RTIC Hard Cooler vs Igloo Polar Cooler

The RTIC Hard Cooler 65 makes for a good, if unremarkable, Hard Cooler for people with a $310 budget.

The Igloo Polar Cooler, however, is merely mediocre at its $69 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 $310 and $95 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 65 and Igloo Polar Cooler, however, we wrote a summary of what we could find about them:

The RTIC Hard Cooler 65 has managed to impress reviewers from some of the most highly trusted sources on the internet, including Wirecutter (NYTimes) and OutdoorGearLab. It performed great in their in-depth hands-on roundups - it was awarded the "Ranked 1 out of 10" title by CleverHiker and "Ranked 3 out of 24" by Wirecutter (NYTimes) in their respective Hard Cooler roundups. That's high praise, especially when coming from such high-quality sources.

Taking a look at the Igloo Polar Cooler, we found that it hasn't managed to perform well enough to earn a spot in any Hard Cooler roundups done by sources that conduct their own, high-quality, hands-on testing. That alone makes it difficult to recommend.

Lastly, we tried to do a direct RTIC Hard Cooler 65 vs. Igloo Polar Cooler comparison of review ratings between these two products, but couldn't find any review scores for the Igloo Polar Cooler.

Compared to all other Hard Coolers on the market, however, the RTIC Hard Cooler 65 performed great. When averaged out, it earned a rating of 9.0 out of 10, which is much better than the 6.1 review average of Hard Coolers in general.