Lunch Box Cooler

Packing nutritious meals to take with you wherever you may travel is one of the best ways to avoid temptations, stay on track with diet, and maintain your macronutrients in the healthiest way possible. By depending less on restaurant and fast food meals, prepackaged frozen dinners, and vending machine snacks your overall health improves exponentially. Traveling with food can be tricky and cumbersome when attempted incorrectly however, since temperature control is vital to the safety of all perishable food items. Cold items must remain under 40° F while hot foods must remain above 140° F, to keep harmful and even deadly bacteria from growing on it.

To safely travel with any type of perishable food then, the investment in a lunch box cooler with extreme cooling capacities becomes a necessity. There is no point in preparing and packing healthy meal options to take with you, if by the time you are ready to eat them they are no longer healthy or safe to be consumed. When you purchase a lunch box cooler from Isolator Fitness it comes with a guarantee that the meals within will stay cold, and out of the food danger zone for 16+ hours.

Types Of Lunch Box Coolers

IsoMini

Smaller than any other Isobag, the isomini is the perfect lunch box cooler for small children, or adults who may be out of the house for only a few house at a time, and only need to pack a single meal to take with them. This lunch box cooler has an insulated meal pocket that comfortably holds one to two meals, depending on size, as well as an isobrick to keep the meals cold. It has a small top zipper compartment that is the perfect size for a few healthy snacks or small personal items. The two mesh side pockets are also convenient for carrying small water bottles, juice boxes, or shaker bottles.

3 Meal Cube

If convenience is what you’re after, and space efficiency is important to you then the three meal cube is the lunch box cooler for you. It has an interior meal compartment that can fit three to four meals and two isobricks, used to keep the food nice and cold. The top zipper pocket is a great additional space to hold utensils or extra healthy snacks, while the two mesh side pockets are capable of holding full sized water bottles or shaker bottles for protein, or replacement shakes.

Full Size 3 Meal

For those of you who like the convenience and size of the three meal cube, but need additional insulated storage space to keep your protein, or supplement shake cold on the go you will want to consider the full size three meal lunch box cooler. It has the same interior insulated meal space as the three meal cube but it also has two insulated side pockets to keep beverages, or additional snacks cold. The two side mesh pockets, and top zipper pocket of the three meal cube are also conveniently present on this model.

6 Meal Cube

If your dietary needs are more extensive that the average person, or your packing meals for more than one person, you will likely benefit from the space saving six meal cube. The insulated meal pocket of this lunch box cooler holds six to eight meals, depending on their sizes, but is still compact in exterior size. It as two mesh side pockets for full sized beverages or shaker bottles, as well as a top zippered compartment where additional snacks, utensils, or personal items can be safely stored.

Full Size 6 Meal

If you are looking for a lunch box cooler that can fit all of your meals for the day (or maybe even two) in a single bag, with additional space for cold beverages, look no farther than the full size six meal cooler. This lunch box is also a convenient option for traveling families who want to take their own meals with them on the road, as it holds six to eight meals in the insulated meal pocket, and additional cold snacks, beverages, or baby bottles in the two insulated side pockets. The zipper pocket on the top provides additional storage for health snacks, utensils and/or personal items, and just like the smaller cube option there are two side mesh pockets that are great for hands free beverage carrying.

IsoPack

Is this a backpack that doubles as a lunch box cooler, or a lunch box cooler that doubles as a backpack? The choice is yours. Ultimately it is both, a backpack and a lunch box cooler, and it functions perfectly as both. The main backpack compartment is just the right size to fit textbooks and class notes, while the separate back pocket keeps your tablet or laptop protected. The insulated meal pocket is located at the bottom of the bag and is conveniently accessible from two outer zippers, so that no interior items need to be rearranged to reach your meals. This bag fits four to six meals in the meal compartment making it the perfect accompaniment to college campuses, hikes, bike rides, and even camping trips.

IsoDuffle

Much like the IsoPack, this bag pulls double duty as a lunch box cooler and a gym duffle bag, although it can also be used as a travel bag. The insulated meal compartment of this bag comfortably carries six to eight meals, and is accessible from the exterior of the bag, for added convenience. The duffle bag compartment is large enough to hold everything you would need for the gym, including: clothes, shoes, a towel, and toiletries. Since it can also be used as a travel bag, you can expect to be able to fit at least two or three days worth of clothing, and other travel items within the duffle bag area. With a comfortable carrying strap, this lunch box cooler/duffle bag, takes the cake on overall usability and convenience.

An IsoBag For Everyone

With one hundred and thirty six different bag options, it is very likely that you’ll easily find the perfect bag for you, or a loved one, without having to search very hard. So who are these lunch box coolers really made for anyway? In short, everyone. While some bags will be more suitable for different groups of people, they are designed with the intention that no matter what your lifestyle choices or dietary habits are, you will get use and gain convenience and independence from these bags.

