My wife and i were watching this to get a glimpse at the cabelas cooler. At the end of june we go on vacation to texas from fl. I told her aint no way i could do the review because each cooler would be missing 3 beers and the camera work would be shaky. 🤣

@billykana

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the laugh. Hope you had a good trip.

that cabelas cooler reminds me of the old gander mountain, I used to have. thanks for the video.

Great video. I have been reaching coolers to make sure my hard earned money is spent well and this is good information. Thank you!

Fantastic test. I was totally surprised. Thanks for sharing. I know which one I will buy.

Although this is an older video it is great information. I have been wanting to get a yeti cooler, but will now consider the Cabela one.

All I know is after day one I was just thinking of how those ice cold beers tasted!

Place 3-5 two liter frozen soda bottles on the bottom for a long trip. Add a 10lb bag of ice and see how long it lasts. You’ll be surprised. Blocked ice always lasts longer and you don’t get a ton of water in the bottom of the cooler since it’s contained in the bottles.

I won am otter box cooler last December. Have tested it 3 times. The first run held ice for 7 days. Second it held it for 5. It went on a boat run where it was opened and closed many times. The third gave me another 7. The locks seem to be more efficient and I like the built in handles. No rope on the sides. Great cooler.

I put a 20-pound bag of ice in my Coleman Extreme and let it sit (unopened) for five days. When I weighed what was left in the bag, there was still 18 pounds of ice. Good enough for me, and not $280!

Great comparison. Field & Stream chose the Cabelas cooler over the Yeti too. The Yeti is definitely not worth the $$$.

@ApostleThe344

7 жыл бұрын

mwinner101 he didnt acclamate the temp like your supposed to or the yetti would have one but the polar cap is my personal favorite

@williamemmons8816

3 жыл бұрын

On average there is a $50 difference per equivalent size Yeti/ Cabelas. Without Yeti pioneering the design most of the others may not exist. I have both brands , have also seen Rtic in the field, all perform well in the field. Which is the real comparison, any of you only open your cooler once a day?

30 years ago, Coleman metal cooler, traveled using block ice. Keep mostly foods. Use ice pick/hand axe to chip ice for drinks. Block lasts longer than cubes. Drained water daily for washing hands/etc. Kept cooler in the shade, covered with daily wetted canvas tarp. Daily temps in the 90s. Needed replacement block ice on 4th day. Fetched via 25 miles on jeep trail, in 2 cardboard boxes, bungee strapped to rack on Honda trail 90, riding fast! Wrapped cooler sides with wool blanket, ice lasted about half day more. Still have, and use this cooler for adventures.

@_DB.COOPER

Жыл бұрын

Nice! That’s old school my friend!

I am impressed with the Coleman Marine performance. I expected the yeti to easily beat the Coleman coolers. ( I am disappointed with Yeti).

Nice comparison. Thanks for posting this. You may have saved numerous people a lot of money. I find myself wondering if the color played at least a small part. The white will obviously reflect more sunlight. Hooray for the "humble" Coleman. I think they make great equipment. Tents, stoves, lots of their stuff I have for camping.

@billykana

5 жыл бұрын

It would be hard to ignore that color played some part. Obviously white would be the best for ice retention but it does get dirty looking faster and some people need color style points. Life is full of color.

Thanks for the testing saved my time and money.

@billykana

5 жыл бұрын

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Great vid man. Thank you!

I think the yeti is over priced, the Coleman is 10 years old, I have an igloo that's at least 10 years old it had ice on the 6th day of vaca and 2 days were in the 90's and we did keep in the shade. but if a $70 cooler holds ice for 5 days you can buy more ice for the price of the expensive ones, great vid

@billykana

7 жыл бұрын

You are exactly right. IMO very few people need the ice performance of the high end coolers. Majority buy them to look cool. Keep rocking your cheap cooler. I prefer my cheaper coleman coolers since they aren't so heavy and I never use it for more than 3 days and they all work fine for that.

Can't beat the colemans for value but I will say there is alot of variance. I have two xtreme5, one a rectangle with pull out handle in middle, other rectangular old school marine cooler. The main difference is the lids. The marine has deep seated lid that really seals and can last over 6 days, the rectangular one has a thin lid and just clicks closed, won't even last 2 days. If you can find em, the old marine cooler has been used on fishing boats for decades, those guys know what works. I randomly bought it one day at costco, never really seen them again

@gregsimpson621

5 жыл бұрын

I have the 2 also and totally agree!

