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Yeti Colster

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HoosierDaddy
HoosierDaddy Posts: 57
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Look what the GF just brought home for me!
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  • DoubleEgger
    DoubleEgger Posts: 17,171
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    Something's up. Watch out!  =)
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  • HoosierDaddy
    HoosierDaddy Posts: 57
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    =) Yeah, she just asked me to take her out to eat. Our little girl just left to spend two days with her grandma, so it may just be worth it! 
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  • THEBuckeye
    THEBuckeye Posts: 4,231
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    HoosierDaddy said:
    =) Yeah, she just asked me to take her out to eat. Our little girl just left to spend two days with her grandma, so it may just be worth it! 
    @HoosierDaddy, who's your Daddy?
    New Albany, Ohio 

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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 25,888
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    Got a quick question for you - I'm thinking of buying a Colster, but often time enjoy COORS in a can. COORS cans are taller and smaller in diameter than practically all other beers. What is the opening size of the Colster gasket? Seems like I recall a similar question raised about some bottled beer brands. TIA
    Re-gasketing America one yard at a time.
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  • Foghorn
    Foghorn Posts: 9,834
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    Yeah.  Does this work well with bottles?  As some have mentioned on other threads, to cool down a Yeti 65 you basically have to use a bag of ice - then you are set for a week.  Is the Colster the same way?  The first cold beer just cools down the Colster and after that it provides a real service?  Or do you keep the Colster in the refrigerator - or freezer - and only take it out when you need it?

    XXL BGE, Karebecue, Klose BYC, Chargiller Akorn Kamado, Weber Smokey Mountain, Grand Turbo gasser, Weber Smoky Joe, and the wheelbarrow that my grandfather used to cook steaks from his cattle

    San Antonio, TX

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  • danv23
    danv23 Posts: 953
    edited June 2015
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    It will NOT fit in a golf cart beer holder, so I'm out.  @RRP, this will only conform to a standard can, so please stop drinking Evian (coors lite) and switch to ANY other lite beer in the standard size can!

    The Dude: This is a very complicated case, Maude. You know, a lotta ins, lotta outs, lotta what-have-you's. And, uh, lotta strands to keep in my head, man. Lotta strands in old Duder's head. Luckily I'm adhering to a pretty strict, uh, drug regimen to keep my mind, you know, limber.

    Walter Sobchak: Nihilists! *uck me. I mean, say what you want about the tenets of National Socialism, Dude, at least it's an ethos. 

    Cumming, GA

    Eggs - XL, L, Small

    Gasser - Weber Summit 6 Burner

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  • nth78
    nth78 Posts: 154
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    Just picked up the 20 oz tumbler today.  It says don't put in dishwasher or freezer.  Thought about the colster too
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 25,888
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    danv23 said:
    . @RRP, this will only conform to a standard can, so please stop drinking Evian (coors lite) and switch to ANY other lite beer in the standard size can!
    Thanks - but these are not Coors Lite, but the regular Coors gold cans, but I'm not that honor bound to COORS so I can switch back to Bud.
    Re-gasketing America one yard at a time.
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  • Navigator
    Navigator Posts: 56
    edited June 2015
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    RRP 
    Rich
    Ashland, WI  /  Large & Mini Max
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  • YukonRon
    YukonRon Posts: 16,989
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    RRP said:
    danv23 said:
    . @RRP, this will only conform to a standard can, so please stop drinking Evian (coors lite) and switch to ANY other lite beer in the standard size can!
    Thanks - but these are not Coors Lite, but the regular Coors gold cans, but I'm not that honor bound to COORS so I can switch back to Bud.
    Coor's Golden. One of my faves. 
    "Knowledge is Good" - Emil Faber

    XL and MM
    Louisville, Kentucky
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  • Mickey
    Mickey Posts: 19,674
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    Foghorn said:
    Yeah.  Does this work well with bottles?  As some have mentioned on other threads, to cool down a Yeti 65 you basically have to use a bag of ice - then you are set for a week.  Is the Colster the same way?  The first cold beer just cools down the Colster and after that it provides a real service?  Or do you keep the Colster in the refrigerator - or freezer - and only take it out when you need it?
    Have one and really like it. Bottles fine. No freezer
    Salado TX & 30A  FL: Egg Family: 3 Large and a very well used Mini, added a Mini Max when they came out (I'm good for now). Plus a couple Pit Boss Pellet Smokers.   

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  • danv23
    danv23 Posts: 953
    edited June 2015
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    My bad @rrp! I'll fit like a glove (reg coors).  There is a "gasket" that fits over the stainless. Keeps the collected water (collects in the koozie) from running down your shirt as you tip 'em.

    The Dude: This is a very complicated case, Maude. You know, a lotta ins, lotta outs, lotta what-have-you's. And, uh, lotta strands to keep in my head, man. Lotta strands in old Duder's head. Luckily I'm adhering to a pretty strict, uh, drug regimen to keep my mind, you know, limber.

    Walter Sobchak: Nihilists! *uck me. I mean, say what you want about the tenets of National Socialism, Dude, at least it's an ethos. 

    Cumming, GA

    Eggs - XL, L, Small

    Gasser - Weber Summit 6 Burner

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  • SoCalTim
    SoCalTim Posts: 2,158
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    I use the 'poor mans Colster' ... the Thermos Stainless Steel Insulator - $10 bucks. Works great, my drink's don't even know the difference, 'cept the Diet Coke™, somehow it knows.


