AO Coolers Sportsman Vinyl Soft Cooler with High-Density Insulation

This cooler does everything I could ask for in a soft sided cooler. It's waterproof, durable and keeps ice for a long time. I've loaded this thing down before with beer and ice and had no fear of the handles ripping or anything like that. The outer body and liner seem very durable and so far I haven't had any problem with either. You can also turn the liner inside out, which makes it really easy to clean. This is handy so the cooler doesn't wreak after putting fish in it.As for the ice keeping capabilities. I mostly use the cooler to pack beer and snacks on the boat and realistically, if I toss beer and a 20lb bag of ice in it in the beginning of the day, I would say about 70% of the ice will be melted by the end of the day. Now, realize that's outside in the TX heat, with people in and out of it all day grabbing beers so that's pretty amazing! Even with most of the ice melted the water will still be plenty cold enough to keep your beers cold. The longest I've kept ice in there is about 3 days, but the cooler was closed most of the time and was indoors (there was still ice in it but I dumped it out). In my experience, no matter how good the cooler is, the more people are in and out of it (i.e letting hot air in), the faster the ice is going to melt. I own hard sided yeti coolers that won't keep ice for more than about a day and a half if it's summer time and people are constantly in and out of it. Pro Tip: If you want your ice to last longer in your coolers, use block ice.My only complaint about this cooler is a very minor one. It's that although this cooler is waterproof and does not leak, it will sweat a good amount if it's nice and warm and humid outside. This really is not a huge deal but just something to be aware of. I don't think you'll find a better value for a soft sided cooler. Time will tell for durability, but I have no reason to doubt itUPDATE: 11/09/2016So after having this cooler for about a year and a half, the inner liner has torn. I'm not sure what exactly happened but I loaded it up with beer and ice one afternoon and the next morning there was water everywhere. Upon closer inspection, I found a roughly inch long rip in the inner liner. I didn't fill it more than usual and I had cans in it so there wasn't anything sharp to puncture it. I'll be sending it back to AO to get the liner replaced. I'll report back on how that goes

Bought this vinyl cooler right before an annual scalloping trip where we leave in the morning and come back right around dark... in other words, we need a cooler that's going to be able to store a ton of stuff and then keep it cold in the hot Florida sun all day. With a few rotomolded (hard sided) coolers, I couldn't justify the $350 to spend on a Yeti Hopper or even the $150 on the RTIC version, but I needed something that didn't take a team of clydesdales to load it on and off the boat. This cooler fits the mold very well!It's made of a durable, tough vinyl that I think will hold up very well over time. The zippers are substantial and so far this thing has been leakproof. I placed a case of beer in it, about 15# of ice and some lunch meat, bread, etc into it and it did great! The beers were a mix of cans and bottles and, with the ice and food, the bag was so heavy that one of the beer bottles ended up getting crushed and broke inside the bag. I thought for sure that I'd find the liner ripped to shreds but to my surprise it's completely in tact!The cooler kept the food and beer cold all day long in ridiculous July Florida heat and I left it outside overnight. In the morning, I was surprised to find that it was still ice cold! We had to add ice, of course as 90% of the ice was now water, but after dumping it out and adding another 10 pounds and more beer, it worked great for the second day as well!Since that trip, we've taken it out several more times on boat trips when we have friends over and it's performed flawlessly. I'm reviewing the 36 pack version and it's rather large, so that's why I said "when we have friends over." The cooler is cavernous, even with the flaps folded over.Overall, for the price I don't believe it can be beaten and I even plans to buy a smaller version for the trips that we won't be out all day on.If this review helped you out, please hit the "Yes" button below, thanks!

I haven't tested this in high heat ,but here's how it's gone so far. I put ice in this cooler on a Friday night so it would be cool on Saturday when I needed to put groceries in it. The ice barely melted overnight, but the cooler was inside my air conditioned house. The cooler rode in the back of our truck for several hours until we stopped for groceries. When I openend the cooler to add frozen goods the ice was still barely melted. We drove for another hour or so, and I removed the frozen items which were still quite cold and zipped the cooler back up. Overnight the ice melted somewhat and the cooler did leak some of that water onto my floor. (Apparently the seams were leaking.) I threw room temperature drinks on that ice and we took it on the boat. ( I will repeat its not super hot out). After an hour and a half we checked and all but a few chunks of ice melted, but the drinks were super cold, and the cooler wasn't leaking as bad. I then left that ice cold water in the cooler for several more hours. Just before I was ready to leave, I dumped the water and put refrigerated items in the cooler with no ice. 3 hours later the stuff is still cool enough to get by. SO...that being said, I think the cooler performed fairly well considering how poorly I managed the ice. I do wish it hadn't leaked, but I would say it definitely out performed our Coleman coolers. The only other major criticism I have is that the zip open top can be a bit narrow putting things in, or taking them out.

Does not keep ice cold as described. 1 bag of ice, 6 cold beers from the fridge, 6 bottles of water from the fridge, ice was melted in 12 hours. The cooler was in a car in the evening with no sun for 6 hours at 75 degrees and 6 hours in the house at night at 70 degrees.The other 2 times I used it the performance was worse.The only reason I kept it was because it doesn’t Leek the water.Disappointed

Awesome cooler. Sad it wasn't the shiny carbon fabric but that was my bad. They're still amazing.

La entrega fue muy oportuna y la calidad dela hielera es muy buena mantiene los botes de cerveza muy helados

Perfect size and soft side is great way to go.

９月に使用しました。日影がなく結構日差しが酷い日で、保冷剤を下に置いて食料品を入れて24時間使用しました。24時間後も中はひんやりとしていて弁当類を美味しく頂きました。エーオークーラーを買ってとても満足しています。