Cooler Covers

[TheColorBearer]

How many of you are at an event and you want to open your tent up for the public to see but you have this Coleman cooler stickin out like a farby sore thumb. No more will any of you have to deal with it. This guy sold me a cooler cover that he made by hand and it completely covers the cooler and allows me to open my tent for full view.

He is a member of these boards i believe, his buisness name was D&J Sutlery. He is just getting started in the sutler field but his products are of good quality and he can make you a cooler cover just about any way you want it. I am hoping he will make me another one that has my name on the top of it.

[tompritchett]

Moderator Hat: Ahem folks. Let's place nice. Yes, there are many of you who do not use coolers at your events and consider them farby but there are far more in the hobby who do use them for food or whatever. Most do go to great efforts to keep them out of site and this post is somewhat applicable to them. Besides, for the time being I am cracking down on the sniping by both sides of the hobby at the other.

[thpritchett]

How many of you are at an event and you want to open your tent up for the public to see but you have this Coleman cooler stickin out like a farby sore thumb. No more will any of you have to deal with it. This guy sold me a cooler cover that he made by hand and it completely covers the cooler and allows me to open my tent for full view.

Reenactor Hat: Personally, whenever I do have modern items in my tents, be it a cooler with food for the company, my ammo box with extra powder and rounds, or my gun cleaning kit, not only do I hide the items, I make it a habit of keeping my tent closed to the public. The only time that my tent is every left open to the public is when all I have is my ground-cloth, blanket, a tic-mattress, and possibly a wooden box, and whatever gear I happen not to be wearing at the time. The public can pick up very quickly what is hidden under the blanket or cooler cover.

[Ross L. Lamoreaux]

I tried to be polite in my post that was stricken, but where is the line drawn about posting about items that are fantasy items that were not around during this era? I find it a slap in the face to the many on this forum who try to give a small effort to keep things period, and by espousing the virtures of an item that screams modern, I'm offended. Is this a Civil War forum, or the main page for Kampgrounds of America?

[MarkTK36thIL]

Why not toss the cooler in an officers tent to keep some food fresh if it's absoblutely needed?

I'm not knocking the product; at all at least there's an effort on some people's behalf to at least attempt to hide a cooler. The ones that go to insert x event, and leave it in the open, and don't see anything wrong with it should bother all of us.

[Jim Mayo]

If you must, have a company tent in which such things as coolers, board seats etc. that should not been seen in a CW camp, are kept. The tent can be tied closed when the public is around.

[PVT.THIB]

Why does it have to be a "progressive/campaigner" sniping this product? What makes any of these guys one things or the other? They could all just as soon be "mainstreamers" than anything else. They are just judging the product for what they percieve it to be.

[reddcorp]

Yes, I admit that from time to time a cold beer is really nice at an event and its hard to keep brewskies cool in a haversack.
So, I am wondering if the cooler cover mentioned is a cloth/canvas-type device or something else.
A few years ago I made an Army Breadbox, lined, to keep things cold. I would think that this would be passable at certain type events, as Army Breadboxes were around. It doubles as a place to sit. The canvas covers I have seen before, well, they look like a Cooler covered with canvas.
Just curious,

A.Redd

[Curt-Heinrich Schmidt]

Hallo!

There is always the wooden hardtack "box" with no bottom, as long as one is not trying to explain why a soldier has a full box to himself in his tent...

It may date back too far... but does anyone remember "Haversack Rolette?"
It was a game played after carrying a Coke or a Brewski around in one's haversack all day. The can was taken out and held at a fellow's ear or next to his face. Then the tab was popped.
Sometimes, you would win... sometimes you would lose.
I guess you had to have been there. ;) :)

(Does a "covered" cooler or air mattress really fool anyone, or is that just what we like to tell ourselves? IMHO, keep the tent flaps closed and tied, and spare a Spectator another misrepresentation of the History we are trying to present.)

CHS
Former Pop! Splash!! Fizzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz! Mess

[militiaman1835]

I got a couple of canvas covers at Harbour Freight for $1.49 each on sale. They were bandsaw covers I believe. Jim Hensley

[Abrams]

Hallo!

It may date back too far... but does anyone remember "Haversack Rolette?"
It was a game played after carrying a Coke or a Brewski around in one's haversack all day. The can was taken out and held at a fellow's ear or next to his face. Then the tab was popped.
Sometimes, you would win... sometimes you would lose.
I guess you had to have been there. ;) :)


I never played that one, but I did play the Beer Hunter.

