Festival Cooling Devices

There’s a very specific kind of misery that only hits around 3 p.m. on day two of a festival: sunburned shoulders, a beer that’s gone warm in your hand, and a crowd of 40,000 people generating what feels like their own personal weather system. You’ve packed sunscreen. You’ve packed a hat. But the one thing … Read more

Nobody remembers the festival where their beer was cold. They remember the one where it wasn’t — the sad, lukewarm sip at 4 p.m. while the sun does its worst impression of a blowtorch. That single moment is usually the reason people start shopping for a small hard cooler for festivals in the first place, … Read more

Somewhere between the fourth trip back to your tent for a fresh beer and the moment your friend’s hard-sided cooler gets flagged at the gate, you start to wonder if there’s a better way. There is. A backpack cooler for festivals is exactly what it sounds like: an insulated, soft-sided pack built to be worn … Read more