We only buy the big Yeti coolers at work. I have personally noticed it will hold at least a half cooler of ice by the fourth day. And that's multiple guys opening and closing it all day.
Yeti/Ozark/Igloo/Coleman Coolers
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My wife has a Yeti coozie, I have a Ozark Trail coozie, they perform the exact same. Only thing is, mine cost less than $10. Her's she got at work for free, but as you can see, it would have cost $40.
Total rip-off.
I have yeti coozies, yeti cups and the knockoff walmart Ozark versions. The 8 dollar walmart one works just as good.
I also have an igloo sportsman 55. Wanted a rotomolded cooler because of the durability when its on the back of my sxs. Just got the Ozark trail softsided yeti knockoff and it's pretty good. My mom and sister have the yeti soft coolers and the ozark is a close second but is 50 compared to 330.
Damn. I've spent a lot of money on coolers and coozies now that I think about it.
https://www.amazon.com/Igloo-Produc...224844&sr=8-1&keywords=igloo+sportsman+cooler
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My old Coleman cooler is 55 years old. My parents got it from Blue Chip Stamps (remember those?)
The outside is metal and the inside is hard plastic. I don't know what they used for insulation back in the 50's (maybe it's asbestos) but the ice is still floating around three days later.
All the hinges and the lock are all stainless steel.
It even has a drain on the bottom so you can drain the water and add more ice.
They don't make them like that anymore. :-D
The outside is metal and the inside is hard plastic. I don't know what they used for insulation back in the 50's (maybe it's asbestos) but the ice is still floating around three days later.
All the hinges and the lock are all stainless steel.
It even has a drain on the bottom so you can drain the water and add more ice.
They don't make them like that anymore. :-D
The fact that almost every "Salt Life" bumper sticker on the back of a mall crawler Jeep JK is accompanied by a "YETI" sticker tells me everything I need to know about their customer base.
I have a soft side Yeti as well. A complete waste of money.
No way I'd pay the Yeti price when there's stuff out there nearly as good for a fraction of the price
Living by the gulf i see salt water soul on everything.
It's really entertaining seeing all of those stickers here...in Kentucky.
For most people the cheaper stuff will do you just fine. Yeti is for people wanting to spend a week in the middle of nowhere and still have ice. I personally can't justify the cost since I don't use coolers for more than a day or 2 on the river/lake.
The issue I see is that there are now 2 or 3 brands half the price or even less that perform just as well.
It has been proven yet some are more brand loyal to yeti than they are to ford. Lol
Since walmart (i.e. Ozark) stole Yeti's design, that is not surprising. I believe Yeti is sueing them.
Got a chuckle out of this.
Yes and no. The insulation used to fill the gap in the rotomolded product is pretty important. I can't imagine their being many mfgs of insulation for that purpose though...
My ice always lasts way longer than my beer in our Igloo/Coleman coolers :beer:
This is all that I would need it for, I don't understand why people want ice to last a week.
We do some "camping" when we go dirt bike/quad riding out in glammis, oceano dunes, etc. We will go for a week or so at a time, give or take a few days. We have a toy hauler with a fridge and a few other ammenities, but the fridge is tiny, and you can't keep enough drinks in there for more than 1-2 people. Some of these places are 80-110 degrees outside when we go so it is very nice to have something that can last a week and hold enough stuff for the family.
We don't have a yeti or any of the other brands yet. We have an old coleman I believe. A very large one, and we usually just took extra precautions to keep it in as cool of an environment as feasible and if we needed to we would go buy more ice. Thats not to say the ice doesn't last. We didn't know about yeti or any of the other top brands as we have had it for a long time. It has recently sustained some damage though and doesn't work as well so we are going to replace it soon.
We will probably go with an RTIC. If we stay anywhere long enough to need more ice in an RTIC, the same would probably hold true for the Yeti.
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Epic reply. Just epic.
I built my pelican jockey box for a pig roast I go to for memorial day that lasts 4 days. The closest place that sells ice is a 30 minute trip one way.
I like my Orca 48 the same as my Yeti 48. Orca was $150.00 less too.
Yeti was a gift. I would never spend that $$$. Hard enough to buy a $250 Orca cooler but it seemed like a good deal at the time. They're so heavy.......
I still love my "MPU" (mobile party unit) igloo with wheels as we called them in college. Light weight and still does the trick for the night...
Yeti was a gift. I would never spend that $$$. Hard enough to buy a $250 Orca cooler but it seemed like a good deal at the time. They're so heavy.......
I still love my "MPU" (mobile party unit) igloo with wheels as we called them in college. Light weight and still does the trick for the night...
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