The weather ’s majuscule — albeit in the quadruple digits in some place — why are you eating indoors like a schmuck ? These six tools will get you out from the kitchen table and around the picnic table . Welcome to summer .
You ca n’t have cookout without a grillroom , otherwise it ’s just a duck soup . And since your full - size of it grill is n’t exactly portable , you ’ll need to take expect along the Weber Q220 . Its 12,000 BTU flame heats 280 sq in of griddle - space ( big enough for up to 16 patty ) and runs on 16 oz LP cylinder . $ 220
broiling is fun , setting up and bust down is a pain in the ass — you’ve got to make multiple trips to the car , stuff and nonsense gets lost , chaos ensues . The Eco Picnic Cooler not only has a divided up Thermal Shield insulated ice chest with disjoined vino and food department for your pabulum , it also stores your other picnicking essentials ; corkscrew , cheese knife , glasses , plates , diaper , and flatware . It ’s even develop a disjoined drunkenness lid for easy - accession sozzling . $ 110
Like objectionable , party - crashing vampires , mosquitoes are the bane of even events . Keep the fiddling sodomite in furrow with the ThermaCELL repelling lantern . It utilize allethrin , a synthetical copy of a lifelike insect powder found in pyrethrum flowers , to protect a 225 sq ft area from the most common biting dirt ball . The lantern operate on 4 AA batteries.$35
I ’m pretty sure there are laws against grilling without putting music on first . The Soulra XLsolar powered audio system bumps with 22W of end product and runs for up to eight hours using a massive 72 - sq in solar panel . Its weewee resistant too so you need n’t worry about it getting splashed poolside . $ 250
Soulra XL : The 8 - Hour Solar Sound System
This is a margarita maker that plugs into your car ’s lighter socket . You need more of a reason than that ? It also go on an 18 - volt Ni - Cd battery pack and blends up to 80 drink per charge . $ 300
Just because it ’s not a part of the 2012 Olympic Games does n’t make it any less legitimate a mutation — they’ve got league and official - sized tables and everything . And just because you ’re going to be international does n’t mean you ca n’t bring your prescribed - sized Beer Pong board decently along with you for some after - dinner amusement . The 8 - foot Pong A Long tabular array collapses down into just a 2 - groundwork square . $ 100
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