Originally Posted by
Brent.ff
Yetis are great, but so are the Cabelas. I ended up selling my Yeti 45 and going up to the Cabelas 60. Equivalent ice retention in my experience, and when they say 60 quart it's actually 60. The yeti 45 is actually more like a 37.
Biggest thing with them to get the best bang for your buck is a) pre-cooling. Fill it with ice a few days before, put it somewhere out of the sun, get it cold. b)fill it to the top, dont leave room for air, c) start with cold items. Putting in room temp beer and then expecting ice to last just doesn't work. My dad has a woods brand and it was kinda crap
We don't use the fridge in our camper as it's too small, and just did 16 days of camping. Filled the cooler Friday the 2nd, frozen foods and ice as well as a couple blocks of ice. Blocks of ice were still blocks (barely), by the 16th, with only having to buy ice once to top up. Compare this to a coleman my bro-in law was running, and they were buying ice every day.