YETI x 5

@sgh that is the brand they I bought them at a hippy outdoor shop here but we are in the land of hikers.  Double walled stainless steel vacuum insulated like the yeti tumblers.  Just have a screw on lid instead.  These have become like yetis at my store almost everyone has one now.

Got a 20 and a 30. Dig them both. I made the mistake of pouring some French press coffee in my 20 oz. drove to the work site, unloaded my gear, started working, then remembered I brought my coffee. This was about 2 hours after the pour. I freakin' scalded my mouth, thinking the temp would have dropped. I took a big swig, spewed most. Yeah, they are legit.

SGH said:

YukonRon said:

Got a 20 and a 30. Dig them both. I made the mistake of pouring some French press coffee in my 20 oz. drove to the work site, unloaded my gear, started working, then remembered I brought my coffee. This was about 2 hours after the pour. I freakin' scalded my mouth, thinking the temp would have dropped. I took a big swig, spewed most. Yeah, they are legit.

It's funny that you mention that. There was actually a pamphlet in the cup warning not to burn yourself. Said it was easy to do until you got use to the cup.  

I thought it was total BS when I read that. I am an engineer, and I appreciate a well designed product. I will tell you, with pride on the floor, I have not made that MENSA moment happen again. I really do some of the stupidest things sometimes.....

I bought the 30 Oz last month and love it.  I can't believe how long ice will stay in the yeti.

dont drink hot stuff out of the yeti, bring a smaller cup and simply pour it in, you dont even want to remove the lid. really convienent at 4am on the boat, no cap/covers to fumble with in the darkthirty. they need to make one that fits the old drink holders, its useless in my truck

I am a Yeti believer. I started with the 30 oz tumbler for cold drinks and it was great. Then I went to the 20 oz for my coffee.  I like my coffee hot to be able to enjoy it. I just preheat by filling it with hot water and let sit while coffee brews. The coffee stays as hot as I like it for 2 plus hours... I haven't had another one that does that.  I then got the Colster and like it a lot.   Just got the Yeti 35 Tundra cooler and looking forward to using it. 

The one drawback with ice water, after you drink all the water you don't get anymore from the melt.

More trips to fill up with water instead of ice and water. 

It's a good problem, just took me by surprise. 

nolaegghead said:

fishlessman said:

dont drink hot stuff out of the yeti, bring a smaller cup and simply pour it in, you dont even want to remove the lid. really convienent at 4am on the boat, no cap/covers to fumble with in the darkthirty. they need to make one that fits the old drink holders, its useless in my truck

My car has cup-holders that are too small for the Yeti too.   My solution was to get weathertech floor mats.  (edit - stock photos)

spillings not my problem, my truck is always full of river mud anyways it just would be nice to have a big cup i could dump a lemonade in at the drive thru that fits in my cup holder. the design engineers at yeti must all be in there 20's and dont know about older cars and small drink holders

Helmet said:

FYI if you ever want a handle for your Yeti 30, I discovered that my Tervis 30oz handle (with the bottom 'rung' cut off) works perfect. 

They are $7.33 on Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/Tervis-Tumbler-Black-24oz-Handle/dp/B004VVHORG

Brother thanks for sharing this. My hands do not work so well any longer due to a nerve issue. I drop everything. A handle would make this cup darn near perfect. 

No problem @SGH I'm really glad it happened to fit, works like a charm!
@RRP I've never really noticed. The handle is not solid (it flexes a little) but it stays on quite tightly and I've yet to spill while using it. That said I usually have my fingers around the handle and my thumb on the cup itself. Lemme get a pic....

RiverDoc said:

Waiting to hear your assessment @SGH , love mine use it daily!

hapster said:

 Looking forward to hearing your thoughts 

Fellows I got to say that the Yeti far exceeded what I expected it to do. I was outside for a considerable time today bush hogging and kept the Yeti on the tractor the whole time that I was on it. It was right at 100 degrees today from 12:00pm until late afternoon. After the initial filling with ice, I only added ice twice the remainder of the day. Also when I would add drink to the Yeti, it was room temp and not prechilled. Had I been using prechilled drinks the results would have been even more impressive. It's without a doubt the best cup that I have ever used. After todays little experiment, I will certainly be picking up a couple more of them in both sizes. Question for y'all, are the colsters worth the money or would you stick with just the cups?

@SGH I love my yeti tundra, I just picked up a hopper 30.... Took it to my sons swim meet mid 90s on concrete (way too hot to sit in a chair on concrete) kids were in and out of it all afternoon we were on the concrete for approx 6hrs. It was Full of ice very little melting. I realize this was only 6 hours but I was very happy. We have a all stars in a few weeks it's all day we will see how it does. Keep in mind it's not my tundra but I don't expect it to work the same. Very pleased. Glad you like your yeti.