Plus, the hard coolers have the IGBC (Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee) approval. This means, with proper use, even a grizzly bear won’t be able to break into it! You can see their full list of certified bear-resistant products for more information. Looking at the construction itself, the hard-sided coolers are rotomolded. This means they’re made from one seamless piece of plastic. This ensures you won’t have to worry about cool air escaping through minuscule cracks in the seams.
Here it’s really a battle of reputations, though, because, for the price, Ozark is a solid choice. For the smaller 26-quart hard cooler, there is an overhead handle. For the larger ones, you have ozark trail chair side handles for a more comfortable haul. We still think they would do even better if they put wheels on the very largest cooler. On the inside of the larger coolers, you will find a wire basket.
To start with, you will find an oversized drain that makes short work of any melted ice that is inside. The threaded drain can easily be removed and will be held in place ozark trail cooler thanks to the mounted chain it is on. And to maximize how much squeeze the gasket produces, having strong latches that provide a lot of clamping force is necessary.
Basically, you have a small cooler, you have a medium cooler, and you also have a fairly large cooler. They also have some great but more mainstream designs for the tightest of budgets, by the way. Now, the general assumption here is that this cooler brand is actually owned by Walmart since they’re mostly sold at their stores. However, we cannot definitely say whether Ozark Trail is a Walmart company or not but it looks as a private label brand of Walmart.
For the fishermen out there, you will enjoy the molded-in fish ruler on the lid of the cooler. There are also molded drink holders (4 on the 52 and 73-quart models and 2 on the 26-quart model). But you can anticipate the walls to be between 2.5” and 3” thick.