Does anyone NOT own a Yeti?
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My brother has an old orange, round water cooler that he borrowed from an unattended ODOT truck.
Add a little water, a little ice, a pinch of salt and a 30 pack.
Place on a bass boat and we were good from 'can see to can't see'.
Add a little water, a little ice, a pinch of salt and a 30 pack.
Place on a bass boat and we were good from 'can see to can't see'.
oneounceload
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Yeti = Chinese made
Orca, Igloo and a few others = US made (and less expensive)
Orca, Igloo and a few others = US made (and less expensive)
I guess they fall into the same category as Costa Del Mar sunglasses.
My neighbor had a pair for him & wife. Some kid got in his unlocked truck one nite, and took both pairs.
I asked him one day after we'd had a few beers, if the Costa's were really better than the $4.95 Berkley fishing sunglasses at Walmart. He paused, shook his head and said "No, man...you really can't tell any difference with em."
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Is your car old enough to have a hood ornament? I use to see lots of folks heading west with those bags hanging on the front. The bags don't work as well if in humid regions.
Our neighborhood covenants....
.... don't allow for Yetis to be kept.
The closest I've come to a Yeti is some kid stole one at a party and left it at our house. It sat there until I told him to either come get it or it was going in the trash. It was supposed to have been worth $500 but it wasn't worth a nickel to me.
.... don't allow for Yetis to be kept.
The closest I've come to a Yeti is some kid stole one at a party and left it at our house. It sat there until I told him to either come get it or it was going in the trash. It was supposed to have been worth $500 but it wasn't worth a nickel to me.
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I hate to say I'm cheap or old fashioned, but..............
My old Green and white, metal Coleman is still ticking !!
Plus it has a bottle opener on the side.................
My old Green and white, metal Coleman is still ticking !!
Plus it has a bottle opener on the side.................
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Speaking of...
Thumbing through the Midway flyer today and what do I see... Yeti coolers, Ramblers and Yeti apparel for sale! On the same page as a Stanley thermos and metal lunchbox set... and hey... even Champion generators. Seems like Midway is morphing into a Dick's Sporting Goods. Sigh...
Thumbing through the Midway flyer today and what do I see... Yeti coolers, Ramblers and Yeti apparel for sale! On the same page as a Stanley thermos and metal lunchbox set... and hey... even Champion generators. Seems like Midway is morphing into a Dick's Sporting Goods. Sigh...
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Going to a NWTF banquet last year and one of the fund-raisers was a Yeti personal size cooler, various knives, tickets and sundry other stuff for one price. So, me being me and with Devine approval (the wife was with me) I became the proud owner of a Yeti cooler.
First thing I did was put the decal on my truck. I made sure I worked the fact that "Yeah, I got a Yeti" into every conversation I had with my Son-in-Law. Every. Single. Conversation. I had a ball.
Then, it came time to actually use it. It was HEAVY!!! I used it exactly one time. Then I gave it to my Son-in-Law.
First thing I did was put the decal on my truck. I made sure I worked the fact that "Yeah, I got a Yeti" into every conversation I had with my Son-in-Law. Every. Single. Conversation. I had a ball.
Then, it came time to actually use it. It was HEAVY!!! I used it exactly one time. Then I gave it to my Son-in-Law.
Ray1970
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I do occasionally do some back country camping where having a cooler that keeps things ice cold for four or five days is nice. That said, my "five day" igloo coolers work just fine and I bought them like new from a buddy that used them one time to haul an elk. I think I paid $40 for the pair and they're huge and will keep ice in them for about five or six days up in the mountains.
I am tempted to pick up one of the cups just so I can be like all of the cool kids. Thirty five bucks isn't going to break me and I know I'd use it pretty much daily.
I am tempted to pick up one of the cups just so I can be like all of the cool kids. Thirty five bucks isn't going to break me and I know I'd use it pretty much daily.
I remember a road trip as a kid around 1960.Man that water tasted bad[emoji33]
When pissed at me my wife is the only Yeti I have.
meaneyedcatz
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My Tervis cups are expensive enough.
No Yeti. I don't have disposable money.
No Yeti. I don't have disposable money.
Now the opposite.....
I remember my Dad having a hammered aluminum 'Pepsi' cooler that you had to put a 25 block of ice in every day. Then we had a green Coleman (still metal) that was some better but when they came out with the plastic Igloos and Colemans, cooler living got high tec.
I remember my Dad having a hammered aluminum 'Pepsi' cooler that you had to put a 25 block of ice in every day. Then we had a green Coleman (still metal) that was some better but when they came out with the plastic Igloos and Colemans, cooler living got high tec.
It could one of those critters from Star Wars...........And no I don't own any either.......
Apparently they did not patent the cups.....There are cheaper knock off's everywhere(walmat/sam's/academy sports etc.) and they do the same job as a yeti cup does...........
brigeton
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I just have Igloo coolers, they work fine. I have a thermos brand 16oz mug someone gave me. When I was working I had a 50min drive to work and when I got there my coffee was still too hot to drink so I went back to my plastic mug I bought at the gas station.
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I've got 3 different Coolers, a small, a medium and one large. Two are Coleman brand and one is an Igloo - they all work just fine. Are they as well made as a Yeti? Probably not, but since I only use them for 6 or 7 hours at a time it makes no difference to me. The price for the Yeti brand is INSANE and I will not pay that for a cooler! Heck - some of them are more than guns!
If I was to travel cross country and need a cooler to keep things cool for extended periods of time - MAYBE.
I also have four Stanley (made in USA) Thermos bottles in sizes ranging from 2 pints, a quart, a gallon and a soup quart version with the wide mouth. They work incredibly well and are quite robust. They are so old I don't remember what I paid for them but they were not in the Yeti range, for sure! They work as well today as they did when new and I use them weekly on the motorcycle and when going out to the Range.
If I was to travel cross country and need a cooler to keep things cool for extended periods of time - MAYBE.
I also have four Stanley (made in USA) Thermos bottles in sizes ranging from 2 pints, a quart, a gallon and a soup quart version with the wide mouth. They work incredibly well and are quite robust. They are so old I don't remember what I paid for them but they were not in the Yeti range, for sure! They work as well today as they did when new and I use them weekly on the motorcycle and when going out to the Range.
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No yeti here.
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