Reminds me of the cooler company Blue Coolers, whose entire business model is that they source from China to compete on price against USA made Yeti coolers. The company almost didn't make it, until they had their big break selling thousands of coolers at a trucker rally. The truckers loved the cheap coolers, even though they are only cheap because they are undercutting USA made coolers with Chinese ones. False consciousness in action!
Source for this story via clips of a the reality show "I Quit" in this youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZqt2bPZT1w
For USA made, I found Cordova, which I recommend especially because they use a denser foam, so you get more storage capacity for the same exterior dimensions: https://shop.cordovaoutdoors.com/48-qt-adventurer/
Yeah, it's so funny to see that people who believe a domestic manufacturing base is important have been so utterly defeated that there's not a single US-made phone they can buy. Well, except the niche Librem 5, but the leaders of the "conservative" movement are mostly swindlers, so they picked a cheap phone they can mark up more.
They lost what they valued, their leaders are selling them out, everybody laugh.
TaylorAlexander|3 years ago
gkop|3 years ago
I don’t think it’s accurate to describe Yeti coolers as USA made though: https://www.allamericanmade.com/where-are-yeti-coolers-made/
For USA made, I found Cordova, which I recommend especially because they use a denser foam, so you get more storage capacity for the same exterior dimensions: https://shop.cordovaoutdoors.com/48-qt-adventurer/
voidfunc|3 years ago
LightG|3 years ago
Hmmm, do you know what ... time to jump on that bandwagon!
car_analogy|3 years ago
They lost what they valued, their leaders are selling them out, everybody laugh.
throwawaymanbot|3 years ago
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jimmygrapes|3 years ago
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manuelabeledo|3 years ago
jimmygrapes|3 years ago
https://hothardware.com/news/us-government-subsidized-lifeli...
Not the best writeup but not the worst. I experienced this myself.