@lljk I received one as a gift years ago. It’s luckily not camo. I really like it. I can carry a 6 pack around much easier in it than a cooler. The city I live in doesn’t have open alcohol laws. So at festivals I can carry it around and still have my hands free.
Wow, if you’re out hunting, the ducks and bucks will never see you. You won’t have to worry about the sun hitting that silver can of Coors and alerting the deer that you’re near!
So wait. I could take something that’s a relatively compact form factor (a six pack) and turn it into a long stick instead? And then count on the empties to be as structurally sound as the fulls or make it a weird flaccid thing to carry around?
I can’t imagine why these aren’t universal accessories.
I’m in. Not because I think these are especially useful, but because my dad was a well known decoy artist many years ago, and Ducks Unlimited stuff carries a bit of nostalgia for me. (added a picture of a few of his decoys just for show-n-tell )
I think I’ll give the DU one to my husband for Father’s Day (he also collects decoys) and the other one to my son who likes to hunt…but I’m not sure they will get used for their intended purpose, lol! It’ll be interesting to see if they actually work.
Thank you for the unusual stuff you’ve been posting, Meh! Keep it up!
@Kyeh That is so nice of you to say. It was (and is) a pretty unusual hobby, but I loved watching him work as a kid.
Decorative decoys were much less detailed in the 70’s and 80’s (when my dad was involved) than what you would see by the top artists in the field today. The level of detail has advanced so much that the ducks literally look like they’ll get up and fly off the table, lol! It’s insane.
@Kyeh I’ve made a few, but let’s just say they were not great. I did learn a lot about decorative painting techniques which I use all the time. I do leather crafting and I am able to use many of his old woodworking tools on my leather stuff, so it’s cool to be connected to him through those. I just wish he were still here to see all that I learned from him about working with my hands.
He did make actual ‘working decoys’ to be used in the water for hunting as well…the ones above are just for display.
I did a marketing campaign for Salem and Camel cigarettes in the 90’s and we gave these out as merchandise. We called them tube coolers. I still have a couple. The Camel one was Barbie pink.
You can thank me later for the visual.
@katbyter oh man, that takes me back. My dad smoked camels, collected the C notes. We had so much camel merchandise in the house. 8 year old me thought it was so cool!
These are very, very dangerous. To wit:
I go camping in bear country with one of these and a rifle strapped over my shoulder. A grizzly pops out of the woods and charges me. In one smooth motion, I roll my trusty .30-06 off of my shoulder and try to chamber a round. To my horror, I discover that I’m trying to arm a six-pack of a delicious craft ale. The bear realizes that it’s happy hour, drinks the ale, eats me as a bar snack, belches and ambles off, without even leaving a tip at the bar. Grizzlies are rude like that.
@mehcuda67 Where your story completely fails any relation to reality is that there is simply no such thing as delicious craft ale… or any ale. Pilsners and lagers are harder to make because they take skill and practice and patience…and taste way better too. The world agrees by volume and popularity. Ales are for poser hunters. lol.
@kbaum17@mehcuda67 Pffft… a gorgeous ale is opened. Unfortunately, the duck cooler gets completely caught up in your Pffft cooler beverage and - fuck you made noise. Duck hears that and is gone like the wind… you fire a few shots in defiance but the bbs wind up in random spots in the marsh and then you turn on your hunting buddy. How much you say that was hanging loop down downtown buddy? BAM… insta-fix.
@macromeh Dios Mio. #1, It is a joke. #2, I never said any such thing. Reading comprehension is a test very few do well at these days in school.
I said people like Pilsners and Lagers the most. It’s a simple fact. I wonder why they buy them so much. Hint: It’s mot because they hate them.
Some people like In-N-Out burgers and will even act like they are cool and hip for liking them, even through any honest person knows that they are over-rated. Just tells me they really don’t know anything about burgers.
… and, hey, McDonald’s burgers must not be too horrible… or they wouldn’t be so popular, would they? hmmmm.
@kbaum17 #1 It appears the humor impairment runs both ways. #2 Excuse me for reading:
there is simply no such thing as delicious craft ale… or any ale. Pilsners and lagers are harder to make because they take skill and practice and patience…and taste way better too.
as “pilsners are a better product than ales”
My mistake, I guess. Whatever was I thinking?
