Originally Posted By: Burncycle
I'm in one of those situations where it's really hot in car in the summer and pretty darn cold in the winter too... does anybody know if a basic unpowered cooler (with no ice in it) would insulate enough to be a sufficient buffer for the extremes in temperature, or if it's better to schlep the food to and from the vehicle every day?


It depends on the food. I wouldn't try to store anything that wasn't reasonably shelf-stable to begin with. With a good cooler and cold packs you could expect eight hours or more of reasonable temperatures inside a car trunk.