Coolest Cooler
It takes some skill to turn a cooler into a tech flop. A corporation must go above and beyond to make a cooler a failure, much alone one that brings technology down with it. A cooler can merely be a styrofoam box. But when the Coolest Cooler stumbled into existence a few years ago, that's exactly what it accomplished.
One of the most successful Kickstarter campaigns ever in 2014, the Coolest Cooler raised an astounding $13 million, which no one could have predicted. The Coolest Cooler was advertised as having its own blender, Bluetooth speaker, and other trinkets, as well as the ability to charge gadgets like your phone. By the time 2019 rolled around, the company had declared bankruptcy and the cooler had finally caught fire.
The CEO cited Chinese tariffs as the reason the product line was discontinued, but consumer reviews from 2016 had previously revealed that the cooler was largely worthless. A high-tech cooler with a $399 price tag ought to at least function properly, but this one didn't. The battery life of the blender was only good for four complete minutes of blending, making it at best average.
Because the company ran out of money during the Kickstarter campaign, the cooler was never shipped, thus backers who still wanted one had to fork up an extra $96. Additionally, those who simply purchased one on Amazon without contributing to the Kickstarter did so faster.
