Does the Huski Beer Cooler 2.0 Actually Work? I Sacrificed Two Cokes to Find Out
My wife bought me a Huski Beer Cooler 2.0. It’s a stainless steel can insulator — the kind of thing you slip your can into so your beer (or Coke, if you’re me during this experiment) stays cold.
Now, I’m a developer. I don’t take things on faith. I take them on data. And the question burning in my mind was: does this thing actually do anything?
My wife’s answer: “Yes, obviously, it’s insulated.”
My answer: “I’ll need to run a controlled experiment.”
The Methodology
I pulled two cans of Coke from the fridge at the same time — same shelf, same temperature. I popped one into the Huski cooler and left the other sitting on the bench next to it, completely exposed to the harsh Australian conditions of my kitchen.
I then used a thermometer to take temperature readings from both cans at irregular intervals over two hours, because I was doing other things and also because “irregular intervals” sounds more scientific.
The ambient temperature was a pleasant autumn afternoon.
The Data
| Time | Minutes elapsed | Cooler (°C) | No cooler (°C) | Difference (°C) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11:20 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 11:50 | 30 | 5 | 8 | 3 |
| 12:25 | 65 | 6 | 15 | 9 |
| 12:50 | 90 | 8 | 18 | 10 |
| 13:20 | 120 | 11 | 20 | 9 |
The Graph
Because a table is good but a graph is better (and also because I wanted to make a graph):
The Verdict
The results are, frankly, pretty compelling.
After just 30 minutes the unprotected can had warmed to 8°C — already firmly in the “this is getting unpleasant” zone. By 65 minutes it had shot up to 15°C, which is basically warm tap water territory for a Coke. At the two-hour mark it had reached 20°C, which is approximately the temperature of disappointment.
Meanwhile the Huski-clad can crept up gradually, reaching only 11°C after two hours — 9 degrees cooler than its naked counterpart. That’s not trivial; that’s the difference between “cold drink” and “don’t bother.”
A few caveats: I only did one trial (it was one afternoon and I only had two cans), I did not control for can placement relative to sunlight or airflow, and I may have slightly jostled the thermometer between readings. This is citizen science, not a peer-reviewed study.
But the directional conclusion is clear: the Huski Beer Cooler 2.0 works. It won’t keep your drink ice-cold forever, but over a couple of hours it makes a genuine, measurable difference.
My wife, it turns out, was right. I have added this to the official record.