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Before retiring I drove a tractor trailer cross country for over 20 years, and used a similar but larger chest cooler nearly all that time. These things work great if you use them properly. Unless you are willing to wait a long time for things to cool down,you MUST cool items down before putting them in the cooler," The colder the better " Also if you cool the inside of the cooler first, that would help even more. Try not to pack your food into it to tightly, it needs a little space between items for cold air to circulate.

According to Amazons product description this cooler is supposed to have a low battery cut off, that turns the cooler off if you forget to turn it off and your battery gets low. I have had this cooler over a year now with no problems since I turned it off when not in use. The other day I forgot to turn it off, the battery was dead the next day. So use caution and make sure it is off when not in use. Evidently the low battery cutoff on my cooler is not working properly. That's of course if it actually has a low battery cutoff, you can't always depend in what they say. There photo is wrong, so maybe there cutoff description is wrong also.

This is handy if you buy some hot food out,and are not going home immediately (ie; Chinese food, rotisserie chicken,hot wings, etc.)or are going on the road and want to take some hot food with you, or want to buy some fast food to eat later just put it in the cooler and turn it on the heat cycle. Everything will still be toasty hot when you get ready to eat it. If traveling a AC/DC Converter is a must if you need to keep things cold in a motel, or for an extended stop that has a 110 volt AC wall outlet to plug it into. The Black & Decker CV6B Travel Mate 6.0 Amp AC/DC Converter will do the job. This cooler works well, it is also quite sturdy and very nice looking. The top of the cooler is a cushion for a arm rest or even to sit on, it is that well made. With it's sholder strap, it's easy to carry to a ball game, concert, the beach etc. If you put a long lasting Techni-Ice Travel Pouch inside, everything will remain cold for the entire event. The side zippered storage compartment is a decent size, and has room to hold your utensil's and smaller condiment's. The plug in cord is 6 ft.long, so you should have option's on where you want to place the cooler.

UPDATE: June 2010 ::: I have had this cooler close to 3 years now and it is still working great " except the low battery cut off mentioned above " I use it regularly since it is always in my vehicle. Comes in handy to put cold cuts and perishables in after shopping, when I am not going home immediately.

You can also check out my review on the larger Koolatron Voyager Thermoelectric Cooler P-27,which I also have and use in the event I have to take extra with me on a longer trip. A Thumb's up on this review would be very nice, Thank you.

NOTE!!! THE AMAZON PHOTO IS NOT THE CORRECT COOLER. Model TC212B HAS A STORAGE COMPARTMENT ON THE SIDE,( Check out my Customer Image )

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I purchased this keep my wife's insulin cool on a trip from California to Tennessee. We crossed the desert in the beginning of August and the cooler did what it was supposed to do. While it didn't keep the insulin refrigerator cold, it was cool about 50 degrees I estimate. It also served the secondary purpose of keeping water and sodas cool for the drive. If it had kept things closer to refrigerator cool, I'd have given it 5 stars.

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So far so good. I was a little hesitant after reading some of the reviews but I liked the looks of the item and all the reviews of different brands seemed to be the same. This was a Father's Day present for my husband and he loves it. He works on jobsites and is at the mercy of the heat all day. He says it works great and does not kill the battery on his truck. He does however boost the cold a little by adding a small freezer pack inside so that everything stays extra cold. I would recommend this product.

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We just took a trip out west (5,000 miles round trip!) and this product worked quite well!! All the food was chilled and kept just like a refrigerator. My only complaint(and not a very fair one at that!) is that when you turn off the car to go somewhere for a few hours it doesn't keep the food cold anymore, because the car isn't on. But it does do everything it claims to do! :D I def reccomend this product.

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The Black and Decker TC212B Travel Cooler is attractive and I think it will be very useful. Unfortunately, the power converters linked with it by the Amazon website do not put out enough amps to run the cooler. I suggest buying the wall power cord made by Black and Decker.