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 If you're an outdoor person living in a warm climate, you absolutely need a cooler. Before you head out to your next beach day, picnic, camping trip, or block party, having a well-insulated cooler to keep your drinks cold is the ideal move.
To help you swim through the sea of options out there, we've gathered a great list of coolers for everything from enjoying a trip outdoors to chilling (pun intended) in your yard to cheering on your team at a sporting event. Whether you're looking for a cooler with a large capacity, one that can drop temperatures extra low, or perhaps one for a different use-case, we've tested quite a few and found the best ones. You have a ton of options to choose from, including coolers on wheels, thermoelectric coolers, roto-molded coolers, powered coolers and even cooler backpacks.
That makes it quite tricky to pick one that's the best equipped 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.
And with Fourth of July sales underway, many of the below picks are seeing significant savings. Over the past several years, we've tested dozens of coolers, 40 of which are still commercially available as of this update. .
