This is a really good cooler. The only con is the handle. If you pull it out of your car or truck and don't have the handle straight up, it will detach and you will dump everything out on the ground. It is an easy fix. Just drill a 1/4 inch hole through the handle and case as I have shown in the pictures and put in a bolt with a washer and nut, I recommend a locking nut, and it is now indestructible. You can drag it at any handle angle and it will be fine. Shame on Koolatron for not doing something this simple and ruining an otherwise really good cooler. It has one other small problem and that is the accessory/cigarette lighter plug. Mine failed from the constant vibration from my truck, but I have had the same experience with other accessory plugs. Manufacturers need to use a quality plug instead of trying to save a buck.Now on to why you should buy it anyway. It is a great cooler. I put put three bottles of frozen drinking water in the bottom and then pack it full. It has a divider so you can access your drinks without disturbing your food. I leave mine in the truck sometimes for five days at a stretch and when I empty it at home there is still a core of ice in the water bottles. It also has a lot of room. It will hold the equivalent of 32 cans of Coke. It will drop the temperature by 35 degrees F below the ambient temp. If you are away from home for long stretches as I am sometimes, having my cooler fail is a real problem. So I bought an extra and all I have to carry is the lid as it contains the fan and exchanger and snaps in the the case, so all I have to do if my unit were to fail is pull off the failed lid and snap on the new one. The handle fix stays with the case so you are good to go.The fan is audible, but won't be noticed in a big truck or in the back of an SUV.If you are willing to do the simple handle fix, this is great buy for the money.I got this cooler for my semi truck to keep fruit and drinks cold and works greatVery happy with itHas worked very well with limited use so far. If it continues to perform this summer, I'll give it five stars across the board.The dc cord is very cheap, there is no fuse in it making the power wire just sauntered together in the dc plug. The dc plug is easily breakable due to this. It started pulling out of the plug by the rear of the plug. When it breaks you cannot replace the plug as it is connected directly to the cooler. The cord broke within 3 months of having the cooler. The handle is very flimsy and pulls off the chest from the side connections easily. Other then this the cooler worked as advertised but I will not be buying another of this brandThis is used as a lunch box for my husband for his work hours. He works 12 to 15 hour shifts and this keeps his sodas cold all day as well as his snacks, and, oh yea, his lunch foods. The only concern is the handle is not as secure as he would like. This is the 4th one he has purchased over the years and the fan works for a very long time but the handle usually comes off or breaks after about 6 months of using. He would like the handles to be more secure. Luckily, he does not have to lift the container too many times a day and has now tried to remember to lift differently and carefully to keep the handles in place longer.While I don't have a problem with the product the pictures are of two different models in the ad. In the pictures I've provided for reference, the cooler on the left is the old model the one I'm replacing, the one on the right is the new model that you'll probably be getting. Now I bought this because I wanted the old model because it's cooler part is not intrusive like the new model as you can see in the pictures. And the old model I could put two 1 gallon water bottles in there and then the new one I can only fit one because the fan part goes too far in. There's nothing wrong with it just be aware that the pictures do not match in the ad, hence why it gets three starsI have a 2007 Volvo XC-90 and have been looking for a cooler that was small enough to fit in the corner of the truck yet big enough to cool a few bottles of water. I had looked at the OEM from volvo and after all said and done it would cost well over $400 for the entire solution. I ran across this guy whcih actually looked the same as the Volvo cooler and decided to try it out.PROS: - Very compact and fits nicely in the storage area in the truck- Cools down very well as long as you have another item in the cooler that is cold. It makes the cooler chill down pretty fast and keeps the items chilled.- Perfect for day getaways and returning to the truck to get some nice chilled water.- Easy to use. If you want cold you flip the power cord one way and if you want hot you flip it the other way- Saved a boat load of money for exactly what i needed to do, drink some cold water when i come back to my truck from a a few hours outside or at the beach/park.CONS:- Takes some time to cool the items inside if you dont have chilled already.- I had to purchase the power saver cord which allows me to shut the truck off but still keep the unit running without having to worry about my truck battery being dead when i come back. AWESOME and a must have for this type of thing. WOuld have been nice feature to have built in.- Cant tell when you have the heater on. You have to touch the coil to see if its hot.Overall the only reason i gave it a 4 star was because its missing some nice to have features.Stupid design, with the cooler heat sink at the bottom it will NEVER chill anything above it, heat rises, cool air drops!, replaced very quickly, complete waste of money.Got this cool box paid for new unit and on Amazon believed it to be new but when opened cool box no instructions but a note saying this is a factory seconds and only 30 day warranty but only on fan and motor not what I played for.If this unit is a second put it in details and a price to show it is a second not rip off for full price very disappointed Amazon you need to do something.Poor item didn’t really work and had been used and returned previously by someone elseIn hours of it being plugged into a 12v socket it didn’t go cool in the slightestI shouldn’t have even tried to start washing this out and sanitizing it. The more I cleaned, the more filth I found. I was using sanitary wipes on the inside and it was so filthy. Obviously this was returned by another customer in horrible condition.First indicator was that there was not even a tie around the cable. Then I noticed how filthy the DC plug was. I tried cleaning it and realized afterwards why am I cleaning somebody else’s filth. Absolutely disgusting. This should never have been sent to me or anyone.