OllieChristopher
Well-known member
Just as the thread title states. It all started when I was looking for a small and medium camp box solution. I went to REI and saw these Yeti boxes with broken plastic latches called the "load out". 250 bucks!! Yikes!! And the "demo" floor model was already broken and beat up? The 300.00 small (12 can) soft cooler had a broken zipper and the plastic buckles that hold the strap were broken.
I started looking around at their other products and was floored at the pricing vs quality. Standard 5 gallon bucket 40.00, tiny lunch bag 80.00, 300.00 small duffle bags, etc etc.
I can totally understand that a person that can afford expensive high quality products laying out the cash. I know the Pelican brand that is of a much higher quality for about the same price. OTOH, why would someone pay out good money on overpriced products that can't even hold up to use in the store? I am not impressed at all with the Yeti brand. Honestly the quality is no better than what you can get at Walmart for a fraction of the cost.
In the end I happened to be at Home Depot and saw these really nice looking Ridgid tool totes that are stackable. I got a medium and small one for less than 75 bucks total. They are not a "brand name" but have steel buckles/rubber coated steel connecting straps and look to be acceptable for my application. The demo models were scratched and chipped to hell and had been dropped who knows how many times from a shelf higher than my truck bed. They still functioned perfectly. FWIW The Milwaukee brand were in the same shelf as the rigid and some of them were not functioning. Broken hinges and latches on a few of them.
I started looking around at their other products and was floored at the pricing vs quality. Standard 5 gallon bucket 40.00, tiny lunch bag 80.00, 300.00 small duffle bags, etc etc.
I can totally understand that a person that can afford expensive high quality products laying out the cash. I know the Pelican brand that is of a much higher quality for about the same price. OTOH, why would someone pay out good money on overpriced products that can't even hold up to use in the store? I am not impressed at all with the Yeti brand. Honestly the quality is no better than what you can get at Walmart for a fraction of the cost.
In the end I happened to be at Home Depot and saw these really nice looking Ridgid tool totes that are stackable. I got a medium and small one for less than 75 bucks total. They are not a "brand name" but have steel buckles/rubber coated steel connecting straps and look to be acceptable for my application. The demo models were scratched and chipped to hell and had been dropped who knows how many times from a shelf higher than my truck bed. They still functioned perfectly. FWIW The Milwaukee brand were in the same shelf as the rigid and some of them were not functioning. Broken hinges and latches on a few of them.