I’ve always laughed at yetis. So obscenely expensive.

@billykana

3 жыл бұрын

Yea, I am not a huge fan of the hardside Yeti coolers due to cost and I think there are better and cheaper coolers out there but I am a fan of Yeti as a company for how they interact with my local community in the Austin, TX area. I think they make quality products. My wife keeps buying Yeti water bottles and really enjoys them over some of the generic knockoff she has bought.

@chucker625

2 жыл бұрын

I've been on several 7-14 day camping / hunting / fishing trips where "getting more ice" is at least an hour round trip. We use hard side insulated coolers (yeti, cabelas, rtic, etc.) for ice storage to cut down on "ice runs". We also use them to store game / fish. The gaskets and latch systems keep other critters from smelling and 'investigating' what's inside. But for weekend camping trips to a KOA that has an ice freezer 50 yards from your camper? Yeah... no.... those coolers would be a total waste

@jeremyaltom1303

2 жыл бұрын

They did a great job marketing,

Thx for this you saved me a bundle

Nice job. Very helpful. Thanks much.

@billykana

5 жыл бұрын

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Yedi is in cahoots with ice companies. Great test. Could also keep the ice in the bag with small holes in it and could easily measure the ice after a day or two.

To be a bit more scientific and fair, there should be a proportionate amount of ice to the inside capacity of the cooler. It appeared that the Yeti had much more air space after the ice addition than the other coolers, so yeah I would expect it to tap out earlier. A more realistic approach would have been to fill the coolers to capacity because that's what most folks do before embarking on a multi day trip.

@zachbartlett2829

3 жыл бұрын

Hows that yeti jizz taste?

@RigmoreTalonbeard

2 жыл бұрын

It's the same size as the Coleman cooler and it still lost

@EnormousBison77

2 жыл бұрын

@@RigmoreTalonbeard Just trying to justify overpaying for the name. 😂

@boutthere3374

Жыл бұрын

Thats exactly what we did on our trip. most stuff was pre frozen. same amount of ice and we pre chilled the coolers. The yeti tapped out so early I accused the wife she must have left it open....nope. It was a shock for me because I was drooling over the yeti. Not any more.

Great comparison video. I was surprised to see the Colemans do better than the Yeti. I bet yeti owners get mad knowing they spent so much $$ on them. Thumbs up for the video

@billykana

5 жыл бұрын

I like Yeti as a company. They support my profession and started in Austin where I live near. I am not a trendy guy so I buy what works best for my needs. I don't need a cooler as nice as a Yeti so I use the Coleman for my uses. Yeti owners are very defensive of their coolers when pointed out they don't perform as well as they should for the price. To each their own. Buy what you want and what you can afford.

just dig a hole, drop cooler in fill dirt around the sides and walla, you just made your cooler much more efficient

@MrChazz965

3 жыл бұрын

voila, not walla. 😂

@billykana

3 жыл бұрын

@Noobz Threefortyseven slight issue with his method for a boat. Thanks for the comment and Please Subscribe.

@billykana

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrChazz965 and walla, just like that you have educated the internet. Thanks for the comment and Please Subscribe.

Coleman Marine probably best value for the money. Thank you for great video review !!!

@billykana

5 жыл бұрын

Hard to argue dollar for dollar. Some people need high performance but some don't.

Many of us appreciate the test.

Thank you! Great comparison. Good knowledge.

@jonny_mazerati9410

5 жыл бұрын

Matt Hamlin 😬

@billykana

5 жыл бұрын

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The beers were an essential touch

you got me sold!!! Cabelas here I come!!! ty brother

@billykana

5 жыл бұрын

Hope you like it.

@bobbysmith565

3 жыл бұрын

Try the NEW IGLOO's With the Diamond Plate Strip on the Front with Same Rubber Fasteners, Thick Walls & Lids similar to Yeti & Cabellos. Price comparison Same Size coolers Yeti $350-399 VS IGGLOO $125-159. To my suprise the Igloo holds Ice longer than the yeti or Coleman. Save your money & drink cold beer longer or you can get a DUI making extra ice runs.

Thanks so much for video I think we all learned something you did good

@billykana

3 жыл бұрын

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Practical video. Thanks. What’s next?

