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.
