@cengland0 You mean you don’t want a ten dollar cooler enhanced by major marketing? These things are so over-priced I cannot believe anyone would ever buy one.
@rustyh3 that’s a mighty plucky company, seeing a company’s products trending and saying I’ll make their entire product line but instead of selling at 10,000% markup, we’ll do it for 7,000%.
It’s not a good make money forever strategy, but it’s a solid make money right now strategy as long as the fad lasts.
@Konraden don’t say team, it makes you sound like one of the people that would buy this. They also have upside-down mortgages, 5+ year car loans, and iPhone X’s.
Psh. $20,sure. Nearly $200? For the price, I could get a mini fridge, a dolly, and a generator, and keep stuff cool indefinitely rather than deal with the inherent limitations of a cooler. If I want to deal with the hassles of ice and a cooler, I have a bag from my grocery store I picked up for $6 that works just fine as long as no one flips it upside down (then it leaks, but also shakes up my beer, so… Don’t or you’re an asshole).
I never understood how a bag cooler could be worth anywhere near the kind of money that abominable snowman wants for them.
The rotomolded coolers I get, although there’s plenty of competition that puts out a similar product for cheaper. But how does this kick ten times the ass of a $20 soft cooler?
@djslack I said the same thing once. Then a guy, that owned one, showed me up when his cooler was still full of ice while mine was good enough to fill a kiddie pool.
Like I said, I get the original rotomolded coolers. They are a far superior cooler design to what existed before in almost every way. But this seems almost like more of a fashion accessory. They are really well made, but I’m not convinced that they are that far superior to other options on the market as to be worth the money.
@djslack We have Bison softsider, and probably unlike this one, ours was made in the USA (many Yeti’s are not). We paid $100, but it has been well worth it for us - the ice lasts all day in a hot car. We also have a couple of rotomolded coolers that last a week (tested by us).
Almost 200 bucks for a cooler that holds 2 six packs… think of all the beer you could buy with that money and then put it in your old cooler…with 2 bags of ice!
Anyone that pays the ridiculous overpriced prices for Yeti products should be hung by their toes, sliced with razor blades, and have alcohol poured on them. And that includes your buyers.
When these things were all the rage a couple of years ago I saw them on display at our local sporting goods store, and had to take a closer look. Yes, the bigger one cost $400. It is kind of nice. It’s still an ice chest. Does my $30 coleman ice chest do what I want it to do? Yes.
I decided to keep my $400 in the bank and use it for something more satisfying. Candy corn, maybe.
Though they undoubtedly have the best marketing department on Earth – who the hell would’ve ever thought you’d see people putting stickers for a cooler brand on their cars? – I remain convinced that anyone who’d pay $200 (and waaaay up) for a cooler is a goddamned moron.
@kevincoleman As of 11:23 9 morons and I think there are more to come. Also your username makes me think you would naturally hate any other cooler brand except Coleman
@kevincoleman There is a very specific reason one should own a cooler that costs hundreds (thousands, gulp) of dollars: if you are hunting out in the middle of nowhere and you need to preserve a hundred pounds of meat for a few days before you reach civilization.
Seeing as how thats not the case for 99.9% of YETI purchasers or users, it is simply a conspicuous consumption brand. You could keep like 3 game hens chilled with this baby!
@KNmeh7 I will give you a second reason that is more specific to a smaller cooler like this one. I know rule 37 says everyone on the internet is a man, but a dependable, smaller freezer cooler like this is a god send for nursing moms. I used my polar bear for many work trips where I was pumping breastmilk on the road. Something that can actually keep frozen ice/breastmilk frozen would be invaluable.
Once upon a time, I ordered my favorite coffee mugs ever for $12 on Meh!. There were six of them. SIX! Since then, I have forever chased the Meh! dragon and, much like what happens in the other sort of dragon-chasing, have found only desperation, despair, and a ton of shit no one wants. But at least I have my mugs and memories of happier days…days of warm, caffeinated goodness instead of candy corn and sorrow…
I haven’t tested them in the sun or anything. But yeah. Close.
The factors are:
Thickness of primo insulating shell
(this makes them weigh quite a lot when empty and way more when full of ice and whatever else. (This is the biggest factor that already makes them way better than what you buy at Walmart.)
Hinge quality.
Good drains, if the cooler has one.
Good handles for however you wanna carry it.
Good latches (altho a well made one won’t casually pop open when unlatched.)
These are unnecessary but nice for picnics, parties, tailgating and the like. Just unneeded. Sure, if you can afford one.
If they after going to be opened frequently, as at a party, you won’t get the value out of them. Is it worth spending that much in a cooler just to save a little on ice costs? Or save not at all? (Short terms uses and parties).
For longer trips, or camping, or hunting/fishing, when the cooler is packed with ice and will be opened as little as possible, they will keep things cold. Damned great for that. And the ice will stay as ice far longer.
But for most people who have them:. It’s just a vanity purchase. Most people will never use them in a way that take justifies the extra money, if cost is a factor.
That said, they will keep your ice as ice far longer, handled properly. And if you need to let a bear play with it, you want a Yeti or the equivalent.
If you want a large nice cooler than didn’t cost like this one does, and is damned good, and doesn’t weigh as much, check Craigslist for vintage steel belted Colemans.
