Hi-Gear 45 Litre Portable Electric Cooler Fridge Box

I’ve just used this for the first time on a long journey by ferry and car. It worked really well on mains power in my hotel room (you can vary the temperature and fan speed when using mains power) and in the car (where it operates at maximum and can’t be changed). Half power is good enough to keep things cold and is perfectly quiet enough to sleep next to. I put some freezer blocks in before a 12 hour ferry crossing when the fridge would be switched off and to my amazement, they were still frozen solid at the end of the journey - so excellent insulation too. Thoroughly recommended if you need to keep drinks or food or medicines cold while travelling. Slightly short cables so you might need a 12V extension cable unless you have a 12V socket in your car’s boot. Alternatively it fits nicely in the front passenger footwell.

Brought this Cool Box to go away with during the extremely hot weather this year 2026 & it has been an absolute god send, it has the benefit of being powered off 12 volt (adaptor included) 240 volt (adaptor included) or the good ole ice packs, Whatever your your choice it works great, not cheap but it is very efficant !

The cooler works as described. This is a second unit (not the same make) I own. Both perform similarly. This unit is quicker to cool down to upto 20 degrees ambient than my other device. On this unit the cables are not detachable and stowage of them is fiddly to say the least. Whilst cooling can be adjusted when running off the mains supply I’m guessing for technical reasons on 12v it’s full power of nothing. For best use and for food preservation I recommend getting a min/max thermonuclear.

We bought this as a temporary item to use before buying a fridge for the campervan. It's been so good we've not got around to buying the fridge. Keeps things very cool it's become a permanent fixture.

It is a good size bigger that expected as you can get more in it than it tells you you can separate items as there is a removable segregation plate in it. Don't seem to be to noisy when plugged in it is worth the money

I purchased it mainly for my attic man-cave, so that I don't have to trudge down to the kitchen every time I want a cold drink or snack. So far, it's been absolutely brilliant in its 240V mains mode. The fact that the temperature is adjustable is great. I use a standard fridge thermometer to keep the contents at a steady 4-7C, and only have to boost the intensity to full for an hour or so, when loading-up the cool-box. Otherwise, it works fine at about half power. At this setting, the fan noise is negligible.

Works okay as a secondary fridge plugged into the mains but plugged into the car on a very long journey it failed to keep anything chilled. Introduce two freezer blocks to get it going and the results are better. I used cat litter soakaway sheets to absorb the puddles. I still use it for journeys but the capacity is compromised by the freezer blocks and they make it difficult to stack anything without falling over. Hot spots happen between food items if they do not allow airflow and can lead to food poisoning. I have worked in enough hotel kitchens to know when food safety is compromised and bacteria rapidly multiplies to fatal limits. If you are using this to cool canned drinks it will be okay, if you wash every can before opening. Bacteria loves closed, confined, spaces that promote the environment they thrive within. Unless you are sure you are not going to kill those you serve, this product should only be used with caution for short journeys. And because it is vertical bacteria will drip upon everything below. You only need one person to have faeces on their hands or disposable gloves and you have a Petri Dish growing cultures of bacteria that will kill you. This is why fridges designed primarily for drink cans have horizontal shelving and vertical doors. It's all to do with hygiene. Even rodent infested take aways have vertical fridges!

even in the hot sun it worked great. total game changer when camping and a fab size!