Is the Coleman Snap 'N Go 35-Quart Collapsible Cooler Worth It?

Here's the trick: a hard-sided cooler is normally one rigid shell, so its empty size is its only size. Coleman built the walls to fold inward on hinges instead, the same idea as a pop-up hamper but made from thick, rigid PP and PE plastic instead of fabric. Push down on the corners and the whole 35-quart shell drops to less than half its open height in under ten seconds, then pops back up the same way when you need it. That folding wall is also why there's a separate waterproof liner sitting inside the shell: the liner holds the ice and drinks and does the sealing work, while the hard walls handle the insulation and structure. When melted ice turns the inside into a swamp, you pull the liner and rinse it, not the whole cooler. The insulation lives in the walls and lid whether they're locked open or folded flat, which is how it still holds ice for two days even though it's not one solid block of foam like an old-school cooler. The result behaves like a 64-can hard cooler at the tailgate and a stack of dinner plates in the garage.