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You sound like you either dont have the money for it or you just dont understand. When you buy any Yeti cooler, you get it. Its a absolute game changer. Buy once, cry once
I have a Pelican 65, and recently bought a Yeti 45. I use the Yeti 45 all the time. I love it. Sits in back of truck hidden under canopy. Change out ice packs every day. If I go to grocery store, I don't have to rush home with cold items. Need a cold water? I've got one. When I got camping, I take both coolers. Pelican stays in campground while Yeti is in truck. I simply love it. And it is not nearly as bulky as coolers from other companies.
I have the tundra 125 and heavy is an understatement. If I had a do over I would get 2 65’s one for drinks and one for food. The big one was intended to be left on a boat not dragged to the campground.
I won a Yeti cooler at work. Great cooler, but with its thick walls we are able to fit a lot less in it as our old fashioned Coleman. These thick new generation coolers keep things cool for a long time, but for us and most people its just not necessary. for day trips and keeping things cool on our fishing trips a regular cooler is much lighter and more than enough.
I agree with that wholeheartedly. Yeti and others make great coolers, but it's true that a $50 Coleman will do the trick most of the time for most folks.
Just got back from a 9-day fly fishing trip across Idaho, Montana and Utah. I traveled during a heatwave with high temps in the 90s nearly every day. I topped off ice once on my roadie 60, and one of the original 1/2 gallon blocks of ice I added lasted 9 days. This is one of many Yeti products I swear by and use daily. If you want quality you can’t go wrong with Yeti.
It's not about saving money on ice. It's about being able to go deep into the backcountry on a camping trip without heading back into town for ice. I'm just not a fan of spoiled meat and warm beer@@squallywally
I have 5 coolers (3 soft and 2 hard) and 2 carry all bags probably 40 or more cups bottles and colsters between my wife and I ... best coolers I've ever had ... we pre cool our coolers with ice packs before trips ... I bought 3 22lbs bags of ice between a tundra haul and a roadie 24 over a 7 day trip(I added warm drinks in the middle) my in laws probably bought 10 so yeah I'd say well worth every penny ... the people bitching are the ones who can't afford them or won't use them enough
Man, I'm hovering over the buy button for the purchase of a 40-Qt Orca at 30% off right now. My perfectly fine 20-year old Coleman is asking why. "I can save so much on ice!" hit way too close to home, fella! 😂
Love my yeti, yeah it’s heavy and all but I leave it in my truck, just fill it with ice once in awhile for the summer. If you’re always out you’ll appreciate it more.
I honestly barely purchased the roadie and was pleased and I just picked up the hopper 12.i think they are overpriced and most of yeti stuff imo is worthless.i don’t see myself buying anything else from them.and the yeti buckets are as stupid as it gets.great video very informative.
The deeper I get, the more i use a soft cooler. The yeti is definitely a once a year garage ornament. Its largest benefit has been a place for my wife's sticker collection. I always joke that the cooler itself didn't make it on all those adventures, but maybe next time.
I'm with you. I have 3 Yeti hard coolers. I really like my Tundra Haul, it's great for a long camping weekend. I like my 45 and my Roadie well enough, but I don't use them all that often. I could probably do without them, actually. I absolutely love my medium-sized soft coolers though. Mostly for water and maybe Gatorade, but occasionally for something more fun. I use one at least once, but usually several times a week. I had to buy another ice pack so I could keep them in rotation day after day. I never thought I'd love those soft coolers as much do, but I do. They just work.
Looked at all the coolers on the market. Borrowed my sisters Yeti for a couple of weeks. Ended up getting a Dometic 12/110 volt refrigerator. No need for ice, pulls down from 70 degrees to 20 degrees in a couple hours and will go as low as 7 degrees. It has a real compressor so it can be used at home as a garage beer cooler. It was almost 1300 bucks for the 99 liter size I selected. My main use is being able to go into the big city, Grants Pass, and stock up on frozen food at a considerable savings over the local store. Its great having hard frozen ice cream after an hour drive home when its 100 degrees outside.
@theoutdoorempire I drive a hatch back and needed a cooler that could fit in my 13" of vertical trunk space. I bought a Bouge RV 23 Qt cooler and it's just plain nice to have. I set it to 28 degrees and my cans were my ideal drinking temperature. I can also set it to -10 if I want a mobile deep freezer. It runs off my car's 12v outlet or my mobile power station, at a running average of 25-30 watts depending on the ambient temperature. I know it isn't for everyone, but it is perfect for my long weekends with a friend.
