Customer Reviews
Another Igloo MaxCold roller winner with useable capacity
Coolers are funny. Either you need a really large one or a smaller one; Nothing in between. Too small and after adding ice, there is not much space left for food & drinks. That is what makes the Igloo Coolfus 40 so good. It is the perfect size and shape to load up with plenty of ice and still have loads of space for brewsky’s and sandwiches. This Igloo also has the superior 24 hour urethane super insulation maxcold with a soft enclosure that has storage pockets. It even has an elastic strap for securing beach blankets to the top for efficient loaded travel on its wheels. The extendable handle is rugged and works smoothly. There are folding handles on each side.
Why do I call this the perfect size? Because with all its capacity (40 quarts in a cube format), it comfortably sits on the passenger seat in my compact car seat. A rectangular one would not fit. The Coolfus 40 even fits through the open window without having to open the door. The cube shape yields the most internal volume for a given outer dimension. I did not purchase this unit at Amazon but at Target for $69. It was the most expensive cooler they had but the benefits were too great to let the steep price prevent my purchase. It really is a handsome winner. I saw it in all black and all red, but not the blue.
Darn good!
Okay, fair is fair. My original review was VERY negative, but that was mainly because Igloo fumbled the product release, and I couldn’t get my hands on one! A couple weeks ago, I managed to buy one direct from them, and used it on a camping trip just last week.
All things considered, the cooler is pretty great. I wanted this one for 2 main reasons:
+1) My caming destination was remote. I needed to get the cooler on a plane, so I desperately wanted it for the wheels and handle. Basically, I converted it to a suitcase for the flight - filling it with camping gear and checking it as luggage. When I got to my destination, I converted it from a suitcase back to a cooler. It worked like a charm.
+2) Igloo makes a couple other coolers that are very similar, but this one (the blue model) has thicker insulation, and kept things cooler longer. Case in point, I was camping in the deset, and it did it’s job admirably.
Not that it isn’t without its drawbacks, although minor:
-1) Since it doubles so well as suitcase, it would be really nice if it had some way of locking; specifically, a place to attach a TSA lock. In the end, I had to purchase a couple TSA straps to fasten around it lengthwise and widthwise. The straps worked great, but cost an additional $30. Ouch.
-2) It would also be great if this cooler has a spicket for draining melted ice water out of it. I missed having this, and I’m not sure why any cooler this expensive would omit such a basic feature.
-3) Drawback #1 and 2 considered, the price is rather high. It worked well for me, but if I had to do it over, I might shop around a bit more.
Overall, I’m quite pleased with it, but it does cost a bit more than it should. Had the first two drawbacks been addressed, I would have said it was “worth every penny.” But if I’m gonna spend this much on a cooler, I just don’t wanna have to compromise one damn thing.
ORIGINAL REVIEW:
This is the saddest, most pathetic cooler in the history of the world. Not because the cooler itself is bad (it’s actually really nice), but because it just never seemed to get off the ground.
I wanted this cooler for the longest time, but Igloo kept delaying it’s release, again and again, even though similar models had been available for months. Then, it got released, was available for several days (maybe even a week or two!) But shortly thereafter, it vanished back into the cooler ether, as mysteriously as it had come.
So what happened Igloo? You sell FOUR other coolers that are nearly identical (red, green, black - even friggin’ camouflage!), and you sell about 127 other coolers that are the same damn color blue as this one, but this EXACT model in this EXACT color? I’d have a better chance sighting bigfoot! In short, a more beleaguered product launch I have never seen in my life! |
