How It Works: Quote, Proof, Made by Hand, Delivered

Five steps from your first message to the box on your doorstep — and you hear from us at every one.

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The five steps

1
Upload & Brief
Fill in the quote form or email us directly. Tell us the occasion, quantity, event date, and any artwork, photo, or logo you have. Not sure yet? Just tell us the vibe — we'll guide you.
📩 You hear from us: Same business day with a quote and production timeline.
2
Proof & Confirmation
We prepare your design and email a digital proof for sign-off. Check colours, layout, names, and artwork — nothing goes to print until you approve it in writing.
📩 You hear from us: Proof email with clear approve/revise options. One round of revisions included.
3
Print & Production
Once approved, your coolers are sublimation printed, cut, stitched, and finished by hand on the Gold Coast. Every single one checked before packing.
📩 You hear from us: Production confirmation so you know your order is underway.
4
Dispatch
Your order leaves the workshop packed and protected. Standard orders dispatch within 7–10 business days of artwork approval. Need it sooner? Rush orders are available for an extra fee — contact us to discuss.
📩 You hear from us: Dispatch notification with your tracking number the moment it leaves.
5
Delivery
Shipped Australia-wide — every state and territory including regional. Most metro deliveries arrive 2–4 business days after dispatch.
📩 You hear from us: We follow up to make sure everything arrived right. Any issue on our end — we fix it, no argument.

Built on the Seam.

Six interlocking threads distribute load across the full seam width — no single point of failure. Mauser tape (bonded woven binding) wraps the outside edge, encasing the raw neoprene and locking the stitch in place. A cross stitch at each end secures the Mauser tape. Survives years of use, washing, and the Australian summer.

6mm neoprene mauser tape seam
This is the seam on every Stubby Hut cooler.

Custom Stubby Coolers, Done Properly

A custom stubby cooler is supposed to do two things — keep your drink cold and last longer than the event it was made for. Most don’t. Below is what we use, how we build them, and why it matters.

Why neoprene (and why thickness matters)

Every stubby cooler we make is cut from 6 mm closed-cell neoprene — the real stuff. That’s the same material wetsuits are built from — flexible, insulating, and water-resistant by nature. Most cheap stubby holders are 3–5 mm or made from open-cell foam that compresses out within a season. The 6 mm wall traps a thicker layer of insulating air between your hand and the can, keeps the chill where it belongs, and stops the stubby cooler from going floppy after a few washes.

That’s why neoprene also takes a sublimation print better than any other coolable material. The dye bonds to the surface at a molecular level, which is why the artwork on a Stubby Hut stubby cooler doesn’t crack, peel, or fade — even after a summer in the sun.

Made by hand, one at a time

Every personalised stubby holder we ship is handmade on the Gold Coast — no outsourcing, no offshore mass-production. Printed, laser-cut, overlocked along the seam on industrial machines, and finished with bonded woven Mauser tape that covers the seam and locks in the stitch with a cross-stitch at each end. This is the part most makers skip.

This is the seam on every cooler we ship.

How to prepare your artwork

You don’t need to be a designer — send what you’ve got and we’ll sort the rest. But if you want the sharpest possible result, here’s what works best:

File format. PNG, JPG or PDF at 300dpi prints cleanly. For a logo, a vector file is ideal — it stays crisp at any size. No vector? A high-resolution PNG or PDF is fine. Transparent backgrounds. If your logo or design should sit straight on the cooler colour, send a PNG with a transparent background so there’s no white box around it. Photos. The clearer and higher-resolution the photo, the better it prints — a crisp, well-lit shot beats a small screenshot every time. Full-wrap layout. Your design wraps the whole cooler; we set the layout up for you and show the complete wrap on a digital proof before anything prints. Nothing goes to production until you’ve signed it off, and one round of revisions is included.

One build, every occasion

Arrives on time. Looks like your proof.

On-Time Delivery

7–10 business days from artwork approval for standard orders. We give you a firm production date before we start and we stick to it.

Proof Before Print

Nothing goes to print without your sign-off. You see exactly what you’re getting — colours, layout, text — before a single cooler is made.

Fault? We Fix It

If something arrives damaged or wrong on our end, we replace it. No argument, no run-around.

Tell us the occasion. We’ll quote it today.

Send the occasion, rough quantity, and your date — artwork optional. We reply the same business day with a price and a firm timeline.

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