{ "id": "soft-sided-cooler-bag", "sku": "soft-sided-cooler-bag", "title": "Sydioor Soft Sided Insulated Cooler Bag 14L", "slug": "soft-sided-cooler-bag", "price": 158.99, "currency": "NZD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "coolers-and-showers", "category_label": "Coolers & Camp Showers", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": null, "images": [ "https://camping.net.nz/dropship-images/coolers-and-showers/soft-sided-cooler-bag/main-soft-sided-cooler-bag.jpg", "https://camping.net.nz/dropship-images/coolers-and-showers/soft-sided-cooler-bag/soft-sided-cooler-bag-10.jpg", "https://camping.net.nz/dropship-images/coolers-and-showers/soft-sided-cooler-bag/soft-sided-cooler-bag-2.jpg", "https://camping.net.nz/dropship-images/coolers-and-showers/soft-sided-cooler-bag/soft-sided-cooler-bag-3.jpg", "https://camping.net.nz/dropship-images/coolers-and-showers/soft-sided-cooler-bag/soft-sided-cooler-bag-4.jpg", "https://camping.net.nz/dropship-images/coolers-and-showers/soft-sided-cooler-bag/soft-sided-cooler-bag-5.jpg", "https://camping.net.nz/dropship-images/coolers-and-showers/soft-sided-cooler-bag/soft-sided-cooler-bag-6.jpg", "https://camping.net.nz/dropship-images/coolers-and-showers/soft-sided-cooler-bag/soft-sided-cooler-bag-7.jpg", "https://camping.net.nz/dropship-images/coolers-and-showers/soft-sided-cooler-bag/soft-sided-cooler-bag-8.jpg", "https://camping.net.nz/dropship-images/coolers-and-showers/soft-sided-cooler-bag/soft-sided-cooler-bag-9.jpg" ], "description_short": "A 14 litre insulated cooler bag with a waterproof TPU shell, food-grade PEVA leak-proof liner, front zip pocket and detachable shoulder strap.", "description": "The problem with warm drinks and soggy lunches\n\nEveryone has done it. You pack a bag with sandwiches and a few cans, drive an hour to the lake, and by the time you sit down the drinks are lukewarm and the bread has gone limp in a puddle of melted ice. The food is still technically edible. It is just no longer the thing you were looking forward to.\n\nA decent cooler fixes that, but the word \"cooler\" covers a huge range of products. At one end you have the big rigid boxes that live in a shed and need two people to lift when full. At the other you have thin fabric bags that are really just a lunch sack with foil inside. Most people want something in the middle: light enough to carry on a shoulder, big enough for a day out, and sealed well enough that melting ice stays inside.\n\nThat middle ground is where a soft sided cooler bag sits, and the Sydioor IB24001 is a straightforward example of the type. Fourteen litres, a waterproof shell, a leak-proof liner, a strap and a pocket. Nothing exotic. The value is in doing the basics properly.\n\nHow a soft cooler actually works\n\nInsulation does not create cold. It slows the movement of heat. Warm air outside the bag is always trying to reach the cold contents inside, and the job of the insulation is to make that journey slow and difficult.\n\nThis bag uses a layered build, described by the maker as five layers, with a PEVA liner on the inside. PEVA is a food-safe plastic film commonly used for cooler liners because it does not absorb smells and can be welded into a sealed shape. That sealing is what makes the liner leak proof. Instead of stitched fabric with gaps at every seam, you get a continuous inner shell that holds water.\n\nThe outer skin is TPU, which is a flexible polyurethane material. The important difference from a woven cloth cooler is that TPU has no weave. Rain sits on top of it instead of wicking through. Sand brushes off. A smear of sunscreen or a drink spill comes away with a damp cloth. If you have ever given up on cleaning a fabric cooler and just shoved it back in the cupboard smelling faintly of prawns, this is the fix.\n\nSydioor rates the bag at more than 20 hours of cooling with ice. Treat that as a laboratory-style figure rather than a promise. Ambient temperature, how much ice you use and how often you unzip the bag all change the result dramatically. A packed bag left in shade will outperform a half empty one in a hot car by a wide margin.\n\nWho this size suits\n\nFourteen litres, or about 16 cans, is a sensible everyday size. It is the capacity that covers a day at the beach for two, a weekend camp for one, a picnic for a small family, or a long drive where you want cold water and a few snacks.\n\nIt works well for:\nCouples and small families on day trips\nAnglers and boaters who need something wipeable\nWorkers who pack serious meal prep rather than a single sandwich\nAnyone doing a grocery run with frozen items and a long drive home\n\nIt is probably too small if you regularly cater for a group, or if you want to keep drinks cold for a multi-day camp with no ice top-ups. It is more than you need if your total cargo is one yoghurt. For a lot of buyers hunting the best soft cooler bag, size is the thing they get wrong first, usually by going too small to save money and then wishing they had not.