Thanks for the video. Very helpful.

Wow, nice test. Would have never guessed the outcome. I now have $400 extra bucks for beer!

@billykana

5 жыл бұрын

Send a 12 pack my way! Lol.

Really good vid! Thanks mate

coleman is a value cooler...I mean price differece is huge thats just outstanding ! and not everybody needs 4 days of ice in a row great vid bro

@billykana

3 жыл бұрын

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I love the story of the three little beers.

What an awesome review. Thanks for helping me make my decision

Nice, well done test!

I have 2 of the 70qt. Coleman Xtremes, the newer orange and grey ones with very tight sealing lids, and like them a lot and can't beat the price. Unless you have them loaded in a car, just leave the drains open, ice keeps longer if it isn't sitting in water. The ice will melt of course, but you'll still have some left after a good 4-5 days.

I enjoyed watching this. Which ones have hollow lids and which ones have insulated lids?

I have a YETI and it doesn’t impress me with it ability to keep ice . But the Cabela’s cooler definitely impressed me .

@billykana

3 жыл бұрын

I agree on both accounts. If precooled both Yeti and white Coleman I would bet the Yeti would win. Maybe some day I can make a video testing that but I am just terrible at producing videos.

I have the Cabela's 60 qt. cooler. We use it for the 75 mile shopping trips to Marquette Michigan. I place Artic Ice's XL Tundra series packs in the cooler. Ice Cream and frozen foods stay frozen all day long. Even other items in the cooler get down close to freezing temperature. I also have a 10 year old Coleman cooler and it actually performs almost as well.

I'm an engineer. To be a truly fair test, each cooler should face due South with plenty of distance between them. I saw the blue Coleman shading the sunny side of the Cabella's early on. Might not make much difference, but it makes it a more fair test of each.

@michaelallison5862

2 жыл бұрын

Really

@mikec7373

2 жыл бұрын

“I’m an engineer” 😂

@yourprayersmeannothing

Жыл бұрын

You're the worst guest at every BBQ

Great information! I purchased a Rtic backpack cooler for my work along with 2 of there freeze packs and it does really well and I have been wanting one of there 52 quart. Has anyone seen a comparison on one of them? Thanks again for video.

Much appreciated

Great video, now I know what to buy. Thanks!

@billykana

5 жыл бұрын

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I freeze a couple 2 liter bottles and stick them in along with a couple bags of ice and they last a LOT longer. I just bought the Coleman extreme 100 quart so I have plenty of room.

@billykana

5 жыл бұрын

Solid blocks of ice last and really helps the other ice last. I do the same.

My own experience is that the amount of air space left in the cooler after everything is in it , makes a huge difference in ice retention.

@billykana

6 жыл бұрын

You are correct. Coolers are most efficient when they are full. I did point out the air space difference in the video. I would have liked to had them all the same size but I had to work with what I had.

@seabass22

5 жыл бұрын

Billy _ just fill them up with the same amount of ice and make up the difference with beers or cold bottled waters.

@ronvosick8253

3 жыл бұрын

Just realized that if you place a little bit of ice in a warm environment that it's got to cool it down to temp..and that's why it would melt away quickly.

would of been good to compare prices on all of them.

Thank you very much, awesome info.

My 13 year old Coleman extreme is a beast. Just replaced hinges and drain plug last week. Like new

@billykana

5 жыл бұрын

Beastmode!

Been trying to decide which big name to buy so I'm going to get the Cabelas polar cap equalizer 60. Thanks for the info

@billykana

5 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped.

Thank you for this video.

@billykana

5 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it.

83 Yeti owners disliked this video. :D

@NoLeadsEnt

4 жыл бұрын

its up to 88 lol

Yup, been using my Coleman marine for a many years. If your gonna be out for 3-4 days, why spend $500 when $50 will do the job! Any longer than that spend a little more than the Yeti and get a Dometic CRX refrigerator.

@billykana

5 жыл бұрын

Those mini refrigerators by Engle, Dometic, ARB, etc. are pretty awesome.

Great test on the Yeti

@billykana

5 жыл бұрын

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Them beers were just right on day two

@g.alistar7798

3 жыл бұрын

I’d drink em on day three…or 4!

I was tempted to get the Cabelas cooler last week but next time I go back I’ll go ahead and get it after watching this.

