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Maxwell1331
Maxwell1331 Posts: 45
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LBGE, MiniMax, Weber Genesis and a hunger for all grilling knowledge! Aledo, TX
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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
    The Cen-Tex Smoker Posts: 22,970
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    Yeti hopper for sale...
    Keepin' It Weird in The ATX FBTX
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  • Hi54putty
    Hi54putty Posts: 1,873
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    This appears to be a better design than the Yeti, at least on top. 
    XL,L,S 
    Winston-Salem, NC 
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  • NCSmoky
    NCSmoky Posts: 515
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    Hoppers are too tight at the opening, very difficult to grab things in and out let alone see the contents. That larger opening on the Rtic may not let it keep ice as long though. Ordered the 30 anyway and will compare.
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  • Foghorn
    Foghorn Posts: 9,846
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    I'll stick with my Polar Bear softside. 

    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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  • Toxarch
    Toxarch Posts: 1,900
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    40 qt softsided cooler. Seems big for a soft cooler.
    Aledo, Texas
    Large BGE
    KJ Jr.

    Exodus 12:9 KJV
    Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.

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  • Lmidkiff
    Lmidkiff Posts: 442
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    I ordered the soft 20 to go with my Polar Bear. Looking forward to seeing it in May.
    McKinney, TX
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  • kwdickert
    kwdickert Posts: 308
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    just ordered a soft 30. Expecting that it'll quell my longing for the 45qt hard cooler.
    Memphis TN - Large Green Egg
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  • Eggzellent
    Eggzellent Posts: 238
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    The 30 fits nicely inside the new Pelican Tailgater: http://www.ultimatepassage.com/cgi-bin/up/59447.html?id=giWMao3m
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  • Angus1978
    Angus1978 Posts: 390
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    I went with the 40......gotta have one wide enough to store Johnny's Take and Bake Pizzas back from LA to TX.  :D
    LBGE and Primo XL Plano TX All right all right alllll riight
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  • Focker
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    NCSmoky said:
    Hoppers are too tight at the opening, very difficult to grab things in and out let alone see the contents. That larger opening on the Rtic may not let it keep ice as long though. Ordered the 30 anyway and will compare.
    Never understood why anyone would buy a softsided cooler, let alone waste the high dollars for a Yeti one?  Hell, I use a smaller $5 garage sale find Playmate for my lunches.
    Brandon
    Quad Cities
    "If yer gonna denigrate, familiarity with the subject is helpful."

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  • Eggzellent
    Eggzellent Posts: 238
    edited March 2016
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    Focker said:
    NCSmoky said:
    Hoppers are too tight at the opening, very difficult to grab things in and out let alone see the contents. That larger opening on the Rtic may not let it keep ice as long though. Ordered the 30 anyway and will compare.
    Never understood why anyone would buy a softsided cooler, let alone waste the high dollars for a Yeti one?  Hell, I use a smaller $5 garage sale find Playmate for my lunches.

    Keeping meat frozen and preventing cross-contamination (one inside the other); easily transporting two heavy coolers (with wheels) so that the softside quickly becomes the main (portable) cooler and the larger cooler ice storage, fish holder, etc.; jamming/shift-shaping a soft side cooler in to vehicles where space/irregular objects hauled is an issue; power outages..you'd probably be surprised if the need arose (and for most, as you mention, it simply doesn't).
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  • Eggzellent
    Eggzellent Posts: 238
    edited March 2016
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    ..more RITC drama: http://texags.com/forums/34/topics/2637593/
    (page 24 'supposedly' shows a pic of the soft-side w/5 day old ice)
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