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Does anyone have any information on the industry program pricing for YETI Coolers? I was getting ready to take the plunge on a YETI Cooler, but while researching and shopping around I came across their industry website which offers discounts to guides, first responders, military and so on. They've moth balled the program due to high retail demand, but they expect it to be up an running again by 2016, so hopefully another month or so and they will be back at it. But i'm curious as to the pricing. If it isn't that great of a deal, I'll just go ahead and do it now. But there are a lot of these types of programs out there, and i've found discounts from 10-50% off. 50% off a YETI would be a great buy. Anyone have any info?

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Interesting.

I believe that they offer 10% to military

No matter what you get, there is always a bunch of detractors. I did buy one a few years ago and it works, I doubt I will ever need another cooler...

Whatever you decide on the timeframe, you'll not regret purchasing a yeti cooler..
Get one of their tumblers too, keeps the coffee hot and the gin cold

I noticed Engel and IRP are their sponsors.

consider me a fan. they are a bit heavy, but they work well. I was able to source one on craigslist for about half of what it retailed new.

I do know the tumblers are worth every penny.

Let's say I know they make a profit at 45% off and I think that is what they give as a prodeal.

I have two 105 Tundra deeps and they work great.

The discount must be pretty substantial.....I bought one from a guy on E-Bay that was liquidating some he had bought on that program.....paid $200 for a $350 cooler....

My brother owns 2 Icy Tek coolers that he bought probably 10-15 years ago , they are lifetime coolers made in the USA. Yeti bought them out and started making them overseas . I think all current produced coolers are pretty comparable, I would choose them on price only.

Bottom line, the MUCH cheaper cooler kept ice longer. End of story...

Jorge,

Stop being a cheap ass!




Travis

I"ve done the same with a coleman and engel here.

It gets a fair bit warm during fire school here in July.

Filled em both up and the one we never needed anyting until Wednesday. 3 days after filling. Fire grounds were around 125 on the pavement. Coolers both in the back of my truck in the sun with an AL shell cap on top.

Engel full of ice, Coleman a bit of ice left mostly cold water.

I was actually amazed at the difference.

We opened each one to get out a bit of water and gatorade and closed again.

Then we never got anything out again. Went home and on Saturday, the Coleman had everything warm in it, and the Engel had the slighgest bit of ice and everything cold in it again.

I'm sure thats not scientific enough, and I generally don't like the cost or weight of the better coolers but I retain an Engel to this day because of the specific tasks it does better.

The colemans we run in AK in the fall, they hold ice for a week no problem, sometimes 2 weeks. But then again its often not over 50 degrees during the day...

I have a $20.00 gyppo cooler in my work truck 365 days a year and it holds ice well in summer months. It will be in the landfill years before I will wear out the Yeti...

I've done the math. I will not live long enough to justify the expense of a Yeti cooler. Some of you guys hunt, camp, work, etc far from town in the mountains, wilderness, or desert and a Yeti might make sense. Other folks just want to own "the best" and there is nothing wrong with that. It's your money; buy what makes you happy.

I have two good Rubbermaid coolers and where I use them, I am seldom more than 10 minutes away from someplace that will sell me a bag of ice for a couple of bucks. We fill the cooler with ice from home before we leave. I figure we spend about $10 a year on ice away from home. I would need to be camping and bicycling and eating meals out of a cooler when I am 90 to break even on a Yeti....

something is phugged with that test because i had ~60 quart Coleman Extreme and Yeti and the Yeti kicked the the Colemans arse by a long shot when both were in a black vehicle(my exwifes GMC Yukon) during our summer when temps in the car were well over 100.....threw both in with similar loads and the Yeti held ice for several more days than the Coleman...

Granted I like Coleman Extremes, they are hell of a bang for the buck and 90% of people are never gonna need more than they can provide, but Yeti(or similarly constructed cooler) definitely keeps stuff cold longer.....only question is if you need that, most really dont.....and as shrap said, prolly a good thing Coleman Extremes are cheaper cause they are no where near as durable....

its amazing to me that igloo and some of the other cheap cooler makers don't figure out a way to beef up the hinges. That to me is my biggest issue with a cheap cooler. I got sick of hinges breaking so I ended up with an IRP that I have owned for years. wanted a smaller cooler so I bought a cheap igloo island breeze. the stupid lids comes off everytime you open it. I like everything else about the cooler.

I give Yeti credit for actually thinking about building a cooler that lasts and holds ice, when it wasn't a priority for Coleman and Igloo. I had a "Coleman Extreme!" cooler that was supposed to keep ice 5 days in 90° weather - that actually kept it about two days And at one Quemado gathering, I saw a Yeti keep ice much longer than other coolers. That pretty well sold me, so I now have three of them.

I'm sure there are others that work nearly as well, but they aren't commonly found around here, and aren't much cheaper than the Yeti. And it's expensive to ship them.