Twenty-six months, about eighteen games, and one torn handle that started all of it.
Twenty-six months, about eighteen games, one stadium rule page read twice. Here is what a 12 x 6 x 12 clear tote actually does for you between the parking lot and the gate.
A free giveaway tote came apart in a parking lot 27 months ago. Here is what replaced it, what it still does not do well, and the two places where the free bag is honestly the better call.
Plain notes from a retired parts manager on the 12 by 6 by 12 clear tote he and his wife have carried to 18 games, and why it beat the free bag that came apart in the lot.
Twenty-six months, about eighteen games, and one torn handle that started all of it.
The order I pack it in, the one step that happens at the kitchen table, and why the top third of the bag stays loose.
A retired parts manager's plain notes on 26 months with a 12 by 6 by 12 clear tote, including the scuffs, the stiff PVC, and the giveaway bag that failed first.
Thirteen months, two seats, nine outings on hard benches. What held up, what got left in the Tahoe, and the one rule to check before you buy.
Two seasons on a flat foam pad, thirteen months on a seat with a back. What actually separates them, and the one rule that decides which one goes to the gate.
Thirteen months, seven pro games and two high school bleacher afternoons with the Everlasting Comfort stadium seats, plus the gate rule that decides whether they go in at all.
Thirteen months, two seats, seven games, and one plain note about the stadiums that will not let them through the gate.
Five things I do now that I wish I had done ten seasons ago, from a man who drives to road games with his wife and has learned most of it the hard way.
Two seats, thirteen months, and a gate rule that decides more than the foam does. What the listing will not tell you about carrying a backrest into a stadium.
A retired parts manager's notes on the 20,000mAh INIU that lives in his console, and the day it earned the spot.
One is a brick you have to remember. The other is a case you never have to remember, right up until you buy a new phone. I have carried both, and the difference showed up in a parking lot.
Wade Thibodeaux has driven to pro road games for years. After one dead phone in a parking lot, a 20,000 mAh pack became the first thing in the clear bag. Here are the ten reasons it stays.
A dead phone, two digital tickets, and the parking lot lesson that put a charger in the center console for good.
A plain routine for keeping two phones alive from the driveway to the last walk back to the truck, built from fourteen months of road games and one dead phone in a parking lot.
Fourteen months in a center console, two seasons of road games, and one dead phone in a parking lot that started the whole thing. Here is what the listing gets right, and the three things it leaves out.
Twenty months, six trips a season, five washes, and one bendable rod. What the Dot&Dot Twist does in a passenger seat, and the one thing it does not do at all.
Twenty months in the passenger seat, plus two flights with a blow-up pillow that quit on me. Here is which one earns the space in the bag.
A retired parts manager's plain notes on the one pillow that rides in the passenger seat, plus the reasons it earns its spot on a plane.
A retired parts manager on the one item that made the passenger seat livable on a nine hour drive to a road game.
Five steps I actually run through before a plane ride to a road game, plus what the pillow can and cannot do for you at 35,000 feet.
A bendable memory foam roll that does one job well. The honest notes on packing, heat, and the shape it takes to get comfortable.
Three seasons, 20 road trips, and one heavy hard cooler retired to the garage. Plain notes on the 30 liter collapsible bag that rides behind the second row.
Thirty-eight months with a collapsible bag in the back of the Tahoe, and the hard cooler still sitting in the garage. Here is the honest split.
A retired parts manager on why the soft bag beat the hard cooler in the back of his Tahoe.
A retired parts manager on why a soft cooler replaced a hard one in the back of his Tahoe, and what it will not do.
Five steps that keep the drinks cold from the driveway to the parking lot, plus the small habits that matter more than the bag itself.
Three years and about 20 road trips later, here is what the collapsible bag does well, where it lets you down, and the one thing I would tell a friend before he buys one.
Twenty-six months, about eighteen games, one stadium rule page read twice. Here is what a 12 x 6 x 12 clear tote actually does for you between the parking lot and the gate.
A retired parts manager's plain notes on 26 months with a 12 by 6 by 12 clear tote, including the scuffs, the stiff PVC, and the giveaway bag that failed first.
Thirteen months, two seats, nine outings on hard benches. What held up, what got left in the Tahoe, and the one rule to check before you buy.
Two seats, thirteen months, and a gate rule that decides more than the foam does. What the listing will not tell you about carrying a backrest into a stadium.
A retired parts manager's notes on the 20,000mAh INIU that lives in his console, and the day it earned the spot.
Fourteen months in a center console, two seasons of road games, and one dead phone in a parking lot that started the whole thing. Here is what the listing gets right, and the three things it leaves out.
Twenty months, six trips a season, five washes, and one bendable rod. What the Dot&Dot Twist does in a passenger seat, and the one thing it does not do at all.
A bendable memory foam roll that does one job well. The honest notes on packing, heat, and the shape it takes to get comfortable.
Three seasons, 20 road trips, and one heavy hard cooler retired to the garage. Plain notes on the 30 liter collapsible bag that rides behind the second row.
Three years and about 20 road trips later, here is what the collapsible bag does well, where it lets you down, and the one thing I would tell a friend before he buys one.
