The Shoot a Brew is definitely a novelty item. The price of and need for a cooler that will throw you a beer are questionable. But it’s also pretty damn cool and more feasible then the long lasting goal of teaching your dog to fetch you a cold one. The cooler holds up to 24 beers, launches them 8ft through a flap in the top, and is controlled by a remote. At $295 and a limited ordering process, the closest you’ll come to one of these are probably the videos below. But a guy can dream.
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It seems ridiculous that there is actually a site called BeerPongNews.com and slightly more crazy that they actually searched the US Patent Office’s website for mentions of beer pong. But because they did, we were able to see the sketches of a combination tailgating cooler and beer pong table. They definitely seem on the right track to me. It’s a very useful idea, but I’d guess the legs will be the real sticking point. They need to be about two feet long and support roughly 40 pounds. Which I’m guessing would force them to be stored on the side of the cooler instead of below. Hopefully some day they will figure it all out.
Tagged as: beer pong, cooler
I see a lot of crazy tailgating gear on the web. Some of the ideas are ingenious, some are good but not my cup of tea, and still others are just one heaping pile of suckitude. The BoomCooler is one of the dumber items of tailgating gear I’ve ever come across. If the name or a casual glance at the product lead you to believe this is a cooler/stereo combination, then you’ve made a logical but ultimately wrong assumption. You see the…
“BoomCooler™ is not intended for wet storage – Tell your friends to bring an extra cooler with drinks and you will BRING THE PARTY!”
So the BoomCooler is in fact an amplifier, three speakers, and a lawnmower battery that are built into a cooler molding. I don’t want be presumptuous and speak for all tailgaters though. If you happen to have an extra $500, have friends who bring you beer, need more volume than an iPod dock provides, have an abundance of cargo room in your car, and want to roll a 100 pound rig around campus, then the BoomCooler is the right product for you.
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Many college campuses leave you with the somewhat daunting task of tailgating a good distance away from your car. I’ve seen hand trucks and pull carts make the feat much easier. But, I was recently wondering if they made a cooler with four wheels that you could tow behind the back of a bike. You know, since some schools have valet parking for bikes at games and all. Before I really had time to contemplate hacking a cooler/bike setup I stumbled across the Dolores Chiller (Mulva?). This is designed like your standard bike messenger bag but features a waterproof liner and insulation to keep your beers cold. They even worked a bottle opener onto one of the straps. The other benefit of this cooler is that once you’ve polished off your beers you can fold it up to be stored during the game of for your walk/ride back to your car. At $110 it’s a bit pricey to use just 8 weekends a year, but if you were to also use it as a regular messenger bag throughout the year it’s not a bad option.
(HT: Bike Hacks)
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