I Cut the YETI Tundra 45 in Half and Discovered the TRUTH
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In this YETI Tundra 45 review, you'll learn how this YETI cooler performs, including how it does vs RTIC, Igloo, and Amazon. Get the YETI Tundra 45 → manly.link/yeti-tundra-45
After reviewing a bunch of 45-55 quart coolers, I found that the YETI Tundra 45 was the best in quality, but Igloo was the better budget pick.
Watch my Igloo BMX 52 review → • I Cut the Igloo BMX 52...
Is the YETI Tundra 45 really worth the price? Nothing’s worse than buying a cooler only to find when it’s time to pack up and leave that the cooler isn’t big enough to fit all your supplies.
In this YETI Tundra 45 review, we’re going to break down every test we put this cooler through so at the end, you’ll know whether the Roadie is right for you.
Read my guide on the best 20 Qt coolers → coolerspy.com/best-20-qt-cooler/
Watch me cut the YETI Roadie 24 in half → • I CUT the YETI Roadie ...
0:00 Overview
0:28 Capacity
2:20 Insulation
3:33 Durability
4:20 Ease of Use
5:24 Features
5:59 Cut in Half
8:00 Compared to RTIC, Igloo, and Amazon
9:30 Should You Get the YETI Tundra 45?
#yeti #tundra45 #coolers
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I started getting back into outdoor stuff a couple years ago after not doing much of it since the 80's and 90's. I absolutely choked when I saw what coolers are going for these days. It's absurd. _Especially_ when it comes to Yeti. No thanks, I'll just get a cheap Igloo or Ozark Trail. Those work just fine for me.
well YETI is the apple of coolers. If you can afford it just fine, you will look cooler, no pun intended, and the job will get done a little bit better. If not, regular coolers are just fine, as you say.
Igloos aren't the cheapest. I'd say Coleman is. But I think igloos are actually pretty good.
@@joewoodchuck3824 I can't remember the last time I saw a Coleman cooler anywhere.
@@Brunnen_Gee I haven't actually looked, but if Coleman is anywhere it will be at Walmart or on the web someplace. After having igloo, I'd stay away from Coleman if at all possible. I'm not really interested in upper price range coolers unless it's for something truly precious like a load of freshly caught fish or venison.
Coleman xtreme coolers are reasonably prices and outperform yeti.
I don’t care if it’s the greatest cooler in the history of the universe… I ain’t paying $300 for a cooler.
But there's probably something that you pay an extraordinary amount of money for, that others would say you're crazy for doing so. It's all in what makes you happy.
I agree with you since I was a kid I’ve only seen igloo coolers they did the job then they do the job now .
I bought the RTIC a years back when they went down in price to $175ish and between the pinchpoints and the lack of space it’s not worth it. There was one particular time my brother and I had a bunch of dried ice food on an elk hunt that we kept back at the truck. It worked perfect for this application. The only thing is the cooler has to be able to breathe/decompress as the dry ice sublimates.
I have a yeti tundra and it’s awesome🤣
I paid $328 for my yeti and used it once, filled it up with $35 of beer and $7 in ice put it in the back of my truck drank 2 beers, went inside a fast food joint came out and my cooler was gone, so it's back to my igloo, I hope the kids that stole it get a nice big hangover.
if you want a small but cheap alternative to a rotomolded cooler i have had success with buying a normal plastic coleman cooler of my choosing, and doing a simple mod,
just drill the inside in a few spots, inject spray foam between the plastic layers (like low expanding "great stuff" from home depot), and fill the holes with epoxy after, adding the layer of foam makes the ice last many times longer,
I'd like to see some tests on this. Different foams etc vs the overpriced coolers
@@smithjohn3080 it doesnt work, because of thermal mass, there is people on youtube who have tested this a looot and it never works, because adding a bunch of foam just makes your cooler literally eat ice as the huge volume of foam you added sucks all the cold out of your ice, i'm an idiot, i dunno how to articulate the sciency bits, but just do a search, i believe they drilled a different yeti cooler, and one form like the 90's and all of them kept things cold worse than stock from the store, cuz the manufacturers have math and stuff they use to do things with but 300 for a cooler is dumb, all new coolers are a scam, i just buy them at good will for 2$ from the 80's keeps ice in it for 2 days minimum, during fall i can camp for 5 days with a 80's cooler, there is no need at all for these yeti ones. i guess unless your camping in a desert for a week or on some expedition, but in both cases you would not ever be dragging a big ass cooler around with you when you do it
I did that with a cheap steel thermos and it keeps coffee warm for 12 hrs,far better than the stanley thermos I have.
