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4.5
bought this for my husband and he loves it! I purchased a much bigger one to fit in my van, but he didnt need a big one for his small car. it is just the perfect size and it holds everything he needs. It also collapses and folds easily for easy storage in his trunk. When he is ready to take out, he loves the fact that he can roll the cooler bag. Very efficient! He is able to pack a lot of cold groceries in this bag without a problem. So far, it keeps everything very cold for about 3 hours. This is without any freezer bags or ice packs added to it. As summer draws near, we will see how it holds up in the extreme heat! But for now, it is doing its job!Anyone who uses a cooler (soft sided with wheels) knows how important the handle is to movement.We wanted to replace an wonderful, but aging, soft-sided, cooler on wheels with this product …. A BIG MISTAKE.We use our coolers for: concert-picnics, transporting food to vacation homes, and shopping each week at our local farmer's market -- THIS PRODUCT IS CONSTRUCTED WITH A VERY WEAK HANDLE, so weak that you think the pull-up handle will tear away from the cooler if you pull it .......When water bottles are added to the cooler it can not take the weight, and the cooler movement is restricted, it slows, and is just risky --- on a recent trip to a vacation home, we ended up putting the cooler on a luggage cart to get it in and out of hotels ---- it is just too weak to function. You actually fear the handle will tear away from the cooler when you attempt to pull it .I threw away the box and have no idea of how to return this failure of a cooler -- it's next stop will be the trash can.….. Now, back to looking for a usable cooler on wheels.This is replacing one that I have used for the past 15 years. It appears just as good and I expect to get lots of use out of this one. The last one has been with us all over the world. We fold it up in a large duffle along with some of those awesome ice sheets and off we go.I purchased this cooler with high hopes. Unfortunately, the handle would not stay up. Once you extend the handle all the way up and attempt to roll the cooler, it collapses.The metal sprockets (not sure if that's what they are called) appear to be too short and recede, causing the handle to go down/retract. This is a major source of annoyance. Every time you attempt to roll the cooler, you have to stop and lift the handle up every few steps. I wanted a rolling cooler and this just is not functional.My luggage carrier is basically the same concept, however, once you extend the handle up, it locks in place and stays up.This is the second cooler I purchased, and I asked the vendor to please "test-drive" it before shipping to me. The vendor said they couldn't because it was being shipped directly to me via a third party.After receiving the second defective cooler, I thought it odd that I was the only one having this problem. When I read all the Reviews, I did notice that another Reviewer had similar problems. I guess I'm surprised that others didn't have this problem or didn't mention it.Good size to take back the groceries from town (we live 1 hour away from anything).The wheels make it easy to tote the purchases back in the house.It does have a tendency to fold onto itself sometimes, thus the 4 stars. But overall very happy.This is my third fold-up cooler. I like the rigid panel which can be removed for cleaning and the size. The cooler when opened easily fits a half size aluminum tray. It's just the right size to stack aluminum pans with ice layers for a picnic or to take out in the very hot summers in North Carolina.I own a cooler similar to the Ascot Sixty Can Collapsible Rolling Cooler. My daughter found it to be very handy so we decided to purchase this product for her as a gift. When I received it the quality was not as good as the cooler we own. It will certainly do the job but I do not think it will hold up as well as our cooler.Perfect in all respects - solid, wheels work well, holds a bunch of stuff. Updated review after 6 months - Inside liner is very thin vinyl and subject to puncture and leaking. Top material which is durable and tough is not representative of the insides which have ripped in several places. I would say this is a .5 to 1.0 season cooler.Front heavy, feels cheap when pulling, doesn’t callaspe easily
