AO Coolers Carbon Series Cooler Bag - Black - 44.5 Qts

Video Transcript for Review of AO Coolers Coolers - Carbon Series Cooler Bag Black 48 Cans - AC28FR

Hi everybody, Andy here with etrailer.com, and today we're gonna take a look at this AO Coolers Carbon Series Cooler Bag in black. This durable travel cooler is going to keep your drinks and snacks cold on your next outdoor adventure. This is going to be great for your picnics, for camping, maybe you're going to some tailgating or sporting events, things like that. This is designed to hold up to 48 12 ounce cans and 22 pounds of ice. And this is going to maintain that ice for up to 24 hours at 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Now, this cooler back features this wide mouth opening that's going to make it easy to load and locate items.

So as you can see, it's very roomy on the inside, and on the inside is this one piece TPU liner. And this liner is very durable, it's leak-proof, and it's going to resist punctures, so it's going to hold up really well for you. And you can, as you can see, pull this inside out to allow this to dry, so after you're done using this and after you empty out your cooler bag, I would just recommend pulling out the lining as well and just kinda let it air dry so you're not gonna have to worry about this being musky or anything like that. So, letting it dry before you put it in storage, is gonna be a good idea. And this bag also features a 3/4 of an inch thick polyurethane high-density closed cell foam that's going to prevent air from entering into this cooler.

So, that insulation is all throughout this bag and it's very thick, and I think it's going to do a great job of keeping your items inside of this bag nice and cold. I did want to point out that AO Coolers actually guarantees that this cooler will never leak or sweat. And the way that this is deigned to be used is that you fill this bag up with your ice and your beverages and food, and once you have it filled up, you just close it with the zipper. And as you can see, this zipper is rugged. It's actually a YKK zipper and it has two pulls for convenience.

So, once you have this zipped up and closed, then you're just going to pull down the corners and buckle them here. So, this would probably be just a little bit easier to do when you actually have something in it. I'm gonna go ahead and bring this top buckle down and connect it with our bottom buckle, and then I'm gonna do that on the other side here as well. So again, bring it down, buckle it, just like that. As you can see, that actually changes the shape of our bag to a more of a cube-like shape, and that's going to make this easier to transport, easier to store maybe in the back of your vehicle.

So, that's going to make this a nice compact design. And I also wanted to point out while we're here that this does have a front zipper pocket here. And so, this is going to be great area maybe to store paper plates, utensils and maybe napkins as well. And if you decide that you don't need to use the shoulder strap, you can detach the shoulder strap and throw it in that pocket as well. So agan, you see what happens to its shape when you fold down those corners, so a really nice bag overall. Now, talking about the exterior here, this is made of vinyl coated fabric with a carbon fiber imprint, which is used in both the RV and marine industry. So, this is going to match perfectly the interior of many boats and side by sides. And the webbed handles here are included and they're going to be very durable, and it also includes this enclosure here that's gonna allow you to combine the handles for easy carry. And let me zoom out here real quick and show you the included shoulder strap that I mentioned. This shoulder strap is adjustable and it has a nice padded area here. So, I'm just going to put this on my shoulder here real quick, so you just kinda get an idea of how easy this is going to be to transport. And then, if you don't wanna use the shoulder strap, you can just simply remove it right here. It has clips here that's going to allow a very easy removal just like that. Now, while we're here, I also wanna talk about these attachment points. You have four all together, two on this side and two on the other side. So, you can use those to either secure your shoulder strap or you can use them as tie down points to run maybe bungee cords through here or some rope, to secure this in your boat or in the back of your vehicle. So you're not not gonna have to worry about this jostling around or potentially flying out of your boat or something like that. So, that's very convenient. And this will, when you're done using it, even though it is durable, it is flexible, so it will be able to collapse for easy storage, so it's not taking up a whole lot of space in the area that you are storing it in. Now, just overall dimensions, just to kinda give you an idea of the size. So, let me pull out my tape measure here and just give you some overall measurements. Looking at the overall width, lining that up as best as I can here, we're sitting pretty close to about 29, looks like about 30, a little over 30 inches, maybe 31 to 32 inches wide at the widest point all together. And again, that's with this being open and not being in use per se with nothing in it. The overall height, we're sitting pretty close to 17 inches tall. And then the overall length, we are sitting pretty close to almost 10 inches, maybe 10 to 11 inches long or deep or however you'd like to identify that measurement. And the internal volume that this bag is able to carry is 44 1/2 quarts, so this is a 44 1/2 quart volume cooler bag. And when it's empty, it weights just a little over five pounds. Now, we do have other sizes of this cooler bag available, so if you're interested in taking a look at maybe some smaller versions of this bag, you can find them here at etrailer.com. But overall, if this beats the specs that you are looking for and this bag is big enough for what you think you might need it for, this is gonna be a really great item to consider. It's very well built, I'm very pleased at the design of it, the overall build quality, and I think it's going to be very long lasting. Well, that's gonna conclude our look today, I do hope that it was helpful for you. Again, my name is Andy, thank you for joining me.