AO Coolers Original Soft-Sided Cooler Bag, Leak-Proof, Insulated, Lightweight

I live in Phoenix. You may have heard, it occasionally gets hot here. Today it was 105. This is relevant because I had left my insulated food bag in my truck all day. It’s now 5 PM. It contained some steaks I had purchased to eat at work. Yesterday I worked a 24 hour shift, and forgot the bag in truck when I got home this morning. The Ice packs were still frozen and the contents in the bag still cold. I’m not sure of much more of a real world test than that. Highly recommended. Would definitely buy again.

This is my go to cooler when going to hang out by the pool, or at the beach. I can get about 10 slim cans in it with ice, and it keeps the ice well. I’ve had it eight years now and it still does not leak from the seams, and I use it a lot. It will leak through the zipper if turned over, but I feel like that is normal.

I wanted a soft cooler that I could fit into my luggage. The super cheap ones only pretend to keep things cool. This actually works and still has ice at the end of the day - it is worth every cent! I can't get over it - wish I had it years ago!

Good quality.

Took it to the beach and it stayed cold in the sun all day with ice packs. I only wish it was a little easier to get into or maybe I should have bought a different shape cooler.

Great quality

Very good at keeping items cold.

The inside liner is thicker than the old waterbed liners. It would be hard to puncture this with normal use. As far as it keeping ice in the form of ice in 100 degree temperature I'll do an update in July when I do a camping trip. I can say in 50 degree weather it kept icepacks cold for 3 days.I would recommend this cooler just on it's beefiness alone though. Incredibly well made! The outside is a heavy duty canvas with a tough zipper. You can buckle down the sides to save space in the car or leave them flipped up to pack more stuff inside.You can fit a lot of stuff in this thing. When we camp, we pre-make breakfast, lunch and dinners. We put them in food saver bags and then freeze them. We had 3 days of meals ( 9 or 10 food saver bags filled with food), a six pack of soda, 6 bottles of water and 3 6x9 ice packs. Being that it is soft side, you can really pack stuff in there (I did have the sides buckled down). The bags of food at the bottom were still frozen. Now kept in mind, this was in 50 degree weather. I'll do an update after my July camping trip.UPDATE -July 2015Wow...even more impressed with this cooler. I also bought the 24 pack cooler to use along with my 36 pack.I had 12 pre-chilled bottles of water and ONE Artic - Tundra series ice pack (these ice packs are fantastic) in the cooler in the car for 6 hours. The range of temperature inside the car was 83-110 degrees. In 2 hours I checked -the bottles directly under the Tundra ice pack were now half frozen -Amazing! Car temp was 98 degrees. 4 hours later the ice pack had unthawed a bit and the bottles of water were still ice cold. I like using ice packs when ever I can. Clean up after use is a breeze. Empty the cooler, put the pack back in the freezer with very little wipe down -I'm done. I have bought a lot of coolers both hard & soft sided looking for the best option without spending a couple of hundred on a Yeti. I have always preferred a soft side because they take up so much less room in the car. I have to say, I can stop looking now.