@billykana

5 жыл бұрын

If you don't mind the weight and bulk you won't be disappointed in performance and durability.

Wow!! Thanks for this!

Surprised the Igloo didn't show up in your test. I love my Igloo!

@billykana

5 жыл бұрын

I used what I had. Maybe next time I will throw an igloo into it for good measure.

I just bought the lifetime 65 at Costco doing a test for me as I would use it 6 710ml pop bottles of ice the steel one seems to keep up but the lifetime is colder.

Ok, but when you are at pheasant camp in South Dakota and it’s 15 below zero, how good will they keep milk and beer from freezing solid outside?

I have the Cabela's polar cap and it's a beast cool video

@billykana

3 жыл бұрын

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Great video. I have the cabelas 40" and I love it!

That white Coleman extreme is a heck of a deal

Thank you for sharing. I'm not surprised by the Yeti results. When the Yeti tumbler cups got popular at my job all the nurses purchased one and had them personalized. Really pretty. Too much for a tumbler I thought. So I bought one from Walmart and decorated it myself. Guess what?? My ice lasted longer!! 😁

They all went past 2 days and that’s good for me.

Considering the cost of a Yeti this was an educational video. Glad I did not fork out for a Yeti.

Igloo doesn't make bear proof coolers so I got the 25qt cooler from Cabelas, has holes for padlocks as well as those securing rubber latches, nothing is getting into it.

Did you close the other lids as properly each time as you did the cabela's?

Here is the thing I like about the test. All coolers got same amount of ice. To me it does not matter if say going camping for a weekend the air space in the cooler. You buy a bag of ice or two not buy ice to fill it up all the way. So in the real world the yeti because of the air space will melt just as fast as the two cheaper coolers. Also much heavier to lug around. Only Advantage I see on the two high end coolers is durability. I liked the Marine cooler here the best. The Cabela's coolers are impressive & the new ones have that pressure release now which is nice. But for taking a cooler which I am looking at on my boat to put some king salmon in I prefer the coleman marine for the room to put the fish in & weight of cooler. I have some like 20 & 15 quart coolers I take with me for sanwiches & drinks & they keep ice two days with about a 10 lb bag of ice pre cooled night before. So why pay $400 of dollars when you can pay less then $100 & easier to get it around.

@billykana

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment and for watching.

even with the foam coolers dont get cold enough to store food barely gets to or stays at even 5 degrees

We have the cabelas 60 qt icechest, they do keep ice for a longer time than a cheap ice chest, but they are heavy , would not buy a bigger size because of the weight. The do have wheels on one side, great idea because of the weight, roll instead of lifting the heavy ice chest. HEAVY ICE CHEST!!!

Who has a cooler of beer for two days

If I owned a yeti, I would be too happy about this. Good test, with VERY surprising results, but as they say, challenge your assumptions! You DONT always get what you pay for!

@billykana

5 жыл бұрын

Surprised me too. It is still a solid cooler and really Yeti started the rotomolded expensive, high performance cooler craze. Other companies upped their game because of Yeti.

I like my coleman marine extreme 120 pints for long fishing trips and the price is right.

Nice comparison. I always thought YETI was over hyped.

@billykana

3 жыл бұрын

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Thanks you saved me some bucks.

Would there have been a difference if the yeti was white in color?

Yea, you can pre chill a cooler all you want, but the most important prep you can do, is bring the cooler inside to the a/c for 24 hours, and let the insulation get cooled down from garage temps

I got one thing out of this that mattered to me. I'd suspected that brown plastic is the wrong color for the lid. That may be true but apparently, it isn't a big deal. I will assume then that the light blue of my Yeti is even less of a problem. Mine is the smaller 65. It spends its days in the sun, over macadam, 50" from the exhaust outlets on my Concours. Typically several hours per day are with wind blast and engine heat. I drain the melt regularly. I try to park in shade, and to use my body as a shadow when the lid is open. We buy one bag of ice a day under such conditions, typically 5-7 lbs. If the weather is up where he started this test, the miles get long, or the cooler is being used to chill warm things, we might buy a tenner, but there isn't always room for that much. (It isn't hard to find someone who can use extra ice when motorcycle camping.) In short I'm surprised at how quickly he was able to use up 40 lbs of ice in a Yeti.

