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Here's a great idea, but way too expensive. Still... Coleman Snap 'N Go 45-Quart Collapsible Hard Cooler | ||
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Told cops where to go for over 29 years… |
Heck, for that price you could almost get half a Yeti  I just don’t get how these companies get off charging that kind of money for molded plastic… What part of "...Shall not be infringed" don't you understand???  | |||
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They charge what the do since people are willing to pay. Coleman has an outlet outside of Houston where the price of one of those would be more reasonable. I have too many coolers as it is but I like the idea of having it collapse so it is not taking up so much room when not in use (which in reality is 99% of the time). | |||
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I've never understood the Yeti craze. Sure, there are a very limited number of individuals that camp or sail far from reliable sources of refrigeration and ice, but very few Yeti owners fall in that category. If the next gas station with ice is 30 minutes away, who cares if your Yeti will hold ice for 5 days? | |||
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| Lawyers, Guns and Money  |
I have the RTIC 45, a Yeti clone, recommended here. It was probably less than half the price of the Yeti. It's heavy, but it's awesome. When my electricity was out for 5 days it kept my food cold. "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." -- Justice Janice Rogers Brown "The United States government is the largest criminal enterprise on earth." -rduckwor | |||
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thin skin can't win |
Because I can. Also in the RTIC camp with chellim, in sizes from small soft to 65Qt hard. The latter is AWESOME for stashing beer/Cokes/water on a porch for a week or weekend outing with guests. You only have integrity once. - imprezaguy02 | |||
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I like that collapsible cooler, innovative design. It cost quite a bit of money even for an established brand like Coleman to bring a new product to market. The price will drop in time once they have made up some of their up front costs. People have figured out that Yeti is a lot of marketing. I think their sales have dropped way off over the years as the competition has caught up. I seen some testing years ago where a guy put a six pack of canned pop and a cooler full of ice in each one. A Yetti, the other a Pelican I believe and the Coleman Extreme. He opens each up the same time everyday just long enough to take a picture to see how each cooler was holding ice. The Coleman Extreme won quite easily iirc. I like soft sided coolers. They hold just as well as most hard sided ones for my purposes. "Fixed fortifications are monuments to mans stupidity" - George S. Patton | |||
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| Staring back from the abyss  |
It's a status symbol. Keeping up with the Jones'. ________________________________________________________ It is long past time for a Convention of States. The Founding Fathers gave us this tool to fix an out of control government and we need to use it. | |||
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| Peace through superior firepower |
I doubt that. | |||
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FOMO and being impressionable, the essence of marketing. Yeti's initial success was a series of videos promoting their coolers as bear-proof that kept the contents cool for up to a week. Great if you're out at sea or, in a hunt camp. Most people camping these days barely gets past the 3-day weekend to an established campground yet, that doesn't stop people from thinking they need to trick-out their vehicle with multiple light-bars & hood lights, hi-lift jacks, roto packs and roof-top tents. SO, everyone went and got themselves a Yeti, a cooler so robust Mom needs a forklift to get it over to the picnic table. What came next, why you need a powered cooler, come on over here and check out these Dometic coolers that you can plug into your new Gladiator's inverter plug back here.... | |||
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| If you see me running try to keep up |
And 70-90% of people who buy 4wd vehicles never use 4wd. For some it is status, or owning the latest and greatest, or keeping up with the neighbors, or getting ready for the collapse of civilization. Honestly I buy a lot of stuff I use rarely. The only Yeti I have owned I won in a drawing, I buy RTIC or one of the other knock-offs. | |||
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