Get a rotomolded cooler. Yeti or RTIC, your pick.

Yes. A rotomolded cooler with thick insulation and a gasket seal is the only thing that keeps ice for days in 95° heat. These things are built like lunchboxes for the apocalypse.

Cheap coolers from the hardware store lose ice in hours when it’s hot and the lid keeps getting opened. Rotomolded coolers use a one-piece plastic construction with no seams and nearly two inches of foam. Ice lasts three to five days in real summer conditions, even with regular use. That’s the difference between worrying about refills and just having cold drinks.

Yeti is the most recognizable. RTIC is almost identical for half the price. Both work. The main trade-off is weight—these things are heavy even empty. But that’s the price of not schlepping bags of ice every morning.

Don’t overthink it. Get a rotomolded cooler in the size that fits your trunk.