I don't see how foam improves ice retention when air is an excellent insulator. Air in fact has the same R value as foam does.
@@joewoodchuck3824 If you have a gap filled with air, you can get natural convection circuit going which reduces the insulation properties when compared to still air. The inside wall is cold and the outside wall will be hot. The air touching the inside wall will cool and get dense so it will drop, the air touching the outside wall will warm reducing it's density so it will rise. Now you have hot air outside rising and cold air descending and they start a circuit. The insulation creates pockets of still air which cause the heat transfer to be more like conduction through the air. If the insulation is too dense you can get conduction through the insulation.
I have the Ozark Trail knock off. Packing the cooler for a campout by layering food and ice in layers worked best for me. I also don't place my cooler on the ground, instead resting it on four bricks and placing a light blanket over it to keep the sun off of it seems to help a lot to
The blanket should be on and around the cooler bottom. That's where the most loss is.
Most definitely, wrap it as best you can when transporting an not using it, and always keep the sun off it. I will wrap up mine nicely with an old wool blanket I have, then cover that with a heavy jacket I always have in my car, to keep the sun off it. When I'm starting to use it and open it, I always just make sure to just quickly cover it with the blanket or jacket. You don't have to rich, just smart!
I have the Walmart knock off.... It's no better than a Coleman extreme.
@@jwdundon for cold/ice retention i agree. but for long term durablity a rotomolded cooler can't be beat.
Went camping with a friend and his wife last year. He had the Yeti and I have the Igloo, his cost almost 400 bucks and I paid 95 for mine. we both had 2 blocks of ice on the bottom and there was zero difference in ice melt after 3 days, both performed identically. Some company's will always go after the "Sucker born every minute crowd and Yeti has always been one of these company's. If you dont think so, well go buy one of their $400 cast iron fry pans.
I was an insulator for yeti. Their standards are out of this world. We threw way more away than we kept when starting up at our factory. Even after we got the ball rolling we threw away a ridiculous amount because of quality control. The foam has to be perfect for the cooler to hit the shelf.
That explains the cost, which is hilarious to me because everyone I know whines about how poor the QC is for almost every product sold today. They also whine about the cost of Yeti coolers.
It is stupid to throw away more than 2% of a build. You have lousy design staff.
@@frankorosz901 terrible production process. bet they barely break even and make no money
This! Quality matters, and price alone should not be the #1 factor when deciding what to buy. I hate that Yeti is so expensive but it's made the best. Sadly the cut open test is pointless unless you plan to analyze why the Yeti foam is working better, eg. you could weigh it, or put a heat source the other side of it (eg. a 50W light) and measure thermal conduction through the foam.
Anyway to go dumpster diving at the end of the day.
Dude does not know that this test is flawed because the Yeti 45 is not a 45 quart cooler! It holds only 38 quarts a fact noted by several other top review sites. So adding 7lbs of ice in the Yeti when the others should have more ice because of their larger volume to make the test comparable. If you want more reliable and accurate tests you should seek out other reviews as they test with the knowledge of cooler sizes...
Thank you for the testing and the chopping up of these costly coolers. This really gives us great insight of how they are made although they're horribly expensive. I've been told that a decent foam cooler works almost as well.
I like how he says it's a 45 quart cooler when in fact yeti is quite deceitful and go by "model numbers" and the 45 isn't 45 quarts. As far as I know they are the only major brand that does this and it also makes this no surprise it performs better as it is smaller on the inside than every other cooler here so with 7lb of ice it has less of a area to cool.
I never knew I needed this information until now. And it looks like I'll be needing new socks for work.
