Review and ice hold test on a yeti roadie 20 versus a cheap walmart brand ozark trail or ot cooler that is basically a knock off of the yeti.
Are ozark coolers as good as yeti.
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People who are yeti lovers don t accept ozark as a competitor at all and call it a clone as they believe yeti offers them a good value for money durability and a great performance.
Although it didn t seem to prevent any additional heat or cold from escaping it did stop more liquid from spilling out when tripped over compared to the ozark trail model which was not immune to leaking though a small amount of.
As the ozark trail cooler series can also retain ice for up to 10 days depending on the models and the external conditions.
The lids did not all fit seal properly one of them had the latches on backwards and there were other variances in them if you get a good ozark trail performance is only slightly less than the yeti.
They use the same rotomolded material for the isolation to ensure that the ice is isolated well enough.
I would suggest investing in a rotomolded cooler like a yeti that is truly made to keep food cold for longer periods of time.
Ozark trail wins on price and rtic wins on price with availability.
The suggestion about draining the water out is probably not good for keeping the interior of the cooler at the lowest temperature.
Both of these cooler brands offer t rex lid latches easy to use threaded drain plug rotomolded construction industry standard gasket.
They all use rotomolded polyethylene for their construction.
When it comes to hard coolers yeti has its tundra series.
Fyi i have turn.
Which makes it a good value.
Let s first take a look at the market leader yeti tundra 65.
It took me 3 to get a good one.
From that perspective both of the yeti and the ozark trail cooler is good enough.
The ozark is a great cooler but the company s qa was horrible.
While yeti and orca manufacture their coolers in the united states yeti manufactures these tumblers in china and orca doesn t tell us where their tumblers are made.
Rtic and ozark trail both tell us that they produce all their products in china.
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The other downside to the ozark trail cooler is that it weighs 31 pounds empty.
It s hard to beat a frosty beverage on a hot day but you ll need a reliable cooler in order to hold the cold.
The yeti tundra comes in 12 different sizes including the tundra 35 tundra 45 tundra 50 tundra 65 tundra 75 tundra 105 tundra 110 tundra 125 tundra 160 tundra 210 tundra 250 and the huge tundra 350.
The magellan cooler is often seen as the non premium variant of the yeti coolers.