Customer Reviews

Koolatron - Koolatron Voyager Cooler

5 star:		(13)
4 star:		(6)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

Before retiring I drove a tractor trailer cross country for over 20 years, and used a Koolatron chest cooler nearly all that time. When on the road it would be on 24/7 sometimes for weeks at a time, with very few problems. Koolarton has been around for a long time and makes a great cooler. This cooler is a Canadian product, and still made in Canada to my knowledge. These things work great if you use them properly. Unless you are willing to wait a long time for things to cool down, you must cool items down before putting them in the cooler The colder the better). Also if you cool the inside of the cooler first, that would help even more. That's where a AC/DC converter would come in handy to cool the frig in your house before you place it in your vehicle. This type cooler is extremely slow at cooling down warm items, but great at keeping cold items cold.

A trick I learned when in my truck was to bungee my cooler on the passenger seat and direct my AC vent at the fan side of it, that would keep it super cold inside even on one of those 100+ degree days they get around Phoenix AZ. CAUTION:::Everything will start to freeze in there doing this if you don't watch it and open the door regularly. On a hot day with the sun shining on the cooler its a good idea to keep it covered " Newspaper works " to keep the sun off of it. Note::: Keep everything away from the fan, air needs to circulate in that aria. Also don't pack the food to tight in the cooler, air needs to circulate there also.

I have never had an occasion to used it to heat or keep food hot. But I guess if you wanted to transport hot food to Grandma's or a friends house this would work quite well since it does get quite worm in there. Caution !!! Make sure you know what cycle " Hot or Cold " you are on before you start on a road trip. I personally know it is very easy to have it set on heat when you thought it was on cold if you don't double check it.

This P-27 cooler is a medium sized cooler and has a 29 quart capacity, probably the best all around size for the average family. Two liter bottles and milk containers will stand up inside of it. They also come much larger such as the Coolatron P-95 cooler, with a 45 quart capacity. They even come larger than that, if you have a super large family like on some of those TV shows. Of course they come smaller also, I have one that is mentioned at the end of my review.

If traveling a AC/DC Converter is a must if you need to keep things cold in a motel, or for any extended stop that has a 110 Volt wall outlet. Using the converter with your travel frig at home for extra cold drink storage for company might come in handy also. The Black & Decker CV6B / Vector VEC004 / Travel Mate / Rubbermaid / 6.0 Amp AC/DC Converter will do the job nicely.

I would not let the cooler run with your engine off for much more than a couple of hours, " Enough time to stop for a long lunch or dinner while you are traveling but not to much longer " unless you are ready to have your car jump started. I don't know precisely how long your battery would last, that would depend on the condition and size of it. I do know I have left mine on for over 2 hours in my car with no problems whatsoever.

If used for very long periods of time, dust will accumulate around the fan aria and cut down on it's efficiency. Just remove the fan cover every 6 month's or so and clean out the dust if needed.

I still have a Koolatron chest cooler,that I use for longer trips. But I also have a smaller Black & Decker TC212B Travel Cooler & Warmer which also works well. I use this for day or weekend trips, when I don't have to take to much with me. Check out my review on it for more tip's. Before you leave how about a thumb's up for this review; lots of good advice for you. Thanx

I bought this cooler for our road trip to Myrtle Beach. I worked out well. I have a baby so I needed to bring lots of snacks, milk and juice for him. I was also able to bring grown up snacks as well. The cooler held everything nice and I still had tons of room for much more. If you have the space it's nice to keep in the car to keep food in when your out and about all day. I would highly recommend it to anyone!

I travel a lot and this holds SO much! It's quiet and the cord is really long. I just love it! Very good buy.

It does a good job keeping cold things cold. Slow to cool warm things, as expected. Koolatron's 3 amp rating is inaccurate for my P-27, which overloaded a 4 amp regulated power supply but is happy on a 5.5 amp regulated supply.

This cooler worked like a champ! We mostly kept it plugged in even in the hotel rooms, or when we didn't, we plugged it in at the hotel room about an hour before leaving, packed it last before hitting the road, and used several refreezing bags... This cooler kept going for a two week jaunt where I had it on constantly. It kept our items very cold! I would buy it again. The two reasons I gave it a 4 star instead of a full five are: 1) after about the first week it seems the fan got a little louder, and 2) With the A/C going, the cooler was actually able to get cool enough to partially freeze some of our items. Hey, it was supposed to keep things cool while traveling through Utah and 106 degrees and it did.

Our family of five took a two week road trip through Idaho, Utah, Arizona, Nevada and California. We used this cooler everyday on the road and plugged it into the hotel room every night. A fantastic machine that kept our food cool and worked twenty-four hours a day for two weeks.

I buy koolatron for our yacht for back and I was amazing how beatiful ,not heavy ,cord is long we can put anywhere I toally recomend this products

The cooler is perfect for my profession as a truck driver. It holds my food items at a cool temperature.

Owned this cooler for just over a year, yes I did use it a lot as a truck driver. Fans have died making cooler / heater non operational and a possible fire hazard... when fans quit working the heat side of the exchanger got extremely hot to the point of way to hot to touch. If I had been away from the cooler for a significant amount of time it may have gotten to the plastic melting / fire stage.
As far as operation when it was working, 1-2 items close to cold air output would be nice and cold, rest of items in cooler are cool not cold. Also very ambient temperature dependent... EG: If you leave it on in winter < 40 Degrees your items will most likely freeze... in summer 3-4 hours to cool down a couple of items.
For Truck drivers the trick is to place the cooler where an A/C vent can blow on the cooler, works really great then.
Overall, cooler worked fine for my needs of cool drinks on the road, the short life span for the price however is a huge disappointment.

I bought this for my husband who just started truck driving, he needed a way to keep things cold without the need to stop for ice all the time. The door opens easily so he can do it one handed, it's just the right size to fit behind the passenger seat, so he's not tripping over it in the confined space of his cab.