Well done Sir!
i actually returned my yeti after getting a walmart Ozark Trail 45. i did my own test with 20 lbs of ice and a 12 pk. , ozark is grey and yeti was white and i set them in the direct sun last july. after 3 days the ozark trail still had ice and the yeti had no ice and the drink were not frosty, just kinda cold.
Nah😂
I gotta say I'm totally impressed with the professional temperature graphs, the scientific ladder experiment, and the exceptional cooler cutting skills; as for those Camel City Mill socks, they're awesome for keeping my feet totally dry and comfortable. Love the humor.
He put wires through the seals.....it's terrible. He's a dunce. The seals are what stops air circulation. The test is totally unrepresentative of what it does with a proper seal.
@@sasquatchrosefarts Lighten up.... all the coolers were treated the same way so it all comes out even in the end. How else was he going to test the temperatures without opening the cooler? .... that would have given you something else to bitch about. Dunce.
Great video - you got right into it. I didn't even want to know about coolers, but I watched the whole thing because the delivery was so good
I have both a YETI and an RTIC cooler. Honestly most anyone would be fine with either. They are both excellent coolers and both have held ice for three days in my garage during the summer. The one plus I would give to RTIC is cost vs YETI. They run considerably cheaper than YETI, but if it performs worse than YETI it is not by a noticeable difference to most.
Agree with your comment about YETI vs RTIC
Do you think th RTIC would keep ice for 7days+ on a river trip like the Yeti? I've used pretty much all yetis in the past, the RTIC is super tempting due to the cost, though.
@@TheJordanicas yeah, I don't think it would be more than like a 10% difference between yeti and rtic. If they didn't have the different names on them they would feel the exact same.
@@TheJordanicasI have both the Yeti and the RTIC 65. Other than cost, you will not notice a difference between the two.
I bought into YETI when they first came out, long before the yuppie crowd started to follow the brand. I own 3 hard coolers starting with the 35 to the 65, multiple mugs, 20 and 30 oz tumblers as well. Excellent coolers and cups, when prepped correctly before use. I can go 7-10 days before needing to refill or remove my contents in the coolers and 3 days with the tumblers before ice refills.. I have traveled across country from CA-TX-FL-TX-CA with all 3 coolers in the bed of the truck with no issues. Note, I do have a tonneau cover for security and shade from direct sunlight. Tested Hint: start with the coolers at room temperature, add a light layer of dry ice, cover with paper or card board, add your contents, then cover with regular ice. Limit opening for best results..
The key to the Yeti insulation is the thickness is uniform. Just look at the profiles of the three next to one another. The fact that the Amazon has the thickest means absolutely nothing if it still has some of the thinnest wall. You are only as good or protected as the thinnest part of your walls. The other key to the Yeti is that their latches make the lid always have a super tight seal. their cleat style latch makes you pull the lid down tight every single time you close the lid and secure it.
I chose RTIC over Yeti years ago. Bought (2) 45’s & (1) 65. Got a great price at the end of the lawsuit. Performance was the same, but the cost was maybe 1/3. They are great for long term temperature control, not for repeated opening to get drinks out all day. Then they perform like regular coolers.
A lot depends on if you know how to pack a cooler. Years ago I had an igloo 54 at. To pack it full of beer I'd lay the bottom full with the cans on their sides. Then I'd put a thin layer of ice on top of that and repeat the process until I had 2 cases of beer in it. I would have cold beer for 4 to 5 days . Of course it took 2 fairly strong guys to carry it.
Great vid and well done showing all the info you gathered. I just wish there was a price comparison at the end. I know prices fluctuate a bit, so that info may not age well...but, It's definitely a factor in chosing between the coolers.
I'd be interested to see you add in the RTIC 52 Qt. Ultra-Light. It comes in at 8 lbs. less than the normal RTIC 45 Qt. as well as being cheaper so I'm curious how it performs. I'd love to see a chart of all the data from all these tests compared. I'd also like to see a price included in there too for reference. Like, yeah the YETI might be the best performer, but at 3.5x the price of the Igloo is that extra money really worth it? Overall a very interesting video tho! I'd love to see an Ozark Trail one thrown in there too!