\n\nWhat to look for when comparing coolers\n\nLiner quality. This is the part that fails. A cheap cooler has a thin foil liner glued in place, and once it splits at a corner, water gets into the insulation and the bag is finished. A welded, food-grade liner is worth paying for.\n\nShell material. Fabric shells look nicer in photos. Wipeable shells are better in life. If your cooler goes anywhere near sand, bait, sunscreen or kids, a waterproof surface saves you hours over the years.\n\nCapacity versus carry weight. Water is heavy. A 14 litre bag packed with ice and cans is a real load on one shoulder, which is why a proper adjustable strap matters more than people expect. Check the strap is detachable too, since a dangling strap in a car boot catches on everything.\n\nShape. A tall narrow bag holds cold a touch better because there is less surface area per litre, but a wider bag fits platters and takeaway containers. The 19 by 30 by 25 centimetre footprint here is a balanced compromise and fits most boot spaces.\n\nPockets. Counterintuitively, fewer is often better. Every external pocket is a patch of thin material where cold leaks out faster. A single front zip pocket for keys and an opener is the sweet spot.\n\nPacking it properly\n\nHalf of cooling performance is technique. Start by chilling the contents before they go in. A cooler slows temperature change, so if you load room-temperature cans, a good chunk of your ice gets used just bringing them down.\n\nFill the space. Air is the enemy. If you are not packing much, add extra ice packs or even a rolled towel to take up the gap. A full bag holds cold for far longer than a half empty one.\n\nLayer with purpose. Heavy items and anything you want coldest go at the bottom, ice spread over the top since cold air sinks, and the things you will reach for first near the lid. Fewer openings means less warm air getting in.\n\nKeep it out of the sun. Shade under a tree, a towel thrown over the top, or a shaded corner of the boot will all buy you hours. Direct midday sun on a black bag is the fastest way to a bag of water.\n\nCare that keeps it going for years\n\nCleaning takes about two minutes if you do it the same day. Wipe the inside with a damp cloth and a little mild detergent, wipe it again with clean water, then leave the bag open to air dry. The smooth liner does not hold on to grease or odours the way fabric does, so there is rarely any scrubbing involved.\n\nNever machine wash it. The spin cycle is hard on welded seams and bonded insulation layers, and once those fail the bag will not hold water or cold properly again. The same goes for dishwashers and tumble dryers.\n\nStore it dry and slightly open. Trapped moisture is what causes that stale smell people blame on the cooler itself. A bag that goes away clean and dry comes out next season ready to use.\n\nKeep it away from heat and sharp edges. No sitting beside a campfire, no sharing a boot compartment with fishing hooks or tent pegs loose in the space. A small puncture in the liner is the one damage type that genuinely shortens a cooler's life.\n\nThe short version\n\nIf you want a cooler you will actually take with you, soft and light beats big and rigid most of the time. This Sydioor bag covers the practical points: 14 litres of space, a waterproof TPU shell that wipes clean, a food-grade PEVA liner built to hold melted ice inside, a detachable adjustable strap and one zip pocket for the small stuff.\n\nChill the contents first, pack it full, keep it shaded, and clean it the day you get home. Do those four things and a cooler like this will handle beach days, camp trips, fishing mornings and the frozen aisle run for a long time.", "llm_summary": "The Sydioor IB24001 is a soft sided insulated cooler bag with a 14 litre capacity, rated by the manufacturer at about 16 cans. It measures 19 x 30 x 25 cm (D x W x H) and comes in black with a solid pattern. The outer shell is thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) and is described as waterproof, while the interior uses a food-grade PEVA insulation liner described as leak proof, in a five layer construction. Sydioor states the bag can hold cold for more than 20 hours when used with ice, depending on ambient temperature and ice quantity. Features include a detachable adjustable shoulder strap and a front zip pocket. Suggested uses are fishing, boating, camping, picnics and hiking. Product weight and country of origin are not specified in this record.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 consumer guarantees for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Camping Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://camping.net.nz/soft-sided-cooler-bag/", "canonical_url": "https://camping.net.nz/soft-sided-cooler-bag/", "json_url": "https://camping.net.nz/api/products/soft-sided-cooler-bag.json", "updated_at": "2026-10-11" }