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Yeti coolers are stupid expensive, heavy as hell, and badass.

Count me in the "most bang for your buck" category. We just got a couple of the 150 qt. Coleman Marine Extremes (w/ stainless steel hardware) for $100 ea. at Coleman. I saw a 160 qt. Yeti yesterday for $680. I didn't know they came with accessories available. A seat cushion for the lid was $180. As rough as we are on coolers, I don't see a Yeti outlasting 6 or 7 of the Coleman's. We rarely have to buy ice anyway. To each his own.

That sums it up pretty well.....

If it were not for the ability to hold ice quite a bit longer in certain instances, I"m with you totally... run other coolers and can replace.

Though Coleman/igloo rarely last more than a few years for us lately. If the replacment hinges etc... were not half the cost of a new cooler sometimes it would make sense.

Why Coleman/igloo couldn't toughen their parts, and coolers and then give em double thick insualtion, for only double the cost and beat the heck out of the big boys is beyond me.

I'm still liking my 100 engel though I got somewhere a long while back for 120 bucks... Its outlasted 2 new igloos so far.

How do the Pelicans compare to the Yeti?

A buddy won a pelican a while back.

He used it the first time a month ago. Put ice and such in his big coleman.

And iced his beer in the pelican. For some reason the beer had a bit of slush in it in the pelican which I don't understand.

The ice in it stayed all weekend. THe ice bags we used in the coleman were partially, like 15-25% melted.

IMHO all the "industrial" coolers are about teh same. BUt I have not run a side by side obviously but if you simply look at them, they run the same theory.

All I know is that I will put water in my Yeti and in less than 2 hours it has turned into ice...

I see HEB here is selling their own coolers. Look a lot like a YETI but sell for about 75% of YETI.

I have a yeti on my boat. Works as a seat and casting platform.

I put ice in on Friday afternoon and fish til Sunday early evening and the ice is still in there. In July every day was triple digits for the month.

Yeah it's expensive but nothing I've ever used has lasted or functioned as well.

I put a boned out wild hog in it in California last sept. Drive two days home with some ice poured over the top. The cubes were still frozen together in big clumps when we got home.

The best bang for the buck especially flying home with meat is the nor chill marine cooler bag.

Left marathon Florida at 5am. ( 8 pacific) drive two hours plus to Miami flew to Atlanta layover there. connected to Portland or. arrived at 9 pm drove 3.5 hours home and that 28 pounds of fish filets was as hard as rock after 16-18 hours of travel.

This is the best soft cooler ever!

Google "rtic" brand. If I was looking for a yeti style, I'd probably go with them. Though only 3 sizes now, 1/2 the price. Free shipping, no tax.

Manufacturer direct, not sold in stores.



Makes you wonder how of the cost of a yeti comes from advertising and sponsorships.

Looks like Big Dave is on to something. Buy the RTIC and use the 50% savings to buy a boatload os ice!

Another happy Yeti owner here. I covered the bottom of mine with a layer of canned beer and filled it up with ice at 0700 on Friday the 13th and it still has ice today. Some of the Coleman and Igloo guys were needing ice by the following Sunday. Same place, same conditions. I'm not promoting Yeti, buy what you want, but they work well. If you used one everyday on the job, its probably worth it. Any discount would be welcome!

Its 15% of their price on the website, so I guess 15% off MSRP.

that video is pretty unscientific. First of all the sizes are not the same, so you would expect the RTIC to last longer with more ice mass. Secondly, did they open and shut them at the exact same time? Without knowing, you cannot determine if it was a fair test. Maybe it was. I just dont know. It did appear to be very similar, however. And at half the price, they are intriguing.

I saw an article where a yeti cooler was in a truck fire. The cooler sustained quit a bit of melted damage on the outside, but the ice inside was still solid.
But what was really amazing, is the cooler actually pulled the driver from the burning wreckage and administered CPR until the medics arrived.
Never heard of no igloo doin that!

People with big mouths are the reason most deals are shut down, not retail demand.

Sams Clubs sells an Iglo Sportsman that is a roto-molded yeti knock-off for $200 bucks. Very well built, 90% as good as the $400 Yeti. My buddy runs one daily in the back of his truck. I have 2 yetis right now and have bought over 20 of them. At full retail I am not sure I would buy them, at a discount, they are great. I am sick of the chitty hinges on cheap coolers. They last me one season and become 2-piece coolers. Yeti does NOT support the warranty on their previous coolers- only the Tundra. I suppose in a couple of years when the come out with an updated model they will not warranty the Tundras. I don't like that. When I pay big bucks for a life time warranty, I expect it to be for the life of me- not the life of the cooler!

Big deal. I hear that happens a lot in MT, even faster with cheapo Igloos. Especially in winter.

Pelican vs. Yeti

In my opinion, it really comes down to personal preference. I have a Pelican 95, my brother has a Yeti 75.

They are both very good.

Yeti is a bit more expensive, both are heavy as hell, both keep ice for a long, long time....

Personally, I like the latches on the Pelican. My brother prefers the latches on his Yeti.

Just my two cents

I have some yeti products and they work much better than what I had before. All of the yeti tumblers and the coulster are great. You won't regret them if you spend the money. I have a small and large Yeti Tundra. Some people say a coleman extreme is comparable for keeping Ice. In my experience the yetis keep ice almost twice as long. When I am at deer camp and don't want to drive several miles to town for ice on the 3rd day the Yeti starts getting way cheaper. The convenience of having the best products when you are having fun is worth it. Just like clothes that keep you warm and dry or scopes that allow you to maximize your shooting time and ability. They are top notch gear.