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Thermos ICON cool bag, 30 litres, IsoTec insulation review

A 30 litre folding bag with a named insulation system and tight-closing zips, and not one hour of retention published behind either.

The bottom line A well-made-sounding bag from the name that owns this subject, publishing a trade name where a specification should be and no hours at all.

What this listing puts on record

A 30 litre folding cool bag with insulation the maker calls IsoTec, tight-closing zips, external mesh pockets, and a stated waterproof construction. It folds flat after use.

The name that stands in for a specification

IsoTec is stated and never explained. No material, no layer count, no thickness. One bag in this hub publishes 8 mm of EPE foam; another publishes five layers with a PEVA coating. This one publishes a trade mark.

No hours

Nothing in the title or the bullets gives a retention figure. Snacks and drinks stay “pleasantly cool” and that is the whole claim.

Three of the nine boxes here quote no figure. Given that every figure the other six quote arrives with no fill ratio and no ambient temperature, an absent number is not obviously worse than an unconditioned one — but it does mean there is nothing at all to compare.

What it does not publish

No thickness. No drain. No handle or strap named. No empty weight.

Before ordering

Check how it is carried on the product photographs, because the text does not say.

Availability

Selling at about 30 € on the German Amazon store when this page was checked.

It also sells on the British Amazon store in the local currency, which the range above does not cover — that range counts euro stores and nothing else.

Catalogued on the French, Italian and Spanish Amazon stores with nobody selling it: the reference is there, the offer is not.

Nothing came back from the American Amazon store, so the buy link there opens a local search instead of a page that is not there.

Every figure in this section is what Keepa returned on the day this page was last updated. Prices and offers change without notice.

Prices quoted in this text were read on 6 September 2026. The live price is at the top of the page.

What it does well, and where it gives way

Strengths

  • Names the zips as tight-closing and ties them to the waterproof claim, which is the closure detail most listings here skip
  • External mesh pockets stated, for the bottles and small items that otherwise fill the cold space
  • Folds flat for storage, stated, on a 30 litre bag

Compromises

  • IsoTec is a name and not a description — no material, no layer count, no thickness sits behind it
  • No retention figure at all, on a brand whose whole reputation is holding temperature
  • No handle or strap named, and no empty weight, on a bag with 30 litres to carry

Specifications

Box typeSoft folding insulated bag — stated; passive, with no power connection
Capacity30 litres — stated in the title
Insulation typeIsoTec insulation — stated as a name; no material, construction or layer count is given behind it
Insulation thicknessNot published on the listing
Ice retentionNot published on the listing — snacks and drinks are stated to stay pleasantly cool, with no figure
Ice retention conditionsNot published on the listing — no retention figure is published, so there are no conditions behind one
Closure and seal typeTight-closing zips — stated, alongside a waterproof claim for the materials
DrainNot published on the listing
Carry arrangementNot published on the listing — external mesh pockets are described, and no handle or strap is named
Empty weightNot published on the listing
Amazon referenceB0H36FYBQY (same reference on 5 Amazon marketplaces)
EAN5010576178572

What people ask before buying

What is IsoTec?

A name the maker uses for its insulation. The listing gives nothing behind it — no material, no layer count and no thickness — so it cannot be compared with the 8 mm of EPE foam that one other bag in this hub publishes, or with the five-layer construction another states.

How long does it hold cold?

The listing does not say. Snacks and drinks are stated to stay pleasantly cool and no hours are given. Three of the nine boxes here decline to quote a figure; treat that as different from, and arguably more honest than, an unconditioned number.