Oypla 240V AC & 12V DC Coolbox Hot Cold Portable Electric Picnic Box

This cool box works a bit better than I expected to be honest. I've often thought of getting one, but there are so many and all have mixed reviews. I took the plunge when we were selling our house and needed to move all the furniture out, but stay in it for a few days. This cool box worked very well on mains and was big enough to keep milk, butter cheese etc. and even a few beers in it. It's quite cold and reasonably quiet. A few months later, we took it to a stay in a hotel, just for milk and beer / wine. We had it in the boot of the car running on 12v for about 5 hours and it worked brilliantly. We then slept with it in the room, back on mains power (on the lowest setting) and it was very quiet and remained cold. So far, very impressive.

When your fridge breaks down in a 38c heatwave, you're not left with a lot of choice except to wait for the insurance people to untangle themselves from their paperwork and come and sort it out. Meanwhile, desperate to keep my prosecco cool (and, you, know "food"), I bought this little thing. Firstly, it arrived in good time, well ahead of schedule ad safely packaged. It arrived with a UK mains lead and a car charger. It's larger than I'd imagined, though not quite tall enough for a 2l bottle of cola or, indeed, a bottle of wine, but we were able to get an entire week's worth of groceries in it. There's a wee discussion in the reviews about whether it can be locked and whatnot, and it's very simple: handle forward (away from the power lead) and it's open. If the handle is upright, it's locked. You don't need to push the handle back until it rests upon the charging cable to lock it, and I can understand why some people were finding this could knock out the power lead. Condensation can be a bit of an issue, but I think this is mostly because we accidentally covered one of the vents, meaning the water condensed on the underside of the plate we'd put there and then dripped back into the box. All in all, though pricey (I paid £60) it's definitely been worth it. The insurers took 14 days to replace the fridge - the 14 hottest July days, and there's no way we'd have coped with freezer packs and newspaper. And now the fridge is replaced? I have ME and it sits quietly at the end of my bed, keeping water and healthy snacks cool for me until I need them. It costs next to nothing to run and I turn it on for an hour in the morning and again at night as it's just veg and water in there now. An excellent buy - thank you so much, seller!

Took this camping (five days) and just left it running all the time. It's a little noisy, fine on min a few metres away from where you're sleeping, can barely be heard, tolerable on eco, can't sleep on max. Only need max to cool things down initially though I reckon. Everything stayed cold enough on eco, turned down to min after a couple of days and didn't notice a difference temp wise tbh, it was just quieter. Everything stayed fresh, didn't measure the temp (don't think it's as cold as my fridge at home, but it was cold enough for milk to stay fresh and drinks to be cold). Journey time was 4/5 hours and everything stayed cold without power. Worked perfectly for us, and can fit quite a lot in there! The recess handle was sharp! Filed this as really uncomfortable to open for me. It is really heavy when loaded with drinks etc (obviously, they're heavy!) and I didn't trust the handle strength - but it was fine, wouldn't push my luck here tbh as would be really annoying if it broke. Didn't try the warming function, and doubt I ever will.

Arrived in very short order. Easy to set up. Purchased specifically for a 2 / 3 day camping trip and was generally pleased with performance. I followed all tips for getting the best from the cool box as once I arrived at my destination I would not be continuing to power the cool box. Everything remained fresh throughout my trip including pre-cooked chicken and yogurt. And pre-frozen bottled water was chilled. Over all I am delighted with the cool box and looking forward to next opportunity to use it

Very impressed with this electric cool box! Took it camping over the end of May Bank Holiday weekend and it managed to keep everything nice and cold even though the weather was hot and sunny, and up to 26°c. Also, found it to be alot quieter than I expected. All in all, it was nice to have cold milk and beers the whole time

My wife uses this on her hotel trips with work Works great and also in the car Everything is kept nice and cool

Fan ticking never stops :( Just had a week away with the box in use every day and the ticking of the fan never stopped - really low quality top so quickly warped and caused fan to catch. Was hoping it would bed in over time but it hasn’t. The cooling side is ace - but would not advise buying due to the fan :(

Rather noisy, Took sone time to cool down Cools well but lots of water in the bottom you need to keep a track on. Using as a mini fridge until my new fridge is delivered and working OK. Seal keeps falling off the lid. Will use for weeks away. Not bad for the money.