small cooler suggestions

[Debs5angels]

Here is my problem. One of my DD's only drinks juice boxes. Can anyone recommend a smallish lightweight cooler to bring to the parks that will keep them cold? I will not have a fridge in the room so I can't freeze them and the only thing I'll have access to is the ice from the machines in the hotel. I feel bad for her to have to drink them hot!

 

[Twigs]

I use those soft sided insulated lunch boxes. They are light weight and do keep things cold. I would double bag some ice in a zip lock bag to keep in with them. You can also put them in the ice bucket in your room to get them cool before you head out for the day.

 

[swilshire]

Disregard message below as I missed the fact that you want to bring it to the parks. I'll leave the message there in case it helps someone else.




If you want a bigger one, I found a terrific one last year at Kohls on sale for about $50. I've seen a similar one since then cheaper at Tuesday Mornings.

This one has a retractable handle and can be used as carry-on luggage. We've filled it with food and taken it on the plane. We've also collapsed it empty and packed it in a suitcase, and have filled it with dirty clothes after our trip and checked it.

It's large enough to hold a picnic lunch for the six of us and we used it every day in the national parks last summer when we went out west. It has a zip out lining to make it easy to clean and dry out.

Sheila

 

[BevS97]

i have one we bought from walgreens in Orlando, it's made by arctic zone. It is superb - it fits nicely under our stroller and stays cold all day - we just put some ice in it, and while some melts there is still plenty of bits of ice left by the end of the day.
it doesn't leak either (big plus over our old cooler which dripped cold water on your legs all day)

 

[lovesdumbo]

I have a cooler something like this cooler I bought mine at Target and the "bottom" actually comes off and you can fit 3 juice boxes in it. If you keep the boxes on ice in the room then I think they'd stay cool inside the cooler for the day or you can put some ice in a zip lock to put in the cooler.

 

[Debs5angels]

Thanks for everyone's help!