A compressor cools below ambient; a thermoelectric box only below it a little · review

Igloo IH45 Hybrid, 43 litres, compressor and thermoelectric review

A 43 litre hybrid cool box combining a compressor with a thermoelectric system, reaching −10 °C on mains power, holding up to 72 cans.

By Jean-Benoit Buisson

The bottom line The largest box in this family and the only hybrid, reaching −10 °C on mains power. It names no battery protection at all, which on a box sold for cars and motorhomes is the specification that saves a journey.

A 43 litre hybrid box, the biggest and least protected here.

Two cooling systems

A compressor, which reaches −10 °C on 230 V, and a thermoelectric element. The first works regardless of ambient temperature; the second cools by a fixed margin below it and struggles in a hot car. Having both is unusual and it is the reason this box exists.

The capacity, expressed usefully

43 litres, 72 cans of 0.33 l, or 12 bottles of 1.5 l. Litres are abstract; cans and bottles are what people pack.

Draw in amps, and the ingress rating

Battery protection. Six of nine boxes in this family name a cut-off; this one names none. A compressor box on a car battery will empty it, and the protection is what stops that before the engine will not start.

And the figure no box in this family publishes

Daily consumption in watt-hours, at a stated ambient temperature and set point. That is the number a van’s battery bank is sized around, and nine listings here contain nothing resembling it.

Availability

German, French, Italian and Spanish Amazon stores quoted about 107 € when this page was compiled.

British Amazon catalogue carries an entry for it, with nobody selling.

American Amazon store returned nothing at all, so the buy button there runs a search instead of landing on an empty page.

These figures are what Keepa reported on the day this page was last updated. Availability and pricing move without notice.

Prices quoted in this text were read on 16 September 2026. The live price is at the top of the page.

What it gets right, and what it leaves out

Strengths

A hybrid design, so it can run thermoelectrically where a compressor would be inconvenient
Capacity is given in cans and bottles as well as litres
The largest usable volume per euro in this family

Compromises

No battery protection at all, on a box offered for vehicle use
No daily consumption figure
The −10 °C is quoted only on mains power; the 12 V performance is not stated

Specifications

Temperature range	Down to −10 °C with the compressor on 230 V AC, first bullet; the thermoelectric mode is not given a range
Daily consumption at stated conditions	Nowhere in the listing
Compressor type	Hybrid — a compressor system combined with a thermoelectric one, first bullet; the compressor itself is not named
Battery protection levels	Nowhere in the listing
Insulation	Nowhere in the listing
Capacity	43 litres, holding up to 72 cans of 0.33 l or 12 bottles of 1.5 l, second bullet
Noise	Nowhere in the listing
Amazon reference	B0DM22KNQ3 (same reference on 5 Amazon marketplaces)
EAN	0034223508296

Questions owners ask about this one

What is a hybrid cool box?

One with two cooling systems: a compressor, which can reach temperatures below ambient regardless of how hot it is, and a thermoelectric element, which cools by a fixed margin below ambient. The first is far more capable and uses more power intermittently; the second is simpler.

Why does the missing battery protection matter?

Because a compressor box left running on a vehicle battery will flatten it. Battery protection cuts the box off at a set voltage to leave enough to start the engine. Six of nine boxes here name it; this one does not.