Not seeing a reason to not get one here. Like any cooler, keep in in the shade when you can. Like anything expensive, keep it out of sight or secure it to something. If it’s too heavy, you’re the problem. It’s plastic and foam, not lead. They work extremely well and they are very durable. Pricey? Sure, but quality costs. If you just want a cooler for a bbq to keep some beer cold for a couple hours any cooler will be adequate. But if you’re camping (soft-core camping, really. It’s not the best choice for true roughing it), fishing, ice fishing, hunting, or needing to ride out a power outage this is the best option.
I have several yeti products and I love them. Sure there are others for half the price, some even made in America. Occasionally the competition may even be better and cheaper but and I emphasize on BUT they are no yeti. I didn’t buy mine to save on outrages “ice prices” or because I think it can hold ice for months without refilling. I bought mine because it’s a yeti and I can afford it. If you like the product and don’t mind paying the price then go for it, excellent quality and performance is as expected. If your gonna miss a car payment over it then maybe your barking up the wrong tree.
I just LOVE your honesty! I feel the same way about my iphone. Yes, I KNOW there are android phones that are just as good (or even better) than iphones, and they cost much less. But I don't care. I LOVE MY IPHONE, so that's that.
@@RadioRich100obviously you won’t understand sarcasm… nor did I pay 500 bucks, either way I see value in the product which was the point of the post. Even if it was 500 I’ve pissed away a lot more on a lot less lol. Once again if you can afford it go for it!
@@SortoMario89 Lol what did go for? You pissed away about $500 on a styrofoam and plastic box. How do you see the value in it? The marketing people for that company sure got you. For $30 you could have bought a coleman at Walmart which does the same thing and you dont have to worry about somebody stealing it.
if you're a weekend warrior at best YETI coolers aren't worth your money. I take a month off every year and chase snow geese from texas to minnesota. Use it for a week plus and you'll understand. Our friends use the orcas and other roto molded coolers and they all work the same for the first day or two on the boat. We have tons but typically use the 350 and the 210. We pre chill and fill to the top with ice and take ice out as we but our birds in. We only add ice once (sometimes twice wont lie) and everything is good. Birds are field dressed and zip tied in plastic. Keep it filled and a good prechill you're good. we do use the yeti ice at the bottom though.
Sounds like a great system! Smart to fill them totally up with ice and just move it out as you need the space for birds. Yeti makes darn good products. Hope you caught onto that through the sarcasm. 😜
There's not really a reason to disparage Yeti coolers. They get the job done. Rather, disparage people who buy more cooler than they actually need, which is independent of brand.
Not a big fan of disparaging people, but I hear what you're saying. No need to buy more cooler than you need and, indeed, a Yeti is more cooler than most people really need. In case the sarcasm didn't come through very clearly, or you didn't watch to the very end, I actually really like Yeti products. This video just hits on the cons that might be reasons for the people to not buy more cooler than they need. And you're right, many of these cons apply to a lot of brands out there.
@@theoutdoorempire I was just dialing in that we can have criticisms of people's choices in coolers, rather than the people themselves, regardless of whether they're members of the Yeti cult. Although some of them are as insufferable as members of the Patagonia, Crossfit, vegan and keto cults. I have yet to come across anyone who needs a huge cooler that can keep the same ice for 10 days. They really like having those coolers, though, even if they're not in a "Perfect Storm" type of situation.
Its all a scam . What a waste of plastic. There is absolute zero reason for the entire thing to not be made from 100% recycled material. It should be a law for all sales.
you can wood chipper the roto-mold. at least they have the embossed funny looking symbol with a number in it. but, who actually recycles unless mandated? by government, who have a agenda and gets a cut. Yeti is too expensive more me. I'll keep the ice industry going.
There was a comment from someone who had brought their Yeti to a campsite, left the site for 10 minutes and when they returned, the cooler was gone. Nothing else was missing except the Yeti.
That’s why my sister decorated hers. She added vinyl wrap and stickers so unless you knew already what model it was, it just looks like an old beat up cooler… even though it’s a relatively new expensive one.
lol just bought a Roadie 24, says “Designed in Texas, Made in Thailand” yet it cost me 2 Benjamin’s….lol hoping that the savings would have trickled down to the buyer.
Oh ya, plus that one isn't rotomolded, a little fact Yeti doesn't disclose. So it's cheaper to manufacture than yeti's tundra model. Great cooler though, I actually love the Roadie and it's my favorite Yeti.
