Good Coolers but not Yeti
Forum rules
- This is a mountaineering forum, so please keep your posts on-topic. Posts do not all have to be related to the 14ers but should at least be mountaineering-related.
- Personal attacks and confrontational behavior will result in removal from the forum at the discretion of the administrators.
- Do not use this forum to advertise, sell photos or other products or promote a commercial website.
- Posts will be removed at the discretion of the site administrator or moderator(s), including: Troll posts, posts pushing political views or religious beliefs, and posts with the purpose of instigating conflict within the forum.
- greenonion
- Posts: 1898
- Joined: 10/3/2012
- 14ers: 50 1
- 13ers: 2
- Trip Reports (0)
Good Coolers but not Yeti
Wondering if I can get folks’ recommendations on coolers that keep stuff reasonably cold for a decent amount of time while car camping in summer. Am not interested in Yeti due to their weight when empty, plus the price tag. What coolers work for you all?
- cottonmountaineering
- Posts: 849
- Joined: 5/11/2018
- 14ers: 58 7 18
- 13ers: 180 39 31
- Trip Reports (1)
Re: Good Coolers but not Yeti
RTIC is the slightly less expensive version of yeti
coleman coolers are good enough for me
coleman coolers are good enough for me
- Bale
- Posts: 266
- Joined: 6/9/2020
- Trip Reports (0)
Re: Good Coolers but not Yeti
We like our Lifetime cooler, but haven’t had a Yeti to compare. About $100, kinda heavy when empty.
The earth, like the sun, like the air, belongs to everyone - and to no one. - Edward Abbey
- Cruiser
- Posts: 1993
- Joined: 11/24/2005
- 14ers: 50
- Trip Reports (6)
Re: Good Coolers but not Yeti
Coleman Xtreme with the wheels for 2 nights/ 3 days. But any longer than that without ice resupply and I take the rtic. The rtic is silly heavy bit it holds ice despite the kids opening it just to stare blankly in there like they do the fridge at home.
Where ever you are... There you are.
- dubsho3000
- Posts: 636
- Joined: 4/28/2008
- 14ers: 58 8 2
- 13ers: 110 14
- Trip Reports (6)
Re: Good Coolers but not Yeti
I decided I needed a new cooler after a week in Utah, buying ice every day on the way to or from trailheads. Not how I want to be spending my time. My wife found one that plugs in - no ice. It does rely on electricity, though, which is a downside (you can use ice packs, but I think regular ice/water is undesirable). Plugs into a car lighter or a battery pack and is supposed to be super-insulated like a Yeti. I'll be using it this week and can report back. Not sure on the brand at the moment.
- LetsGoMets
- Posts: 394
- Joined: 9/9/2012
- 14ers: 58 5
- 13ers: 132 6
- Trip Reports (2)
Re: Good Coolers but not Yeti
Second RTIC.cottonmountaineering wrote: ↑Fri May 21, 2021 5:33 pm RTIC is the slightly less expensive version of yeti
coleman coolers are good enough for me
- aleugers
- Posts: 50
- Joined: 6/9/2009
- 14ers: 36
- 13ers: 5
- Trip Reports (0)
Re: Good Coolers but not Yeti
I bought this Igloo BMX 52 quart from Cabelas for a weeklong trip to Utah this month. It held ice for 4 days (2 days with no melting, one more pretty good, and one more day about 50% melted). The 5th night the beer was still cool enough to drink and cheese and other stuff wasn’t spoiled. By the 6th night we didn’t eat anything out of the cooler. Temps were up to 90 though during the day and the cooler was sitting in my car with the windows up at the trailhead.
https://www.igloocoolers.com/collection ... 0957368403
https://www.igloocoolers.com/collection ... 0957368403
- highpilgrim
- Posts: 3186
- Joined: 3/14/2008
- 14ers: 58
- 13ers: 84 1
- Trip Reports (1)
Re: Good Coolers but not Yeti
Whatever you buy you can make perform better with dry ice.
You have to insulate the ice well from foodstuff or it will freeze but you can do that and have the cooler stay cold a long time.
You have to insulate the ice well from foodstuff or it will freeze but you can do that and have the cooler stay cold a long time.
Call on God, but row away from the rocks.
Hunter S Thompson
Walk away from the droning and leave the hive behind.
Dick Derkase
Hunter S Thompson
Walk away from the droning and leave the hive behind.
Dick Derkase
- Rollie Free
- Posts: 456
- Joined: 6/8/2012
- 14ers: 45
- Trip Reports (0)
Re: Good Coolers but not Yeti
Good idea Pilgrim. Does it keep things as cold as what ice does?
"Quicker than I can tell it, my hands failed to hold, my feet slipped, and down I went with almost an arrow’s rapidity. An eternity of thought, of life, of death, wife, and home concentrated on my mind in those two seconds. Fortunately for me, I threw my right arm around a projecting boulder which stood above the icy plain some two or three feet." Rev. Elijah Lamb
- Jon Frohlich
- Posts: 2610
- Joined: 10/14/2005
- 14ers: 58
- 13ers: 162 3
- Trip Reports (29)
Re: Good Coolers but not Yeti
Third. Yeti prices are ridiculous and RTIC has sales all the time. We have an RTIC 65 and it's heavy fully loaded but it's awesome.LetsGoMets wrote: ↑Sat May 22, 2021 6:55 amSecond RTIC.cottonmountaineering wrote: ↑Fri May 21, 2021 5:33 pm RTIC is the slightly less expensive version of yeti
coleman coolers are good enough for me
- highpilgrim
- Posts: 3186
- Joined: 3/14/2008
- 14ers: 58
- 13ers: 84 1
- Trip Reports (1)
Re: Good Coolers but not Yeti
Far colder. You have to insulate the food and beverages from near contact with dry ice or it will freeze.Rollie Free wrote: ↑Sat May 22, 2021 4:44 pm Good idea Pilgrim. Does it keep things as cold as what ice does?
Doesn’t take long to figure it out tho.
Call on God, but row away from the rocks.
Hunter S Thompson
Walk away from the droning and leave the hive behind.
Dick Derkase
Hunter S Thompson
Walk away from the droning and leave the hive behind.
Dick Derkase
- greenonion
- Posts: 1898
- Joined: 10/3/2012
- 14ers: 50 1
- 13ers: 2
- Trip Reports (0)
Re: Good Coolers but not Yeti
Thanks folks! Appreciate the ideas, including dry ice.