Best Walk-In Coolers Ranked

A long 8 x 12 ft cooler with a floor, well insulated and well matched to its refrigeration. For a restaurant or grocery that needs a bigger box it can install on any level floor.

An 8 x 8 ft quick-ship cooler with better insulation and a wider door than the Norlake kits. Worth the extra if you load it with a hand truck or pay high power rates.

A complete 8 x 8 ft indoor cooler with floor for well under AmeriKooler’s and Kolpak’s dealer prices. A sound default for a restaurant or farm adding its first walk-in.

An 8 x 8 ft walk-in cooler you can set behind the building instead of giving up floor space inside. The weather kit and cold-climate controls come with it.

A floorless 8 x 8 ft cooler, the common restaurant size, at a low price per square foot. Best for a building with a sealed, level slab.

A 6 x 6 ft cooler with its own floor, for a garage, barn or basement where the floor is not sealed or insulated. It plugs into a standard outlet.

The lowest-priced way into a real walk-in cooler, for a small restaurant, farm stand or deer camp with a sealed concrete floor. It plugs into a 115 V outlet and holds 37 F.

The most cold storage per dollar in this list: a 10 x 10 ft floorless cooler for about $117 a square foot. Pick it for bulk storage on an existing slab.

A floorless 6 x 8 ft cooler for a kitchen or shop with a sealed floor. More room than the 6 x 6 for little more money, on the same small plug-in system.

A well-known 8 x 8 ft walk-in cooler kit with floor and ceiling refrigeration, for buyers who want the Kolpak name. Buy it from the cheaper dealer.