Coleman PowerChill Thermoelectric Cooler (40-Quart)

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Product Features

• New motor design provides quiet, long lasting performance
• Cools to 40-degreeF below surrounding temperature
• Portable - plugs into your cigarette lighter
• Use in the upright or chest position
• Molded handles for easy lifting and carrying

Product Description

Product Description

Perfect for the RV, truck or car, the Coleman PowerChill Thermoelectric Cooler is fully portable, plugging into your vehicle's cigarette lighter. The PowerChill's new motor design provides quiet, long-lasting performance, cooling the contents down to 40-degreeF BELOW the surrounding temperature. The PowerChill is designed with many convenient features, including a patented, adjustable door that can open on the right or left side. The cooler can be used in two positions, either as an upright or a chest cooler. An adjustable shelf divider helps keep things organized inside. The PowerChill Cooler's molded handles make it easy to lift and carry. For indoor use, the cooler can be used with a 120V power supply (sold separately).

Product Details

• Item Weight: 19.2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 18.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• Note: Gift-wrapping is not available for this item.
• ASIN: B00168QW6G
• Item model number: 5644-710
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #18,575 in Sports & Outdoors (See Bestsellers in Sports & Outdoors)

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good cooler for road trips, hotels & camping wtih electric hookup., May 7, 2007

By	Michele (KS, USA) - See all my reviews

This cooler saved me enough money in bagged ice to pay for itself over the years we used it. It doesn't keep things ice cold, but I don't know of any electric cooler that does.
For our family of 6 we use it for a variety of things. When we go on long car trips, we use a power inverter and plug it into our car. We keep drinks in it and sometimes sack lunches. Saves us a lot of time and money over stopping and buying these items on the road. We have a camper and camp often. We use the plug in cooler outside the camper (we bring it in if it rains) and keep drinks only in it. That way we can get cold water/soda out of it without fanning the camper refrigerator so often. (The camper refrigerator cannot keep food cold enough if the door is fanned all the time.) When we do get to go to hotels as a family, we usually bring the cooler and use it once again for drinks and lunch supplies and sometimes milk for breakfasts if needed. It keeps things much cooler when it is in an air conditioned room than when it is fighting against the high temperatures of camping in the summer, so I can use it for more food items when used indoors.
We used it several years, and I'm replacing it this year. Finally the fan is making an extreme amount of noise. I imagine that sitting it on the ground at dusty campsites over the years and letting it suck dust into it's fans is likely the culprit. It is still working, but I doubt for long. It has also become so noisy that it drives us crazy to have it running anywhere near us.
I think I got my money's worth on this unit, despite needing to replace it.
I knocked it one star because I wish it could keep things colder than it does. Also because the light color design gets dirty looking quite quick while camping.
I never used the heating option so I have no comment on that feature.
It will drain a car battery, so don't plan to plug it into the car battery when you are not driving.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars waste of money, September 8, 2008

By	A. Schmidt "whiskey tango foxtrot" (sd, usa) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I am what they call a "professional driver" and I was using that cooler in my truck for about 3 month. I was letting that thing run in the daytime when i was driving, at nighttime I unplugged it. I used it to keep my perishable fruit- and vegetable juices cool. Anyway... it stopped working after 3 month (fan turning but no cooling). Now I'm going to spent $550 for a waeco. That one should at least last me two years. Why is so much garbage being produced?

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty good cooler, June 12, 2009

By	J. Land (Minneapolis, MN USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I've been using one of these in my motorhome. I leave it on 24/7 and it lasted 11 months, or about 8000 hours of continuous use. Mine quit when the fan slowed down--it no longer had that loud sound--and the cooler warmed up inside. I replaced the original fan with a quality fan with ball bearings that should last a lot longer, and the new fan is quieter too. The fan is a common size used in personal computer cases, 92mm square by 25mm, and you can get a good one for $10-15.