@macromeh Yep, you failed reading comprehension in school. I get it. many people do. I didn’t, but that’s me.
Wanting things that people say to mean what YOU want them to mean is a failure on your part. good luck with your attitude and approach to life and people. I guarantee it isn’t working out for you.
@kbaum17 My, my - don’t you have delicate little glass balls.
Calm down, child - you’re going to have to find someone else to play your silly little game with.
Fortunately for me, these are the perfect size for carrying musical instruments. Think soprano sax or clarinet size. Always hunting for the neoprine ones, as they add a little more protection.
@Arglebargle that is a great idea!
There definitely has to be plenty of ‘outside the box’ uses for something like this. I can’t imagine that it would actually keep drinks cool with no room for ice packs, but the neoprene and the shape has to be good for something!
Might be decent for festival use. Like for the person on beer run duty. The Jazz Fest and Pet de Kat Krewe people will know what to do with these. Also good for walking in a parade or second line or art walk.
@Euniceandrich that’s actually a good idea. I do it in regular coolers but somehow didn’t think of it here. Probably because I don’t use my tube cooler.
Well, these appear to be 27" long, which won’t work for the 3’ x 3’ mats I use for X-Wing. It might work for the 24"x14" MtG playmats, if I rolled two (or three?) together by the long edge.
Really doesn’t seem like these would be good for that. Oh well.
I remember these from the late 1980’s.
Called them a “Candolier” (after bandolier).
convenient for carrying, worthless for keeping cold.
at least w/ 1980s tech insulation.
Not sure I agree with the debbie-downers on this one. Disc golf, bike rides, short hikes even… When I was in college, I’d probably use this thing all the time. Maybe y’all city folk?
It saddens me to accept that since I have moved out to the part of the country where camo is considered a primary color, I know people that these will make great Xmas stocking stuffers.
I never knew you could buy recliners, sofas and living room curtains in came until I moved out here.
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$29.98 at Amazon for 2
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WTF?
This seems bizarre and inconvenient.
@lljk I received one as a gift years ago. It’s luckily not camo. I really like it. I can carry a 6 pack around much easier in it than a cooler. The city I live in doesn’t have open alcohol laws. So at festivals I can carry it around and still have my hands free.
Yea right-I’m going to carry that hideous looking thing around.
Hmmm, sure!
I have a problem.
/giphy meaningless-detailed-rye
@dasred Is she wearing the cooler on her arms?
@dasred @katbyter Can’t really know for sure.
That camo blends right in.
FIRST!!
@yakkoTDI FRIST!!!
@yakkoTDI I think you mean FIFTH!
@osiris3mc No, I meant first. I didn’t claim accuracy, just first.
Wow, if you’re out hunting, the ducks and bucks will never see you. You won’t have to worry about the sun hitting that silver can of Coors and alerting the deer that you’re near!
OK now I have to beat someone with like In the movi with s penn
After products selling out yesterday and on the Joe-rathon, I guess Meh is moving on to some more… niche items.
6 cans 3 40’s who’s counting
In for the stupid factor
Also to protect myself from hicks
@thechinglish
We are everywhere.
There has to be a joke here, and not it’s not long enough.
@hchavers Yes, it’s not hard.
So wait. I could take something that’s a relatively compact form factor (a six pack) and turn it into a long stick instead? And then count on the empties to be as structurally sound as the fulls or make it a weird flaccid thing to carry around?
I can’t imagine why these aren’t universal accessories.
This is some Duck Dynasty nonsense if I’ve ever seen it.
Hoping either shotgun or fishing poles will fit in these…otherwise I’ll become a… stealthy… cartographer?
@thebigtverberg only 27". That’s a pretty short shot gun.
@RiotDemon
Tis true, but broken down most barrels are 28" or shorter. The case that came with my browning forces a break down anyways. Eh, we’ll see.
I got excited for cheap camp chairs! Then I realized this isn’t that.
I’m in. Not because I think these are especially useful, but because my dad was a well known decoy artist many years ago, and Ducks Unlimited stuff carries a bit of nostalgia for me.
