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There are truly useful tailgating ideas…
And then there are those that are truly useless.
Indeed, for every Instagate there’s a Grooler; for every trash bag holder, there’s a Cap Trap.
Tailgating, of course, can be expensive. Provided that 42% of tailgaters spend $500+ each year, the last thing you need are ideas & products that are useless and overpriced.
Furthermore, some fans don’t even need stupid ideas to look, well… stupid.
To emphasize, here are…
5 tailgating ideas that are truly useless
1) Frost Boss
A $30 portable device that can chill a can in less than 2 minutes, “perfect for tailgating”. Well I don’t know about that… if you have a standard 70-can cooler, then 70 x 2 minutes = 2.33 hours.
Someone’s going to wait a long time for their beer to get cold. And of course, it only works with cans. If you want to save money and chill your beverages just as quickly using just ice and water, read this.
2) Cap Trap
“Eco-friendly bottle opener and cap catcher”.
Hey, here’s a novel idea – how about depositing the bottle cap in the garbage??
This item has been discontinued. What a shocker.
3) Remote Control Cooler
(Also discontinued) For 69 bucks, this is more of a toy than anything.
“Don’t let crippling inebriation stop you from grabbing another beer – now you can remotely fetch yourself a cold brewski with this remote control drink cooler!”
Is getting up off your butt to grab a cold one really that much of a hassle?? But since this gadget holds just 6 cans/bottles, you’ll be getting up just as often to refill it.
4) The Grooler
The all-time unofficial king of overpriced ($125), bad tailgate party ideas. I’ve often wondered what reasoning, if any, went into the purchase of this discontinued grill/cooler combo.
“Sure, I can buy a better-quality grill and cooler separately that will take up less space at half the cost, but what the hell!”
5) Canopy Cooler
Another invention that’s supposed to be a convenient combination of two products. At least they didn’t give this a lame name, like “The Canooler”. This 48-can capacity soft sided cooler doubles as a canopy weight.
But the last time I checked, a canopy has 4 legs. Four canopy coolers = $160 = I don’t think so.
Conclusion
- There are many bad tailgating ideas & products out there just begging to be bought.
- With tailgating expenses at $300 or more, why spend any more of your hard-earned cash on stuff you don’t need?
- You can save a bundle simply by not wasting money on gadgets like these.
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