Yeti Coolers = 4 Blade Razors?

[Feathers and Fins]

HMMMMM I do like me Pelican products they do last but don't know if I could see forking out the money.

[BilletHead]

My, my we have opened a can of worms. Let the haters hate but I have not only one but two yeti coolers. Did I give full retail? No but I used discounts. Here we go, First one was a 25 quart Roadie. Got it at Bass Pro using some built up points. Used a another sporting goods card to pay for it thus building up more free points. If you pay bills with cards it is the way to go as paying it off every month will get you free stuff when building up points. Second one is the 45 quart size. Let me tell you a couple of yeti stories, sorry no bear attack stories. Mrs. BilletHead had a day off yesterday and we went to Joplin shopping at the big box store Sam's. Took the 45 quarter size. Put 5 frozen gator aide bottles in it. Warm cooler at that. As the cooler cooled some condensation forms water on the bottom of the cooler. Drove down, shopped. Put in cooler two 5 lb. blocks of sharp cheddar. a pound chunk of smoked blue cheese and a bunch of bratwurst. Hit Academy and other places taking our time home. Back home and open the cooler unloading it. There was ice in the bottom of the cooler, not slush but ice. Granted cold air travels down but it was solid ice. Second story, took tea from the fridge and put it in a water storage bottle the refillable travel type. No ice just tea. same deal in the cooler with froze bottles. Hot weather had been dove hunting first part of September. Opened cooler up. ice crystals had formed in the tea bottle. I used to be able to hunt and hike the mountains in my younger years, antelope on the flat land too. There was a time when I had six assorted coolers. Time and age, ice and fish on ice and abuse over those years followed. Soon all of those fell apart. So how much ice did I use over those years? A BUNCH for sure. So now another story. We make trips out West to fly fish. A small truck camper is our home for those two weeks. We take our food. Frozen food saver sealed. Some pre cooked and some not. When we go we want to spend time fishing and not cooking. Ok big 45 quart packed and dry ice on top. One week into the trip we have to thaw out food when before warming up or cooking. Cooler not riding in the front of the truck with AC but in the camper across Kansas or Nebraska in triple digits. If they would have made them and if I could of afforded them at that time many moons ago when we got married at 18 and 19 they would of certainly paid for themselves. If I am still living for a couple of more decades they will still pay for themselves.<br />Let the haters begin to hate and by the way mach 3 Gillette for the baby face and bulk cheapo two blades to keep the chrome dome smooth as a baby's behind.<br />BilletHead<br />P.S. second 45 size was bought from Austin canoe and kayak out of Texas. 20% off and free shipping. If you don't mind an E-mail from them once a month sign up and get some kind of discount for each letter.<br />http://www.austinkayak.com/ I am not affiliated with them just a good place with good customer service

[joeD]

1. I would absolutely LOVE to see a Yeti blow a Coleman!!!

2. It's funny how many posts say that their coolers are fine as long as you keep the lid closed. No sh**. But, how can one access anything FROM the cooler, that you want keep cold, without OPENING the lid?

3. But, I have no willpower, so I am always digging my hairy appendages into the cooler. So. There's that. I'm quite sure most of you are more disciplined than me.

[exiledguide]

What was it H L Mencken said.............no one ever went broke underestimating the stupidity of the American buying public.........something like that.......and that other guy PT Barnum..........born every moment

[BilletHead]

Ronnie I forgot to add your coleman can kiss my yeti's bottom side

BilletHead

Exciledguide have you ever indulged yourself in something nice just because? Maybe you really did not need it?

[bfishn]

In light of the fact that the first liar never stands a chance, and life's too short to be cereal...

(and in the spirit(s) of the original post),

I kept seven 16 gallon kegs of beer ice cold for 3 days. In the back of a '67 Chev shortbed. Independance Day 1979. We ended the 3rd day with a hammer-throw at the barn. A guy called Flower threw the hammer clear over the barn and that was the end of it.

I kept a 70lb catfish frozen solid for 4 months in a 6x3x3 cooler, can't recall the brand. Big white sheet metal case that you plugged in. Even had a light inside. (ex)wife called it a freezer, what'd she know.

[podum]

Got a Yeti earlier this year. We stay in a place in Colorado for 5 days of our 10 day trip with no fridge. Yeti kept the meat frozen on the bottom (one pound of dry ice on the bottom) and the veggies and condiments cold on top for the full five. Added one bag of ice to the top during that time. It's a great cooler. It better last 30 years. That said, I paid more than half with Cabelas points so Im not nearly as invested as the full price.

[Flysmallie]

Ronnie I forgot to add your coleman can kiss my yeti's bottom side

I'm telling your wife you called her a mule.

[Bird Watcher]

........... ...........

I'm telling your wife you called her a mule.

[joeD]

So, judging by responses, if the Yeti cooler was $30, then a lot us would have one.

Once, as a callow youth, I propositioned a comely co-ed with an offer of $5000 if she would sleep with me. She said "Sure." I responded, "What about if I offered you $10?" She said "Hell no, what do you think I am!?" I said, "We've already established what you are, now we're just haggling over the price."

There is truth to Missouri's motto of the "Show Me" state. And the fact that our state animal is the mule.

We have an absolute knee jerk reaction to things that are deemed "too expensive" and have a perverse pride in our love of living the "low life." As if it is some sort of moral defect in earning a substantial living and having things that, while "expensive," some can afford and are, simply put, "better."

Anyway, Wainwright sucked eggs tonight, time for another Busch Beer, and raise a glass to Mike Shannon.