Wagan EL6206 12V 6 Quart Personal Thermoelectric, 6 Liter Capacity, Portable Electric Cooler Warmer with 12/24V DC, Small Fridge for Car, RV, and Camping Use, UL Listed

Perfect Cooler for OTR Truckers — Daily Must-Have! We use this Wagan cooler every single day in our semi, and it has become one of our favorite cab essentials. It has both cooling and warming functions, but the cooling is definitely the star. It keeps everything cold for hours — we regularly fit two sodas, two waters, and a 34oz Arizona tea with plenty of room left during the hot months. We even keep chocolate in there and it stays perfectly cool next to the drinks. The size is ideal for trucking life. It fits right next to the driver’s seat without blocking the walkway to the sleeper, so we can grab drinks on the go without rearranging anything. The 12V plug-in is convenient, it’s easy to wipe out, and the two built-in cup holders on top are surprisingly useful when the truck is parked. For anyone who drives OTR, this cooler is a game-changer for keeping drinks cold, snacks fresh, and the cab organized. Super reliable, compact, and worth every penny. Highly recommend!

I purchased this for one of our trips to our son’s college 11 hours away. I am on medication that needs to be refrigerated and this was the perfect solution. It is very quiet and plugs right into the back charger. It kept the meds cool as well as a few drinks for the duration of our trip. Great price without the mess of ice etc. Would buy again.

Holds 4 standing bottles, including a 20-oz. soda bottle. Kept everything nicely cold over 8 hours in ~60°(F) temps. Got some condensation inside from opening it often (as would be expected). The 12V plug is very long & was a little tight to push in. I found it worked best with the vent that blows warm air facing the front of the car, letting me put other things on the seat next to it without that fan warming up my phone or chocolate. Reason for knocking off 1 star: I think a clip-on strap would be better/easier than threading it thru the slim slots. But mostly: I think the cupholders are too shallow for use in a vehicle, & that space would've been better used for a little storage--like for the manual, cord, & spare fuse. I'm switching from using a small lunch cooler with pockets on 3 sides to this thing with no storage & trying to figure out what to do with all my stuff.

After a hurricane tore through our area, we were without power for 5+ days. It was so difficult to keep medicines refrigerated. Never again. I bought this in anticipation of future outages. This way I can keep meds, a couple of drinks or my creamer for coffee cold. It does work well. Plugs into the vehicle.

