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The Pelican Elite looks more like something that would be used to transport dinosaur eggs in Jurassic Park rather than just keeping some food and drink cold. Once you get past the imposing exterior the Pelican Elite really lives up to its name, offering top notch insulation performance, incredibly comfortable handles, and very easy to open latches.
Coolers with more handles and options for transport score higher, and those with uncomfortable or inconvenient methods of transport score lower. Wheeled coolers are inherently more portable than most traditional coolers, but there are some that are quite lightweight with well-designed handles that are still quite portable in many circumstances.
Less expensive coolers might only keep ice and cool temps for a day or two. In these same conditions the Pelican coolers will maintain food-safe conditions for twice that, at least. In the long term, the Pelican will outlast less expensive options, all while withstanding significant abuse. Conclusion
The Pelican 20 Elite is a tall, skinny cooler that easily accommodates even a tall bottle of champagne for a celebratory excursion. It has some of the easiest latches to use of any cooler we tested. It has some of the easiest latches to use of any cooler we tested.
One of many coolers we reviewed rated as having a grizzly bear-resistant design and construction by the Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee, the Pelican is pretty tough even just to look at. We noticed there's a rather sizeable gap in the rubber gasket, which both makes the cooler not airtight but also leaves edges to be picked and pulled at ...
The Best Powered Coolers for 2024. For several months and hundreds of kilowatt-hours, we put the best powered coolers through the wringer to discover which offer top-notch temperature control, the hardiest insulation, and those efficient enough for off-the-grid living. The Dometic CFX3 45 is by far the best powered cooler that we have tested ...
The Coleman Extreme coolers are in the $90-120 range. The Igloos are about the same, unless you go to their Yukon series. Those are $320 for a 70 quart and are built similar to the Yeti/Orca/Engel/etc. It's really a completely different product you're buying. There are the cheap $100 coolers and then there are the tough, well built $300+ coolers.
Maggie is the GearLab cooler guru and has been testing coolers and other gear since 2017, personally having tested over 60 different coolers, from traditional ice boxes to the latest and best powered coolers. Genaveve balances her time between full-time gear testing and exploring the great outdoors through the means of adventure sports.
Durability. As we've come to expect from rotomolded coolers, the Orca 40 feels solid and well-built. Its rubber latches (shaped like orca tails) are some of the thickest and least flexible we've laid our hands on, adding to our confidence in their ability to withstand the test of time better than many others.
As the demand for high-performing coolers has increased over the past several years, many manufacturers have hiked their prices to match that demand. This Engel cooler is one of several models we tested that have followed this trend of upward-moving list prices, but can still be found for better prices and better deals with careful shopping around.