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I was expecting a well-researched collection, instead there are a whopping six items. This website is like a startup: promises something exciting, delivers a du

I was expecting a well-researched collection, instead there are a whopping six items. This website is like a startup: promises something exciting, delivers a dud. Feels more like a grudge page. Also, a friend of mine was lucky enough to get a Coolest cooler. It's actually well made and still works. EDIT: I'm a dingdong: this site is actually selling scale-model replicas. Duh.

Pxtl 5y ago
Yeah, the Coolest Cooler seems like a great product if you're into making blender cocktails at parties. A single unified battery for a Peltier and speaker and blender seems like a sensible idea, although it doesn't add that much value over a separate battery-powered blender, Peltier cooler, and speaker. But realistically every place you're going to want a battery-powered blender you're also going to want a good cooler, so that kind of makes sense, and you can get a pretty good bluetooth speaker from a cereal box-top these days so that's a cheap bolt-on to make this the all-singing all-dancing party machine. edit: Googling, I can't seem to find out - does it actually provide electric cooling? Or is it just a big high-quality insulated cooler with some electronic doodads attached?
gkoberger 5y ago
I mean, they had to somehow procure stock from startups that are long out of business. Items nobody actually wants, so what's the point of having _more_ items nobody actually wants? (EDIT: oh. whoops. they're miniatures haha)
- thedogeye 5y ago
  They are not selling the actual products of these startups but rather super cute miniaturized versions that they made.
  - ashtonkem 5y ago
    Some of these items barely existed in the first place. You can get a Juicero, probably, but good luck getting your hands on an honest Theranos device. Few existed, and most of those are probably in the hands of the federal prosecutors charging Holmes with fraud.

Pxtl 5y ago

Yeah, the Coolest Cooler seems like a great product if you're into making blender cocktails at parties. A single unified battery for a Peltier and speaker and blender seems like a sensible idea, although it doesn't add that much value over a separate battery-powered blender, Peltier cooler, and speaker. But realistically every place you're going to want a battery-powered blender you're also going to want a good cooler, so that kind of makes sense, and you can get a pretty good bluetooth speaker from a cereal box-top these days so that's a cheap bolt-on to make this the all-singing all-dancing party machine. edit: Googling, I can't seem to find out - does it actually provide electric cooling? Or is it just a big high-quality insulated cooler with some electronic doodads attached?

gkoberger 5y ago

I mean, they had to somehow procure stock from startups that are long out of business. Items nobody actually wants, so what's the point of having _more_ items nobody actually wants? (EDIT: oh. whoops. they're miniatures haha)

thedogeye 5y ago
They are not selling the actual products of these startups but rather super cute miniaturized versions that they made.
- ashtonkem 5y ago
  Some of these items barely existed in the first place. You can get a Juicero, probably, but good luck getting your hands on an honest Theranos device. Few existed, and most of those are probably in the hands of the federal prosecutors charging Holmes with fraud.