    I've slow smoked and eaten so much pork, I'm legally recognized as being part swine - Chatsworth Ca.
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  • Mickey
    Mickey Posts: 19,674
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    @Foghorn
    Salado TX & 30A  FL: Egg Family: 3 Large and a very well used Mini, added a Mini Max when they came out (I'm good for now). Plus a couple Pit Boss Pellet Smokers.   

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  • henapple
    henapple Posts: 16,025
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    I really like my yeti stuff... But not the colster. Fwiw 
    Green egg, dead animal and alcohol. The "Boro".. TN 
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  • HarveyLytle
    HarveyLytle Posts: 25
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    I have one and drink Michelin Ultra. Both in bottles and cans. The can looking item that comes with the Colster is actually a sleeve that will allow skinny cans and bottles to be snug with the gasket on top. In my experience the bottle sticks out of the top and in the sun will get warm but the contents down inside the Colster will stay ice cold. I love mine and it is the only Yeti item I use regularly. 
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  • Foghorn
    Foghorn Posts: 9,834
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    Thanks @Mickey.  So no "pre-cooling" of the Colster is required.  I think I need to get one.

    XXL BGE, Karebecue, Klose BYC, Chargiller Akorn Kamado, Weber Smokey Mountain, Grand Turbo gasser, Weber Smoky Joe, and the wheelbarrow that my grandfather used to cook steaks from his cattle

    San Antonio, TX

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  • MJG
    MJG Posts: 598
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    I got one for Father's Day. Took today off for mental health and drank Naragansett Shandys with the colster. I like it but I need to get used to the weight...thought I had some left a few times but was empty!  
    Large Big Green Egg in a nest. North Shore of Boston.
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  • Raymont
    Raymont Posts: 710
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    I've had the colster for several months now. There are certainly some cans and bottles that do not fit snug against the rubber lip. FWIW the Colster is nice but doesn't get the A+ rating that the tumbler gets.

    Small & Large BGE

    Nashville, TN

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  • stompbox
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    As with most things Yeti, I would try if it were less $.  Maybe @henapple will sell me his. ;)

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  • henapple
    henapple Posts: 16,025
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    @Foghorn.....  I wouldn't buy another. The cups work so much better. After using cans the gasket will be too large for the bottles until it recedes back. I was very disappointed in it. 
    Green egg, dead animal and alcohol. The "Boro".. TN 
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  • dmirish1
    dmirish1 Posts: 115
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    I just recently got the colster and the 20oz. I'd prefer the tumble over the coster for all cold drinks. Great for use with having a keg too.

    Winchester, Virginia LBGE, MiniMax

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  • fljoemon
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    I just pour my drink into the tumbler .. so nobody judges me when I drink Coors Light ;-)
    LBGE & Mini
    Orlando, FL
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  • Focker
    Focker Posts: 8,364
    edited June 2015
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    Received one as a gift.  5 star rating here.  Will be getting one for Lil' Focker's pop when camping.  Bottles are for home, leather ZBB coozie is made for bottles.  For camping, the Colster is perfect.  Have since added a Yeti 30 thanks to a ****'s coupon.  So now, I'm drinking the green kool-aid in egghead snobbery style!  Plan to get another 30 soon.

    0900 at an eggfest! hahaha

    Brandon
    Quad Cities
    "If yer gonna denigrate, familiarity with the subject is helpful."

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  • HoustonEgger
    HoustonEgger Posts: 616
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    I just picked up some of the Guiness American Lager (not bad) and it didn't fit in the colster - the bottle was a bit more narrow then a typical bottle and just slid right out of the colster. Still kept it cool - was just more of a precarious drinking situation then normal
    Formerly of Houston, TX - Now Located in Bastrop, TX
    I work in the 'que business now (since 2017)

    6 Eggs: (1) XL, (2) Large, (1) Small, (1) Minimax & (1) Mini - Egging since 2007
    Also recently gained: (1) Gas Thing (came with the house), (1) 36" Blackstone Griddle & (1) Pitts & Spitts Pellet Smoker
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  • Foghorn
    Foghorn Posts: 9,834
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    henapple said:
    @Foghorn.....  I wouldn't buy another. The cups work so much better. After using cans the gasket will be too large for the bottles until it recedes back. I was very disappointed in it. 

    @henapple, this would just be another reason for me not to drink beer from a can. 
    But, I hear you - thanks for the input. 

    XXL BGE, Karebecue, Klose BYC, Chargiller Akorn Kamado, Weber Smokey Mountain, Grand Turbo gasser, Weber Smoky Joe, and the wheelbarrow that my grandfather used to cook steaks from his cattle

    San Antonio, TX

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  • walleyv
    walleyv Posts: 147
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    The wife got me one for fathers day and it works great but my beer never sits around long enough to get hot.
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  • buzd504
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    walleyv said:
    The wife got me one for fathers day and it works great but my beer never sits around long enough to get hot.
    That's my hesitation as well.
    NOLA
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  • Zaltydog
    Zaltydog Posts: 106
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    I like mine.  I often use the added pictured neoprene with bottles.  Works great either way.  I use light colored neoprene in the sun.  I can no longer guesstimate the quantity of beer left by the warmth.  It just stays cold...
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