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Coolers are typically big and unwieldy, which is why Koolatron developed the Compact Kooler, specially intended to fit in the snug spaces behind the seats of many cars, trucks, and vans. Like many of Koolatron’s coolers, this unit features a 12 volt cooling system that plugs into a car’s cigarette lighter. The cooler’s motor blows cold air over your food and beverages, keeping them 40 degrees F cooler than the outside temperature. The cooler also doubles as a warmer, if you’d rather keep the contents toasty. Outside of the car or truck, the cooler is still versatile, with a swinging, foldaway handle for easy portage and a latchless cover that opens with one hand. Other useful features are a convenient cord wrap and a distinctive storage spot for the unplugged cigarette lighter. In spite of the unit’s compact size and weight only nine pounds, it can still hold up to 23 12 ounce soft drinks. Rivers Janssen
Koolatron Compact Kooler Reviews:
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167 of 167 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of five stars
Useful to keep drinks and food cool while traveling,
January 6, 2007
By ,Retired and traveling, “Da_Pix” Rochester, NY See all my reviews
We bought the Koolatron Kooler a year ago and find it useful to keep food and drinks cool while traveling.
To use this effectively both the cooler and the things to be placed in it should be cool to start with. The empty unit will cool about ten degrees an hour to about 40 degrees lower than the ambient temperature around it, and maintain it is pre cooled contents at that temperature as long as it powered on. Warm things placed in a warm cooler take much longer to cool, the manual says up to twelve hours or longer.
We bought the optional AC power adapter, so the night before we leave on a trip we input the unit in and pre cool it. The morning we’re leaving we load it with some soda and water bottles that have been cooled in the refrigerator. We also put in 2 4 plastic food containers that have been chilled in the refrigerator. One or more of those we fill with ice. The more space that’s filled with cool/cold things the better the cooling procedure for everything else less infiltration of warm air every time the unit is opened, less warm air to cool.
On our trip we then have cool soda and water to drink, and ice to use with the soda in a cup kept in the cup holder. If we add a room temperature soda or bottle of water the presence of the other cool/cold things filling the rest of the unit with the action of the unit will cool that inside an hour or two.
The plastic boxes are usually for use with “doggie bag” contents from restaurant meals. Presuming an ambient temperature around the unit of 75 degrees, if the other contents were already cooled to the 35 degree temperature made by the 40 degree cooling capacity of the unit, a room temperature container of food will be below 45 50 degrees inside a couple of hours . We typically have dinner left overs for lunch the next day, surely inside two days.
The unit fits nicely in our sedan behind the drivers seat assuming there’s no passenger in the back seat that needs that leg room and is easily reached from the front passenger seat over the console between the can seats.
At night we take the unit into our motel room and plug it in with the optional AC power adapter. The unit can not be left plugged in to the cigarette lighter in the car for more than four hours or it’ll run the car battery down.
There is an optional battery saver adapter that will shut off the unit if it overtaxes the car battery. Buying that’s the reason I returned to this item on a year afterward. That will let us to leave the unit plugged in when we leave the car for an indeterminant time period that may be more than 3 4 hours. But after four hours or so the unit will shut off to protect the car battery and the contents will start to warm. If it’s in a warm place we still can not be gone much longer than 4 5 hours if we want to keep food edible.
Finally, I keep an common indoor/outdoor thermometer in the unit so that I can tell what the temperature in the unit is and am comfy that food hasn’t been subjected to temperatures that could make it unsafe to eat. I think the maker should build that in to the unit.
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56 of 57 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of five stars
Finally, A DC Powered Cooler/Warmer That Works!,
July 10, 2007
By ,R. Stevens Phila., PA USA See all my reviews
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After going through a bad experience with trying to purchase , then in many cases purchasing 1st a Vector, then a RubberMaid, then a Wagan Tech, and now a Koolatron, I can tell you that it is a break to find a designed, well built DC powered cooler/warmer that really works! Our Canadian neighbors to the north have done a great job with this unit.
I worried about its 17″ height and depth, but once it has been decided that it goed to live behind the passenger’s front seat, those concerns became non issues. In fact, its height is a benefit as long as it does not get in the way with the seat back when you lift the cover, as you may be able to reach right in from the driver’s seat and get a can or a sandwich without much effort if you pack it well.
I also worried about all the ads that portrayed it as being only a cooler. But after having so much trouble with other companies’ cooler/warmers, I decided to forget warming and bought the Koolatron without it or so I thought. So when the unit arrived in its original box, no less I was happy and surprised to see that it warms too! Excellent mix, since I have consumer issue MRE’s that I can now warm in it while I use my clumsier and larger Igloo Cool Mate unit to cool other things down. And when I am not doing that like when the world ends or Limerick blows up, I can use it in the car as a cooler as I first planned an ideal situation.
If you need cooling in the car or in an emergency situation such as a power outage for medicines or for food, do not hesitate to purchase this unit. I believe, it is by far the best one out there for its size and price, and I have seen or tried nearly all of them.