Not the modern ones. The ones from the 1950’s thru 1980’s or so that have a bottle opener on the exterior.
Those are pretty nice. Not a Yeti or fake Yeti, but quite nice. And if you wait and watch, you can get one reasonably off CL… They are quite a few of these around.
(Check prices in eBay and then buy one locally so that you don’t have to pay shipping.).
Getting a Yeti is, for most of us, kinda like buying the most expensive Nikon with 16 lenses, when what we need is a point-and-shoot Instamatic equivalent.
This is the biggest factor that already makes them way better than what you buy at Walmart.
I have the 52 quart Yeti clone from Walmart (Ozark Trail brand; currently $127). It performs on par with my brother’s Yeti. After a 4 day camping trip (78* daytime temps) We each still had about 70% of ice remaining.
@RiotDemon I have all three of those (Ozark Trail, RTIC, and Yeti – the company I work for has Yeti tumblers with its logo that I got at a luncheon, because I’d never pay that much) and all 3 perform almost identically.
That may well be. When I was shopping for s great cooler (spending huge amounts of time on the road, 7-8 years ago?) I checked Walmart in store and read reviews on everything that looked good at Walmart, Amazon, and a few sporting goods stores.
Later Woot put some clone up that turned out to be good and I bought that.
Later I picked up an excellent eBay Yeti deal - local, was able to pick it up and pay no shipping.
I don’t think Walmart carried a Yeti equivalent back then but perhaps I missed it. I haven’t shopped for a great cooler since I got those.
@RiotDemon I see the OT cups on Rollback at Walmart frequently for $3-$5. Compared to $30, the Yeti would have to be much, much better to justify the spend.
I have wondered about the S’well bottles in the same light. $45msrp for a 25oz bottle? Could it be THAT much better than the knockoffs? (for a giggle, check out this $1,500 S’well at Nieman Marcus!)
@f00l, The one I have more than meets my needs, but TBH, I find myself occasionally grabbing my 30 year old Coleman for those quick overnighters or day trips. The rotomolded cooler is awesome, but SO damn heavy and unwieldy. And that’s just when it’s empty. Fill it up with food, drinks and ice and the damn thing can quickly reach 70 or 80 pounds.
Interesting side note: My OT cooler uses the exact same latches as my bro’s Yeti. Also, I ordered a metal Coleman dry basket on Amz and it fit perfectly as well. It came with a smallish dry basket, but it was just a wee bit too small for my preference (gotta keep those Reese’s out of the ice!). Now I keep both dry baskets in there and I’m quite pleased.
I don’t like unsealed mugs, bottles, and tumblers. Because I toss them in a bag or they get knocked over it something.
For hot I like the Contigo Snapseals (the largest) cheap from Walmart or similar. They don’t leak unless they been dropped in a hard surfaces maybe times.
Like this one. Except 24 oz. Target and Walmart usually have them under $12 in store. Target seems to get them in fancy colors sometimes.
For cold, I like those double wall stainless steel water bottles. Lately, I’ve started to like the ones made by TAL. They don’t seem to be in the Walmart website, but are cheap in all my local Walmart supercenters, usually in housewares.
They have a nice 40 oz one and some smaller ones. The lids ARE NOT interchangeable with Hydro Flask.
I like that they are both easy to pour into and easy to drink out of, the latter one-handed.
They don’t send to leak, as long as they are handled properly.
The classic hydro flask will keep cold longer, with the thick insulating lids, but the wide mouth is hard to drink out of.
The alternative straw lids for the classic and $$$ Hydro Flasks are easy to drink out of, but allow the bottles to leak a little, if they are tossed in a bag. And the straw lids also don’t insulate any better then the TAL lids seem to do.
At Walmart all these TAL bottles are under $20. I forget the exact price.
We frequently get frozen supplies at work. They are shipped in a cooler full of dry ice, the styrofoam is over 4 inches thick, including the tight-fitting lid, and they are packed in a sturdy shipping box.
Sometimes I take one home for free. They’ll keep a 12-pack cold all day in the trunk of my car in Texas summer heat with no ice at all.
@2many2no I received a gift box of Omaha Steaks a couple years ago. They use the same shipping method. I was able to reuse the cooler half a dozen times before it split out.
Here, head over to Walmart and get this Ozark Trail premium cooler for under $30, and fill it with all of the juicy NEIPA’s you can get for the remaining $170 (not too many, I know).
Let’s be honest here - unless you absolutely need a cooler to perform, you don’t need a $200 cooler. I do know people who go off-grid for 7+ days hunting in the middle of nowhere Montana or Wyoming, and they buy and bring expensive coolers because they rely on them.
I have an RTIC 20 softside that copies this design. No idea if works as well as a Yeti, but it works well enough for me for the price I paid (which was $0 )
I did some research a few months back trying to decide which brand of new-fandangled cooler to buy for my frequent weekend camping trips.
There were about 15 coolers that made my list and I was planning on looking into which one would work the best for my needs. I watched countless Youtube videos of people talking about their coolers and several more of people that actually tested several coolers. Walmart has an Ozark trail cooler that allegedly works just as well and it’s half the price.
