Ozark Trail coolers

TreXTerra · Mar 17, 2016

I was at WalMart the other day and decided to swing past sporting goods to see if there was anything interesting and ran across an "expedition" type cooler I've never heard of.

The company is Ozark Trail, and from what I can see online they do mostly cheaper soft-sided coolers. I couldn't find much about their heavily-insulated rugged models. The info on the cooler claimed to keep ice for 7 days, a bit less than the 10 claimed by Yeti. It seemed to be reasonably well built and was about half the cost of a Yeti or similar coolers.

Anyone ever run one of these? How did it perform?

EDIT: Here are some photos. What do you guys think? Does this look like something else that is just rebranded for WalMart?

NorthStar96 · Mar 17, 2016

TreXTerra said:
I was at WalMart the other day and decided to swing past sporting goods to see if there was anything interesting and ran across an "expedition" type cooler I've never heard of.

The company is Ozark Trail, and from what I can see online they do mostly cheaper soft-sided coolers. I couldn't find much about their heavily-insulated rugged models. The info on the cooler claimed to keep ice for 7 days, a bit less than the 10 claimed by Yeti. It seemed to be reasonably well built and was about half the cost of a Yeti or similar coolers.

Anyone ever run one of these? How did it perform?

first ive heard about them.

NorthStar96 · Mar 17, 2016

Whats the price?

TreXTerra · Mar 17, 2016

The 52 qt is $147. The one half that size is $98, and the 72 qt is $200.

NorthStar96 · Mar 17, 2016

RTIC is another rotomold cooler mfr. and their prices are half of Yeti and their Ilk. i think prices will go down before summer. I bet this cooler wiould do just fine too.

Wildland Outdoors · Mar 17, 2016

Id love to see a test with one. I've seen a youtube video putting the Rtic vs Yeti in a 10day challenge to keep cold. Would be intrested on how this one would do.

NorthStar96 · Mar 17, 2016

RTIC are a LOT cheaper than sasquatch, pelican, etc but their ship times are ridiculous. buy one now, wait till dam near July for them to ship it. Id like to see a comparison test on this one too.

TreXTerra · Mar 17, 2016

NorthStar96 said:
RTIC is another rotomold cooler mfr. and their prices are half of Yeti and their Ilk. i think prices will go down before summer. I bet this cooler wiould do just fine too.

Last time I checked they had a 4-5 month backorder

roamingtimber · Mar 25, 2016

I kind of want one of these now.

TreXTerra · Mar 25, 2016

I just picked it up this week and will be taking it out twice in the next month; once for about 4 days, the other for a week.

NorthStar96 · Mar 25, 2016

TreXTerra said:
I just picked it up this week and will be taking it out twice in the next month; once for about 4 days, the other for a week.

Do let us know what you think of it and hiw well it worked.

ShawnR · Mar 26, 2016

My local Wally World doesn't carry them. At least not yet. Would like to hear as well how it performs.

Wildland Outdoors · Mar 26, 2016

Ill have eto check the one by me @ShawnR. I'm looking to get a bigger cooler anyways. I have a Coleman electric that works OK and a small cooler but with all the trips planned this year a bigger cooler is a must

WJ - Firefly · Mar 26, 2016

ShawnR said:
My local Wally World doesn't carry them. At least not yet. Would like to hear as well how it performs.

I believe I saw one of these at the KMart in Somerset a few weeks ago. It was on a high shelf so I couldn't get a good look at it. If you have a KMart nearby it might be with a look-see....

ShawnR · Mar 26, 2016

Wildland Outdoors said:
Ill have eto check the one by me @ShawnR. I'm looking to get a bigger cooler anyways. I have a Coleman electric that works OK and a small cooler but with all the trips planned this year a bigger cooler is a must

I looked at the one on the West end. Didn't look at Elmore. Next time your in there, let me know if they have it. Thanks.

Wildland Outdoors · Mar 26, 2016

Will do

Mike G · May 4, 2016

TreXTerra said:
I just picked it up this week and will be taking it out twice in the next month; once for about 4 days, the other for a week.

@TreXTerra , So how do you like the new Ozark Trail cooler? Any like's and dislikes?

TreXTerra · May 4, 2016

So far I have been very pleased with the ice performance.

A few gripes:

No tie-down points, but I think it would be easy to whip something up so I can tie it down and still open the lid.
The rubber closures can be a little annoying because you have to line up a hole with a pin, I personally haven't had any problems with it but others have noted they are harder to use than the Yeti.

Overall, I think it's pretty hard to go wrong - especially for the price.

RiverCityDave · May 5, 2016

Ive been hearing a lot about these lately, Im keeping my hawkeyes open for one of the smaller ones. Given that my kids ride in teh third row with me, Im not going with an Engel or ARB Fridge/Freezer any time soon, so a nice roto molded cooler is beginning to make more sense, if I like the small one, I may get a 50QT.

Bob · May 5, 2016

I just bought a canyon cooler 103 qt. cooler. I really got it for my raft, not for the jeep because I have an ARB fridge for the jeep. The canyon cooler seems really well made and the 103 qt. model is designed for rafts. But if you can swing it I highly recommend getting a 12v fridge, I would buy another one tomorrow if mine bit the dust.

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