Our Experts CNET’s expert staff reviews and rates dozens of new products and services each month, building on more than a quarter century of expertise. Our Picks CNET’s expert staff reviews and rates dozens of new products and services each month, building on more than a quarter century of expertise. Whether you want to enjoy a cool drink in your backyard or a picnic at a local park, ice packs can only get you so far.
To keep everything at a food safe temperature, you'll want to invest in a high quality cooler. We've done the insulation performance and durability testing for you to find the best coolers for all of your fall travels and adventures. You have a ton of options, including wheeled coolers, thermoelectric coolers, roto-molded coolers, powered coolers and even cooler backpacks.
That makes it tricky to pick the one that's best for your needs. To save you the effort, we've put together this list of the best coolers you can buy. Our picks are backed by hours of testing coolers in our climate-controlled lab to help you get the most out of your cooler budget.
Over the past several years, we've tested dozens of coolers, 40 of which are still commercially available as of this update. I've broken them down into four main categories: With a mass of test data in hand showing us just how well these things perform, I've gone ahead and separated the winners from the also-rans. (Bonuses like a cup holder or a bottle opener are important, but the most critical thing a quality c.
