PILOT OUTDOORS® Reviews

I’ve owned this cooler for several months now so time to write a review. The good; the design is great, very functional and easy to open latches that seal tight without being hard to open, drain plug is massive and can drain the cooler in less than a minute, built in light is awesome and very impressive to friends at night as well as convenient, the separate Dry basket is my main use to keep my drinks separate from ice and water but also to keep food and lunch in everyday for work, ice retention is on par with what I was getting from my 70qt pelican that but only using 1/2 the ice (below and around dry basket, vs cooler full of ice/drinks). the not so good; ice/cold retention using the dry basket is around 3 days which I was hoping was much more but it only takes about 20lbs of ice to fill up the bottom and sides under and around the dry basket, also the cooler stays in the metal bed of my work truck out in the Texas heat 80-95 degrees 24/7. So it is still comparable to my yeti or pelican I had in my truck prior in the same conditions with 1/2-1/3 the amount of ice and dry basket. I’m sure without the basket and the same amount of ice my yeti or pelican held it would last much longer. The main complaint I have is the dry cavity won’t get as cold as I’d like. It’ll maintain around 45-50 degrees the first day, 50-55 2nd and 55-65 the 3rd. While it’s still plenty of cold for drinks I’d like it to keep my food colder than that for the first few days. All in all I would recommend this cooler (and I have) to anyone who asks me about it. I get asked about it everytime I work with new people or people see me using it and they’re almost always impressed. I hope they can improve the basket temp somehow but besides for that I LOVE this cooler! Pilot outdoors has a knockout cooler! You won’t regret buying it.