Soft Coolers

Soft Coolers & Cooler Bags

For day trips, picnics, the beach and festivals, a heavy ice box is overkill while a soft cooler bag does the job at a fraction of the weight. OZtrail soft coolers are lightweight, easy to carry, and built to keep drinks and lunch cold while you're on the move. Most fold down flat when empty, so they store easily and don't eat up room in the car.

Why choose a soft cooler bag?

A soft cooler is the easy alternative to a hard esky when you don't need days of ice retention, it's a flexible insulated bag made for grab-and-go cooling. With ice or ice bricks inside, it keeps food and drinks cold for several hours which is plenty for a day out. The trade-off for being light and packable is thinner insulation than a rigid box, so for multi-day trips off the grid, an ice box is the better tool. For everything else, the insulated cooler bag is an easy pick - whether it's for work lunches, the park or a day at the beach.

What size do I need?

Soft coolers are rated by how many cans they hold, which makes capacity easy to picture. A 9-can cooler suits a lunch or a solo outing, a 12 to 24-can bag covers a day out for a couple or small group, and a 24-can cooler handles a family picnic with room for food and drinks. Leave a little space for ice or a brick.

Easy to carry

Soft coolers are light to begin with, and most come with carry handles or a shoulder strap so you can sling one over your shoulder and go. If you're hauling a bigger load, the Companion Wheeled Cooler 28L lets you wheel it along instead of carrying the weight.

Hard-top coolers

A hard-top cooler combines a soft, lightweight body with a rigid lid, so you get the easy carrying of a soft cooler plus a sturdy top you can use as a small table or seat. It's a good middle ground when you want something more structured than a plain bag but lighter than a full ice box.

Keep it cold for longer

Pop in ice bricks or gel packs rather than loose ice. It'll freeze harder, last longer, and avoid the puddle of melt water at the bottom of the bag. Browse the full range of OZtrail soft coolers and cooler bags online, or head back to camping fridges & coolers for ice boxes, powered fridges and the rest of your setup.