I stumbled across this video:
The guy that made the video is straight forward and honest. He doesn’t seem like he’s trying to impress anyone and just wants to deliver an honest review. He used a Coleman Xtreme cooler as a control. What I found most informative about his video is that the control ($65-70 at most retailers) kept ice just as long as the others, actually longer than most of them. It didn’t leak and it’s cheap as shit. Sure, it doesn’t have metal hinges, and it isn’t bear proof, but for the price, I can replace it when the hinges fail and when in the fuck am I ever going to be camping with bears?
I spent a little extra and got the Marine version of the Coleman Xtreme. It has metal hinges. My cooler is larger, it keeps stuff just as cold for just as long, and if I lose it or it breaks, I can pick up another one for about $70. This summer, my son and I took a long weekend trip to Pennsylvania. I put 40 lbs of ice in it Thursday morning and it still had about 20 lbs of ice in it Sunday morning. Everything was still cold Tuesday morning when I dumped it out and cleaned it before putting it away. For my purposes, it was/is exactly what I need
I think people buy Yeti coolers for the same reason they buy Oakley sunglasses. They want everyone to know they spent a lot on their stuff. I pride myself on being frugal and smart with my money, so it’s a win-win for me.
@capguncowboy I think @moose and company did a video with Bubba and Yeti insulated cups. And the results were similar. I laugh when I see people with Yeti cups.
@sammydog01 I bought a yeti cup but I got it from Wish.com for $12 shipped. The only reason I bought it because my brother had one and it fit into my console cup holder better than the other brands I had tried. That being said, it’s a nice cup, but not worth the typical price difference
The bubba lasted way longer than everything else (likely because it was fully sealed, the yeti has a drink hole), but the yeti still did very well. Everything else melted in no time but the Yeti cup kept ice for hours in the sun.
Sure, it doesn’t have metal hinges (the much cheaper alternative)
Each season, Costco sells a Coleman with stainless steel hinges and latches… and well made wheels, and a retractable foam covered metal carting handle that preserves cold beautifully… as I recall, for about $100.
But if you’re in the need for a cooler in the winter, by all means grab one of today’s deals since (at least our) Costco doesn’t sell them when you don’t need them.
Hahahaha, 200 bucks for a cooler. I could buy a tank of nitrous oxide , cool my own beer instantly and get high all for under 200. No deal. This is not just meh, but actually " are you out of your farking mind" bad
@RedOak Ahhh, now I understand. I didn’t think meh = “cheap”; I thought it = “meh”? Isn’t a cooler for $194 totally “meh”? I’m definitely not as “meh” as you, I was just verifying that I got in the door before there WAS a door.
@RedOak OK, @marcee blew you a kiss and I literally posted a laughing emoji. And you are the one thinking we are the ones have a “bad monday”? Dude. SMH
You are nucking futs if you think a $200 cooler that only holds a half rack of soda and still needs ice is going to fly here!
I hope you got them for $5 each and we’re counting on the name to give you an insane markup… So when you sell them for real at $15 you can still make a profit. Otherwise… Will you be doing going out of business sale?
What the flip, meh.
We aren’t dummies here. We just have a problem with buying your stuff but it wasn’t even necessary to draw a line in front of a $200 cooler.
WTF? Did Amazon buy you out AGAIN, ala woot . com? I am proud to be an Austinite, but fUck Yeti’s pricing! This is a poster child for just stupid amounts of money for something that can be had for less. I know, yada yada yada, don’t buy it, no one’s forcing you! But (butt?) fuck, that price is an indicator of pretty frightening dynamics in our society.
@nestage This what? This complete lack of respect for the value of a dollar? This complete lack of respect of disdain for conspicuous consumption? What? :triggered:
Specs
What’s in the Box?
1x Yeti cooler
Pictures
Cooler
Cooler with can
Zipper
Shoulder strap
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$249.99 at Amazon
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200 bucks for a cooler on sale? Nope, BIG pass!
@mcemanuel This would need a Roomba AND a speaker dock to make it a yes.
@venussuz It doesn’t even have Bluetooth!
@venussuz and 20 pounds of candy corn…
@mcemanuel That’s what I came here to say… 200 bucks for a beer cooler is just stupid…
no LEDs?
Yeti!!!
Wow. I’m shocked by a name brand right now. Not sure what to do
I think meh has finally lost their mind. $194 for a small cooler – no way.
@cengland0 This would be nice on the yacht. Yeah, i can’t even spell that word.
I’m waiting for a 2@$5 deal for Christmas gifts
@wew how is thinking of buying several of them. One for each mansion. Should probably get a couple for my private jets too.
@cengland0 You mean you don’t want a ten dollar cooler enhanced by major marketing? These things are so over-priced I cannot believe anyone would ever buy one.
The Monster of coolers?
The Monster of coolers! You hit the nail on the head. It would be better grounded if the zippers were gold plated.
Am I on the right site?
You’re supposed to be selling “YUTI” off-brand coolers that are piling up in a warehouse somewhere, full of stale candy corn.
To hell with that.
Hahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahaha hahahahaha!
No.
I love it. Bought an RTIC soft 20 this week for $85. WINNING!
@rustyh3 that’s a mighty plucky company, seeing a company’s products trending and saying I’ll make their entire product line but instead of selling at 10,000% markup, we’ll do it for 7,000%.
