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Question for Yeti M30 Soft Cooler Owners . . .

Discussion in 'Outdoors' started by HBTundra, Apr 10, 2022.

  1. Apr 10, 2022 at 9:55 AM
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    HBTundra

    HBTundra [OP] New Member

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    . . . if there are any LOL.

    I recently was offered an M30 new for $150, so I grabbed it.
    My thought was to use it strictly for 'perishables' when I camp, and use my regular cooler for drinks & snacks which aren't so temperature sensitive, or will spoil.

    I'm hip on pre-chilling coolers, using ice packs, etc. etc. I was just wondering if people here have been satisfied with the 'performance' of this soft cooler in terms of ice retention. I understand that it won't perform as well as a comparable hard cooler, just curious as to how much less.

    Without knowing how it performs, a few things I like about it are, #1 it's not heavy . . . I like the size & shape, and that it'll fit easily in the back seat of my truck. As far as the magnetic closure, meh, I guess I like it for the reliability / simplicity aspect. But non of those features will matter if it sucks at doing its job.

    I'm usually camping for around 3-4 days and just looking to keep meat, eggs, bacon, fruit & veggies etc. in there . . . and avoid a lot of the 'opening/closing' just to get a drink or snack.

    Thanks in advance for any feedback or real world experience.
     
  2. Apr 10, 2022 at 10:02 AM
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    Freeze a couple plastic water bottles as your ice, then you know if you’re getting close to too warm or not. Once the bottles are 1/3 water it’s getting a little sketchy and you better cook the food up.

    I used a similar cooler (RTIC 20) to pack my snacks/lunch for several years before WFH and even with multiple opens/closes daily my ice pack on the bottom would still be rock solid each day. I would assume 3 days is probably the upper end of time for a soft sided cooler if well packed with ice and opened 2x daily.
     
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  3. Apr 10, 2022 at 3:54 PM
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    Update.
    I did a little test to get an idea of how well it does or doesn't work.
    I put 2 plastic quart size frozen water bottles in there with nothing else and sealed it up.
    I did NOT pre-chill the cooler beforehand.
    The temp was mid 80's F when I started.
    I kept the cooler in the shade the whole time.
    It's been 52 hours and I just peeked in there . . . both bottles have about 1/4 of the ice still in them.
    Heat gun reading on the bottom of the cooler averaged around 39-43 degrees.
    All things considered, so far I'm impressed.
    Gonna repeat this test but pre-chill the cooler first . . . pretty sure it'll go at least another 24 hours.
     
  4. Oct 9, 2023 at 7:58 AM
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    The Yeti Hopper M30 is a good cooler but not our favorite. TEH magnetic zipper may give it a good seal but makes it hard to open and close all the way. We usually use a few gel packs or another reusuable ice pack without much of a problem
     

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