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Post by marmotstew on Feb 15, 2022 19:43:13 GMT -8
I bought a $35 rambler water bottle from YETI and it sucks. Doesn’t keep liquid cool and if you turn it over it leaks. What a POS. I’ve bought bottles less than $10 bucks that work way better.
I’m thinking their $600 coolers are probably crap too?
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Post by hikerjer on Feb 15, 2022 20:49:18 GMT -8
I’ve got a Yeti coffee mug I received for Christmas. I’ve got to say, it’s pretty amazing at keeping liquids hot. I fill it in the morning, drive for an hour to the ski hill, leave it in the unheated car for six hours and when I come back, the coffee’s is still sort of warm. Not hot, but at least, not cold either.
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Post by mdarnton on Feb 15, 2022 20:49:28 GMT -8
Have one of the smaller coolers. It's great. Must be you. :-)
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Post by Coolkat on Feb 16, 2022 4:35:27 GMT -8
I guess I just don't have a need at this point for such a product because when I walk down an isle where their products are shelved and I look at the prices, I say... yeah right.
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Post by driftwoody on Feb 16, 2022 5:00:00 GMT -8
I guess I just don't have a need at this point for such a product because when I walk down an isle where their products are shelved and I look at the prices, I say... yeah right. Me too. The only way a cooler is worth that price is if you had some perishables you had to leave in your car several days (assuming the Yeti performs much better than cheaper coolers). |
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Post by mdarnton on Feb 16, 2022 5:55:07 GMT -8
My fridge quit and I needed to bridge some time. I checked the reviews and it got the best regarding time, so I bought it. It did not disappoint, in fact the ice hardly melted at all per day. I was surprised. Looks too $$$ to leave exposed in the back of a car, though. Yes, it was expensive, yes, it looks cool. Yes, they advertise. So? Tell me about your $700 tents.
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Post by JRinGeorgia on Feb 16, 2022 6:21:36 GMT -8
I have a couple of Yeti mugs (gifts) like Jer and similar experience, keeps hot or cold for hours.
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Post by marmotstew on Feb 16, 2022 6:25:17 GMT -8
We’ll maybe it’s just me. I got the one that was run over by a forklift in the warehouse in China.
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Post by trinity on Feb 16, 2022 6:31:11 GMT -8
Overpriced? Yes. Suck? No. I would neever buy one for myself, but I have a small Yeti cooler my wife gave me for a birthday present many years ago. She bought it primarily for me to use on multi-day canoe camping trips. For that purpose, and short car-camping trips, it works great. I've gone on backpacking trips up to 5 days and returned to my car at the trailhead, beer still packed in ice.
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Post by jazzmom on Feb 16, 2022 7:10:55 GMT -8
Mostly you, I think.  I think science says that all of those double-walled vacuum sealed drink bottles all perform about the same at keeping liquids warm/cold. You can use them more effectively by pre-heating/cooling and filling up the volume. I've admittedly upgraded my coolers in the last few years to the newer 'boutique' ones and have the Yeti backpack-like one that I got as a gift. It's a nice complement to the hard-sided RTIC one I'd gotten (after much hemming and hawing) but I was totally floored when I saw the price in a store... literally twice as much as the RTIC. The Yeti's don't suck but I do think they're grossly over-priced. I guess their colors are cool... |
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Post by rebeccad on Feb 16, 2022 8:36:56 GMT -8
I considered Yeti at one point, but all that insulation comes with a size issue, or did at that time—just too bulky for the space inside. I guess I could afford the space now, but I have my packing system dialed in so no motive to change.
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Post by Coolkat on Feb 16, 2022 8:48:46 GMT -8
literally twice as much as the RTIC It looks like Yeti has beat them in the marketing arena. I had never heard of RTIC until I just looked them up. Do some "outdoor" stores carry this brand? |
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Post by BigLoad on Feb 16, 2022 9:07:09 GMT -8
The company gave me a Yeti mug, which I ended up liking quite a bit. I'm quite happy with how long it keeps things warm. As jazzmom noted, a minute or two of pre-fill with boiling water extends the duration quite a bit. |
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Post by cweston on Feb 16, 2022 10:12:13 GMT -8
Once or twice a year, I leave a cooler in a car (in the summer) while I'm gone backpacking for a week. It's not an urgent thing, but if I've been car-camping before the BPing (which is typical for me), it's nice to be able to save some of the food, and a REALLY nice luxury to crack open a cold (or at least cold-ish) beer on returning to the car.
But I'm fairly cheap, so there's no way I'm going to pay what a large Yeti cooler costs for that one or two times a year. I use a regular cooler, try to fill it as full as possible with ice+food/beer, wrap a blanket around it, and hope for the best.
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Post by driftwoody on Feb 16, 2022 10:40:08 GMT -8
literally twice as much as the RTIC I came close to buying an RTIC a couple years ago, but I've never really had a need for a high performing cooler. I wonder if a Yeti or RTIC would outperform a double cooler in which a smaller cooler is placed entirely inside a larger cooler, with added insulation if there are interior gaps between the two. |
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