It’s not a good make money forever strategy, but it’s a solid make money right now strategy as long as the fad lasts.
No ice cold six pack in 100 degree weather is worth 200 bucks
How about offering us a nice polar bear cooler? Also a great brand, extremely durable and does the same thing this gold plated cooler does. No?
Please tell me there’s a missing decimal point.
while it’s a discount on what yeti sells it for (almost $100 more) that’s still too much for a cooler. meh
@boygenius1991 BS! these are 199 on amazon for this color! you save $1 dollar and get crappy shipping with MEH!
People in the market for a tiny high-end cooler has to be remarkably tiny; They probably aren’t represented well on Meh, if at all.
Good luck on this one, team.
@Konraden don’t say team, it makes you sound like one of the people that would buy this. They also have upside-down mortgages, 5+ year car loans, and iPhone X’s.
(No offense)
@michaelahess Try 8 years. And that was 4 years ago.
https://jalopnik.com/the-97-month-car-loan-is-the-craziest-new-car-buying-tr-472876323
@narfcake I saw that today, and and trying to stay positive by ignoring it for at least a week!
Does it come with an anti-theft device?
i’ve been looking all over for one of these, and now i can save $50 (not)
Psh. $20,sure. Nearly $200? For the price, I could get a mini fridge, a dolly, and a generator, and keep stuff cool indefinitely rather than deal with the inherent limitations of a cooler. If I want to deal with the hassles of ice and a cooler, I have a bag from my grocery store I picked up for $6 that works just fine as long as no one flips it upside down (then it leaks, but also shakes up my beer, so… Don’t or you’re an asshole).
@Jamileigh17 No you couldn’t
@Jamileigh17 @davidfast I have $183.
http://www.hfqpdb.com/best_coupon/900+PEAK+_+700+RUNNING+WATTS%2C+2HP+(63CC)+2+CYCLE+GAS+GENERATOR+EPA_CARB
http://www.hfqpdb.com/best_coupon/HEAVY+DUTY+HAND+TRUCK
https://www.walmart.com/ip/GALANZ-1-7-CU-FT-ONE-DOOR-REFRIGERATOR-BLACK/40685158
ETA: Cheaper still! $45 in red, $50 in purple! Hi @Barney!
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Igloo-1-6-cu-ft-Refrigerator/19895933
So $165 total. That leaves $24-$29 to fill the fridge and the gas tank.
@narfcake I love purple.
I never understood how a bag cooler could be worth anywhere near the kind of money that abominable snowman wants for them.
The rotomolded coolers I get, although there’s plenty of competition that puts out a similar product for cheaper. But how does this kick ten times the ass of a $20 soft cooler?
@djslack I said the same thing once. Then a guy, that owned one, showed me up when his cooler was still full of ice while mine was good enough to fill a kiddie pool.
@Snoopa A soft cooler, though?
Like I said, I get the original rotomolded coolers. They are a far superior cooler design to what existed before in almost every way. But this seems almost like more of a fashion accessory. They are really well made, but I’m not convinced that they are that far superior to other options on the market as to be worth the money.
@djslack Only worth the price if you’re transporting actual Yeti body parts.
@djslack
Visibly branded fashion accessory is exactly correct, I’m guessing.
Tho the hard shell ones are pretty nice. If you get them at an insane absurd sale price, that is.
*“abominable snowbrand” would have been a superior word choice.
@djslack We have Bison softsider, and probably unlike this one, ours was made in the USA (many Yeti’s are not). We paid $100, but it has been well worth it for us - the ice lasts all day in a hot car. We also have a couple of rotomolded coolers that last a week (tested by us).
Yeti makes a nice cooler, but there are comparable products for less.
Almost 200 bucks for a cooler that holds 2 six packs… think of all the beer you could buy with that money and then put it in your old cooler…with 2 bags of ice!
$194 small cooler? You must think it’s 2117, not 2017.
I’ll sell you a dozen containers in a variety of shapes and sizes for 1/2 this price.
WTF? I think Mueller should drop everything & investigate Meh.
Big big pass. Nothing needs to be kept cold that badly!!
@ilovereality Except for maybe Han Solo.
@ilovereality Unless you’re trafficking kidneys, etc. on the black market, perhaps.
$194 for a cooler is CHEAP? Maybe on Pluto. But then, on Pluto, the last thing you need is a cooler.
@basketcase maybe there to then keep the heat in to keep things from freezing?
Is this the Meh attempt at a Hallowen sale?
@hchavers I think it’s their attempt at April Fools… either ~6 months early or ~6 months late.
Anyone that pays the ridiculous overpriced prices for Yeti products should be hung by their toes, sliced with razor blades, and have alcohol poured on them. And that includes your buyers.
@cinoclav And then taken to Detroit!
@rtjhnstn Hey now, I didn’t wish actual death upon them!
@cinoclav Living in Michigan - Detroit resembles that remark!
I was almost in for one, but then I noticed it didn’t come with candy corn OR a Bluetooth speaker! Meh.
@Aractor I am sure they could fill it for you.
What’s this? A high-end, overpriced Woot! cooler on Meh? What’s next, $3k wristwatches?
Shall I begin to worry?
