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Heisman Winner [105478]
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Enny yous guise invested in the Hydroflask Coolers yet?
Jul 15, 2021, 8:18 AM
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Was reading reviews of the "new" Yeti Hopper M30 and they make the magnetic closure seem like a nightmare. Then I see that Hydroflask is entering the cooler game with a similarly sized "bag" cooler but costs about half the YETI.
https://www.hydroflask.com/26-l-day-escape-soft-cooler-tote 26 L Day Escape™ Soft Cooler Tote Product Benefits
36 hours cold
Watertight zipper and welded seams ensure leak proof transport
Durable 600D polyester shell is ultra-light and waterproof
TRU® Zip zipper is waterproof, dust-proof, toothless, with a smooth and secure pull-to-close design
Removable cross-body strap and shoulder straps provide multiple carry options
FDA food grade, BPA free-liner
Stretch pocket
Laser cut welded gear attachment loops
Woven loops easily attach our Dry Storage accessory
Note: TRU® Zip zipper is engineered to be silent, requires less pulling force, and is self-healing. Should the zipper separate for any reason, simply slide the zipper to realign.
Looks like the RTIC soft coolers are few and far between now as well. I have an RTIC 45 and when we get a beachfront house, it aint too bad to carry out and it serves as Greenr's beach seat. This year we are on the second row and Greenr has a little injury that will probably keep him from dragging that heavy old bitch out (the cooler). We snagged a cart that says it can carry 150#, but I have my doubts.
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I expect my orange ice mule will out last me
Jul 15, 2021, 8:21 AM
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I doled those out left and right for Christmas a couple of
Jul 15, 2021, 8:27 AM
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years back and failed to get one for myself. That said, nobody has any complaints with the ones I gave so they must do the job.
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Re: I expect my orange ice mule will out last me
Jul 15, 2021, 8:30 AM
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These are great, except when kids need a sandwich or a snack or something to drink and they fail to close it back properly so I spend my entire time rolling the top down and closing it. Same with the dry bag when we go do something that requires it. They just toss it back to me to close.
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Heisman Winner [135504]
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Sell the children to an Arab sheik
Jul 15, 2021, 8:35 AM
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and your Ice Mule worries along with your financial woes are no more.
Have I mentioned before that my wisdom is beyond reproach? Because it is.
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No I think Hydroflask stuff is for them.....you know
Jul 15, 2021, 8:22 AM
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....those people.
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Dead?***
Jul 15, 2021, 8:27 AM
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Yeah, wife was insistent that we get one. I know it won't
Jul 15, 2021, 8:28 AM
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work but what else am I going to blow $60 on.
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I hadn't been to a beach in a couple yrs, they were
Jul 15, 2021, 8:32 AM
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everywhere. 2 peeps in our group had them, and being a gentleman, I had to help DIL drag hers up through the soft sand a couple times. I just starting being more strategic in when I came and went from our group's beach set-up.
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I'm a first out, last in, completely hammered kinda beach
Jul 15, 2021, 8:38 AM
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Dad most days. This does not bode well for me. At least this year we are not taking a tent out. Our friends that go with us got a Shibumi Shade thing.
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At Edisto the rental place switched over to those crappy
Jul 15, 2021, 8:54 AM
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wheeled wagons this year. Before that they had the big balloon tired ones. We rented a wagon again like we usually do and got one of those pieces of junk.
The crappy ones have wheels big enough that they look like they will work, but they sink right in the sand. Won't rent again.
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Or hookers***
Jul 15, 2021, 9:50 AM
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I just don't like carrying a heavy purse on the beach...
Jul 15, 2021, 8:30 AM
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and keep going back to my soft sided RTIC. Great little cooler.
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RITC
Jul 15, 2021, 1:45 PM
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Been using mine for years, works great - cost less
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I have a Yeti bag cooler thing
Jul 15, 2021, 8:44 AM
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It has the magnetic closing lid.
It was a gift. I don't especially love it.
It's not bad, but the biggest issue is that you can't keep the cooler open, you have to prop it open with a stick or some hold it open with 1 hand and dig around with the other.
