The Polar Bear Cooler held frozen sealed food for about 14 hours until we got to our villa. I much prefer to take product with me to cook in our villa and have what we want instead of hoping the local market on Virgin Gorda has what we want. We definitely supplement those few items with what can be found locally. I'm not sure what some of the very vocal respondents don't understand about this but if you don't want to bring food on your trip then DON'T. This is not a debate but a preference.