Not many rolling luggage-style coolers available, but of those that are out there, this is the most cheaply made. I own the MaxCold, also by Coleman, which is much better made, but not very cold (ironically, there's not much "max" to that "cold"). Igloo makes one too, which is much sturdier than this one and much colder than the MaxCold. As for this one, it is plenty effective as a cooler, but the handle and the wheels are cheaply made. After the first trip out, the axle of the wheel bent on mine, and now when I pull it, it doesn't want to roll straight. Very frustrating for a cooler that cost more just because of the rolling feature. Blah. Ended up buying the Igloo to replace it, and really wished I'd have bought that one first instead. Coleman, why is half of your stuff really great while the other half is crap? Buying your products is always such a gamble, and I'm getting kinda sick of it. Coleman 50-Quart Wheeled Xtreme 5-Day Party Stacker Cooler
This is the perfect cooler for a boat. Ours is 24 feet, and we can have up to 13 people on it at one time...which means we can go through a LOT of drinks on a long day out. Before we used two separate coolers (each smaller than this). This will centralize all drinks (and food) in one spot on the boat, freeing up more deck space. The handle and wheels are obviously useful for the obvious reasons. We also like that this rolls tilted back - other coolers have the handles at one of the ends, which means all the ice (and drinks) shift to the left or right side during transport from the car to the boat. This one just moves things slightly towards the back, but the overall "balance" of pre-loaded ice and drinks stays pretty evenly distributed, which makes lifting this down onto the boat a lot easier. Highly recommended.
The Xtreme coolers hold ice very well - this one is no different. I have a problem with the ergonomics of the cooler - the handle is too short and the cooler constantly hits me in the back of the foot when I'm pulling it. The lid also falls off easily and is difficult to open. I own other Xtreme coolers and recommend them - just not this one.
Great all around. Holds all you need for an entire day out boating with ten other people, and the handle makes for easy transport. We especially like the fact that this cooler is set up to roll with the back tilted, instead of one side end lifted up. This way all the cans don't roll all to one side, but stay pretty evenly distributed as we roll this along - very helpful since we have to roll this down (and then back up) an incline to get to our boat. Keeps the ice solid all day and into the next (we've not tested it beyond the length of a weekend). Easy to drain.
This Coleman cooler is one of the best purchases I've ever made. The wheeled feature makes transporting the cooler easy and the 50-quart capacity was enough for a week's outing. We added ice to the chest before our departure. Seven hours later, our food was still frozen.
I cannot recommend this product highly enough!
We bought this hoping that it'd work for weekend camping trips. Now let me preface this by saying I'm used to weeklong camping/fishing trips to Northern Canada where the only way to keep our food and fish cold is the ice that we bring with us, so we know how to use and pack a cooler properly. This cooler melted 3/4 of a 10 lb bag of ice in less than an entire day, in 80 degree weather, in the shade, covered with a blanked between two Igloo brand coolers that had no issue. The wheels are cheap and became loose after one weekend, hinges are cheap, and lid has NO insulation in it. The only thing extreme about this cooler was out disappointment in it. Go to coleman's site, this cooler only rates 3 stars at most, and that's because ONE person gave it a 5/5 saying people didn't know how to use a cooler.
If I could rate this a 0 I would.
Bought it to carry fish caught on a trip to Alaska. Wish it weighed a little less (13#), so I could return with more fish - the airline limit was 50#. Does meet the airline baggage dimension requirements, which is a decided plus; and the stacker handle allows another 50# cooler to be carried on top. Durable and balanced, I had no problems with it trying to flip over. The lid does not fit exactly right, but it works.
I just got the cooler today and will probably return it because one wheel is attached crooked. It looks like it's going to come off. It should not have passed a quality control test. I am very disapointed. - Wheeled Cooler'
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