We would take an equal number of beers/soda as we had contestants. (say we have 6 people playing) We would take one beer and shake it up good and mix it in with 5 un-shaken beers in a sack. Everyone would draw one beer, and hold it to their own face, and on the count of 3, all people would pop the tabs... :lol:

As to cooler covers, I feel they would merely mask the obvious. If its not a cooler under the rectangular canvas cover, then what is it? A really, really huge box of hardtack? I think I would keep that under cover as much as possible.

But to each their own. :)

[intheblue25]

As someone said earlier at least they are trying to cover up the cooler, I've seen just a plain blanket thrown over which looks way worse like in the attached pic (its the maroon thing just to the right of the tent). I do like the cooler/refrigerated army bread box though which I have even seen more progressive units use.



Chris

Pvt, 4th US Regulars

[captdougofky]

How many of you are at an event and you want to open your tent up for the public to see but you have this Coleman cooler stickin out like a farby sore thumb. No more will any of you have to deal with it. This guy sold me a cooler cover that he made by hand and it completely covers the cooler and allows me to open my tent for full view.

He is a member of these boards i believe, his buisness name was D&J Sutlery. He is just getting started in the sutler field but his products are of good quality and he can make you a cooler cover just about any way you want it. I am hoping he will make me another one that has my name on the top of it.

If your handy with a sewing machine you can pick up a drop cloth from Porter Paints and make one yourself. I did and it works great. My 68qt does come in handy on those hot days. Colemen is the only way to go, I have a Rubbermade cooler that you can watch the ice melt in. Anybody going to town bring me back another bag of ice.

Always
Doug Thomas
Lyons Battery CS
Kentucky

[3rd_PA_Artillery]

I tried to be polite in my post that was stricken, but where is the line drawn about posting about items that are fantasy items that were not around during this era? I find it a slap in the face to the many on this forum who try to give a small effort to keep things period, and by espousing the virtures of an item that screams modern, I'm offended. Is this a Civil War forum, or the main page for Kampgrounds of America?

Well said, sir. :D

[thpritchett]

As someone said earlier at least they are trying to cover up the cooler, I've seen just a plain blanket thrown over which looks way worse like in the attached pic (its the maroon thing just to the right of the tent).

I agree that coolers and such should be hidden. My only suggestion is that even with the cooler "hidden" the flaps should still remain closed as much as possible. Unfortunately, INHO sometimes I think that we project way too much personal gear than any one soldier would have even during winter quarters. Consequently, that is way I suggested that he still keep the flap closed even with the cooler cover.

[Ocaliman]

Why does it have to be a "progressive/campaigner" sniping this product? What makes any of these guys one things or the other? They could all just as soon be "mainstreamers" than anything else. They are just judging the product for what they percieve it to be.


I don't believe it is so much Progressive/Campaigner sniping that we are concerned about here. It appears to be more of an IGLOO/Coleman/Rubbermaid snipefest. Those can be much more venomous and nasty than progressive/campaigner snipe events any day of the week... ;)

[TheColorBearer]

I find it a slap in the face to the many on this forum who try to give a small effort to keep things period, and by espousing the virtures of an item that screams modern, I'm offended. Is this a Civil War forum, or the main page for Kampgrounds of America?


You know i got Digital footage of several mainstream CW events and in just about all of those events filmed i saw a cooler sir. Now I have not had the pleasure of interacting with you before so I presume you do not know me. I strive to keep my camp as 1860 era as possible, I will even go as far as saying that I have the most period correct set up yourn eyes will have been lucky enough to gaze upon so brilliant that it is. I do not camp as reenactor nor as living history, I camp as an actor camps, an actor portraying a scene from the 1860's era. You can walk into my tent in full view of the public, sit down in one of my hand made chairs and not even be able to see the farby cooler not 5 feet from you, if it wasn't for one of my children getting an ice cold beverage(it's hot in the south ya'll) you would have never known it was there. I have the biggest Flag set yourn eyes will ever gaze upon as well. I go to great lengths Sir to keep it real, real 1860 as it gets and I know I do a good job for everybody and thier mom taking pictures out front of camp all day long.

So don't judge the book by it's cover.

Thank You


Todd

[TheColorBearer]

Moderator Hat: Ahem folks. Let's place nice. Yes, there are many of you who do not use coolers at your events and consider them farby but there are far more in the hobby who do use them for food or whatever. Most do go to great efforts to keep them out of site and this post is somewhat applicable to them. Besides, for the time being I am cracking down on the sniping by both sides of the hobby at the other.

I applaud you sir for your swift action. On such other topic forums this would have went on for several pages.

