In the sweltering heat of an Indian summer, it's almost instinctual to reach for a cold drink to cool down. The frosty chill of a soda or iced ... fluids is key to keeping your body temperature ...

It may seem counterintuitive, but a full cooler is actually better at keeping everything cold since the various soda cans and cold snacks insulate each other. Fill up any gaps with more ice.

For most cooler ... and soda glasses with ice has, to some extent, spread overseas with the export of American food culture, it’s still quite common in many nations to be served a cold drink ...

To begin testing, I picked up two coolers, a shameful number of cans of soda ... drinks and ice to keep everything cold. Most of the space inside a cooler can be used for food/drink/ice storage.