iBucket ver 4.0

The ibucket has been around for a while.

Ver 1.0 was born to go fishing and bring beer. I needed to be able to carry beer, tunes, and fishing equipment out in the boat or on a bike. This version had hooks to clip onto a bike rack like a pannier.


It was a hit the first summer down at the lake and out on the outer banks windsurfing for a week. The problem with it was, well, it's a kitty litter bucket with some all-season speakers bolted to it and a car amp stuffed inside with a heavy lead acid battery. The main drawback was the amp was too inefficient to have inside a cooler(or a bucket) and all that wasted power meant it needed a heavy battery. It simply made the beer too warm. I still use it a few times a year for fishing, drinking, and partying in boats mostly for nostalgia, but i've upgraded to the current amp design. Here's the original wiring. Its ugly, but it worked!



Ver 2.0 was much slicker. A very efficient amp that could be sealed in a tupperware container, a battery now could be small enough to hide in with the amp, and the whole deal could be jury-rigged into a cooler. This made it's appearance at snoe-down , worked fine at the hot tub, but was quickly retired because it only held a six pack. I can't find any pictures of it at the moment, and am too lazy and tired to go back out to the barn tonight to take pictures.

Ver 3.0 is the iBucket we all know and love. A whopping production run of five or six has generated buzz in at least three towns across the state. It holds 18 cans, is very durable, portable, yeah blah blah blah. The only problem is it doesn't fit well on the BFB, and it sometimes is a little bulky.

Ver 4.0:
After hours of R&D, I finished this up. Similar rigid frame to versions 2 and 3, but 1/2 the depth of ver 3.0:

The length and depth are perfect to tuck into the free-loader bag of an XtraCycle (BFB). I think it will work much better as a disc-golf bag too.

Cargo capacity is a 12 pack. Yeah. That'll do.

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