Product Review: Reef Sandal Flasks
My wife is a very understanding woman. She not only supports my tailgating activities with my friends, she also buys me awesome presents for my tailgating. Case in point, last year she bought me a pair of Dram Reef Sandals. These sandals are rather unique because they can hold up to 3 ounces of liquid in each sandal. There is a small cap on the side for easy access. After one season with the Drams, what do I think?
The Drams are a great conversation piece. That is about it. Unfortunately there seems to be an engineering problem with these sandals. After normal wear for about a month, I started to notice cracks in the flask section. This obviously rendered the sandals unusable to sneak alcohol into any sporting events.
My buddy also bought a pair of these sandals. He had the exact same problem with the sandals cracking after a month or two. He also had another issue where the cap apparently blew off while he was walking. It took him several weeks to get a replacement.
In the end, the Drams are a great idea that needs a great deal of work. Perhaps Reef will put some extra money into these. You would expect a better product after paying $40-$50 for sandals. Alas, I have moved on to my new Reefs with just a plan old bottle opener on the bottom.
May 30th, 2008 at 11:23 pm
I totally agree. I prefer the Fanning Route with Reefs. A bottle opener, or rather two of them. I have found them to be quite useful. You can’t go wrong with flop that will open up a beer……