At the 8:19 mark it is clear that each of the non-Yeti coolers has a place wherein the insulation is thinner: the Igloo on the bottom and the Amazon on the lower rear wall. The Yeti appears to be consistent thickness all the way around. I would not be surprised if that is a significant factor in the difference between the performance numbers. The thin Igloo floor is especially concerning because that surface is in direct contact with the floor. In a garage the concrete would be a massive reverse heatsink warming the bottom of the coolers.
Remember, Yeti is anti 2 A !!!
The Yeti has rubber feet which would further insulate it from the ground.
ICEY-TEK is the original Premium Rotomolded Cooler. Developed in the late 80s, hit the US in 1998. Engle started selling rotomold coolers in 2005. Yeti was 2006.
I owned Rtic, and now I own the 55 with wheels and now more of my friends are buying them, one it is cheaper, two temperature control last longer, I always take my old Rtic 45 fishing
Just wanted to say your content is super informative and awesome. Your production quality is top notch and you deserve to have way more subscribers.
This will be very useful for our next trip!
As a craftsman I like my combinable Makita "Systainers" for tools, so When I found out I could buy a Cooler version, in two sizes, I bought both! They are able to be combined in stacks! And on a transport roller for the floor.
This would have been more helpful if you did a cost/performance metric. I RARELY use my cooler for more than 48 hours and when I looked at the Yeti, it's performance was great well after that time period, but the cost was very high. So take each of your performance metrics and divide it by cost, then compare (you can even weight each metric). The Yeti was 3.75 times the price of the Igloo. @50 hours the Igloo is at 38 and the Yeti is at 32. If you're using your cooler for more than 48 hours it might be worth the difference. The price/performance really depends on your individual situation.
Put wires through the seals....... Totally changes the cooler performance. Seals are critical and he nullified the most mportant thing to test. Stopping air circulation.
I wish I had something like the Yeti for the Maria hurricane aftermath; Any ice you got after a long line for hours was lost in less than12 hours, lost all perishable food in a short time.
@@sasquatchrosefarts The tiny wires through the seals made no difference it was still sealed because the seals are flexible enough to go around the wires and still seal if he would have tipped it with water inside I'm confident that the coolers with seals would not have spilled anything.
I guess the test was based purely on performance. And for that the Yeti wins hands-down. Alas, I agree, I couldn’t afford the Yeti so I bought the Woods cooler instead.
@@sasquatchrosefartsAll of them had the same wire thickness. Even if it skewed the data, all 4 had that same point.
I use a Coleman marine cooler which is fine for a few days (2-3 days or more depending on how much ice is put in). Have you ever packed your burgers, dogs, steaks, etc... in a ziplock bag only to grab it and its filled with water? What I do is to use a smaller cooler (with thin sides) and place that in the big cooler. Place whatever I do not want to get wet in the smaller cooler along with freeze pack. Frozen items remain frozen for well over a day. The smaller cooler can be chilled in the fridge or freezer the night before.
I found a perfectly good large white Yeti floating in our lake after spring freshet. It did not have any markings on it so we kept it. This thing has been through hell and back and has teeth marks on it from a enraged black bear cub that got frustrated trying to open it .
They are a great product but am glad I never had to pay the price for it. Now that I own one if it were to be stolen I would gladly pay the price for a new one.
We also take this cooler on our blue water sailboat as it is great for keeping our food cold while defrosting our cruising fridge and freezer. They are old school and have to be manually defrosted.
I lined a cheap plastic storage container with 3" construction dense foam sheeting and spray foamed the lid of a cheap cooler and fit it perfectly in the middle of the insulated container. Used rubber door gasket material around the lip and rubber bungie cords to keep it closed tight. Damn ice was still half full after a 3 day camping trip in 100 degree weather. 😲
I have an old timey Igloo cooler I bought at a discount store about 25-30 years ago for not a whole lot of money and it will keep ice for 3 days. Granted, there is not much ice left after 3 days, but the melt water is really cold. It has handles molded into the sides, so it isn't easy to move around, but it is such a good cooler I can't get rid of it. Therefore, I have no incentive to spend hundreds on a Yeti when my $10 cooler works for me. Also, as a woman, I feel those expensive coolers are WAY too heavy unloaded and would be prohibitively heavy loaded, so, still keeping my old timer.
