Thinking about getting a decent cooler for Christmas was think what yall think, K2 is cheaper but not too sure on quality such as the hinges clamps might get bent and not work. Seeing what you guys think?

i still think the ol' burned up yeti has life left haha. i know some guys on here use different ones, hopefully they will chime in

I have a K2 90qt and love it. The price sold me on it and my buddies have yetis and the K2 does just as good as there's.

When your talking about the hinge clamps get bent, are you talking about the latches on the front?

Love my K2's

Never had a Yeti, but my 30qt holds ice for days. Put 20 lbs in on Thursday & still had ice on Tuesday.

i have a yeti... seems better quality than k2 to me..

i might buy a k2 for a meat box and see how it holds up

^^^^X2. Yeti seems like it is a higher quality cooler which in turn affects the price

Here' a link to a past MMT thread re high end coolers. In it, I posted links to just about every high end cooler on the market-yeti, k2, engel, brute, etc. to make researching them easier for anyone who's interested

viewtopic.php?f=7&t=31939&start=40

Links to cooler homepages are on page two.

Never owned a K2 but have owned a number of small Yetis, I can say their customer service is top notch and its one tough cooler

I use k2's for my fishing business put them trough hell never had a issue. I use my 90 qt as my fish box and as my step to the front deck. Still today I put ice in it and a week later it's still their

I've got both a small k2 and a big one. The bigger coolers are much better quality than the cube series. The cube 30 really needs one big handle instead on two small ones. They do hold ice well as long as you stay out of them

I've had 3 Yeti's and a K2. Sold the K2 to a buddy because I didn't like the latches. I'm partial to Yeti but have the coolers in the sizes I need already so haven't canvased the market again. The key to any cooler is how does it seal. The #1 cause of ice melting is air hitting the ice. many of the new coolers have a seal and thus prevent any air from going in. Heck, some coolers act like freezers and create a suction. I know the Yeti does this for me at times. I'm sure the others do too. This is what you want out of a cooler.

As far as holding ice an Igloo 7 Day will hold ice just as long as these expensive brands. Problem is that Igloo can't hold 2 people standing on the lid.

my yeti also sometimes gets a suction and i can hardly get the s.o.b open. i have to unscrew the drain plug a little to open the lid. yeti cs is awesome. my yeti had a lump in the outer shell, i called them up and sent them a few pictures via email. they sent me a shipping number and all i had to do was take it to fed ex. got my new one back like a week later. the newer style cooler at that. i vote yeti.

I got a yeti 45 and love it (paid dealer cost through a buddy and still damn near cried)

I got a yeti 45 and love it (paid dealer cost through a buddy and still damn near cried). Number 2

I got a yeti 45 and love it (paid dealer cost through a buddy and still damn near cried) number 3

I got a yeti 45 and love it (paid dealer cost through a buddy and still damn near cried) number 4....

Gat damn I pad fucking up lol!

you wanna let me get that deal?

Check out http://www.truebluecoolers.com I got a few commercial friends usin' em and they're bad to the bone, won't have to hock the truck title to get one either!

Well thats too bad. Wish i could go to the mb site and see the same thing, they would rather just string people along though.

Damn!

I've only had Yeti's, so I can't speak to the others, but I doubt if I ever will own anything else. I just bought a Yeti 65 two weeks ago. It's my first one of the "new body styles," and MANNNNN, I'm sold all over again! I put ice in it a couple hours ago, and I just walked out to the boat to put my beer in there... That thing is sealed up so tight, I carried the beer back in cause I didn't feel like climbing up in the boat to bow up on it. I guess when that warm air in there cooled down, it created a negative pressure that is now holding it closed extremely tightly. That right there tells me that it's quality built. I can also say that two bags of ice lasted me the first two weekends of duck season, even though I was opening it for each beer while I was hunting... The K2's look great, and I'm sure they're probably just as good. I just have no reason to try something new given my experiences with Yeti.

You've heard the expression, "A watched pot never boils." Well, I'm pretty sure, "Ice in a Yeti doesn't melt; it only melts when you open it up to see if it's melting..."

Good luck with your purchase. The only thing that hurts is the purchase price. After that, you'll love it til the day it gets stolen...

I suggest buying the lock for it! Haha

I have 2 yeti 20's and they just don't hold ice that much better than a igloo. My yeti 50 quart does pretty good though.

I agree, I got a 25 roadie....it wont hold ice overnight, the larger ones i have will hold for a week.

Ive got. 1990s colman that i really like. Rattle can camo and a slow leak from when i found it on the side of the road. Hahaha

I buy the $10 styrofoam kind and just buy another when they fly out of my truck bed.

Check out Grizzly coolers seem pretty good with great reviews

They expensive too dont be a cheap skate spend $30 and you have a yeti.