Blue Coolers 60 Quart Wheeled Cooler

Against the recommendations of others, I decided to buy and keep the Blue Cooler 60w instead of the Pelican 45qt Wheeled Cooler. I was looking to purchase a cooler for multi-day solo and couple's camping and purchased both units on Amazon for Memorial Day. Both coolers were dimensionally the same size, but the Blue Cooler holds 15 quarts more space than the Pelican. Blue Cooler Pros: The Blue Cooler 60w is Roto-molded and rated to hold ice for 10 days. [I conducted my own ice retention test in my rear-shaded patio for nine days in 100-degree weather]. The latches, rubber seal, and pull-handle are thicker, reliable, and more durable than the Pelican's. The Blue nameplate is riveted to the body of the cooler and will never come off, and the corners of the lip are reinforced with stainless steel edges. The pull handle is heavy-duty metal with rubber bicycle-type handle grips. The cooler is easy to pull and maneuver. The price-- $319 (vs $372). The Blue's skin is thick and commensurate with Pelican's. Pelican Cons: Pelican latches are made of chinsy-plastic that often break (which explains why every used Pelican for sale on FB marketplace has broken latches) Albeit, Pelican units have a lifetime warranty, they are too cumbersome to submit for warranty replacement and wait for the parts to arrive in the mail to replace the part yourself. The Pelican brand name stickers on the cooler easily peel off and were delaminating straight out of the box upon delivery. The pull handle on the Pelican is a joke, and the handle is made of the same hallowed-plastic that children's toys are made of. There is also this weird block design that pivots and pushes on the cooler plastic rolling to cooler around, which I don't see as a long-term solution for portability and movement. Price-- $372 (vs $319). When I tested this unit against the Blue Cool for ice retention, the Pelican was only able to hold ice for three days. Pelican Pros: The two things that the Pelican cooler has over the Blue Cooler 60w [that I found] were the larger wheels and the retention wire on the drain plug. That's it. I guess, if you are pulling your cooler down a dirt trail over rocks and ruts, and you are worried about losing the plug-- those are benefits. I returned the Pelican and kept the Blue cooler-- which was clearly the smart choice.