Maybe time to loose the ice chest, but not the concept of the ice chest. How about an electric cooler. We've had an electric 12 volt DC cooler for 15 years. It finally died last fall and we replaced it with this one from Wall Mart. The sucker gets so cold, it freezes soft drinks. We use it for a second refrigerator in the camper, and it works marvelous in the truck when traveling, as well as at home for grocery shopping and such to put foods to keep cold in transit.
However, they do take a couple hours to cool down good, but once cold, stay cold, as long as they are plugged in. They are 12 volt DC, but come with an AC adapter. The 12 volt cord comes with a cigarette lighter style plug that fits perfect in the travel trailer plug near the television. So when traveling, we have the option of leaving it plugged in and running inside the truck cab (back seat lifts up), or inside the trailer.
We bought this thing last February (2017), and it's never been turned off since, except long enough to move it from the camper to the truck and back again. And to dump water condensation from the bottom a couple times. Did I say, it gets so cold it will freeze your soft drinks! They get just the "right" amount of ice in them on at top, they are perfect! We use it at home mostly for drinks. On the road, as a second refrigerator.
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