Why is YETI so expensive?

The hard coolers are rotomoulded, a process borrowed from whitewater kayaks that forms the shell in one piece with no seams, and they're packed with far more insulation than a normal cool box. That costs money to make. The original Tundra sold for around ten times what a cooler cost in 2006 and people bought it anyway, because it lasted. Whether that's worth it depends on how often you'd replace the alternative.

What is the difference between YETI Rambler and Yonder bottles?

Rambler is stainless steel and vacuum insulated — it keeps drinks cold or hot, and it's heavy. Yonder is plastic, lighter, cheaper and not insulated. If you want cold water at the end of the day, Rambler. If you're carrying it all day and refilling as you go, Yonder.

A cap with a narrow spout under the lid, so you get a controlled flow instead of the whole bottle arriving at once. It's on the 18oz, 26oz and 36oz Rambler bottles. Small thing, but it's the difference between drinking from a bottle and wearing it.

Which YETI cooler should I choose?

The Roadie 8 is the small hard cooler, the Roadie 24 the bigger one, and the Roadie 60 has wheels for when carrying stops being realistic. The Hopper cool bags are soft-sided and fold down, which suits a day out better than a hard box does. If you're only ever doing picnics, a Hopper is the sensible one.

Two brothers, Roy and Ryan Seiders, who started it in their father's garage outside Austin in 2006. They fished, their coolers kept breaking when they stood on them to cast, so they built a better one. The Rambler drinkware arrived in 2014 and now outsells the coolers it was named after.

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YETI started in 2006 when two brothers in Texas got fed up with coolers that broke when you stood on them, and built one using the moulding process from whitewater kayaks. It cost about ten times what a cooler cost at the time and it sold anyway. The Rambler bottles and tumblers came later and are now the bulk of what YETI makes. We stock those, the Yonder bottles, the Roadie and Hopper coolers, and the GoBox cases.

YETI Rambler Bottles, Tumblers and Mugs

Rambler is the stainless steel range and it's most of what's here. The thing that matters when you're choosing is the lid, not the bottle. Chug caps have a narrow spout so you get a mouthful rather than the lot; straw mugs are the ones that end up living on a desk; tumblers have a slide lid and will spill if you knock them over. There's also a French press and a cocktail shaker in the range now, which is a fair distance from a fishing cooler.

YETI Yonder and Shaker Bottles

Steel is heavy once it's full, and that's the whole argument for Yonder. It's plastic, it's lighter, it costs less and it isn't insulated, so your water won't still be cold at four o'clock. For carrying about all day and refilling as you go, that trade is usually worth making. The Tether version keeps the cap attached to the bottle, which sounds like nothing until you've lost one. The shaker bottles are the same plastic with a mixer inside.

YETI Roadie and Hopper Cool Boxes

The Roadies are the hard ones, and they're rotomoulded — the shell is formed in a single piece with no seams to split, which is where the money goes. Roadie 8 for a day, 24 for a weekend, 60 on wheels for when carrying it stops being sensible. The Hoppers are soft-sided and fold flat, so they suit a picnic better than a hard box does. Alongside them sit the GoBox cases, which keep water out rather than cold in, and three backpacks including one that's properly submersible.

None of it is cheap and YETI has never pretended otherwise — the original argument was that one cooler lasting twenty years beats four that don't. There's more in water bottles, bottles and food storage and bags.

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: The hard coolers are rotomoulded, a process borrowed from whitewater kayaks that forms the shell in one piece with no seams, and they're packed with far more insulation than a normal cool box. That costs money to make. The original Tundra sold for around ten times what a cooler cost in 2006 and people bought it anyway, because it lasted. Whether that's worth it depends on how often you'd replace the alternative.
: Rambler is stainless steel and vacuum insulated — it keeps drinks cold or hot, and it's heavy. Yonder is plastic, lighter, cheaper and not insulated. If you want cold water at the end of the day, Rambler. If you're carrying it all day and refilling as you go, Yonder.
: A cap with a narrow spout under the lid, so you get a controlled flow instead of the whole bottle arriving at once. It's on the 18oz, 26oz and 36oz Rambler bottles. Small thing, but it's the difference between drinking from a bottle and wearing it.
: The Roadie 8 is the small hard cooler, the Roadie 24 the bigger one, and the Roadie 60 has wheels for when carrying stops being realistic. The Hopper cool bags are soft-sided and fold down, which suits a day out better than a hard box does. If you're only ever doing picnics, a Hopper is the sensible one.
: Two brothers, Roy and Ryan Seiders, who started it in their father's garage outside Austin in 2006. They fished, their coolers kept breaking when they stood on them to cast, so they built a better one. The Rambler drinkware arrived in 2014 and now outsells the coolers it was named after.

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YETI Rambler 30oz Tumbler White

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YETI Rambler 30oz Tumbler White

YETI Rambler 10oz Wine Tumbler MS White

YETI Rambler Bottles, Tumblers and Mugs

YETI Yonder and Shaker Bottles

YETI Roadie and Hopper Cool Boxes

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