While the coolers we tested averaged 4.5 days maintaining these cooler temperatures, the Trailmate managed just 3.2 days of wavering right at or just below 40º. Igloo today released the all-new ECOCOOL Trailmate, an eco-friendly version of its best-selling, all-terrain wheeled cooler. Bestcooler.reviews, established in 2015, is a leading blog-style magazine dedicated to reviewing and blogging about coolers. Both co-founders of the site, Luke and Greg, are two genuine cooler geeks and have been so for ages. Both guys share their passion on this website, covering different types of coolers, posting in-depth buying guides and reviewing tens of different products every year.
The Trailmate Journey has a 70qt capacity and can keep oz beverage cans cold with Ultratherm® Technology built into the body and lid. Pelican is a name that weighs a lot in the coolers industry;
it’s a name that’s directly linked to pride and strength. All of Pelican’s coolers are proven to be extremely durable with some of the best rates ever recorded of ice retention.
Every day during our test, the lid temperature of the Trailmate was 100°+. To be fair, the cooler was filled to capacity with ice, as we do with all of our ice retention tests. However, 4 days should be easily attained with a decent amount of ice used. From the big (all-terrain wheels) to the small (bottle openers) and a ton of handy features in between (butler tray, dry storage, umbrella holders and way more), Trailmate has everything you need. Really what makes the Igloo Trailmate such a good wheeled cooler is the sheer volume of practical features this cooler has.
When you open the lid of this cooler the butler tray is clipped in there. The butlers tray, when setup, has an additional 2 cup holders giving you a total of 6 cups holders on this cooler. I don’t know any other cooler that gives you that many cup holders. The closest comparable cooler that has wheels and features similar to the Trailmate would be the roto-molded RovR cooler. Party anywhere you want with the ultimate all-terrain cooler, featuring the kind of built-tough mobility that can traverse in all kinds of conditions. From grassy fields to beach dunes, from dirt roads to wooded trails, you’re in good company with the Trailmate Journey.
Airstream’s Caravel 16RB sleeps four and has a kitchenette with a two-burner cooktop and sink, a bathroom with a toilet and standing shower, a climate control system, a TV, and more modern features. The Igloo Trailmate Journey 70 Qt Cooler is for those who take their outdoor adventures seriously. If you plan to bring along a day or more’s worth of food and refreshments, then you’d seriously want to have this in your gear. I love getting out into nature and it’s where I feel most alive.
Igloo Coolers have always been known for their attractive price points. While they typically won’t have the level of performance of higher ends brands like Yeti, RTIC, Orca, etc., they have always struck a happy balance between cost and usability. Since there is only one size to work with (70 quarts), we decided to vary how much ice we put inside. As you probably would expect, the tests using more ice did better.
The 1-inch drain plug is threaded meaning you can attach a hose to it and drain your cooler into the garden or anywhere else away from where the cooler is. Let’s have a look at all of the features of the . I really like the look and feel of this cooler and just by looking at it you can see how impressive it is. The Igloo Trailmate looks like absolutely no other cooler on the market.
At the most, it will make the cooler 50% lighter to carry due to the leverage that comes with having a long handle. Just pull the handle to the point where you want it, lock it in, and use it to haul your cooler. As soon as bestcooler.reviews heard about this beauty from Igloo, we were excited to find out more about it. I am proud to say that we were not disappointed, but let us not get ahead of ourselves.
We are on the quest to find the best coolers for whatever adventure life gives you, so now let’s learn more in the Cooler Review. A common complaint that people have when it comes to these large coolers is their lack of mobility. Igloo has found a way to solve that issue in addition to offering up a lot of really cooler other features.
Let’s first delve into its striking feature which is the robust build. Igloo, after all, is no stranger to making heavy-duty coolers. This one easily gets to where you’re headed, no matter the terrain, even on rocky, sandy, or other challenging roads.