I use to be a cheap ice chest customer because I didnt know better, I got my first yeti a few years ago because I got serious about outdoor and backcountry lifestyle. What a huge differance in keeping product cool...I pre chill my yeti a few days out and I swear it barley needs ice to travel theres your extra storage area.... Did I mention I dont drive a subaru or wear burkenstocks.
pretty happy with my rtic ultralight. It rides in the back of my service truck everyday. I don't treat it nice either. I leave it in the sun. I don't remember the last time i took it out of the bed of my service truck.
I'll never buy a Yeti product regardless of the cost. They pulled their advertising from NRA magazines because of the CT shooting. Like that was the NRA's or legitimate gunowner's fault. Screw them and the horse they rode in on.
Omg i hate yeti buddy...and not just because i cant afford it haha.. very surprised in the outcomes of your videos.. thanks for speaking the truth about their shortcomings ...
I really like these reviews on coolers (love my otterbox venture 65-previous winner) but had to settle for a second cooler being yeti as many of these coolers like orca, kong are not shipped to Canada...it's like they don't want money
I have purchased a lot of the generic and traditional brand coolers and water bottles for a 3rd of the price in most cases, Yeti has massive marketing costs that drive up the cost of their products, in most cases they are no better than their generic competitors
I have a few Yeti’s, yea sure it’s expensive. And yes it’s heavy asf BUT if you’re big on summer activities like me, the Yeti is boss af. Camping, fishing, traveling, River side chilling. I do have a truck so transporting isn’t a prob.
@@Loupster420 I haven’t and I live in HOT Arizona, left it in direct sunlight multiple times and have never babied it, hasn’t warped even a little. It’s been 5 years. With a high price tag you’d expect it to perform and that it has.
I just bought a yeti... I have a feeling it's gonna work better than the igloo I used last year when camping over the weekend. Here in alaska, you can't just go down the street to get ice.. it has to last.
YES!!! Heavy as fuq. We picked one for free when my wife got to pick a gift for 10 years at her job. I wish we had picked the vacuum cleaner. Used it once so far and hate it. I only had a few things in it with some block ice I made. It stayed in an air conditioned house, I opened the lid after two days and the ice was melted completely. I didn’t expect that. Ours will be a garage ornament as I use my 30 year old Coleman that I probably paid $30 for. The funniest thing was when I read the tag that came with the Yeti that said for best results pre-chill it a few days before using it and then throw away the ice that was used to pre-chill it!!!! Hahaha are they a bunch of comedians over there at Yeti.
I have no regrets with my rugged road…..I’ve used the same ice through 2 power outages placing items in my cooler as the food started to defrost out my freezer. 5 days/ still like straight out the bag. And I don’t have issues with my back when I lift it.
I own 4 yeti tundra 65's I love and use them 3-4 times a month. I use one specifically to transport dry ice for school experiments. yes I paid 375 for each one but they are so worth it. They are excellent for transporting meat from hunting trips. They keep everything very cold. I could not be any more happy with these ice chests
My Otterbox Venture 65 beat my friends Yeti 65 in an ice retention test we staged in his garage. It wasnt by much (about 18 hours if memory serves correctly) but my Venture has a lot more features and cost just $200.
I keep a Rtic 65 quart in my excursion in the summer. I still have my 3rd row in with some room to put other stuff. A week or more of ice keeping drinks cool in my truck on 100° weather. Great for my trips I take.
Just bought n reviewed the Tahoe Trails 25 quart love it 89.00 with 11percent rebate It’s perfect for me nice size for my Buick Encore car camping trips.
Why watch a review if you're not gonna even listen. This is a personal review for people thinking of buying or trying to make the right choice to buy. It is not to pick sides. So it is not just "if you don't like it, don't but it" situation
I guess it’s all down to personal opinion. They have sizes for a reason. I’ve had multiple coolers and my yetis aren’t garage princesses and I haven’t had a problem but like I said it’s all about personal preference and opinion
This was so far one of the best cooler info vids I have seen. Hilarious editing. TY for shearing. Any idea if junking a mini fridge and us my ice chest to make ice/bloc's and us a 9 day ice cooler as a fridge replacement would save on energy bill ?
I'm a die hard Yeti fan, I have the gallon jug, a 30oz, 42 iz Rambler, and the Yeti Hopper 12 can. I have a cheap Igloo Wheelie Cool that I bought in 2017 that I use for big trips. I don't think the big Yeti cooler is practical for most people, especially the one that doesn't have wheels.
I bought my first Yeti cooler 3 years ago, now I own 4. They been abused and used to death and still going. I get mine at aafes which is a big discount. Also that 5 gallon bucket has outlast 10 of my home depot buckets. Already paid itself. Only cost me 25 dollars.
