re: is there a real difference in between YETI and all of the knock offs

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what are you doing to your ice chests to go through them like this

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I'm very rough on my icechests

2 biggest issues is the igloos and colemans catching wind, flying out the truck or boat on the highway and crumbling on contact with the road. Then, in my boat it receives heavy foot traffic because it is pretty much an extension of my front deck. So it's constantly getting stepped on, jumped on and whatnot. Igloos and especially colemans just don't hold up to that. Then you factor in all the hardware replacement and I could have bought multiple Yeti's for what it cost me to run with the others.

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There isn't a cooler made that won't have it's ice rapidly melt if you are using it just to keep beer cold and have it opened and closed over and over filling it with hot air.