RTIC Hard Cooler vs Engel ENG65

The RTIC Hard Cooler 45 makes for a good, if unremarkable, Hard Cooler for people with a $170 budget.

The Engel ENG65, however, is merely mediocre at its $279 asking price, when compared to similarly priced products, and won't satisfy the needs of most people.

In either case, we suggest that you first take a look at some other options at the $170 and $300 price points before committing to one of these - it's likely that you'll be able to find some better alternatives.

If you're still interested in learning more about the RTIC Hard Cooler 45 and Engel ENG65, however, we wrote a summary of what we could find about them:

Switchback Travel, a review site with a history of doing objective hands-on testing, has great things to say about the RTIC Hard Cooler 45. In fact, it's "Best Yeti Alternative" in its "Best Coolers and Ice Chests of 2020" roundup, which points toward it being a good Hard Cooler.

As for the Engel ENG65 - OutdoorGearLab, a source that conducts reliable hands-on testing, has featured it in its Best Cooler of 2020 roundup. However, it didn't make it to any of the top spots.

We also wanted to do a direct RTIC Hard Cooler 45 vs. Engel ENG65 review performance comparison, but we, unfortunately, weren't able to find any RTIC Hard Cooler 45 review scores.

Finally, we compared the Engel ENG65 to other Hard Coolers on the market and found that it did much better than its competitors - its review average of 9.0 out of 10 points is considerably higher than the 6.1 review average of Hard Coolers in general.