Low tech equipment - I thought that I would report on what you get when you buy a Yeti Bottle.
I needed a new water bottle having used the plastic bottles and a Stanley Thermos for years. I sprang for a 64 oz Yeti bottle to keep in my truck, rather expensive but it seems to be the Estwing of water bottles, very heavy duty and very heavy. I would not recommend carrying this in a backpack but it is fine if you have a motorized means of transportation. First off, it is quite large at 1/2 gallon and really takes two hands to hold, but it has a very large mouth which allows me to fill it from the ice dispenser in my refrigerator, which is great. I use to have a very hard time getting ice into my Stanley Thermos.
Yesterday I filled the bottle 1/3 full of ice and then water, left it on the front seat of my truck, in the 90 degree sun for about 7 hours, when I picked the bottle up it was almost too hot to hold, very unpleasant but inside half of my ice was still there along with my very cold water. I don't know how much insulation there is in this think but it works well and probably justify's it's cost. I am very impressed with it and think it was money well spent.
T.W.
I have a Yeti cup, I was shocked at how long ice lasted in it setting in the hot truck. As you I am very impressed and believe it was money well spent.
I love the yeti beer holder, but the way I inhale beer it ain't got a chance in hell to get warm anyway.
As to the insulation question, the counter-intuitive answer is none. There is no insulation in a yeti product, at least not a physical insulation which can be quantified by a statement such as "How much". Yeti products are vacuum insulated, which means that there is literally as close to nothing as possible between the double walls.
Try Rtic instead. Literally HALF (or more since they are on SALE now) of the cost of Yeti, and EXACTLY the same material.
BOTTLES: https://www.rticcoolers.com/shop/drinkware/bottles
TUMBLERS: https://www.rticcoolers.com/shop/drinkware/tumblers
I also have some friends that own http://www.newriverengraving.com/product/custom-stainless-tumbler/&apos ;">New River Engraving here in Christiansburg, and they have made me up some great chemically etched gifts for my business, friends and high school. They are the same ones that did the name desk blocks as a fund raiser for Michael Porter (Deral Paulk's old workmate) in Lawton, OK.
Here's what they look like.
Have the walmart version of this cup. It cost me $10 and it holds ice aas well as any Yeti
Carl,
Those etchings are sweet. I really like the seal, and your logo looks pretty slick as well.
I have a Yeti that my daughter bought me, and I like it. I bought a handle for it that the cup slides into, and it;s nice. My daughter also bought my wife one, and she bought us both a Yeti lid with a straw in it. I haven't used the straw yet, but my wife loves it.
I bought a Yeti Tundra 35 (I think is the correct model), and that rascal will keep ice a long time of you prep it correctly. I want a bigger one to complement mine, as the wife and I are hoping to start doing more camping and traveling in the near future.
Jimmy Cleveland, post: 382512, member: 91 wrote: Carl,
Those etchings are sweet. I really like the seal, and your logo looks pretty slick as well.
I had the seal one done for a friend as a gift that had just recently gotten his LS ticket. I had another friend email me something he'd stamped and then took the date off of it and sent to NRE to do their work. I'm telling you, those stainless steel tumblers make the most incredible of gifts!
Carl