Yeti products

[whitehall]

Yeti is known for it's quality (expensive) coolers. I never tried one because I can't justify spending that kind of money on a cooler but I received a Yeti mug for Christmas. Frankly I can't figure out what it is good for. You can't microwave it because it is metal and it doesn't keep drinks hot or cold any more than a common ceramic mug. It has a hole in the plastic cap that can't be closed so coffee sloshes around and it is too big to put in the car mug holders. Am I missing something?

 

[Moonglow]

Does it have advertising on it?

 

[Rambunctious]

My Yeti cooler is great for fishing...keeps fish cold all day long in the sun on my boat deck....don't have the cup...

 

[Gdjjr]

I bought an 8 dollar insulted cup from walmart last week- it works just fine.

 

[whitehall]

Does it have advertising on it?

If the Yeti mug doesn't work, why would we buy a $300 cooler when we could get one in Walmart for $29.95? How good are expensive Yeti products compared to brand names? Is it all about hype?

 

[iamwhatiseem]

Yeti Tundra line of coolers that sell for $300 and up are made in the USA with high quality materials.
Everything else is made in China and/or the Philippines (slave labor)
So yes, if you paid top dollar for a YETI cup - you got suckered.
If you bought a YETI cooler - you got what you paid for

A lot of brands do this kind of shit.
A good example is Henkel knives.
You have the "real" Henkel... where a 5" Sudoku will cost you around $50... and the same looking knife sells at Walmart or Target for $14.99.
but the quality of the Steel and how it is manufactured are completely different

 

[whitehall]

Yeti Tundra line of coolers that sell for $300 and up are made in the USA with high quality materials.
Everything else is made in China and/or the Philippines (slave labor)
So yes, if you paid top dollar for a YETI cup - you got suckered.
If you bought a YETI cooler - you got what you paid for

A lot of brands do this kind of shit.
A good example is Henkel knives.
You have the "real" Henkel... where a 5" Sudoku will cost you around $50... and the same looking knife sells at Walmart or Target for $14.99.
but the quality of the Steel and how it is manufactured are completely different

I support the concept of products that are made in the USA and I would pay a reasonable price but $400 for a cooler that works no better than a $30 cooler seems extreme. They are all pretty much made from the same stuff so I question the "high quality materials" claim.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

Yeti Tundra line of coolers that sell for $300 and up are made in the USA with high quality materials.
Everything else is made in China and/or the Philippines (slave labor)
So yes, if you paid top dollar for a YETI cup - you got suckered.
If you bought a YETI cooler - you got what you paid for

A lot of brands do this kind of shit.
A good example is Henkel knives.
You have the "real" Henkel... where a 5" Sudoku will cost you around $50... and the same looking knife sells at Walmart or Target for $14.99.
but the quality of the Steel and how it is manufactured are completely different

I support the concept of products that are made in the USA and I would pay a reasonable price but $400 for a cooler that works no better than a $30 cooler seems extreme. They are all pretty much made from the same stuff so I question the "high quality materials" claim.

No.
You can find coolers that cost $100 - $200 that are of comparable value, but not a single $30 cooler will come close.
Take you $30 cooler and let it fall out of your pickup full of 50 lbs. of ice and beer and see what happens. A mess.
Oops... it falls out of your boat...oops now it is at the bottom of a lake.
How many coolers have you had in your life where the lid hinge breaks? Because it is made of a plastic flap that is barely 1/8" thick.
Yeti coolers are like buying a Cadillac Escalade over a Chevy Suburban. You are paying $15,000 for that Cadillac emblem.
But you can't say an S-10 is just as good as an Escalade either.

 

[Devils_Advocate]

Yeti is known for it's quality (expensive) coolers. I never tried one because I can't justify spending that kind of money on a cooler but I received a Yeti mug for Christmas. Frankly I can't figure out what it is good for. You can't microwave it because it is metal and it doesn't keep drinks hot or cold any more than a common ceramic mug. It has a hole in the plastic cap that can't be closed so coffee sloshes around and it is too big to put in the car mug holders. Am I missing something?

Never bought one either and just stick with igloo because they are Mexican or Central American made here in Texas and actually the factory is near where I live...