/giphy not cool, man
When these things were all the rage a couple of years ago I saw them on display at our local sporting goods store, and had to take a closer look. Yes, the bigger one cost $400. It is kind of nice. It’s still an ice chest. Does my $30 coleman ice chest do what I want it to do? Yes.
I decided to keep my $400 in the bank and use it for something more satisfying. Candy corn, maybe.
If I spent $194 on this, then I’d only be able to afford to buy Keystone beer…and if you’ve ever drunk Keystone…
@eeterrific The only way to tolerate Keystone is if it is kept very very cold.
I’ve got an Arctic Zone twenty can cooler that I bought in 1997 for $7.88. It has served all my cooler needs since.
If this were 50% off, I would totally spend $125 for a top-of-the-line cooler. And then I would regret it. Thanks for making this easy, Meh.
Wonder if my medical insurance would cover this if I told them I was transporting a heart and two kidneys?
@jmbunkin @Kidsandliz No, but methinks that the police might want to have a word with you
@squishybrain Why are flagging me? I didn’t have any part of that murder and theft.
@jmbunkin Probably not. The cost is an arm and a leg.
want want want if the price was $20…
You almost had me, Meh. If only this came with candy corn…
this makes me consider canceling my VMP right now, this is not what i come to MEH for. hoping for some cool/cheap xmas presents…come on guys!
Though they undoubtedly have the best marketing department on Earth – who the hell would’ve ever thought you’d see people putting stickers for a cooler brand on their cars? – I remain convinced that anyone who’d pay $200 (and waaaay up) for a cooler is a goddamned moron.
@kevincoleman As of 11:23 9 morons and I think there are more to come. Also your username makes me think you would naturally hate any other cooler brand except Coleman
@kevincoleman Sort of why people continue to buy overpriced iPhones when better phones for less are available.
@kevincoleman There is a very specific reason one should own a cooler that costs hundreds (thousands, gulp) of dollars: if you are hunting out in the middle of nowhere and you need to preserve a hundred pounds of meat for a few days before you reach civilization.
Seeing as how thats not the case for 99.9% of YETI purchasers or users, it is simply a conspicuous consumption brand. You could keep like 3 game hens chilled with this baby!
@KNmeh7 I will give you a second reason that is more specific to a smaller cooler like this one. I know rule 37 says everyone on the internet is a man, but a dependable, smaller freezer cooler like this is a god send for nursing moms. I used my polar bear for many work trips where I was pumping breastmilk on the road. Something that can actually keep frozen ice/breastmilk frozen would be invaluable.
@KNmeh7 I could see that. But yeah, I imagine it’s like SUVs: statistically, pretty much none of them ever see anything but pavement.
@ebam I can see that use too – never thought of it. I stand corrected.
Once upon a time, I ordered my favorite coffee mugs ever for $12 on Meh!. There were six of them. SIX! Since then, I have forever chased the Meh! dragon and, much like what happens in the other sort of dragon-chasing, have found only desperation, despair, and a ton of shit no one wants. But at least I have my mugs and memories of happier days…days of warm, caffeinated goodness instead of candy corn and sorrow…
Even if I got it in a fuko, I would not be impressed. Boy Scout popcorn is a better deal
@lyincurdog Even the stuff you never get because your nephew the boy scout took your money but never actually ordered you any popcorn.
Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa NO
$194? What is wi-fi app called? works with both 2.4 and 5 networks?
Meh is going to be getting a Flaming Bag of Poo on their doorstep this Halloween.
http://bit.ly/2zQvS0o
Tis the Louis Vuitton of cooler. It does nothing except cost a lot.
@tsm And it must be filled with Perrier ice.
Dear Meh,
You must think we’re drunk. Should have tried to sell it on a Friday or Saturday evening.
– A sober Mehtizen
/giphy Laughing hysterically
@daveinwarsh She’s doing her part… are you?
I guessing that the warehouse staff needed a break fulfilling Meh items today.
I’ll hold out for the Yeti Ridicooler.
In for one for the brother-in-law’s speedboat.
(DON’T DRINK AND YACHT)
flagrant-fancy-song
I guess this is the trick instead of the treat.
Dear meh,
It’s getting cold in here.
@mfladd A cold redhead in a sweater. I think we’re missing the points.
@cinoclav That was the only sad part about the gif.
Can’t wait to get one of these in the next fuko. That I’ll never get.
Almost an hour in and…
I’ve been looking to expand my swamp land sales mailing list. Meh, how much you asking per lead?
Eat anyone rich enough to buy this.
I’d get this if it had Bluetooth.
I have Yeti hard case standard white.
And a fake yeti standard white that I think I got from Woot?
And they’re both great but the fake yeti was 1/2 the price.
OTOH the handles on the radio Yeti are better.
OTOH I’d rather pay less for the fake.
@f00l
PS will mention that I got the real Yeti (unopened and new) off an eBay auction a few years ago.
No way would I pay Amazon or retail prices for them.
@f00l Do they perform the same?
@Kidsandliz
I haven’t tested them in the sun or anything. But yeah. Close.
The factors are:
Thickness of primo insulating shell
(this makes them weigh quite a lot when empty and way more when full of ice and whatever else. (This is the biggest factor that already makes them way better than what you buy at Walmart.)
Hinge quality.
Good drains, if the cooler has one.
Good handles for however you wanna carry it.