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36 of 36 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of five stars
Koolatron Compact Kooler P 20,
June 29, 2007
By ,L. Gilbertson “L. Gilbertson” Appleton, WI USA See all my reviews
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I ordered, as a package, both the P20 Cooler, with the Koolatron Muti Purpose Adapter 110VAC to 12VDC, March 10, 1907 I checked to see both item were in stock, both were.
The Cooler arrived quickly on March 16, 2007. But, the 110VAC Adapter was back ordered. With the Adapter on back order, there was no way to check the Cooler’s function. There was no way to pre cool the unit, since the suggested time was about twelve hours, and it isn’t to be powered by car battery for longer than four hours without the engine running. Also there was no way to keep the contents cool at night while in the motel room, unless one wanted to let the engine run all night. So for the 1st two months the Cooler was useless!
The Adapter arrived on May 10, 2007, a full two months after the original order has been placed. This slow delivery is the reason for the 4 stars. With the Adapter it was possible to test out the unit.
The unit was totally empty, outside air temp. Was about 80 degrees. I has been impressed by the cool down time, a little over an hour to reach 40 degrees. Surely the unit wasn’t pre cooled enough to fill with food, but the fact that it reached 40 degrees so quickly encouraged. The adapter is somewhat cumbersome, but is easy enough to use and connect.
I used the unit on some number of trips and have found it quite adequate, provided things are cold when they’re presented to it. Warm things take forever to cool down, 12 hours isn’t typically long enough. While the product can be cool er it surely isn’t cold. Extra frozen ice packs or freezer containers filled with frozen water help a great deal. They add extra cold air to the inside of the unit while frozen. Thawed, they’re still maintained at about 40 degrees. They fill up empty space inside the unit, a REAL Killer: every time the unit opens any empty space fills with warm air. This unit, being a top loader, is a little better than others that are front loaders. Since cold air tends to sink, more cold air stays in the unit when opened. Front loaders spill ALL their cold air once the door opens.
The unit is constructed, and looks to do quite well inside its design potential. Some things to remember:
1. The unit is a COLD PRESERVER, NOT a REFRIGERATOR. Put it in cold it’ll come out warmer but still cold. Put in warm? Well, let us hope it’s canned when you put it in.
2. The unit is a small heat pump, removing heat from the air to cool the inside of the unit and it’ll do just that no matter what the outside air temp. Is. This unit cools to 40 degree below the outside air temp. And if it’s 32 degrees outside, it’ll cool to 40 degree BELOW that.
There is no thermostatic control, while it’s plugged in, it’s cooling.
The unit is insulated, but not real well, so it does no better job keeping cold out, than it does keeping it in. Water still freezes at 32 degrees, F. Transporting the filled unit in a trunk or another unheated space, in cold weather, isn’t the best idea. If you do, a least unplug it! If you’re transporting medication which must be refrigerated, but not frozen, keep the unit in a heated area, so the unit can cool properly.
3. A small indoor/outdoor thermometer is a great idea. They’re reasonable in price. They let you to monitor both inside and outside temp. Without opening the cover. Small units may be mounted outside on the top or side with double stick tape, with the outdoor sensor inside. Ideally this could have been installed by the maker, but it’s a simple fix.
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May 1, 2009 at 9:30 pm
It’s one of the better interior accessories out there. Good Pricing.
May 2, 2009 at 4:15 pm
What is the warranty like?
May 3, 2009 at 11:26 pm
Review pretty much sums it up, great deal
May 4, 2009 at 10:48 pm
it’s in limited availability, and hard to find a rebate, so dont bother too much, just buy it
May 5, 2009 at 11:43 pm
saw cobra 29 ltd reviewed everywhere, and this really is the cheapest price
May 6, 2009 at 6:47 pm
Generally the best offer for cobra 29 can usually be found at an net dealer or ebay
May 7, 2009 at 6:20 pm
No cobra 29 ltd rebates in Los Angeles
May 8, 2009 at 2:48 pm
Check Amazon reviews
May 9, 2009 at 5:42 pm
I saw Frye Electronics has it for sale
May 10, 2009 at 7:39 pm
Closeout prices aren’t a better deal so no point in waiting, buy it now.
May 11, 2009 at 5:49 pm
Saw it discounted somewhere, great deal but forgot where
May 12, 2009 at 5:58 pm
Where can you get it used online?
May 13, 2009 at 3:28 pm
I am looking to buy one in San Francisco so i dont pay for shipping if it’s not free
May 14, 2009 at 5:43 pm
Nothing in Walmart, couldnt find rebates or coupons
May 15, 2009 at 8:15 pm
Check out my site if you need an accessory or a coupon
May 16, 2009 at 5:30 pm
Pros: Great product for the low price. Cons: Difficult to find in stock
May 17, 2009 at 5:49 pm
Target used to offer free shipping
May 18, 2009 at 1:57 pm
What’s cobra 29 compared to other interior accessories?
May 19, 2009 at 3:16 pm
Who is the cheapest online dealer?