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I'm looking for a decent cooler, but a YETI is out of the question and especially my budget.
From those who actually have a good lower priced alternative please chime in.
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The Ozark stuff at Wally World is decent. Ozark cooler
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+1 on the Ozark Trail coolers at WalMart. They're pretty decent.
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How long you going to be away for?
Less than a week I get by just fine with regular old Igloos and a steel Coleman. I'm one of those that uses a small cooler for the daily stuff, then closes the big ice chest and leaves it covered with an old sleeping bag or such, in the shade. Frozen milk jugs of our water (old desert dweller trick as you likely know) for block ice in it. If I know it's gonna be really hot I'll stop on the way to where I'm going for a bit of dry ice.
Most I think I've gone for was 9 days. And I figure if the two legged camp robbers get my ice chest I'm not out the cost of a "Yeti" type.
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I own yeti, lifetime, and RTIC. The lifetime was the cheapest and works just as well as the others.
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Magellan from Academy is good, the Walmart brand is solid also.
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Was a guy on here a couple of years ago that was selling what looked like an unbranded yeti cooler. they were a great cooler, tough and well insulated.
Seems like he was out of Georgia, maybe?
Been on my mind. I'd buy from him again
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I'm looking for a decent cooler, but a YETI is out of the question and especially my budget.
From those who actually have a good lower priced alternative please chime in. Go to Youtube and seach for 'cooler comparison'. A bunch of tests have been done comparing Yeti to some much cheaper coolers. The Yeti doesn't always win. There are some much cheaper ones that will hold ice just as long or longer.
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Two more votes for Lifetime and Ozark Trail (Walmart) brands. I have both. The Lifetime is really good at keeping stuff cold, but it's a heavy thing. It's for car to cabin carry once use.
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Was a guy on here a couple of years ago that was selling what looked like an unbranded yeti cooler. they were a great cooler, tough and well insulated.
Seems like he was out of Georgia, maybe?
Been on my mind. I'd buy from him again Seller was david442 from Mississippi. He was on the classifieds withing the last couple of months. Don't know if he still has coolers.
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Was a guy on here a couple of years ago that was selling what looked like an unbranded yeti cooler. they were a great cooler, tough and well insulated.
Seems like he was out of Georgia, maybe?
Been on my mind. I'd buy from him again I bought two from him and they are top notch, I'd buy more if I could from him. David442 is his handle he was active within the last couple months.
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Beware of any old man in a profession where one usually dies young.
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RTIC rotomolded are fine, but stay away from their soft sided ones.
Also, buddy's K2 and orca have not been great.
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Magellan from Academy is good, the Walmart brand is solid also. This is where I am. I like the ability to open the cooler from either side.
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Lots of Chinese stuff out there. The bottom of my WalMart Ozark buckled. Lifetime was made in the USA last time I looked. Their price and performance are very good.
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