(added a picture of a few of his decoys just for show-n-tell 
)
I think I’ll give the DU one to my husband for Father’s Day (he also collects decoys) and the other one to my son who likes to hunt…but I’m not sure they will get used for their intended purpose, lol! It’ll be interesting to see if they actually work.
Thank you for the unusual stuff you’ve been posting, Meh! Keep it up!
@k4evryng Those decoys are beautiful!
@Kyeh That is so nice of you to say.
It was (and is) a pretty unusual hobby, but I loved watching him work as a kid.
Decorative decoys were much less detailed in the 70’s and 80’s (when my dad was involved) than what you would see by the top artists in the field today. The level of detail has advanced so much that the ducks literally look like they’ll get up and fly off the table, lol! It’s insane.
@k4evryng They’re real works of art - I would never want them to be used as actual decoys!
Did you learn to make them yourself too?
@k4evryng I love the little curved tail feather in the first one.
@Kyeh I’ve made a few, but let’s just say they were not great.
I did learn a lot about decorative painting techniques which I use all the time. I do leather crafting and I am able to use many of his old woodworking tools on my leather stuff, so it’s cool to be connected to him through those. I just wish he were still here to see all that I learned from him about working with my hands. 
He did make actual ‘working decoys’ to be used in the water for hunting as well…the ones above are just for display.
@k4evryng Those are REALLY well done. The detail in the feathers, for example, is fantastic!
@k4evryng That’s neat that you’re using his tools; I bet he’d be very proud of you!
I did a marketing campaign for Salem and Camel cigarettes in the 90’s and we gave these out as merchandise. We called them tube coolers. I still have a couple. The Camel one was Barbie pink.
You can thank me later for the visual.
@katbyter oh man, that takes me back. My dad smoked camels, collected the C notes. We had so much camel merchandise in the house. 8 year old me thought it was so cool!
Nowhere in the description on here or Amazon does it say that this item keeps your drinks cold it just says carries and is fashionable
@mellowirishgent That is accurate.
These are very, very dangerous. To wit:
I go camping in bear country with one of these and a rifle strapped over my shoulder. A grizzly pops out of the woods and charges me. In one smooth motion, I roll my trusty .30-06 off of my shoulder and try to chamber a round. To my horror, I discover that I’m trying to arm a six-pack of a delicious craft ale. The bear realizes that it’s happy hour, drinks the ale, eats me as a bar snack, belches and ambles off, without even leaving a tip at the bar. Grizzlies are rude like that.
@mehcuda67 Where your story completely fails any relation to reality is that there is simply no such thing as delicious craft ale… or any ale. Pilsners and lagers are harder to make because they take skill and practice and patience…and taste way better too. The world agrees by volume and popularity. Ales are for poser hunters. lol.
@kbaum17 @mehcuda67 Pffft… a gorgeous ale is opened. Unfortunately, the duck cooler gets completely caught up in your Pffft cooler beverage and - fuck you made noise. Duck hears that and is gone like the wind… you fire a few shots in defiance but the bbs wind up in random spots in the marsh and then you turn on your hunting buddy. How much you say that was hanging loop down downtown buddy? BAM… insta-fix.
@kbaum17 @mehcuda67 By your logic (best selling = best product), the Big Mac is the best burger in the world. Not!
@macromeh Dios Mio. #1, It is a joke. #2, I never said any such thing. Reading comprehension is a test very few do well at these days in school.
I said people like Pilsners and Lagers the most. It’s a simple fact. I wonder why they buy them so much. Hint: It’s mot because they hate them.
Some people like In-N-Out burgers and will even act like they are cool and hip for liking them, even through any honest person knows that they are over-rated. Just tells me they really don’t know anything about burgers.
… and, hey, McDonald’s burgers must not be too horrible… or they wouldn’t be so popular, would they? hmmmm.
@kbaum17 #1 It appears the humor impairment runs both ways. #2 Excuse me for reading:
as “pilsners are a better product than ales”
My mistake, I guess. Whatever was I thinking?
@kbaum17 @mehcuda67 Duh, you were supposed to tip him. Bad things happen when you don’t tip your bar bear.
@macromeh Yep, you failed reading comprehension in school. I get it. many people do. I didn’t, but that’s me.
