YETI Tundra Haul Wheeled Portable Cooler

I was given one as a gift and fell in love with it. I bought one for my sister because she was hosting a family reunion and her coolers were crap. The last cooler (of this size) you’ll ever need. Not a particular fan boy of Yeti because I think competitors offer a better value proposition. But none of the knockoffs I saw were similar to this

When we first received the Yeti cooler, we set it a few feet away from our fireplace with a 20 pound bag of ice in it to see how long it would take for the ice to melt (we burned fires a couple nights that week). It took 7 days with nothing but the bag of ice in it. Fast forward to last weekend where we took it up to our ski condo and parked it in the unheated garage with 0 degree temps at night. We kept drinks (soda and beer) inside the cooler while food was stored in the fridge. We thought maybe the drinks would have frozen in the unheated garage within the Yeti, but they did NOT! The ice was frozen solid and we had to pick the beer/soda out, but the beer/soda itself was not frozen in the aluminum cans. The ice was still solid in the cooler when we returned 5 days later! LOVE this cooler and can’t wait to take it camping! I’m a little skeptical about the “bear-proof” lock and still plan to store the cooler and all food inside my Jeep overnight while camping. I certainly don’t plan to test the “bear proof” claim by inviting one of them into our campsite! Not sure it’s worth $500, but I was able to get it free by converting work recognition points to Amazon gift cards. It is certainly awesome to have WHEELS and both the wheels and handle are very sturdy/tough, not like the flimsy ones on Coleman coolers.

I bought this for a wedding gift. It’s real sturdy. It’s heavy, so good thing it has wheels.

Exactly what I expected, built like a tank and keeps stuff cold for days. It’s heavy and it only gets heavier the more you put into it, so the wheels are a back-saver.

Don’t know what I’ve done without it! I travel almost two hours to shop at a grocery warehouse. This cooler keeps my food frozen/cold after purchase. I make it home with no worries of food spoilage.

I was on the fence for a while on buying this cooler because of the cost and because of one review here on Amazon complaining about the wheels and how for an expensive cooler they expected better wheels. When I was finally ready to buy, it was sold out everywhere (even local retailers) and the only ones available on Amazon were the ugly colors and I didn’t want to fork over full price for something I wasn’t 💯 happy with. Then just before our big camping trip I found some for sale via the warehouse deals here and decided to buy 2 of them since the prices were much lower. I know random right? When received I opened up and noticed immediately that these suckers are heavy duty which also meant they are heavy even without anything in them. Well I packed both of them up with ice and used one cooler for drinks and one for our food. The ice in the cooler for drinks lasted 4 days with heavy usage while the cooler with food lasted 6 days.

A few quick notes:
1) Once full you’ll probably want to use two people to lift.
2) pre-chill your cooler people by sacrificing a bag of ice or two the day before you pack it up.
3) For the person who reviewed and complained about the wheels and it making “too much noise” in a hotel lobby. I’m an idiot for even considering your review. The wheels are perfect for the outdoors and if you want a cooler for camping BUY THIS!

PS lastly my camping trip was in August with my family and my parents joined along. They are VERY frugal/cheap and just shook their heads at me when I brought the coolers for our trip and told them how much I paid. By the end of the trip they both agreed it was money well spent

We took ice cream to a BBQ this weekend
They were in the Yeti for over 5 hours in 23 degree heat
We’re still frozen solid when it was time to eat them and our drinks were lovely and chilled