My cooler gave out halfway through a wedding delivery in July heat

Ruby Bell · 2026-03-20T04:20:09.329215+00:00

I was dropping off the centerpieces for a big outdoor wedding in Springfield last Saturday, and the plug on my van's cooler just stopped working. It was 95 degrees, and I had about $400 worth of hydrangeas and roses in there starting to wilt. I ended up parking in the shade and running the AC on full blast for 20 minutes while I unloaded everything as fast as I could. What do you all do for backup cooling when you're on a long delivery route?

rileynelson6mo ago

That sounds like a total nightmare with the heat and the flowers. I always keep a couple of those big frozen gel packs in a separate cooler just in case. They've saved me a few times when my truck's fridge acted up.

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the_jesse6mo ago

My cousin who does catering swears by those big insulated coolers with the gel packs. She says they hold temp for hours even in a trunk.

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hollyn706mo ago

My old Honda's AC died last summer, so I keep a giant cooler with ice packs now too.

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