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they were blemished so they were selling them cheap. They sold out before I left. Probably should have bought two… I've got blemishes. My truck has blemishes. I think everything I own by this time of life has blemishes. It would fit right in and hardly be noticeable. They could hide in my stuff just fine.
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For the price of some of these coolers you could buy a freezer and a generator.
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I own yeti, lifetime, and RTIC. The lifetime was the cheapest and works just as well as the others. I have two lifetime coolers I got at walmart. They keep ice better/longer than my yeti. side x side comparison on a 5 day trip at deer camp.
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For us, a medium size one of these has been just as good as the same type YETI, but cost significantly less.
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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. Yep. I never need ice in a cooler for a long time. Cheap Igloo/Coleman coolers out class a Yeti by a mile for us. Lighter, cheaper, more size efficient. Love the Yeti coffee mug. Mine was free, vendor sway from the wife's trade show travels. I'd immediately replace it if lost. The chug bottles are awesome. This time of year I go through 2 or 3(or more) per day. Chill them in the fridge overnight and they're gtg all day long. I can drink semi-warm water out of stainless steel but hate warm plastic bottles. And of course I have a couple coffee cups as well. Just reloaded the fleet. When you're out all day these are the absolute chizzle. ![[Linked Image from hosting.photobucket.com]](https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/e78/montanasam/20230614_191633.jpg)
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I bought a Lifetime. Junk, spent the money for an ORCA wish I had the money I wasted before buying the Orca.
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Pro-staff cab coolers the last couple days....lol ![[Linked Image from hosting.photobucket.com]](https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/e78/montanasam/20230613_211228.jpg) ![[Linked Image from hosting.photobucket.com]](https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/e78/montanasam/20230609_095636.jpg)
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I bought a Lifetime. Junk, spent the money for an ORCA wish I had the money I wasted before buying the Orca. Just a PSA, for military guys, both Yeti and Orca give a 20% Military discount when buying direct.
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A regular old cooler and "The Trick" will get you pretty far down the road without spending Yeti knockoff money.
The Trick
Fill ice chest the night before leaving.
Before leaving, dump water and top ice chest off with fresh ice from the freezer.
Make sure any steaks you wanna eat that night aren't frozen when you get to camp. Hint: Ice & water can't go below 32 until all the water is frozen. Once it's completely frozen, it can go down to any temp. Bagged ice from store ice machines likely won't be below 15 or 20. If you have a freezer at 0, leaving your ice in it overnight will take it to 0 and it will last a lot longer. If you freeze your own ice, let it freeze solid (32) then let it sit in there at least overnight to get colder.
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You need to be added onto pro-staff ASAP.
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Pro-staff cab coolers the last couple days....lol Now I know why steak is $15/lb.
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Haha, yeah right.
Should be $20!
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I have Yeti and Orca.
Great coolers but not worth the money. I used gift cards to purchase mine so I was not out of pocket for them.
They are tough as hell but heavy when full. Someone mentioned that if you are in and out of them on a frequent basis they are no better than a regular cooler.
I agree. Ice retention is not much better in this case.
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Buying at thrift shops, who cares?
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RTIC rotomolded are fine, but stay away from their soft sided ones. Fully agree on both counts. Wife bought their soft suded coolers. The seam glue went bad. Filled entire thing with water that never dried out. Mildew city. As others said, Lifetime coolers are made in USA. Some of their stuff isn’t. And they’re not just a Walmart brand. Yeti is Chinese as well as RTIC. “Proudly designed in USA” I just bought a wheeler Magellan from Academy. Verdict still out in it. All the cheap coolers end up with broken lids/latches/handles. So like somebody above said, there’s a lot more to a cooler than ice retention.
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For the price of a summer's worth of ice plus one of these things you could buy an ICECO fridge. You got wheels? You got juice. Plug it in and stay gone. I leave our camper fridge on all the time sitting idle a week at a time. Ice chests are so last century. Bud Lite gotta be cold, Homie! Wake up; climb down outa them trees...Ape age is over!
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I bought a Lifetime. Junk, spent the money for an ORCA wish I had the money I wasted before buying the Orca. How was the Lifetime junk? They have a 5 year warranty. Did you use it?
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