Sometimes You Just Can’t Choose

I’ve got a 3 day conference coming up and I’m trying to decide between three different coolers.  This is kind of a meet and greet with a lot of time spent around the pool and beach.   I figured the best gift would be to give a cooler someone could take with them when we’re done.

I’ve narrowed it to five choices, the Glacier 10-Can Barrel Cooler, the slightly larger Glacier 24-Can Barrel Cooler or the huge Glacier 45-Can Barrel Cooler.  I like all three but I’m worried that they look too much like a beer keg for the corporate market.  They’re great coolers, I’ve played with a sample and they keep things pretty cool for a good period of time.  The same company I’ve used since last fall offers a whole bunch of promo coolers most of which are fairly inexpensive.

The other two coolers I have considered are from Rubbermaid and are just the regular store bought brands from Walmart or Target.  The problem with buying these is although I save about a dollar an item I cannot get a logo put on them and would have to use stickers or go with nothing at all.  It kind of defeats the purpose.   I try to keep my supplier honest so I check prices and what I found shocked me as shipping ran up to $400 from others and I get it free from them.  One other vendor was close on price but wanted $100 for a setup charge and $345 for shipping so in the end they were about $500  more expensive on a $5000 order.