We've taken this cooler on two trips so far - 4,500 miles to the Mojave in the Jeep and 3,000 to Arizona in the Subaru. It works great. Keeps drinks and snacks like cheese and jerky nice and cold. We set it in the middle of the back seat and can reach it easily from the front. Its noise level is low enough the road noise masks it. We usually keep four drinks and the snacks in it. Plenty of room. On the return from AZ, we had a third person with us and it was big enough for all our stuff. My only criticism is that the wiring and connectors are just barely adequate for running steadily at 5 Amps for 8 to 10 hours on the road. On the first trip, the cable connector into the front of the cooler melted slightly. It also began to corrode one of the pins on the cooler's power socket. On the rest of the trips it hasn't melted any more - yet. I would suggest one gauge larger wire and connectors rated at 20 Amps just to keep the heat damage to a minimum. My old 12V cooler, purchased over 30 years ago, melted two 12V cigarette lighter plugs. I finally replaced that connector with a 20A model and it's been fine since. The connections on the cooler itself never deteriorated. Note: The instructions warn you to turn it off and unplug it whenever starting or stopping the engine - apparently to protect from Voltage spikes. That's a pain in the neck. I've never done it with my old 12V cooler. I've forgotten to do that several times with the new one with no damage so far. I suspect that's simply to give them an out if the thing dies electronically. Mostly I just reach around and turn the switch off whenever starting or stopping. The cheap slide switch is a bit fiddly to find the Center OFF position. If it breaks I'll replace it with a toggle. So far I'm satisfied with it. It's nice to have a small cooler. My old one is a 7 gallon chest. Too big for most trips. This one is just right. Update July 2021 We drove to Dallas and the cooler performed well AFTER I repaired the switch. It was getting very flaky so I treated it with Cramolin contact cleaner: https://www.amazon.com/Hosa-D5S-6-DeoxIT-Contact-Cleaner/dp/B00006LVEU/ref=sr_1_15?dchild=1&keywords=cramolin&qid=1632410073&sr=8-15 It's the best contact cleaner product I've used in 40 years of electronic service. But Even with that treatment, the switch is still a little flaky. Before the treatment, it was dead - no contact. I will eventually have to replace it. I am not a fan of slide switches. In my decades of electronic service, I've found slide switches to be the least reliable choice for almost any application. Give me a good, solid toggle switch, please. Meanwhile, the cooler works well and is still a 4 star for me. Upgrade the switch and 12V connectors and it'll be a 5. Update Jan 2022 Despite the Cramolin treatment, the slide switch has failed. I gave up on it, removed it from the circuit board and wired the 12V cable directly to the points where the switch was soldered. It is no longer usable as a heating unit, but I've never cared about that function. Never used it on my big 7 gal chest in over 30 years so no loss for me. For the average user, this is not an acceptable solution. I'm downgrading the rating to a 1. Without my fix it would be a total failure. Also, I will never buy a solid state heat-transfer-module type cooler like this one again. The newer, compressor types work better, use MUCH less power and are quiet enough to compete with these solid state types. Try this one: https://www.amazon.com/Alpicool-Portable-Refrigerator-Freezer-Vehicle/dp/B082SH11RC/ref=sr_1_4_sspa?crid=28VTHBNCEO22&keywords=alpicool&qid=1652126683&sprefix=alpicool%2Caps%2C341&sr=8-4-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUFBVVUwMUs0UFY5MCZlbmNyeXB0ZWRJZD1BMDAzOTIwNzNERU5OTU9VOFhRSUQmZW5jcnlwdGVkQWRJZD1BMDgzOTQxNTIzNVAxSEZRUkIyRlYmd2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGYmYWN0aW9uPWNsaWNrUmVkaXJlY3QmZG9Ob3RMb2dDbGljaz10cnVl Or this one: https://www.amazon.com/Alpicool-Portable-Refrigerator-Freezer-Vehicle/dp/B082SJQDNR/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?crid=3S7G8B2MQC9TB&keywords=alpicool+c12&qid=1652126758&sprefix=alpicool+c12%2Caps%2C57&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUFPS1NTV1pYWVowV1gmZW5jcnlwdGVkSWQ9QTAxMDkxNDMySUtaNlM5NzNGWlVWJmVuY3J5cHRlZEFkSWQ9QTA4MzkyNTkzRUpXNUg3WllTSVVGJndpZGdldE5hbWU9c3BfYXRmJmFjdGlvbj1jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ== Final Update February 2023 That last fix turned out to not be the last. I found the non-detachable cord a pain. So I scrounged in the shop and came up with a pair of old Cinch Jones connectors rated at 10 Amps. Now the cord can store inside the cooler when on the shelf. Final conclusion The cooling itself works fine, though as i said above these solid state units are now obsolete. Compressor types are far more efficient, using much less power and can cool all the way down to below freezing. The solid state type can only achieve a temperature 20 or 30 degrees below ambient. The only advantage of this one is its small size and weight. Compressor types are bigger for the same internal storage volume and heavier. I've kept this one and done multiple repairs on it to keep it functioning because it's OK for trips where small size is needed and it won't be running if the car engine is shut off. Don't leave it running in the car when not driving or you'll run your battery down. A compressor type would take a couple days to run the car battery flat. So buy one if it fits your needs and hope the wiring and connectors have been improved to last more than a couple years.

I have a bigger one from this brand and was hoping this one would get as cold. It does not get cold. It’s definitely a “ cooler “ as it only gets a little cooler than the inside of the truck with A/c on. Yes it’s inside the cab also.

This cooler is alright it only last a year before I have to buy a new one my husband uses it in his tracker trailer but I continue to buy so can’t be that bad or I’m that dumb

It's very nice, but it felt small to me.