Whenever you’re going on outdoors activities like camping, fishing, and hunting, it’s important that you bring the right gear. While appropriate outdoors clothing and secondary equipment is obviously indispensable, one key item that’s often overlooked, yet still essential to any of those activities is none other than a cooler. Designed to work as a portable cold storage for outdoors use, coolers let you keep your food and drinks fresh and refrigerated, while also providing you with a way to store anything you catch while fishing or hunting at a cool, low temperature to preserve the freshness of your “game”. For both cases, the best type of cooler would be a heavy-duty cooler. For a cooler that’s designed with portability in mind, has a large capacity and a sturdy construction, go with the GoSports Cuddy.
The GoSports Cuddy is a versatile floating cooler and dry storage vessel that can be used on land and also in water. It has a spacious 40 quarts capacity, a dual walled foam insulated construction that keeps drinks and food cold for days and also provides ice retention between 12 to 48 hours, two large lids that provide easy access to its storage compartment from both sides, four T-latch handles that create a airtight seal for maximum insulation, and four built-in cup holders that can fit standard size cans. It also features an unsinkable design that allows it to float and a hydrodynamic profile that allows it to be towed on water, tethered or anchored in any body of water. It also comes together with a Crawler wheel kit that can be strapped to its body, transforming it into a wheeled cooler to facilitate its transportation even when packed at its full capacity, plus a 6 ft. tow strap with 2 carabiners for pulling by hand or for towing it behind a kayak, tube, or SUP.
Designed to combine all of the features and conveniences of a modern cooler, this 2-in-1 floating cooler and dry storage vessel brings a whole new level of convenience to just about any outdoors activity, making it the last cooler you’ll ever need. It’s perfect for outdoors gatherings and tailgating, as well as for camping, fishing, hunting, and even water sports.
Here’s our hands-on review of the GoSports Cuddy, where we go over everything that this floating cooler and dry storage vessel has to offer you.
DESIGN & SPECS
Starting with the cooler’s size, this floating cooler and dry storage vessel comes at a somewhat large size, measuring approximately 39 inches long by 10 inches wide by 23 inches tall. The cooler also has some weight to it, weighing exactly 24.7 lbs., but that’s mainly due to its sturdy construction, which is actually a good thing.
The GoSports Cuddy also sports a cheerful “outdoorsy” design, for which its body comes in a single solid color. For our review unit, we received the Navy color model, which definitely has some Summer vibes to it.
More importantly, the cooler also packs a high-quality and robust construction, as its body is built of marine-grade HDPE (High Density Polyethylene) plastic, which not only makes it capable of withstanding rugged outdoors use, but also gives it an outstanding insulation for its storage compartment.
When it comes to its internal capacity, the cooler’s storage compartment has a total storage capacity of 40 Quart (37.85 Liters), making it spacious enough for you to store a lot of food and drinks inside it.
Furthermore, the cooler’s storage compartment also features a dual walled foam insulated construction that allows it to keep drinks, food and snacks cold and refrigerated for days, while also providing efficient ice retention between 12 to 48 hours, which helps to ensure that any ice you store inside it doesn’t melt in just a few hours, but actually lasts you at least half a day.
In addition, the cooler also comes equipped with two (x2) large lids that provide you with easy access to its storage compartment from both sides.
The cooler’s dual lids also integrate a total of four (x4) T-latch handles (2 per each lid) that help create an airtight seal once shut closed to ensure its storage compartment can have the maximum insulation possible so that your drinks and food remain stored at a cool, refrigerated temperature.
While the GoSports Cuddy can be used as a traditional cooler on land, it also features an unsinkable design that allows it to float. Speaking of which, it’s also worth noting that the cooler’s dual lids also provide a center balance that helps prevent the cooler from tipping over when opening either of its lids in the water.
On top of that, the cooler also comes equipped with four (x4) built-in cup holders that can fit standard size cans and also cans fitted with insulating sleeves, making it an awesome food and beverage storage solution for socializing with friends and family in water.
What’s more is that this floating cooler and dry storage vessel also comes together with a Crawler wheel kit that can be strapped to its body, allowing users to transform it into a wheeled cooler with four (x4) wheels in order to facilitate its transportation, even if having it packed at full capacity.
The cooler’s wheels are also built from robust HDPE plastic and come fitted onto rustproof stainless steel axles, which makes its wheel kit extremely durable. When equipped with its wheels, the cooler can be transported over just about any type of surface, whether that’s grass, dirt, sand, or even cement.
For transporting the cooler around when having its wheel kit installed, the GoSports Cuddy also comes together with a 6 ft. tow strap and 2 carabiners that can be used together for pulling it by hand.
Last but not least, this floating cooler and dry storage vessel also features a hydrodynamic profile that allows it to be towed on water behind a kayak, a tube, or a SUP, or ultimately tethered or anchored in any body of water by tying it to a dock or a boat to keep it from drifting away.
FINAL THOUGHTS
Since this 2-in-1 floating cooler and dry storage vessel can be used on land as well as in water, it makes for an all-purpose accessory for any sort of outdoors activity, whether you’re planning to go tailgating, to the beach, going camping, fishing, hunting, or anything else in between. Plus, you can bet that this cooler will certainly wow your friends, as cold drinks will always be within arm’s reach, no matter if you’re relaxing on land or chilling in the water.
The GoSports Cuddy is currently available in eight (x8) stylish color options, including: White, Tan, Seafoam, Glaciar Blue, Navy, Yellow, Orange, and Coral.
If you’re interested in purchasing it, know that each unit is priced at $299.99. You can order it online either directly from GoSports’s official shopping page, or you can instead get it from Amazon, if you’d prefer.