Now, it keeps ice and beer cold for an eternity. it's easy to throw in the boat, and it totes around pretty easily.
I wouldn't spend my own money on it, though.
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left out "knowingly"***
Jul 15, 2021, 8:52 AM
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$300 is steep and all the negative reviews were about having
Jul 15, 2021, 9:04 AM
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to prop the thing open or requiring two people to pack the cooler, one to hold it open and one to pack it.
I didn't realize they got rid of the zipper (and any bag cooler under $300)
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I took a scrap of wood and
Jul 15, 2021, 9:23 PM
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cut it to the proper width of the bag. I just attach it to one of the tacticool loop things on the cooler and it's not so bad.
Actually, I could probably make it out of plastic, slap a yeti sticker on it and sell it for $50.
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Carts work fine
Jul 15, 2021, 8:59 AM
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Not sure why others struggle with them.
Cooler, towels, #### to play with at the beach, etc. Everyone straps they own chair to they back. Even the 2 yr old, Greenr. #earnyourplace
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why wouldnt they put backpack straps on it?***
Jul 15, 2021, 9:31 AM
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Heisman Winner [105478]
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They have one with straps as well. I am thinking for
Jul 15, 2021, 9:36 AM
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accessibility, the bag ones are better than the backpack. If it was just me and a case of beer, it would be the backpack or the IceMule.
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sold out
Jul 15, 2021, 10:01 AM
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Everyone i know who has had an RTIC soft cooler has had the zipper come off.
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Is YETI the same way? Seems like they dropped the zipper
Jul 15, 2021, 10:03 AM
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possibly for that reason.
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I've had two hoppers with zippers; never had a problem
Jul 15, 2021, 10:42 AM
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I have a back flip 24 now that has a zipper, never had a problem with it.
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no, they had so many complaints about the stiffness of the
Jul 15, 2021, 1:49 PM
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zipper, which is on purpose to keep the cold in the cooler. Plus the wax they gave you to help the zipper close more easily, didnt really do anything to help. Also, at the end of the zipper there is a very rigid piece of plastic that when you ran the zipper over that, it truly sealed it. People would stop short of that piece and so hot air would get inside and thus complaints. So they started developing a new idea, wham bam, magnetic.
This is all straight from a product manager at Yeti.
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I'll let you know how it works for me.***
Jul 15, 2021, 1:51 PM
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SOLD OUT. That is the first one I went to look for.
Jul 15, 2021, 10:02 AM
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Got a friend with that one and a friend with the YETI one and they love them, although not sure I can get all my beer, wife's drinks, kid snacks, etc in there for a day at the beach. Sacrifices would have to be made and hungry kids get annoying.
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I bought one of those, it sucks.
Jul 15, 2021, 10:30 AM
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Leaks everything and all the ice melts and nothing stays cold.
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ugh, thanks for the heads up***
Jul 15, 2021, 11:00 AM
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I have a collection of coolers as I live in a place where
Jul 15, 2021, 10:34 AM
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it always hot and we are always doing something outside.
If I had just started with the Yeti I'd have saved a lot of money.
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buy once, cry once***
Jul 15, 2021, 10:43 AM
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Re: Enny yous guise invested in the Hydroflask Coolers yet?
Jul 15, 2021, 1:48 PM
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Been using the Hydroflask jugs of different size for years. They are good and can be bought in orange.
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Where do you put the beer and ice? I am confused.
Jul 15, 2021, 2:02 PM
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And why do you have two of them?
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So you don't currently have any coolers...? Wife/Grn, Me/Blk***
Jul 16, 2021, 2:46 AM
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every cooler I own I have won as a door prize
Jul 15, 2021, 2:10 PM
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at some event, convention, Christmas party, or golf tourney. Mini-size to too-big-for-one-man-to-lift sizes. Coolers are like koozies, coffee mugs, coasters, and keychains, just something I never really had to pay for.
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Engel 23 quart
Jul 15, 2021, 3:09 PM
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wife got me one for fathers day
works well
plus orange
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Re: Enny yous guise invested in the Hydroflask Coolers yet?
Jul 16, 2021, 8:33 AM
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I don't get that far from the fridge.
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