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  1. #11
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    Re: Hunting Cooler

    Buy once cry once.

    wont you feel silly when you spend 300$ and it’s garbage after a season or two...

    running a 65 and 75 yeti, wouldn’t consider anything else .. sure lots of people will come on here suggesting other brands but 99 percent of the time they just are too cheap to buy a yeti... you won’t find anyone who owns yeti telling you to buy cheaper coolers but always people who don’t own them telling you not to spend the money... think about it.

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    Re: Hunting Cooler

    Quote Originally Posted by RyoTHC View Post
    Buy once cry once.

    wont you feel silly when you spend 300$ and it’s garbage after a season or two...

    running a 65 and 75 yeti, wouldn’t consider anything else .. sure lots of people will come on here suggesting other brands but 99 percent of the time they just are too cheap to buy a yeti... you won’t find anyone who owns yeti telling you to buy cheaper coolers but always people who don’t own them telling you not to spend the money... think about it.
    Not sure I agree with that.

    I'm a gear nut who has full Swaro optics, enough Kuiu gear to fill a closet or two, and I just can't see the value in Yeti coolers. They make a great coffee mug for $65 but when it comes to coolers if mine hold ice that's all I want. I use my gear, but treat it fairly well and my Coleman Marine Extreme's have been nothing but outstanding.

    To each his own, but rotomold coolers aren't the only useable piece of gear.
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    Re: Hunting Cooler

    Picked up a cabelas brand while they were on sale beers are still cold and a little bit of ice left from may long,best cooler I've ever bought.and better than the yeti for cheaper if you watch some of the you tube tests. 80 quart tonnes of room.

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    Re: Hunting Cooler

    At the end of the day they are all plastic with about two inches of spray foam in between the plastic layers. Sure Yeti (great coolers) was the first but a lot of coolers are basically making the same thing now. Yeti was actually started by two guys then they got into a fight and went their own ways. One guy kept Yeti and the second started R-tic coolers (I think thats what they are called). Basically the same thing as a yeti but half the price. Can only buy these direct like KUIU gear so that why they are cheaper. The cabelas coolers are the same too and actually beat out yeti in a few ice challenge tests (Youtube it, lots of tests on there).

    I think Coleman has gotten into the the Roto molded cooler game too. So there are a few options out there.

    I know a guy that took a old Coleman cooler (the ones we all grew up on) and drilled a few holes in the lid of his and filled it with spray foam. The lids are hollow and that where you lose all the cold. Once he spray foamed it, he said he went from holding ice for only one day to over three days.

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    Re: Hunting Cooler

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rswWGr6OXzo&t=336s

    some good points regarding transporting bone in game with cooler. I went freezer and generator for my camp. Found a compact square freezer on kijiji and already had a suit case generator ... can be had alot cheaper that a high end cooler.

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    Re: Hunting Cooler

    Quote Originally Posted by 604ksmith View Post
    Not sure I agree with that.

    I'm a gear nut who has full Swaro optics, enough Kuiu gear to fill a closet or two, and I just can't see the value in Yeti coolers. They make a great coffee mug for $65 but when it comes to coolers if mine hold ice that's all I want. I use my gear, but treat it fairly well and my Coleman Marine Extreme's have been nothing but outstanding.

    To each his own, but rotomold coolers aren't the only useable piece of gear.

    durability is all I have to say. You *may* take good care of your gear, but accidents happen then your two piece cooler is garbage and you’re shopping again.

    notice all those other brands you mentioned have amazing warranties ?

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    Re: Hunting Cooler

    Like most have said, buy once cry once. Yeti's seem like they're indestructible, and will keep ice for a really long time. There's a few other roto molded cooler manufacturers that look like they make decent heavy duty long lasting coolers too but I have no experience with them. I also have a giant Igloo cooler that's not a roto mold but it holds a shit load of meat/bones and easily keeps ice frozen for a week. Bottom line is all the really good coolers are pretty expensive and that's just the reality. Look on Craigslist and Kijiji for some good deals. Good luck
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    Re: Hunting Cooler

    to repair those plastic hinges that break, i have unscrewed them and put a piece of leather (or other thin strong layer) cut to shape screwed back into place to make it work as a hinge again

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    Re: Hunting Cooler

    Quote Originally Posted by RyoTHC View Post
    Buy once cry once.

    wont you feel silly when you spend 300$ and it’s garbage after a season or two...

    running a 65 and 75 yeti, wouldn’t consider anything else .. sure lots of people will come on here suggesting other brands but 99 percent of the time they just are too cheap to buy a yeti... you won’t find anyone who owns yeti telling you to buy cheaper coolers but always people who don’t own them telling you not to spend the money... think about it.
    I have a Pelican and a Yeti. If I ever need a third I would probably buy another Pelican. And I have thought about it. LOL

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    Re: Hunting Cooler

    in the usa the walmart brand is Ozark? that is comparable to the yeti. my brother had one last summer that I was impressed with. I was shocked at how heavy and small the interior is on the rotomolded coolers though.

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