Soft Coolers | Stanley 1913 – Stanley 1913 UK

Frequently Asked Questions

Is it comfortable to carry when full?

That is what the strap and the handles are for. A soft cooler is the format you take when you are walking with it rather than driving, so weight and how it sits against you matter more than raw capacity.

What happens when the ice melts?

The lining is designed to hold meltwater rather than let it through, so a bag packed with loose ice will not drip through the base on the way home. Empty it out and dry it open afterwards.

Does it pack away when it is empty?

Yes, and that is the main reason to choose soft over rigid. A cool bag folds down to almost nothing, so it lives in a cupboard or a boot without taking up the space a hard box occupies whether it is full or not.

How long will a cool bag keep food cold?

That depends on the size, how full it is and the temperature outside, so check the individual product page. Two things help in every case. Fill it as full as you can, because air warms faster than contents, and add an ice pack rather than relying on insulation alone.

How do I clean it?

Wipe the lining out after each use and let it dry fully open rather than zipped shut, which is what stops any smell developing.

Stanley 1913 Cool Bags & Soft Coolers

Keeping things cold is the original Stanley 1913 problem, solved from the other direction.

A soft cool bag holds temperature the way a vacuum flask does, in a form that folds into a boot, slings over a shoulder and packs away when the day is over. Insulated cool bags for picnics, beach days, festivals, camping and the weekly shop, built to keep food and drink properly cold for hours rather than pleasantly cool for one.

Cool Bag or Cool Box?

A hard cool box is the right answer when it can live in the boot all summer. A cool bag is the right answer for everything else, because it carries on a shoulder, packs flat when empty and fits where a rigid box will not. If cold is not the point and you simply need something to carry a day's things in, our everyday backpacks and tote bags are the range for that.

Insulated for a Full Day Out

Insulation is only worth having if it lasts past lunch. These are built to hold cold through an afternoon in the sun, and adding an ice pack extends that considerably further.

Picnics, Beaches and Festivals

The sizes are cut around real occasions rather than round numbers. Enough for two people and a bottle of wine, enough for a family day, enough for a weekend. Wipe-clean linings, because picnics are not tidy.

Cold on the Move

Leak-resistant construction keeps melted ice inside rather than in the boot of the car. Carry handles and straps are built for a bag that is heaviest at the start of the day.

Built for Life, Built to Last

The failure points on a cool bag are the zip, the seams and the lining, and cheap ones go at all three within two summers. Stanley 1913 builds them to be the last one you buy, which is the same argument that has kept century-old kit in service.

Complete Your Collection

Chill the drinks in an insulated water bottle or a tumbler. Keep a hot dish genuinely hot in an insulated food container. For drinking outdoors, our insulated pint cups and steins do not shatter on a patio.

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