RTIC 45 Cooler (White)

Depending on your expectations and what you choose to believe as far as what marketing tells you, opinions may vary. I bought this for half the price of the leading sasquatch brand. It’s clean, straight, with no cracks or blemishes . It seals and keeps ice cold. Don’t expect it to keep ice for a week long trek across the Sahara, but it performs better than a $40 discount store special. It doesn’t have a super long warranty, but I didn’t pay extra for that, because, well, it’s a plastic cooler. If you want an expensive status symbol, or you are planning to take your cooler into a war zone and want to know that it won’t break if the insurgents overwhelm you and get thirsty, then take out a second mortgage and buy a different cooler. If you just want to upgrade to a decent functional cooler without draining your kid’s college fund, you can’t go wrong with this one.

I brought this cooler to an open air camping environment in South Texas during a heat wave for 3 days. The average temperature outside ranging from 100-105 degrees until about 6pm with evening lows of 85-90; the car was never parked in the shade. This cooler was left in the trunk of the car and was pre-chilled with ice the night before the outting and filled with new ice the morning of. By day 3 a lot of the ice was melted as to be expected sitting in a hot car for 72 hours during a Texas heat wave. Much to my pleasure, the cooler kept everything cold during the whole trip and I am very pleased with this product. I highly recommend this if you are looking for a quality cooler that can keep your drinks cold for 3 days during extreme temperatures. This cooler can probably stay cold for 5 days with mild temperatures based upon the performance it had during a Texas heat wave for a 3 day camping weekend.

I feel like such a traitor. I am a huge Yeti fan, and have loved my tumbler for the past three years. I was in the market for a large(er) cooler, but really could not stomach the prices of Yeti. After watching multiple videos on youtube, I decided to become a turncoat and go from this lookalike. Let me tell you, it is just as good if not better than the Yeti! Actually – I know it’s better because I saved so much money buying this instead of the ‘name brand’ option. Seriously, it performs just as well as the Yeti, I’ve compared it with friends while camping. Literally my one complaint is part of the plastic is textured and does not allow me to put stickers on that part.

My 45q cooler arrive without the large plug. Since this is a new modification I cannot find a replacement part and the emails I have sent have not been responded to.