Carrying a lot of water is mandatory hitting the long stretches of Rt 66 here in the summer where it is ghost town after ghost town. Bought the Hopnel version on ebay two years ago and it works great, has not leaked yet.

 

Polar Bear soft-side coolers are waterproof and sweat proof

 

What I'm seeing is most of you have to stop to grab another cold one. Why not stop at the local joints when you need a drink?

Also don't "drinks" get over shaken stored in a saddlebag. Guess there comes a time you just deal with it if you use these methods.

 

Most of the time we just stop at a bar along the way but sometimes the route doesn't lend itself to that or when the temp gets over 100 here we need to stop more often. I have used the HD saddlebag cooler for 2 years now. It works great and no leaks.

 

I freeze water bottles the night before the ride and use one of those soft coolers.

 

Hopnel for me, had mine for three years now and still works just fine. One of my friends has the HD bag and it leaks.

 

I have the square Harley cooler, I spread my a@@less chaps out on the bottom of the saddle bag to insulate the cooler from the exhaust heat. Kills two birds with one stone, I have my chaps incase it rains and insulates the cooler. I prefer to carry cans, they stay cooler longer and I can crush them so the emptys take up less room.

 

i have one of the harley saddlebag coolers and it works great. i also use the blue icepacks that have some sort of jell in them and you freeze them and when they melt, no mess. the slanted cooler is made to fit inside of your saddlebag, and they don't take up all the room, so there's a little bit of room in one end of the saddlebag. i think it holds six or eight cans and the blue ice pack things.

 

2 small soft side coolers, holds about 8-10 cans
One inside the other, keeps ice all day long in 90 + temps