Grade School Children (ages 5-12)

Many children in this age range take their lunches to school with them, often to save their money the added expense of a lunch purchased at the school. Keeping these lunches within proper temperature ranges to keep them fresh and safe to consume, is a key factor in parents decision to buy an Isolator Fitness lunch box cooler for their child, rather than an aluminum or tin lunch box. The isomini is the perfect size for this age group, and since they never go out of style, and their manufacturing quality is second to none, parents will be happy to know that their children will have these coolers for years to come.

High School Teenagers (ages 13-18)

While packing a lunch is less likely among high school teenagers it does still happen. And if a student participates in an after school activity or sport it is more likely that they’ll bring food for after school and buy lunch in the cafeteria. With the three meal cube, full size three meal lunch box cooler, isopack or isoduffle though, these students can pack meals and healthy snacks for the entire day.

College Students (ages 18 – 24)

Most new college students are just starting out on their own, and learning the ropes of taking care of themselves, which often leads to poor dietary choices being made. While college cafeterias do what they can to offer healthy food choices, their options are often limited by budget restrictions, allergens, and time constraints. The best option for college students then is to prepare their own meals and take them along to class, sports practice, or any other extra curricular activity they may be involved in. For this age group, the best lunch box cooler options are isominis, three meal cube, full size three meal bags, isopacks, and isoduffles.

Civil Service Workers

Many professions take their lunch time luxuries for granted, but police officers, EMT’s, and firefighters, are not often offered specific breaks to eat while on duty. This group of people is most likely to skip, or forget about a meal, while at work. They benefit most from lunch bags that can be taken into the field with them, and keep their meals cold for long periods of time. Since these professions tend to have longer hours associated with them, the most useful bags are those that can hold a multitude of meals, such as: three meal cubes, full size three meal bags, six meal cubes, and full size six meal bags.

Blue Collar Workers

Aside from children, blue collar workers are among those most likely to already use a lunch box cooler to take their meals to and from work. Due to the nature of their business, these workers rarely have the time or resources to go out for lunch, and therefore have become accustomed to taking their lunches to work with them. These workers will often require more than a single meal but may not require an entire day’s worth, so the three meal cube and full size three meal bag often work just fine for them.

Professionals

Those in a professional position either eat lunch out fairly often, or they snack from the vending machine. Rarely do they take time to prepare their own meals ahead of time to take to work. That coupled with the often sedentary nature of their job leads to unhealthy and overweight individuals. By taking meals with them in a three meal cube, or full size three meal lunch box cooler, these individuals will have a better chance at enjoying a healthier lifestyle.

Doctors & Nurses

Hospital staff are often overworked, and clock anywhere from sixty to one hundred hours per week on the job. This doesn’t leave them much time to think about their nutrition or fitness, which is why packing healthy, well balanced meals is especially important for this group. Since these individuals spend so much time away from their homes, and in the hospital, they are most likely to benefit from the larger bag options like: six meal cubes, and full size six meal lunch box coolers. Of course since they are likely to change into scrubs once they arrive at the hospital the isopack, and isoduffle are also solid choices for them, so that they can carry their necessary belongings along with them as well.

Allergies

Food allergies are not only dangerous, they can be deadly. If an allergy is severe enough, the food ingested only has to be near the allergen to be dangerous, and if the food is somehow contaminated by the allergen the individual with the allergy could be risking death. Once this is understood, it is easier to understand why those with food allergies are so picky about what they eat, and how it was prepared. To avoid all of these risks and challenges associated with food allergies though, is simple: prepare, pack, and bring your own meals. That way you are ensured that your food is free from the allergen. All isobags are appropriate in this situation, and their uses will depend mostly on how long the individual with allergies will be away from their own kitchen, and where they are headed.  

Specialty Diets

Specialty Diets can range from vegetarian or vegan, to diabetic or ketogenic. They can be self induced because of health and/or fitness goals, or environmental responsibility; or they can be doctor mandated like diabetic diets, or cholesterol reduction diets. Since the diets are so diverse the choice of which meal planning lunch box cooler may vary just as greatly. Those on a specialty diet may lead the life of an average person, requiring only 3 meals per day and thus a smaller bag option, or they may have a more demanding dietary lifestyle like that of a bodybuilder or athlete, and thus require six or more meals per day. Feeding these specialty diets is not only difficult but can also become quite expensive on the go, especially the more meals that are required per day. Because of this more people with specialty diets opt to pack their own meals and carry them along throughout the day in an Isolator Fitness lunch box cooler, guaranteed to keep their food cold and safe for 16+ hours.

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