Good latches (altho a well made one won’t casually pop open when unlatched.)
These are unnecessary but nice for picnics, parties, tailgating and the like. Just unneeded. Sure, if you can afford one.
If they after going to be opened frequently, as at a party, you won’t get the value out of them. Is it worth spending that much in a cooler just to save a little on ice costs? Or save not at all? (Short terms uses and parties).
For longer trips, or camping, or hunting/fishing, when the cooler is packed with ice and will be opened as little as possible, they will keep things cold. Damned great for that. And the ice will stay as ice far longer.
But for most people who have them:. It’s just a vanity purchase. Most people will never use them in a way that take justifies the extra money, if cost is a factor.
That said, they will keep your ice as ice far longer, handled properly. And if you need to let a bear play with it, you want a Yeti or the equivalent.
If you want a large nice cooler than didn’t cost like this one does, and is damned good, and doesn’t weigh as much, check Craigslist for vintage steel belted Colemans.
Not the modern ones. The ones from the 1950’s thru 1980’s or so that have a bottle opener on the exterior.
Those are pretty nice. Not a Yeti or fake Yeti, but quite nice. And if you wait and watch, you can get one reasonably off CL… They are quite a few of these around.
(Check prices in eBay and then buy one locally so that you don’t have to pay shipping.).
Getting a Yeti is, for most of us, kinda like buying the most expensive Nikon with 16 lenses, when what we need is a point-and-shoot Instamatic equivalent.
@f00l My mom had an old coleman from our days of camping back in that era. No idea what happened to it other than I know it is gone.
I have a coleman extreme which kept ice cream frozen for 95 miles but no idea if it holds up to its 5 day promise or not.
@f00l
I have the 52 quart Yeti clone from Walmart (Ozark Trail brand; currently $127). It performs on par with my brother’s Yeti. After a 4 day camping trip (78* daytime temps) We each still had about 70% of ice remaining.
@ruouttaurmind this makes me curious because Ozark Trail also makes a knockoff of the yeti cup.
/youtube Ozark Trail yeti cup comparison
@RiotDemon I have all three of those (Ozark Trail, RTIC, and Yeti – the company I work for has Yeti tumblers with its logo that I got at a luncheon, because I’d never pay that much) and all 3 perform almost identically.
@ruouttaurmind
That may well be. When I was shopping for s great cooler (spending huge amounts of time on the road, 7-8 years ago?) I checked Walmart in store and read reviews on everything that looked good at Walmart, Amazon, and a few sporting goods stores.
Later Woot put some clone up that turned out to be good and I bought that.
Later I picked up an excellent eBay Yeti deal - local, was able to pick it up and pay no shipping.
I don’t think Walmart carried a Yeti equivalent back then but perhaps I missed it. I haven’t shopped for a great cooler since I got those.
I bet the one you have is great.
@jasonbaldwin
If you are on the traveling in Texas, the Buc’ees stores sell a nice heavy duty insulated tumbler for far less than the premium brand prices.
I forget the brand.
@RiotDemon I see the OT cups on Rollback at Walmart frequently for $3-$5. Compared to $30, the Yeti would have to be much, much better to justify the spend.
I have wondered about the S’well bottles in the same light. $45msrp for a 25oz bottle? Could it be THAT much better than the knockoffs? (for a giggle, check out this $1,500 S’well at Nieman Marcus!)
@f00l, The one I have more than meets my needs, but TBH, I find myself occasionally grabbing my 30 year old Coleman for those quick overnighters or day trips. The rotomolded cooler is awesome, but SO damn heavy and unwieldy. And that’s just when it’s empty. Fill it up with food, drinks and ice and the damn thing can quickly reach 70 or 80 pounds.
Interesting side note: My OT cooler uses the exact same latches as my bro’s Yeti. Also, I ordered a metal Coleman dry basket on Amz and it fit perfectly as well. It came with a smallish dry basket, but it was just a wee bit too small for my preference (gotta keep those Reese’s out of the ice!). Now I keep both dry baskets in there and I’m quite pleased.
@RiotDemon
Tumblers, coffee mugs, insulated waste bottles:
I don’t like unsealed mugs, bottles, and tumblers. Because I toss them in a bag or they get knocked over it something.
For hot I like the Contigo Snapseals (the largest) cheap from Walmart or similar. They don’t leak unless they been dropped in a hard surfaces maybe times.
Like this one. Except 24 oz. Target and Walmart usually have them under $12 in store. Target seems to get them in fancy colors sometimes.
https://www.walmart.com/ip/IGNITE-USA-SSA100B01-20OZ-Vivacious-Stainless-Steel-Travel-Mug/43110128
For cold, I like those double wall stainless steel water bottles. Lately, I’ve started to like the ones made by TAL. They don’t seem to be in the Walmart website, but are cheap in all my local Walmart supercenters, usually in housewares.
They have a nice 40 oz one and some smaller ones. The lids ARE NOT interchangeable with Hydro Flask.
I like that they are both easy to pour into and easy to drink out of, the latter one-handed.
They don’t send to leak, as long as they are handled properly.
The classic hydro flask will keep cold longer, with the thick insulating lids, but the wide mouth is hard to drink out of.
