Shame some companies can't come up with their own ideas.

TH

 

I agree. It's really easy to charge less for a similar product when you have no R&D expenses. Just copy everything Yeti does.

 

Shame some companies ridiculously overcharge you for a product. I'll buy the rtic "knockoffs" over yeti any day.

 

and I'll buy yeti for numerous reasons. RTIC is not as good as yeti, or yeti would go out of business. RTIC's products are cheap knockoffs. Some people buy GI-Joe and some people buy GI-Fred. Yeti has spawned a TON of competition as they were first to market with a rugged cooler which held ice for days. They're also the brand everyone compares themselves to. As far as "ridiculously overcharging", when consumers consistently pay the price even though there's a massive number of competitive solutions for less money...I think that says something. If you want to complain about "ridiculously overcharging"...maybe you could take on Shimano for charging $1250+ for Stella etc...but guess what...people buy those too.

 

So like hamburgers, tacos, center console boats, bait caster reels, boots anything.

Otherwise we’d have one source and the price would be quite high.

Monopoly anyone?


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Go right ahead and keep paying double the price for those so called "fresh ideas". Doube walled and vacuum sealed insulated cups and roto molded coolers were around long before Yeti too.

Dumb comment.

 

Go right ahead and keep paying double the price for those so called "fresh ideas". Doube walled and vacuum sealed insulated cups and roto molded coolers were around long before Yeti too.

Dumb comment.

They weren't mass marketed before yeti...and double the cost...once again, consumers pay it for a reason. You may drive a Honda and be happy with it and I'm just as happy with my Mercedes.

 

RTIC and yeti are made in the same factory in China. Yeti spends tons of money on marketing and advertising, which causes their prices to be so high. Ever see an Rtic commercial?

 

What makes America great, free choice to buy whichever brand you like

 

Didn’t the owners of Yeti and RTIC used to be married? Didn’t they have a joint patent on the YETI products? One supposedly got the patent and the other got most of the YETI profits from 1st day of production. Then RTIC was born... at least that is what I have heard. They both may be laid up together looking at threads like these rolling in the dough and laughing their areses off....

 

This thread is further proof that some of you will argue over anything. It's Friday, lighten up a bit.

 

Ya don’t say. Lol

 

I'll buy the rtic "knockoffs" over yeti any day.

I bet you will too.

TH

 

Check out alibaba.com and search “double wall tumbler”


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Yeti & RTIC are both made overseas (some products likely made in the same factory) and I don't feel a real need to pay for Yeti's massive advertising campaign. My RTIC's hold ice and and are every bit as tough as the Yeti's products I have.

 

Does Tervis ring a bell for anyone? So much for yeti's original ideas...

 

Does Tervis ring a bell for anyone? So much for yeti's original ideas...

Those plastic see through glasses that don't keep ice very well?

They are nothing like a Yeti or the Rtic.

TH

 

I've got Yeti and Rtic coolers and tumblers. I can't tell any difference except in the price.

 

I backup over my Rtic tumbler. It is a little bent but it still keeps ice all day long. Darn good product.

 

I still have and regularly use 3 Nissan (Thermos) stainless steel vacuum tumblers. I got them probably 15 years before Yeti came out with their very similar tumblers. So to call the RTIC, Ozark Trail, etc models knock-offs of Yeti is laughable. They're all knock-offs, including Yeti.

Yeti makes and (especially) markets very good products. However, there are also any number of similar products available for a fraction of the cost. Everyone's trade-off between value and name brand identification is different. To each his own.

 

I own both. Both work well. Both are heavier then what I care to lift.
I also own the igloo want to be Yeti. That doesn't work very well and it's also heavy. I only use them for long trips. If it's just one day my boat, I just use a regular igloo, because I don't want to get a hernia lifting them it in and out of the boat, loaded with ice and can drinks.

 

X 2... I have 3 RTIC coolers and I use them mostly as tables in my shop. Too heavy if loaded down to lug around. I mostly use igloo's still.

 

It's too early in the morning for me to start the popcorn, so I'll just continue to sit here sipping coffee out of my RTIC mug.

Carry on..... and stuff.

 

Que the Final Jeapordy music. Lmao:cheers::biggrin: