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Wow magen that. Yup just summed er up!

Have you seen a Yeti gal? Are the Hot??

Have you seen a Yeti gal? Are they Hot??

Have you seen a Yeti gal? Are they Hot??

Sorry all it got away on me oops.

3 times hotter than most.

I can't justify the cost of a Yeti cooler for my uses so I make do with a Coleman Extreme and an old Coleman gray metal cooler from the 60's.

I did find that by taking one of the cheap tin foil type survival blankets they sell at Wally World for a couple of bucks and lining the cooler with it,adding the ice and contents and folding the excess over the top before shutting the lid really extended the length of time it held ice and cold.

I've seen someone build a wooden box, and line it with blue styrofoam sheets, then you set the normal cooler inside that box. Claimed it worked really well, and it seems like it would. I am probably going to build one of those myself, rather than spring for a yeti.

Those Ice-kools have me interested though.

I like my 75 quart Yeti very much, though it was a gift. I could never get myself to drop the dime on one.

I have bought 3 of them. I still have two- one was a gift. I have 11 more on order. I have a garage full of broken Colemans and Igloos. The Yetis are pretty bomb-proof. They keep ice a LOT longer than the cheap ones do, all things being equal. If you just can't get a Yeti, you need to find the thickest lid you can on a regular ice chest and fill the lid with foam (the yellow stuff is best) from a can. 95% of ice chests have NO insulation in the lids. The seal is so good that often I have to crack the drain open to break the vacuum.

You can wrap the cheap ones in towels, mylar sheets and foil bubble wrap but you can't make the hinges hold up to the real world. This is where the Yeti is at its best.

I'm not so much wanting a yeti for the ability to hold ice, but that is a bonus. I'm sick of lids coming off coolers, the insides of coolers cracking, handles breaking, etc. I bet if I added up how much I've spent on cheaper coolers, I'd be well within Yeti territory.

Here's another alternitve..............

http://www.bruteoutdoors.com/

Somewhere I read a review that rated Engel coolers way ahead of the yeti. Anyone used them? http://www.engel-usa.com/

Before a new cooler ever goes to the field, I hit the hardware store and purchase metal hinge that spans the full length of the cooler. Plastic and rubber hinges don't do well in 20 below temps. I do not tolerate failure.

Another favorite is when the cheap snaps that holds the lid tight break off.

How do you attach the piano hinges? I have used them for repairs but the screws pull out in our AZ heat...


There are apparently some other good coolers out there but anything with the name Coleman, Igloo or Gott is not one of them. Someone needs to step up and give yeti some competition.

They look similar to the Yetis and they are double the price of the Yetis. Ouch!!

there have been several reviews of coolers such as the yeti...

the yeti is built better, but keeps stuff cool no better than the better grade igloos...

engel makes coolers built even better than yeti, and their ice keeping performance is better as well... they are priced accordingly...

My Igloo with dry ice, newspaper and duct taped lid as never let me down over many days including hot summer ones. There is no question the Yedi is a fine piece, I just can't see what more I need given what mine already does.

Use leather for the "hinge".