I’ve got an older Igloo cooler from at least 15 years ago. I’m keeping the old timer too! Works great, molded handles on the side that suck lol. But most importantly, it’s got wheels and a retractable handle. Love it and it likely cost me $30 at the time
You also have to look at two more factors the density of the foam used in insulation and the thickness of the plastics used in the shell. You can see the yeti has a thicker plastic than the others, but I would also venture to say their foam dinsity is different that the others which would contribute to their ability to maintain colder temperatures for a longer period.
The other thing is that none of that matters . As long as they keep it cool for the time you need . I have an rtic and a yeti . They both melted and the water penetrated through the opening of the cans . It actually went into the drinks.
I hunt a lot, and you have to have good coolers to hold your food for several days. I’ve had Igloo and Rtic coolers before and they were ok, but usually required a pretty long trip into town for a re-up on ice about halfway through the trip (day 2). Over the last few years I have bought a couple Yeti 45’s, and it’s not even close. I hate the cost, but they work so much better. I can hunt for 3 days and there’s usually still ice on day 4 when I leave.
This was info I didn’t know I need but I’m glad I have it now.
I use a styrofoam cooler because I’m not stupid!😂
I saw another channel do comparisons of cooler products. Lot of expensive big prestige names but also some less expensive brands. I don't remember Igloo or Amazon being included. They tested for cost, how effective at keeping cold, durability etc. Surprisingly Coleman and Ace Hardware came out on top overall on the criteria. Yeti was about the lower middle. Coleman and Ace worked as well as Yeti and other prestige brands but were way less expensive.
I personally bought a Cordova cooler and absolutely love it. It does what I need it to do on our long drives and soccer tournaments in the hot summers
I use a Yeti on my boat in Arizona where it gets north of 120 in the summer. Best cooler I have owned.
Id like to see the ladder test with the coolers loaded with drinks and ice. Could be interesting to see if any break open.
My Rtic fell off of the truck at 35mph and didn't come open. The feet popped put of the bottom but it never opened or leaked.
My coleman xtreme outperforms the same size class yeti, at 10% of the price. It is a smaller class than these in the video, but it fits perfectly behind my truck seat, so it is the correct size for my application. The coleman xtreme keeps 10 pounds of ice for a week, inside of a pickup truck in Austin during a week of 105º+ days (inside the truck it is 140º to 170º during the day and slowly cools to 89º just before sunrise). The comparable yeti keeps 10 pounds of ice for 4 days at 90º max, and costs 10 times more.
Lol I have a 18 dollar cooler I bought in 1998. It was hollow so I filled it with spray foam for windows on the jobsite one day. So to this day it keeps ice for 3 days
I have a first gen. Yeti 80 that I bought in '07 that still works fine after many river trips although the original latches broke and I can't find replacements as the design changed. Added a 45 Rtic when they came out as they were about half the price and am still quite happy with it. Now the market is being flooded with other heavy duty coolers that are all pretty good. Wonder when Yeti will drop their prices to compete.
One has to consider where the heat comes from. Each side will have some heat flow. The top and sides are in contact with air, which I presume is constantly changing from air convection and present a constant temperature gradient. That's 5 out of the 6 sides. I assume there is no air currents. The bottom is on the floor and has better contact with a warm solid (infinite heat source) and will have therefore a greater heat flow. Probably the insulation needs to be greater there? Also opening the box repeatedly introduces much more heat, as to make increased insulation futile.
Hi! I love your videos! Would you mind telling me how thick exactly the yeti's plastic wall is? That would be very helpful, thank you!
Something to test is the lid. Worked for a company that sold yetis and a store brand yeti knockoff similar to the Amazon cooler. The lids on the knockoffs would warp pretty easily resulting in a lost seal and substantially compromised performance. The yetis didn’t seem to have that issue.
