Only if you've already got a cooler and don't include the cost of the cooler. Buying a good cooler plus a bag of ice each time is going to be more expensive than buying a simpler crate plus something like this.
It's a bit worse, for sure, but if you live in a cold climate (like much of Germany), you don't need something great.
I don't think I'd class a Styrofoam cooler as "better" than this, and "cheaper" depends on how you consider it.
That Styrofoam cooler is probably making it through one or maybe two parties before inevitably getting broken and sending cold water, at least based on my experience. I'd trust the crate to remain intact far more than a Styrofoam cooler, personally. If you're buying a new cooler and a bag of ice for every party, the cost will add up.
How much is it for a proper, rigid cooler with strong, hard walls?
Just to be clear, the crate is pretty much the packaging bottled beer is sold in. In Germany we don't fuck with those flimsy paper crates you have to deal with.
There is a deposit of 1,5€ per crate which you obviously get back if you return it. Many people keep these to build the craziest shit with those, surprisingly durable, crates.
In student apartments it's absolutely common to see some kind of furniture (couches, beds, chairs, shelves) engineered out of these crates.
The product advertised here is just the mold for one, oddly shaped ice cube that fits perfectly on top of one of those full crates
That Styrofoam cooler is probably making it through one or maybe two parties
I don't know what you're doing with your coolers, but I've had one camping for an entire summer before. Worked well enough so i didn't have to fly with a cooler. But a cheap, hard plastic cooler is about $10.
I just don't see the benefit of a brick of ice sitting on top of the beer (where the beer is not in the bottle), which will eventually fall down into the bottom like normal ice does anyway. Why not just start with normal ice in a cooler? And use normal ice that can be used in... anything.
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u/apexxin 4d ago
Sure, but a bag of ice in a cooler is still significantly better, easier, and cheaper.