I managed to swing one of those as an “Amazon Warehouse Deal” for $75, shipped. Honestly, it was nothing short of a steal at that price. The Coolest Cooler had just so many clever features and accessories, but it was anything but clever when it came to manufacturing costs with all the custom moldings, accessories, bulk. and weight.<p>Somewhere was a website which attempted to break those costs down. No question that the engineering team put functionality and features first and cost second. The company needed to sell in volume to survive, but the final cost was just too high for that to happen. They seemed to have been slowly clawing their way back, but <i>I do believe them</i> when they say that new tariffs were the final straw which killed the dream.<p>I am truly sorry for backers. They were sold on the promise of so many clever features never before jam-packed into in a single cooler. (The only thing I would have added were larger rear wheels.) But it just wasn’t the right product brought to life by the right company and at the right cost. Some backers were strung along <i>for years</i> and really got screwed.<p>Still, you better believe that I consider myself lucky. I’m going to keep this monster for the rest of my life. Now if I only could have gotten my “World’s Thinnest Watch” from 2013 that raised over $1M on Kickstarter and failed to deliver <i>anything</i>. I know how it feels, and it sucks. Kickstarter isn’t a store, but I swear that some projects do their damndest to blur that line, you know?