My yeti 65 bought in 2019 came with a warped lid
@@josephnelson9020it's a design feature...
My tundra 70 warped twice. Had it replaced twice...gave up and just use it.
This was very informative, thank you!! And excellent Morro Bay B-Roll
I made a blanket for my cooler with Reflectix and duct tape. It made a pretty significant difference in ice retention. I only put it on when we’re going to be away from the cooler while it’s sitting in the sun. Usually the ice will be half water in 3 days but now it goes about 5 days. Only problem is that it can cause glare if you’re hanging around it sometimes.
Genius. A cheap cooler, and ten dollars of reflectix , and a junk blanket over top and around bottom.
@@sasquatchrosefarts I’ve been using 20+ year old Igloo marine coolers for wilderness raft trips for decades. I have keep ice for 10 days using a wet white towel to cover the cooler. I’ve seen folks that use Reflectix panels on the top of the inside of the cooler which is also clever. Regardless proper cooler management is simple, widely available and vastly cheaper than any rotomoulded image brand cooler.
@@bertsrake yes, thanks. And this guy put wires through the seals. Totally nullifies his test results.
@@bertsrake if the river is cold...... Just strap a mesh bag of food on the back of the raft 🤣 in the water.
I have the Yeti 45 and the Lifetime from Walmart. the YETI holds ice longer. For everyday use the Lifetime is fine but for a three or four-day camping trip with no ice re supply the Yeti is the best of the two.
The sock thing reminded me of LTT😸, you made your ad good it wasn't annoying or misplaced, props friend
Wow!!! That sponsor lead in was awesome!
I noticed you didn't want to hurt your sponsor by not including Engle coolers which are cheaper and it perform yetis
Thanks man, great review. I went with yeti 45. Thanks again
Love Yeti's. Had a problem with a cooler. Sent back, got a new one. No questions asked.
The Igloo had the thinnest BOTTOM insulation thickness == more heat TRANSFER VIA CONDUCTION from the floor, which is a bigger factor than heat transfer via convection with the air. Place the cooler on a folded blanket or rug to improve performance.
Place a layer of Styrofoam at the bottom of your cooler.
What I learned from this is I have to cut my products i buy in half to make sure I’m getting my freaking moneys worth.
I have the Yeti Tundra and it is the best cooler we've ever had. People complain about the price, but I got what I paid for, so it was worth it for us.
And you probably drive a piece of crap thing that you call a jeep
omg safety first and then the first glimpse he's wearing sandals too LOL. what this has taught me so far (about to see the cut reveal) is that YETI *isn't* just a gimmick company. i thought they might be on account of beautiful designs and all the colors, plus all the instagram-level hype.
i do own 2 14oz coffee mug style travel mugs and use them constantly. (otherwise i'm one of those that has to excessively reheat coffee as i don't chug it in one blast.). and, one of those tall water things cuz my mom wasn't using it. score!! this sh*t's expensive! anyway, BUILD QUALITY and well thought out design like the lid systems.... just always really impressed by that. i guess it's a sign of a good brand vs just marketing. tho..... perhaps they're a brand that's managed to do both.
(still can't get over a mug being $35+. managed to get mine on sale or REI bucks or something. the dark green i had to hunt down as it was discontinued.)
The ability to keep it's contents cold depends largely on the thickness of the insulated walls a cooler uses. And this is driven mostly by the thinnest walls (where the heat leaks through the fastest). Yeti implemented thick insulated walls of uniform thickness, all the others had thinner walls somewhere in their lower half.
I'd long wondered why Yeti had the reputation of keeping its cool for longer - now I know. Thanks!
(I feel bad that a Yeti cooler had to be sacrificed to learn this....)
As for rating coolers by their ability to keep their cool, I think you had the right idea, but missed the critical tell. While the ice is melting, it wont allow the temperature to rise above the freezing point. Once all the ice has melted, temperature will begin rising.
The tell: The poorest performing cooler will always be the one that rises to 33F first, while the best performing is last to reach 33F - that's all you need to know. This was in your graphs, but you missed that point. I do understand the food safety and cold beer thresholds as interesting test points, but these are proportional to the 33F times (check your data).
