Yeti copies RTIC

SGH said:

KiterTodd said:

I still cannot comprehend how it is that they have America brainwashed into paying $280 for a soft cooler that looks like it'll hold a 6 pack and a flat sandwich.

I don't say this as a strike at Yeti because it's actually genius on their part. People are just stupid, plain and simple. Yeti is just capatilizing on this stupidity. Most folks are under the notion  that if something costs more, then it has to be better or superior. While I certainly agree to a extent with the ole adage "You get what you pay for",  its not 100% true across the board. Ford, Browning, Yeti, etc, etc, has capatilzed on people's stupidity for decades by selling them a inferior product at a higher price. You have to be intelligent enough to compare the products yourself and don't just jump on the higher price must be better bandwagon. The fact that people still fall for this tactic blows my mind. Yeti simply followed the model that Ford started over a century ago. Build a piece of crap, slap a exuberant price on it and watch the suckers and retards line up with their money in hand. 
















Brother Todd, I may or may not be trolling above. You be the judge my friend

Found this to be interesting: http://nbc4i.com/2016/07/20/tumbler-smackdown-yeti-vs-ozark-mountain/

@feef706.  I got lucky.  There weren't any in TX that I saw, my mom was going from ATX to St Louis so she checked along the way

I don't understand the need to overpay for something just because it has a fancy logo or famous name on it.  Nor do I mindlessly follow the mob mentality of buying something just because a bunch of people I never met say it's the greatest thing in the world. For all I know, you are all lousy cooks but great photographers, based on this obsession with 'pic or it didn't happen'. 
I drink my beer out of the glass it was packaged in, which has always kept it cold until gone.  I've never had a need to keep my glass of iced tea cold for 48 hours. Forget all these fancy trends and overpriced products.  I use a styrofoam cooler. I keep a dozen or so in the garage and it doesn't bother me if I forget to bring it home. 
The best styrofoam coolers I've found are the ones all the meat I buy from SRF's comes packaged in. They keep the stuff frozen during shipping.  I have no problem with the steaks going bad before I cook them in my Bluetooth/WiFi Anova sous vide before going on my Big Green Egg, filled with Rockwood lump, lit with a Loof lighter, using an Adjustable Rig from the CGS.  With the Kick Ash Basket and Smokeware cap, I don't need to pull out my BBQ Guru to control temp, as my Maverick wireless dual temp probes allow me to keep an eye on the temp from my family room. I know those Wagyu Ribeyes are done when my Thermoworks Mk4 tells me, and that Dizzy Pig seasoning gives them great flavor. And those 'Mangrates' are the best thing since sliced bread.