Enter portable electric coolers. These coolers can keep food and drinks chilled and even frozen, with no ice required. They're convenient for road trips, car camping, hunting trips, and more.

Upon gathering our data and testing notes, we set to work deciding which coolers were the best for certain situations. For most of us, this 28-quart cooler from Igloo nailed the sweet spot.

Technically, there’s no such thing. When people talk about “solar-powered coolers,” they mean coolers connected to a power ...