He put wires through the seals. The tests are useless.......because the seals are the most important part.
@@sasquatchrosefartsseals are the only thing that matters. Plastic and foam thickness doesn't matter that much after a certain thickness.
Years ago I built a remote cabin and before I bought a propane refrigerator I built a nice fixed cooler. I used a large action packer tote, put 4” of foam board around it sealing the edges and built a nice wooded box around that. The lid is hinged and can used as a seat. I still use it as a beverage cooler making ice with the solar powered freezer. It’s big enough to be able to just dump 60 beverage cans without having to arrange them to fit with. It’s heavy but it works. I have a drain with a valve and ice can last a week.
This person understand that latent heat is a thing.. its not just about sensible heat
Drill Holes in a regular cooler on top and fill it with spray foam works just as good and last a very long time.
Watching the video from Virginia and suddenly Morro Rock pops up. My hometown!
Would have appreciated prices at the end of the video. Got an RTIC for $190. It's a beast, but still pleased with it versus what was available at the time (2018) for the price.
Would love to see the pelican cooler in this test!!
I love the subtle jokes. Safety first with a bicycle helmet and a sawsall.
@CoolerSpy Are Any neutrally buoyant or are they all too heavy?
I ask because I go with some beach fellows and one of them has a smaller cooler. He attaches to his paddle boat that just floats behind us with beverages.
I am very happy with the Igloo Max Cold I picked up at Academy for 65 buks.
I can 3 days of ice life depending on how often you open it.
One of the best insulators for heat (cold is the lack of heat) is non- moving air. That is why more insulation (which conducts heat) isn't always better.
Though Yeti can be over hyped at times, there is something too be said about there performance and resiliance. I got my coolers through prodeals so I payed Walmart cooler prices for high yetis. I have a Tundra 45 and hopper 30 soft cooler. Both have served very well and I have nothing bad to say about them. The only thing is there regular selling price is very pricey. But I supppose it all depends on the person buying the cooler and what they need it for.
I camp alot, got cottages, do long days of biking were I return to my cooler full of extra cold beverages and being on the north east coast we deal with hella heat waves. So I appreciat Yeti's insane temp retention.
I watched this video and I was wandering if the Yeti had better performance do to the feet. If the other coolers don’t have feet, there was more surface area on the other coolers.m I think you had them on a garage floor and it was 85’. I am curious if the result would be the same if they were suspended or you added feet.
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Literally everyone I know with these coolers all say get the RTIC
I have multiple yeti and rtic coolers in several sizes and l only buy Rtic now. Also funny how that heavy bad performing rtic is the one he didn't cut open so he could keep it.
I don’t really care which one I use. It’s not like I’m gonna be there for a week or two overnight that’s it even your cheapest Walmart on will work.😊 I’ll just go with the cheapest one
Thats the majority of us, using it for a day or two.
I have a canyon cooler that I’ve camp out of for 10 straight days in Colorado during archery season. Never had an issue
I just got the light weight 32 quart rtic one it’s half the cost and amazing , and even has a built in beer opener
Got the safety sandals on too 😏
I own both the Yeti Hondo and Trail chairs......worth every Benjamin
Yetti is basically rtic with a 75% markup
I respectfully disagree. I have both, and I take them on hunting trips that usually last about 4-ish days, sometimes 5. This is in Rocksprings, Texas and it hits close to 115 degrees in the summer. I prep my coolers by filling with ice the day before a trip and getting the actual cooler itself as cold as possible and I let them sit inside the house in the A/C, then I pack my food with fresh ice and try not to open the coolers very often. My RTIC 52 is generally about out of ice at the end of day 2 or early on day 3. My Yeti coolers will still have plenty of ice for the trip home. I’ve done this same trip many, many times with the same results. I always use the RTIC to pack the stuff that doesn’t require the ice as much. Butter, milk, creamer, OJ, etc. Meat and canned drinks always go in the Yetis. Just my experience, YMMV. 🍻
Awesome video man.
