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In terms of durability, Yeti’s coolers are the opposite of those five-dollar styrofoam things that fall apart as soon as you put a 12-pack of Hamm’s in them. The company’s specialty is making incredibly tough, well-insulated, very pricy coolers that can withstand the odd bear attack and keep a bag of ice frozen for more than a week.
If Yeti coolers have had a weak spot, it’s that they haven’t been super-toteable unti now. The company just announced its first soft-side portable cooler, the Yeti Hopper, which should be much easier to haul along on hikes. Rather than just slap a “Yeti” logo on a cheap soft-shell cooler, they went all out to make it durable and insulated enough to be worthy of the name.
The Yeti Hopper weighs 5.5-pounds empty, and it can hold up to 5.2 gallons of camping treats—enough room for an 18-pack of oat sodas or a 20-pound bag of ice. But what about potato salad? How many quarts of potato salad can it hold? The answer is nine quarts of potato salad.
This portable cooler has double-stitched reinforced handle straps to go along with its watertight zipper, tear-proof shell, and thick insulation. According to Yeti, the airtight zipper means that the cooler bag can be tipped completely upside down with a melted 20-pound bag of ice inside it without any leakage whatsoever.
The Hopper’s puncture-resistant shell is made of nylon coated with thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU), similar to the material used for whitewater rafts. There’s an antimicrobial/antifungal coating inside and out, and all the seams are RF-welded to ensure that they’re airtight. The cooler also tapers down at the top end, near the zipper, to minimize the chances of cold leaking out.
Keeping everything insulated is an inch-thick layer of dense closed-cell foam on the sides of the cooler and a 1.5-inch layer of it on the base. There are no official stats on how long it will keep a bag of ice icy, but Yeti claims you should have “ice for days.”
No surprise: This thing is very expensive for a cooler. The Yeti Hopper will cost $300 when it’s released in October.
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It was the time of summer vacations. So, our whole college gang planned a trip to get a break from our monotonous routine. We had decided to visit the high mountains in the USA that are best known for the camping trip Cooler.
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