 

[Devils_Advocate]

Yeti Tundra line of coolers that sell for $300 and up are made in the USA with high quality materials.
Everything else is made in China and/or the Philippines (slave labor)
So yes, if you paid top dollar for a YETI cup - you got suckered.
If you bought a YETI cooler - you got what you paid for

A lot of brands do this kind of shit.
A good example is Henkel knives.
You have the "real" Henkel... where a 5" Sudoku will cost you around $50... and the same looking knife sells at Walmart or Target for $14.99.
but the quality of the Steel and how it is manufactured are completely different

Igloo is made here in the United States of America... The factory is actually down on 1-10 and is large as hell and they even have an exit that is called Igloo road...

Now it is assembled by Mexicans and Central Americans at the Texas Plant for a low pay rate but still made in Texas and not China!

 

[whitehall]

Yeti Tundra line of coolers that sell for $300 and up are made in the USA with high quality materials.
Everything else is made in China and/or the Philippines (slave labor)
So yes, if you paid top dollar for a YETI cup - you got suckered.
If you bought a YETI cooler - you got what you paid for

A lot of brands do this kind of shit.
A good example is Henkel knives.
You have the "real" Henkel... where a 5" Sudoku will cost you around $50... and the same looking knife sells at Walmart or Target for $14.99.
but the quality of the Steel and how it is manufactured are completely different

I support the concept of products that are made in the USA and I would pay a reasonable price but $400 for a cooler that works no better than a $30 cooler seems extreme. They are all pretty much made from the same stuff so I question the "high quality materials" claim.

No.
You can find coolers that cost $100 - $200 that are of comparable value, but not a single $30 cooler will come close.
Take you $30 cooler and let it fall out of your pickup full of 50 lbs. of ice and beer and see what happens. A mess.
Oops... it falls out of your boat...oops now it is at the bottom of a lake.
How many coolers have you had in your life where the lid hinge breaks? Because it is made of a plastic flap that is barely 1/8" thick.
Yeti coolers are like buying a Cadillac Escalade over a Chevy Suburban. You are paying $15,000 for that Cadillac emblem.
But you can't say an S-10 is just as good as an Escalade either.

Maybe you are thinking about the cheap @$2.50 styrofoam coolers. I've been using $30 coolers probably longer than you have been alive and I never (not once) ever had the bottom fall out with a full load of ice and beer. I have half a dozen old coolers in the basement with intact lids that are in better shape than that flimsy Yeti mug lid that sloshes coffee.

 

[Shawnee_b]

I support the concept of products that are made in the USA and I would pay a reasonable price but $400 for a cooler that works no better than a $30 cooler seems extreme. They are all pretty much made from the same stuff so I question the "high quality materials" claim.

Google it. Yetis are made in USA, Philippines and 2 lines in China.

They are also anti NRA and your rights.

I'll drink piss warm beer before I pay $300 for a chunk of plastic.

 

[HenryBHough]

Genuine Yeti products are produced in Nepal by actual Yeti. They are exported and sold by a Chinese government run co-op. Be careful of their produts - the hair will stick in your teeth.

 

[whitehall]

What's the point? Should we pay $300 for a cooler that we can get for $29.95 in Walmart because it's "Made In the USA" and later find out it isn't really made in the USA? Makes you crazy doesn't it?

 

[g5000]

Yeti Tundra line of coolers that sell for $300 and up are made in the USA with high quality materials.
Everything else is made in China and/or the Philippines (slave labor)
So yes, if you paid top dollar for a YETI cup - you got suckered.
If you bought a YETI cooler - you got what you paid for

A lot of brands do this kind of shit.
A good example is Henkel knives.
You have the "real" Henkel... where a 5" Sudoku will cost you around $50... and the same looking knife sells at Walmart or Target for $14.99.
but the quality of the Steel and how it is manufactured are completely different

Henckels, not Henkel.

I love my Henckels cutlery.

 

[whitehall]

What kind of rationalization does it take to claim that "you get your money's worth" in purchasing a $300 cooler when you can get "your money's worth" with a $29.95 cooler?