The alternative straw lids for the classic and $$$ Hydro Flasks are easy to drink out of, but allow the bottles to leak a little, if they are tossed in a bag. And the straw lids also don’t insulate any better then the TAL lids seem to do.
At Walmart all these TAL bottles are under $20. I forget the exact price.
Been using them a few months. Love them.
@f00l I like the bubba bottles. Wish they would sell more… It’s been around a year since the last sale.
@RiotDemon The Bubbas are my favorites. They sell them at the grocery store in the summer.
@sammydog01 they had them at my grocery store. On clearance one smaller bottle was almost the same price I paid for two big ones.
Had to check my calendar to see if it was April 1st.
Its 220 am NY time amount sold 16 units enough said …
If this doubled as a drone I would consider buying, Look over there it’s a “Yeti-Drone”
what the fuck? I think I am dreaming that I went to meh and saw a $200 cooler.
I don’t think that meh can process any of these orders in good conscience given that they would all obviously have to have been mistakes.
I couldn’t see spending more than $35 for this. Meh: I’ll give you $35 for one.
We frequently get frozen supplies at work. They are shipped in a cooler full of dry ice, the styrofoam is over 4 inches thick, including the tight-fitting lid, and they are packed in a sturdy shipping box.
Sometimes I take one home for free. They’ll keep a 12-pack cold all day in the trunk of my car in Texas summer heat with no ice at all.
Did I mention the FREE part?
@2many2no I received a gift box of Omaha Steaks a couple years ago. They use the same shipping method. I was able to reuse the cooler half a dozen times before it split out.
i have no qualms about Meh, the product Itself, or its price, but damn is my ‘trademarked feature™’ pet peeve triggered right now.
too many companies do this. Dryhide™ and Hydrolok™ is just waterproofing! stop!
i wouldn’t pay 50 for that thing if it came with candy corn flavored beer…
@fastharry Even that’s too high. I don’t want a cooler smelling like failure right from the start, y’know.
@narfcake LOL…
$179.99 on eBay with free shipping by YETI itself
https://www.ebay.com/itm/YETI-Original-Hopper-20-Soft-Cooler/263266142351?_trkparms=5373%3A0|5374%3AFeatured
@priyank255 AND a choice of color!
@therealjrn EXACTLY. @MEH this time really meh.
@priyank255 But that’s not even remotely the same cooler.
@priyank255 Thanks. Guess I won’t be buying to sell it.
@priyank255 dont care
@Fuzzalini yah, that one is bigger than today’s deal.
vs. today’s
Excrement
@Bumplepimp You’re supposed to be doing that whilst on the throne, not saying it.
They have sold 22 already. It looks like most of them are going to stoners in Colorado.
@EdgarAllenPope Where you’d need one like this is in the deep south.
My own personal price point for this would be $50.
$75 if I actually had the time to use it as intended (which I don’t.)
Spots for shotgun shells!!
I can’t hit the Meh button any harder.
I need this right next to my Big Green Egg grill to show I have absolutely no grasp of cost vs value.
Here, head over to Walmart and get this Ozark Trail premium cooler for under $30, and fill it with all of the juicy NEIPA’s you can get for the remaining $170 (not too many, I know).
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Ozark-Trail-12-Can-Premium-Cooler/55626731
And yeti Meh persisted.
Let’s be honest here - unless you absolutely need a cooler to perform, you don’t need a $200 cooler. I do know people who go off-grid for 7+ days hunting in the middle of nowhere Montana or Wyoming, and they buy and bring expensive coolers because they rely on them.
I have an RTIC 20 softside that copies this design. No idea if works as well as a Yeti, but it works well enough for me for the price I paid (which was $0
)
/buy --quantity 4 Billion
Too good of a deal to pass up.
@MrMark Oops, sorry. You can only buy 3 of these.
@mediocrebot Ahh man. Forget it.
@MrMark We’re currently working with your bank to make arrangements for this to work out. No need to write us.
@dave Thanks. Take an extra billion out for yourself for all your hard work.
Amazon price fluctuations on Yeti Cooler If you want something from Amazon but can wait a little to analyze price trending, check out camelcamelcamel.com
I did some research a few months back trying to decide which brand of new-fandangled cooler to buy for my frequent weekend camping trips.
There were about 15 coolers that made my list and I was planning on looking into which one would work the best for my needs. I watched countless Youtube videos of people talking about their coolers and several more of people that actually tested several coolers. Walmart has an Ozark trail cooler that allegedly works just as well and it’s half the price.
I stumbled across this video:
The guy that made the video is straight forward and honest. He doesn’t seem like he’s trying to impress anyone and just wants to deliver an honest review. He used a Coleman Xtreme cooler as a control. What I found most informative about his video is that the control ($65-70 at most retailers) kept ice just as long as the others, actually longer than most of them. It didn’t leak and it’s cheap as shit. Sure, it doesn’t have metal hinges, and it isn’t bear proof, but for the price, I can replace it when the hinges fail and when in the fuck am I ever going to be camping with bears?
