some cases but to be fair those practical cases are few and far between and no one day tail gating events are not such situations. So my thinking is many times its a status kind of thing however, durability is a big deal. Depending on how often, and under what conditions you use a cooler can greatly impact how long it remains usable and in this area I can not offer a truly in-depth analysis but I will say that the Coleman unit held up well so far over my few use cases and its lighter then some competitors items in the same space class so for now I have to say I recommend this to anyone looking for a cooler that can keep things cold over long time periods at a decent cost and want a light weight solution.