If you love cold drinks driving to hot states in the summer or any time this is a great cooler that will do the job. This is highly recommended as opposed to thermoelectric coolers if you need to travel with medication that must be at a certain temperature. The only drawback is that all compressor coolers are heaver by design. The bail handle seems strong enough by design to handle to full weight of the cooler. Where the bail handle attaches to both sides of the cooler body, this is why I gave this cooler 4 stars. It seems to be loose fitting and flimsy at the ends. The handles will just fall down to the sides when let go. The cooling and holding temperature work as designed and the compressor will stay off for about an hour to cool again at the set temp. (42'F). I recommend the cooler, wish the price was less, great overall satisfaction.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Customer Rating
5
Very Impressed
on July 3, 2024
Posted by: Gardener24
Outstanding! Purchased the ICF 18 a month ago and used for 8 days straight without any problem. We found our perfect temp was 34 degrees. This cooler was spot on with the temperature although the smaller compartment above the compressor was just a few degrees higher. We opted to use that area for soda cans and items that weren’t as sensitive to temperature. The main area kept things really cold. I used a refrigerator thermometer before our trip and felt the internal thermometer was spot on within a degree or two. For longer trips or families the 32 (size wise might be better), but we are happy with our choice! The unit was powered with a portable power supply that kept our Igloo running all day while driving with power to spare! To be fair, the Igloo was in a climate controlled car nearly all the time. Hope this helps and we would highly recommend the Igloo ICF 18. It is also very quiet as someone else mentioned. The cooler (fully loaded) was also manageable for a couple of seniors to lift in and out of our car. Good job and Thank you Igloo!!!
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Build is solid. Footprint is small enough for the capacity. With temperature set at 23 degrees and two bottles of water left overnight in both compartments, the bottle in the smaller compartment was at 36, and the bottom at 32. The compressor is very quiet. The instructions are useless, trying to explain functionality in pictograms without text, and doing a rather poor job at that.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
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