Wanting things that people say to mean what YOU want them to mean is a failure on your part. good luck with your attitude and approach to life and people. I guarantee it isn’t working out for you.
@kbaum17 My, my - don’t you have delicate little glass balls.
Calm down, child - you’re going to have to find someone else to play your silly little game with.
@macromeh Bahahaha. Oh OK. Sure. See ya. Be sure to ask mommy to kiss your knee for ya.
Fortunately for me, these are the perfect size for carrying musical instruments. Think soprano sax or clarinet size. Always hunting for the neoprine ones, as they add a little more protection.
@Arglebargle that is a great idea!
There definitely has to be plenty of ‘outside the box’ uses for something like this. I can’t imagine that it would actually keep drinks cool with no room for ice packs, but the neoprene and the shape has to be good for something!
@Arglebargle You would assemble your clarinet and carry it in this? I wouldn’t trust it. Not for a second.
@Arglebargle @k4evryng I would think maybe tent poles. Definitely not clarinets!
very tall koozie… and same amount of insulation as a koozie = worthless
A cooler that says “Ducks Unlimited” on it is a good way to get your beverages stolen by someone hoping that it’s a case for an $18,000 shotgun.
This might possibly be the silliest product idea I’ve ever seen…and I remember the inflatable dart board! (NOT me! Don’t get any ideas!!)
Might be decent for festival use. Like for the person on beer run duty. The Jazz Fest and Pet de Kat Krewe people will know what to do with these. Also good for walking in a parade or second line or art walk.
@mike808 except you set down in the grass to take a piss and now can’t find the rest of your beer.
@show_the_maw One never puts down the beer. If you gotta go, you take refreshments with you. Hence the handy sling strap.
Or use the buddy system. It’s where the phrase, “Hold my beer” comes from. Duh.
@mike808 oooh doh! I don’t get out much these days
/giphy alcoholic-minimalist-gorilla
@camilos
Protect your Pringles with neoprene!
As a can cooler you can freeze a water bottle to be your ice pack.
@Euniceandrich that’s actually a good idea. I do it in regular coolers but somehow didn’t think of it here. Probably because I don’t use my tube cooler.
Ummmmm, meh guys…
April fools was 2 days ago.
Without room for a cold pack, how is this supposed to keep anything cold?
OTOH, it might be a good size for some gaming playmats rolled up.
Well, these appear to be 27" long, which won’t work for the 3’ x 3’ mats I use for X-Wing. It might work for the 24"x14" MtG playmats, if I rolled two (or three?) together by the long edge.
Really doesn’t seem like these would be good for that. Oh well.
Well, if nothing else once you’ve filled one with unopened beer cans you now have a makeshift weapon!
I remember these from the late 1980’s.
Called them a “Candolier” (after bandolier).
convenient for carrying, worthless for keeping cold.
at least w/ 1980s tech insulation.
@ekw considering these are 2 for $12, I wouldnt expect the insulating material to be anything special.
Maybe this would have helped the Brady kids get Dad’s drawings through the amusement park.
https://www.visitkingsisland.com/blog/2017/july/heres-the-story
@katbyter I loved that episode!
I’m thinking this might be a decent fly rod carrier. If you want to lose your disassembled fly rod in the woods, that is.
Not sure I agree with the debbie-downers on this one. Disc golf, bike rides, short hikes even… When I was in college, I’d probably use this thing all the time. Maybe y’all city folk?
It saddens me to accept that since I have moved out to the part of the country where camo is considered a primary color, I know people that these will make great Xmas stocking stuffers.
I never knew you could buy recliners, sofas and living room curtains in came until I moved out here.
@Faffs
Kinda an exhibitionist who also likes to remain standing, huh? Cool.
Don’t put it down in the grass. You will never find it again.
Cool 3 cans, freeze 3 cans and place them accordingly for a decent outcome
@Bayamonprieto77
Since festivals wont let you bring in your own beverages, you have to enter empty.
The solution after filling at the beer tent, is simply to drink the thing empty before they get warm!
I kind of like the form factor… but if I buy these, will I ever get around to re-covering them with a differently stupid-looking print?
I’ve been coming here for a very long time, including when Meh was Woot, and this is the dumbest thing ever!
Bought these for two friends who work outside. These are really nice can carriers!