I spent a little extra and got the Marine version of the Coleman Xtreme. It has metal hinges. My cooler is larger, it keeps stuff just as cold for just as long, and if I lose it or it breaks, I can pick up another one for about $70. This summer, my son and I took a long weekend trip to Pennsylvania. I put 40 lbs of ice in it Thursday morning and it still had about 20 lbs of ice in it Sunday morning. Everything was still cold Tuesday morning when I dumped it out and cleaned it before putting it away. For my purposes, it was/is exactly what I need
I think people buy Yeti coolers for the same reason they buy Oakley sunglasses. They want everyone to know they spent a lot on their stuff. I pride myself on being frugal and smart with my money, so it’s a win-win for me.
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Coleman-70-Quart-Xtreme-5-Marine-Cooler-w-Rustproof-Leak-Resistant-Channel-UV-Color-Additive/50909692
@capguncowboy I think @moose and company did a video with Bubba and Yeti insulated cups. And the results were similar. I laugh when I see people with Yeti cups.
@sammydog01 I bought a yeti cup but I got it from Wish.com for $12 shipped. The only reason I bought it because my brother had one and it fit into my console cup holder better than the other brands I had tried. That being said, it’s a nice cup, but not worth the typical price difference
@capguncowboy I’m laughing at you.
/giphy laughing
@sammydog01 Not quite!
The bubba lasted way longer than everything else (likely because it was fully sealed, the yeti has a drink hole), but the yeti still did very well. Everything else melted in no time but the Yeti cup kept ice for hours in the sun.
@capguncowboy
Each season, Costco sells a Coleman with stainless steel hinges and latches… and well made wheels, and a retractable foam covered metal carting handle that preserves cold beautifully… as I recall, for about $100.
But if you’re in the need for a cooler in the winter, by all means grab one of today’s deals since (at least our) Costco doesn’t sell them when you don’t need them.
@capguncowboy
I thought when a manufacturer added the term marine to any outdoor gear, the price instantly doubled.
I suppose those items are better made, and more rust-resistant.
I’m glad Coleman didn’t jack the price up so much. Sounds like a nice cooler.
@capguncowboy I’d be rather surprised if it’s not a knockoff coming from Wish. Regardless, even the cheap ones work.
Finally! A cooler for my Cristal. My Lambo trunk has been thirsty.
@goldnectar I like you. Stop by more often.
/giphy we’re not scary
$194??? Crazy talk! You are paying for a name when you get a YETI…Hard Pass!
Hahahaha, 200 bucks for a cooler. I could buy a tank of nitrous oxide , cool my own beer instantly and get high all for under 200. No deal. This is not just meh, but actually " are you out of your farking mind" bad
I love Yeti coolers; they’re amazing. But I’m holding out for a sale on the tote bag type. Those are awesome and much easier to carry.
@marcee Who let you in the door?
@RedOak See that little “K” next to my name? Been here from the jump RO!
@marcee That had nothing to do with it. It was your apparent lack of cheapness that triggered the comment.
But if we’re boasting “mehness”; 55 orders to 4 orders… and still VMP.
@RedOak There’s lots of “apparent lack of cheapness” over in the iPhone X upgrade thread if your are trolling for that dude.
@RedOak Ahhh, now I understand. I didn’t think meh = “cheap”; I thought it = “meh”? Isn’t a cooler for $194 totally “meh”? I’m definitely not as “meh” as you, I was just verifying that I got in the door before there WAS a door.
@marcee @therealjrn 'having a bad Monday? It was a joke. The wink.
@RedOak OK, @marcee blew you a kiss and I literally posted a laughing emoji. And you are the one thinking we are the ones have a “bad monday”? Dude. SMH
@therealjrn I’m happy and happy you are too.
Would this be good for human organ transport?
@Mescolito
Not officially certified, perhaps …
You are nucking futs if you think a $200 cooler that only holds a half rack of soda and still needs ice is going to fly here!
I hope you got them for $5 each and we’re counting on the name to give you an insane markup… So when you sell them for real at $15 you can still make a profit. Otherwise… Will you be doing going out of business sale?
@inanna You know we can say “fucking nuts” here, right?
We even have a thread documenting the fuck count.
I scanned down too quickly and saw the “12” in the model name as the price, and thought, “hmm, $12, maybe.”
What the flip, meh.
We aren’t dummies here. We just have a problem with buying your stuff but it wasn’t even necessary to draw a line in front of a $200 cooler.
I can’t. I just can’t.
Today, October 30th, is National Candy Corn Day.
Wow!!! $200 for a 12 pack cooler? In for…NONE!!! Honestly WTF meh?
Maybe if it could do this I would pull the trigger
Hoping these end up in a Fokuburo bag. That way I wont buy it here nor be able to buy it then! LMAO
WTF? Did Amazon buy you out AGAIN, ala woot . com? I am proud to be an Austinite, but fUck Yeti’s pricing! This is a poster child for just stupid amounts of money for something that can be had for less. I know, yada yada yada, don’t buy it, no one’s forcing you! But (butt?) fuck, that price is an indicator of pretty frightening dynamics in our society.
I need a cooler, and yeti don’t.
Can I just have one for the price of on the house?
Great job guys!! Good find!! For those that value this…
@nestage This what? This complete lack of respect for the value of a dollar? This complete lack of respect of disdain for conspicuous consumption? What? :triggered:
Haha!! I love triggering Millennials… just kidding, don’t trigger on me!! Lol
For the record I did buy one.
@nestage Suuuuuuure, we believe you, you corporate minion. You 1%'er, you Rockefeller consumer!