Universal Buddy XL Can Cooler by Frost Buddy - Fits 12-ounce, 16-ounce, 20-ounce, and 24-ounce Cans and Bottles - Keep Your Drinks Refreshingly Chilled for over 12 hours (Roseannagradient)

There has been a 20oz-soda-bottle-sized hole in the steel insulated beverage cooler market for a long time. 20oz soda bottles sold at retailers are ubiquitous, but there is no way to keep them cold for more than a few minutes. I was excited to see a company finally tackle this. My 20oz sodas fit well in here, and stay more cold. This will NOT keep items as cold as a Yeti, but it will keep your soda cold for the time it takes to drink one. Don't leave a soda in a warm car in this and expect icy-cold, delightful soda 3 hours later. But it is a great quality, attractive, and useful product. They might want to tweak the insulation ability, but due to how the have to design it to accommodate several bottle shapes, it might not be possible. I'd buy more but I'm hoping for the price to come down a little.

I love that this will hold everything from an 8oz can to a 24oz can along with 20oz bottles and Gatorade bottles. Keeps drinks really cold!! I own several of their products and love them all.

EDIT 02/24/2024 – I’m bumping this up a star because after a few months of use I feel like it works SO well with my go-to 20 oz. G-Zero bottles that the tight fit of the 16 oz. Monster cans was over-emphasized in my initial review. I also inadvertently discovered that the painted finish on it is ridiculously durable after accidentally dropping it on a rough concrete sidewalk and finding only a few minor scratches. I’m impressed enough with this cooler that I ultimately purchased a second one when it went on a sale here in the middle of January with the intent of stretching and ‘training’ one of the lids to fit my Monster cans more easily (as well as to have a spare cooler). After a few uses with the cans I found that the lid indeed does fit them well now, but also confirmed my initial theory that it seems to permanently stretch the lid slightly, making it a teensy bit sloppy on the 20 oz. bottles. Taken as a whole though I think this thing is pretty great and easily worthy of four stars.Original review:I notice Frost Buddy seems to have merged this new “Universal Buddy XL Bottle Cooler” item with their discontinued “Big Buddy Bottle Cooler and Cocktail Shaker.” It makes it a bit harder to make an informed decision since the vast majority of the current reviews are about the old version (which I’d tried previously and returned for other reasons), but I’m here to review the new one that just became available and is advertised in this listing.Overall, I LOVE this drink cooler, but it doesn’t quite live up to the marketing. The build quality and construction seem quite nice, with a rubberized base and attractive finish (I went with the matte black). Most importantly though, it definitely keeps my bottled drinks colder for HOURS longer than the old cheap neoprene foam coolers I’d been using before. The only issue I have is with the advertised compatibility touted in the marketing, but it’s a significant issue for me.My daily drink of choice is Gatorade G-Zero (20 oz. bottle), but I also occasionally want a boost and will go with a Monster Ultra energy drink (16 oz. can). Both of these containers are listed as compatible with the cooler. The Gatorade bottle fits PERFECTLY with the “short” lid and no insert and has met or exceeded my expectations in almost every way. The bottle fits perfectly and the lid tightens down just right to secure the bottle from jiggling around while still being easy to use. However, my 16 oz. Monster can, when using the included insert (oriented properly) and the appropriate short lid is extremely difficult to tighten down without exerting quite a bit of force to stretch out the rubber of the lid enough to allow the threads between the ‘jar’ and lid portions of the cooler to catch and tighten. It’s arduous enough that I fear using it repeatedly with a 16 oz. can will stretch the rubberized lid to the point that it either rips, or that it’ll deform and no longer fit my Gatorade bottles properly. The “tall” lid is useless for either container.For me this item is still a keeper since it handles my primary Gatorade bottle quite well, but for the sake of safety I’m not using it for my 16 oz. cans, which is too bad (and is the reason for the reduced star rating). I feel like it could be perfect with just a couple tweaks, but as it is currently designed I wouldn’t consider it a good fit for the 16 oz. cans it’s marketed to accommodate. I’d really hoped I’d found a good “universal” cooler for my usual drinks, especially at this kind of premium price point, but I guess it wasn’t to be.

I purchased this for my recent Disney World trip and I could not be happier! In 90+ degree heat, my drink was still cold. Add in direct sunlight, in a metal locker, and still cold!This cooler saved me from tossing half bottle out because they get too warm to drink.Honestly, I didn't think it would work as well as it did, and I'm so happy to be proven wrong!I just ordered the 12 oz. can cooler today to use around the grill.

Absolutely love this. Keeps my drinks nice and cold. Just wish it fit in my car holder.

I was a little worried when I purchased this product, not sure how good it would be, but I LOVE IT! It's worth every cent spent on it.I highly recommend!

Was needing a way to keep whipped cream cold while on the counter in my dessert food truck. Works like a charm! Absolutely love the fact that there’s no need to freeze the thing. Love it!

Little pricey but works good. Tough as nails, drove off with the Frost Buddy on the back of my truck doubled back 45 min later and found it in the road. Two very small dings and still works properly. If not for the price 5 star product.

Je n’ai jamais de problème à garder mes drinks froids avec cette élément! C’est super!