@billykana

5 жыл бұрын

I think a big part was all the extra air space in the Yeti. It was the largest cooler in the test and they all got 40 lbs of ice so that left the Yeti with the most air space. The color also didn't help but it is what I had on hand.

I wonder if the Coleman extreme lasted for so long because it is white. It might have been reflecting a lot of heat.

depends on how cold the ice was stored before purchase also what type of ice crushed or cubed 35 year ice man here, peace

Not a fair comparison. The Yeti had much more interior surface area to pass heat to the ice. Also, leaving them in the sun (which nobody with any sense would do in real use) gave the white coolers an unfair advantage.

@C1418OS

4 жыл бұрын

I know, he clearly did everything possible to make the yeti come out behind. I bet he's been bought off, there's no way somebody could be this disingenuous if they weren't. The worst part is all these fools commenting are eating this anti Yeti shit up.

@TonyMontana-lh5bp

4 жыл бұрын

I think we have two pist off yeti owners here!! I'm enjoying an ice cold bud light right now from my cabela's cooler. The same ice has been in it for 9 days now. True story. And personally im glad that he did the test in direct sunlight, why not give them a real test!? My cooler is a light green, no "unfair advantage" of it being white like you mentioned.

@C1418OS

4 жыл бұрын

@@TonyMontana-lh5bp Hell yes I'm pissed off! When people spread these bullshit lies my equity value goes down, also Bud Light is shit! Anheuser-Busch spreads vicious lies about MillerCoors and that makes my shares go down in value. You are the enemy of my portfolio!

I would have moved all those beers to the Cabelas on the second day.

Would like to see an Orca vs Cabelas test

@billykana

7 жыл бұрын

Me too. Unfortunately I don't have an Orca to test. I suppose we could do a crowd fund to buy an Orca for the test. I can get it set up if there is any interest?

My Colman 316 series 70qt should perform similarly to these two Colman's. Thanks.

I want a beer now!

If you had used craft beer, the Yeti would have prevailed. LOL

I'm not sure but he only tells us how old the blue Coleman unit is. And this video was done in 2016.

Man this video almost sold me on the Marine Xtreme. However the hinges and handles got me thinking twice. However Walmart has them currently for $50. So you could break 6 of them for the same price as one Cabela’s 60 quart.

@billykana

6 жыл бұрын

The dollar to performance value is pretty high with that Coleman Xtreme. If you need a super durable cooler then maybe look elsewhere but for many who don't beat up their coolers the Coleman will work great and only about $50.

@jimbotheassclown

6 жыл бұрын

In 30 years I've never broken a cooler even the ones we strapped to our trucks in iraq. So i don't know what you're doing with these coolers where that's a concern.lol

@billykana

5 жыл бұрын

Some people destroy coolers in short order. I never have but I don't use them often or use them very hard.

@donaldhoffman285

3 жыл бұрын

I have an igloo and will keep ice about48 hours even with the pre cooling. Extremely overrated

Great video

@billykana

5 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed the subpar 90s video editing!!!

great vid.. poor yeti owners

I own several Yetis. They were all gifts. More expensive does not make it better.

Adorei o teste, parabéns

@billykana

6 жыл бұрын

Gracias Senor.

It’s all depend on the seal. Do a test hold your face to the cooler in front the seal and drop the cover about 4” and hear the sound. I tested all of the yenti 75 and only one had the best sound and blew air in your face as it closed. It had a fuump sound and the junk seal had a hitting sound. I pick the best 75 yenti with the good seal. And I can put a 10 lb 199 bag of Walmart ice and it last me 5 days and taking a a 1/2 cup of ice every night. Just cold water the 5 day If I took the bad seal of the same cooler I bet it was your test yenti. It’s a 3 day cooler. Do this test when you buy.

@TomDoesUtube

2 жыл бұрын

I use the same test for my Cigar Humidors ..

I used to use coleman extreme, NOW, for elk and deer camp, a small deep freezer, and run a generator a couple hours a day, CHEEPER than a yeti or cabelas, BIGGER too. (Factor gasiline into the price, be a LONG time before it cost more than a Yeti).

how old is the yeti, and how much is the cabelas?

Does the all "white" color of the Coleman give it an advantage, especially sitting out in direct sunlight? Maybe not.

@billykana

5 жыл бұрын

Probably, now how much? I don't know. Just call it "white privilege"

Good info 4-_5 days pretty good for a cooler