<Saltue> to you sir:D

[skamikaze]

sit down in one of my hand made chairs


How do you fit a chair in a knapsack?

Can we see a picture of said camp, since everyone and their mom has a photo of it?

I'll show you my camp set up:http://a859.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/73/l_a80e252c89097278d8a223c7af9ad722.jpg

Its that thing on my back.

[Silas]

Who's being fooled by all this stuff being hidden hither and yonder? The people who don't see it, or the person hiding it?

[TheColorBearer]

I caught it the second time through

Here is My A-Frame camp in 04' Sikeston,Mo., Set up:Thursday Morning right after a 10 hour over night ride. Please note that the Stainless Banner and Battle flag have the white trim absent keeping with a western theatre theme. I have multiple flag sets for every theatre of war.

http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii34/JadgTankker/Sikeston.jpg

[hhikker]

Well I make them, I love them, and most people love them too. Not everyone sleeps under the stars... some people sleep in tents. Some people like to cook their own food and not buy it from someone else. They will bring a cooler.I know I like a nice cold beer, and to have ice on hand on a hot day.

To each their own, but be respectful to others on the way through.

[TheColorBearer]

Who's being fooled by all this stuff being hidden hither and yonder? The people who don't see it, or the person hiding it?


Why both of course Sir ! :D

[skamikaze]

but when the rain starts where are you gonna be?



Right here: http://a632.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/28/l_de4e9336bb9ec327bf629d54c64e502f.jpg

....and wet.

[skamikaze]

I guess you missed this, let me post it again for ya.:D

Moderator Hat: Ahem folks. Let's place nice. Yes, there are many of you who do not use coolers at your events and consider them farby but there are far more in the hobby who do use them for food or whatever. Most do go to great efforts to keep them out of site and this post is somewhat applicable to them. Besides, for the time being I am cracking down on the sniping by both sides of the hobby at the other.
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Thomas H. Pritchett
Moderator

Didn't miss it at all. You claimed to have the most accurate set-up in the hobby, so I wanted to figure out what documentation you used to squeeze a chair into a knapsack. :D

If yours is the gold standard, please enlighten us on how to better our impressions.

[TheColorBearer]

Didn't miss it at all. You claimed to have the most accurate set-up in the hobby, so I wanted to figure out what documentation you used to squeeze a chair into a knapsack. :D

If yours is the gold standard, please enlighten us on how to better our impressions.

As i posted above i will camp either way, depends on what is needed that weekend.

[tompritchett]

Didn't miss it at all. You claimed to have the most accurate set-up in the hobby, so I wanted to figure out what documentation you used to squeeze a chair into a knapsack.

If yours is the gold standard, please enlighten us on how to better our impressions.

Moderator Hat: First, his comment about missing it was addressed to me not you. Second, you are putting words in his mouth - a practice that can get posts either deleted or edited around here. My initial inclination was to delete your post straight out for what I consider your deliberate distortion of what he said but instead I decided to reply on the chance that you truly did not understand what he was saying. He never claimed to have the "most accurate setup" or that his tent would be a "gold standard". Rather he was stating that, if you do happen to use a cooler during some or all of your events, the suggested cover was one way of hiding it. Nothing more and nothing less.

[tompritchett]

Some people like to cook their own food and not buy it from someone else.

Reenactor Hat: Actually there are some in this hobby that have found foods that they can bring to events that do not require being kept under ice to avoid spoilage. Smoked and salted meats, precooked bacon, fresh vegetables, hardtack, fresh eggs, and hardboiled eggs will all last a weekend in a haversack without spoiling. It is possible and I have done it at some events. It just requires a little more preparation ahead of the event and a little more research in how to prepare your meals.

[tompritchett]

I have closed this thread as it has become a major p****g contest. Also I have deleted a number of posts. As a result, it would be best to view what is left in the thread using the linear mode as I suspect that you may have trouble accessing all the remaining posts using either the threaded or hybrid viewing modes (viewing/display modes can be changed by cliching on the Display Mode button at the top of the thread display.

[tompritchett]

Second, you are putting words in his mouth - a practice that can get posts either deleted or edited around here. My initial inclination was to delete your post straight out for what I consider your deliberate distortion of what he said but instead I decided to reply on the chance that you truly did not understand what he was saying. He never claimed to have the "most accurate setup" or that his tent would be a "gold standard"

As has been pointed out to me, he actually did make a similar statement in a prior post. For that I am wrong and I apologize to Eric for accusing him of putting words in Colorbearer's mouth. Regardless, the thread was getting out of control and so this does not change my decision to close the thread.