Do te be mad😂. You woke up and made a video to hate on a product (which is the same issues with the other coolers that copy Yeti) and I made a comment of how I like them. Hear that everyone?
@@hectorrivera6624 Oh I'm not mad. I was sincere. I like Yeti products a lot. Sure I hit on all the things people complain about them in this video, and much of that is true. But half of those things are true for most cooler companies. And I usually present the counter to each argument as well. If you watch to the end you'll get the punchline where I basically acknowledge that they've built a great business and make great stuff and that's why they are great. People just love to dig on the big dogs and so this vid was all about the solidarity with the haters, but I'm a fan. But apparently I still gotta work on making my message clear in my videos lol.
I laugh every time I see a YETI knowing someone got ripped off. There are better suited coolers for a 1/3 of the price. Most only use a cooler for a day or the weekend and a $100 cooler with more capacity will last the weekend. Coleman and Igloo make some pretty good larger coolers for around $100 that ice last for 5 day in. They are great for a weekend camping trip or going to Uncle Bob's for his annual skinny dip in his back yard cow tanker pool with a warped MDF pool deck he made himself.
The 300 dollar price tag is the only reason I need. And a recent video of a lifetime cooler that was in vehicle that had burnt up for hours and had the contents of the cooler literally untouched and still cool while the outside was charred beyond belief just let's me know further that you are just buying a trendy name for the money. That being said I still have my 1 liter yeti tumbler after 8 years of carnage and I loooooove it.
@@theoutdoorempire your video is probably the best case against a yeti cooler, though. I like many others have learned the hard way. I’m not in my 20s anymore. Muscling 80 pounds of cooler, ice, and beers isn’t really an easy feat anymore.
Yeti has never been anti 2nd amendment. Yeti, like a lot of manufacturers, offers sweetheart deals for people in the "industry". Some of those deals include freebies, deep discounts, etc. If you are in any way deeply involved with any of the outdoor gear industries, you should know how many people are able to get heavy discounts. It got out of hand and Yeti's discount program needed to be changed across the board. The NRA thought they were being singled out and got upset that the NRA Foundation wasn't getting as many freebies as before.
I bought a Setpower 42 quart for 300 buck and got a portable power station for 200 buck. Works great. I just use my car outlet to power it and if I want to take it outside with me I use my power station. Yeti is living in the past.
We have the 45 tundra and we find that using two half size cheap 22L coolers to work best for our 2day camping trips rather than using one 45qt cooler. We use One for the perishable meats and one for the ice cubes and drinks. That way the meat stays cool longer since it is opened less. We found that out since my brother who owns the yeti doesn’t want to bring it when we camp with family and relatives (less experienced campers) and risk damaging the expensive cooler lol. So we bought cheap ones and it worked great since Edit: just found out it is 45% cheaper here in the Phils than in the US website. Wow that is an expensive cooler!
@@theoutdoorempire The ALDI knock off is secretly made by YETI. Knowledge from my time on the ALDI team. When you get them together you can see the common materials.
Hey, I just found your channel and could listen to your commentary all day...love the sarcasm!! I do have a question please...have you ever tested a Kong cooler? I just seen them yesterday and they look to be a quality cooler as well. I have always been a Yeti fan...Yes, I have not one, but two Yeti buckets. :)_
@@theoutdoorempire sign me up for the support group!! Hi, my name is Chevy and I have too many Yeti items. 🤣 Awesome… I will be watching for the Kong cooler update. thanks!!
Just subbed. Your videos are genuinely funny and well produced. Thanks! Question, I’m in need of a cooler (45-70 qt). What’s your current recommendation?
Thanks for the sub! I'm really liking the Orion Core series, the RTIC Ultralight wheeled, and the Coleman 316 series. Just got a new cohort to test and the Taiga and Moosejaw are pretty interesting too.
We have a remote cabin in the Sierras where re-stocking ice is not an option, so ice retention is crucial. Been using Colman Extreme and Igloo Max coolers for 20 years. They work okay, but by day three in the 85' heat, ice is often on the way down to 1/2. If I want a bag of cocktail ice to stay frozen laying across the top, it gets even tougher. We used to use a tall Igloo Max cooler for food, but it got borderline warm a year ago, so tried a Yeti Roadie 25 and found it definitely works better (but it is damn heavy!). Was just given a Yeti Haul for a B-Day present last month, and looking forward to trying it out, especially since I have to drag it from my 4Runner around 100 ft. into our cabin.
