Best cooler for keeping ice during long hot days

RTIC coolers are supposed to be as good as yetis, lower price. i see them and another brand (that i can't remember right now) in my camping groups all the time.

ETA the other one is very busget friendly, Coleman Extreme.

RTIC is a local brand to me, so I have quite a bit of their products. The local news did a comparison between Yeti, RTIC, and another brand, and RTIC out-performed  or performed the same as Yeti on the products tested(ice stays colder longer in the tumbler).
My fridge broke earlier this year, and my RTIC cooler kept ice for several days.

A blogger one of DDs follows using the Yeti, RTIC, Orca, etc coolers for long trips and she puts frozen bottles in hers 36 hours prior to putting in food in. It stays much cooler. Also, your ice may not be solid. Some of the bagged ice in our area melts very quickly.

Earlier this summer we bought a 65qt Lifetime cooler for our road trips (but then couldn't use it this year for our big trip to CO because we had to change from a van to a sedan at the last minute...). We did use the cooler over the 4th of July weekend and while the ice did melt (packed Saturday morning and melted by Monday morning) we did get into quite a bit over those few hot days. I know it's available at several retailers such as Cabelas, Dicks & Bass Pro, but it's also for sale on the Sam's website for at least $100 less. I think we paid $130? It's heavy when empty, but not break-your-back heavy.

I use a $40 cooler I picked up a couple of years back for beer and soft drinks when we have a backyard party. Like others said above, I freeze water bottles and also put water in balloons and freeze those about two or three days ahead of time. I have gone out in the morning after the party to bring the drinks inside and the bottles and balloons still have chunks of ice in them.

What is really sad and super terrible for the earth is that a thick Styrofoam cooler with a tight fitting lid works really, really well. Like ice cream for hours well. I wouldn't care to buy one but I had something frozen shipped to me and it never occurred to me to ask about the packaging.

Yeti Tundra 45 and 60 are ATKs winner with the Coleman 50 QT Xtreme Wheeled Cooler coming in a very close second.

We save a few when dd gets her IgG delivery as well as the ice packs. They do work extremely well.

The bigger the ice the slower it Will melt. So ice blocks or jugs of frozen water are better than bags of cubed ice.

I don’t know about the other brands, but I swear by my Yeti. I am always amazed by how long things stay super cold/frozen in it. I think it’s worth the money.

Ozark Trail soft sided cooler, the one with the tight zipper, does the same job as a Yeti for $40. It can hold 24 cans.

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