Cool learning about fancy new stuff even though I'm happy using a free old-fashioned cooler and a free old down blanket wrapped all the way around that. I can be on the road with a ton of food in there camping with my boys and 10# of ice can last 3-5 days, depending on ambient temps. Would be clumsy in a canoe, but just fine in the SUV. :-)
Where did you get that cool helmet? It's got some sort of invisible eye and breathing protection!
Dude is making an entire channel based around coolers? Ok, my mind is blown at this point.
Solid review and I like your metrics.
Why am I watching a channel devoted to coolers at midnight? I’ve never even thought about coolers in passing
Hahaha - now you won’t be able to stop thinking about coolers
Have you tried the frosted frog brand in any of your test? I have their 110qt an I love it!!!
Now do a test of longevity for the ice with the drain plug removed the entire time.
Good video.
I have 2 yeti coolers and one works better than the other . But my Cabelas cooler outperforms them both... I packed it full of ice and left it outside for 7 days at temperatures ranging from 60 to 100 . By the end of day 6 there were a few pieces floating and a lot of very cold water. My yeti is good for about 4-5 days.. this is just my experience.
Maybe the total capacity of the first cooler was established by simple measuremant?
In that way, the small extra, empty space could not be filled with cams of drink, since drink can have definite volume that cannot be changed in any way.
I own the igloo and it worked great. Held ice for three days… I literally just today bought insulation with adhesive on it and it fits perfect on it.
Let’s see if it makes a difference.
I did a experiment a couple years ago with a old school cooler. I put a bag of ice in it on my porch and it lasted 48 hours. I then got a few cans of expanding foam and drilled some holes in the lid and sides and filled it up i also added a inch of hard foam in the bottom. I added a bag of ice and it lasted about 62 hours so adding the foam did help considerably.
@@bishbosh7728 nice… no need to spend all that money on a Yeti
I didn't know I needed to know this. Lol thanks
For your next video I hope you'll return them all for warranty replacement and let us know how that goes.
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First time I saw the price of a yeti my thought was “who the hell is this yeti guy think he is charging $400 for an ice chest?”
Any experience with the RTIC UltraLight coolers? Weight is impressive but not sure how the do on the cooling.
I bought 1 and had to return it.. the drain spout leaked.. brand new out of the box! 32 liter ultralight
@@chrisoconnor3119 Sad to hear it was a leaker, I lifted one once and it was huge improvement on weight alone
I think you’re right about the uniformity of the insulation. The other two definitely have spots that are way thinner and I think that’s going to make a big difference.
I’d be willing to bet that if you cut open the Rtc that it would have at least one spot with a thickness somewhere between the yeti and Amazon coolers. Probably pretty similar to the Amazon.
Should have tested the igloo sportsman. It’s a tank I love it. Hold ice pretty good too.
Sweet imma get the igloo and add a seal.
Hawaiian shirts, metal music, Milwaukee tools (with a couple Rigid sidekicks.) we could definitely be good friends bro! Lol. Also, I wish more products got this review treatment. Meaningful stuff with ACTUAL uses catered to in the process. Great review 👍🏻
Another test you may want to include is floatability, especially if you take the cooler on a boat. If the boat capsizes for whatever reason, hanging onto the cooler can save your life, especially if you did not have time to don your lifejacket. I would suspect that certain coolers are able to keep only a person of certain weight afloat.....that's what you need to test: how many pounds each cooler can keep afloat (weights hanging over the side of a cooler while in a lake).
i have two critiques: volume of dialogue over the length of the video, and the fact you didn't use that tiny milwaukee chainsaw AvE uses, to cut the coolers in half :-P laughed a lot overall though, you're killin' it. subscribed
4:48 I like your style bro, but I'm too broken for those days, I need wheels or a wagon these days LMAO
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Could we get a review and insulation reveal on the Magellan 45qt? It looks as capable at 2/3 the price with wheels
I found a wheeled Coleman cooler on the side of the road. Just went on a trip, and it kept the drinks cold for three days. Ice was melted, yes, but the water was still cold.
Little tear in my eye seeing that Yeti get destroyed 😭😭
I own a cabellas nock off or rebranded yeti 30 qt...works 😊great