Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

My brother bought me this cooler for my birthday and Christmas present. Wow. Nothing compares to a yeti! i have been packing coolers for 20 years and I have learned more about the proper packing of a cooler since I got this yeti. IF you follow the tips they give you this cooler will hold ice for days and even over a week(longer in colder temp) The tips apply to any type of cooler. But No other brand comes close to having the durability of a yeti. It is indestructible. I have owned over a dozen coolers and none of them last more than a few years without looking like crap and falling apart. The 45 quart is a great size. It's small enough to handle by yourself even when fully loaded. My brother has the 65 quart and you really cannot carry by yourself if it is fully loaded. I would be willing to bet my cooler that the reason that one guy gave this cooler 1 star when his Coca Cola and ice melted in one day is because his cooler wasn't cool or cold when he packed it. Plus he probably didnt come close to filling it. Open air inside a cooler is one of the biggest reasons ice melts prematurely. Yeti makes extra thick insulated walls and lids so it really helps to prep it by cooling the inside. I usually throw a couple frozen water bottles in the night before if I know that I'm using it the next day. I found that it will hold around 30 cans of beer with ice for several days no problem. Longer depending upon conditions . I just returned from a 4 day canoe trip in direct sunlight and 80 degree average daytime temp. There is still ice in my cooler, and all my food leftover is still cold. Everyone else on the trip was drinking warm beer and there food was bad. It's basically a portable refrigerator when used PROPERLY! Oh...and you can use dry ice for incredible long term cooling. No other cooler can withstand the extreme cold temperature of dry ice. It's a very expensive cooler but well worth the long term investment for saving money on ice, and even more for the convenience, and also piece of mind having to never buy another cooler again. Except maybe a bigger one someday!