coolerBack in 2007, I posted about carrying a small safe while camping or staying at a hotel. At the time, I used a small cooler made from fabric, fiberboard and plastic insulation. It worked for a while, but eventually, the safe (and firearms) proved to be too heavy and the fiberboard liner under the cooler failed.

Last week, we saw a rigid cooler by Coleman on sale for $20, so I picked it up. Today, I outfitted it with the little safe, some ammo and I used some gun cleaning rags to pad around and underneath the safe. Both the Better Half and I lifted the loaded safe, ammo and cooler and found it to be no heavier than a cooler packed with ice and beverages. Intuitively, it seems that this is the solution to carrying a concealed safe while traveling or camping.

Clickable image courtesy of the Better Half.