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Look on the bright side, at least the new MR packs will keep your food cold.
Is MR the first company Yeti has acquired?
Yes but to keep them COLD for 5 days you'll need to upgrade to the rotomolded Guide Heavy frame. It'll weigh 27lbs and be bigger then an elk head but you won't notice because you'll be too blasted from pounding a suitcase of Natty LIte at altitude.I’m running a hopper bag on my guideline MT frame. Is this enough beer capacity to keep me drunk for 5 days in the elk woods?
Yes but to keep them COLD for 5 days you'll need to upgrade to the rotomolded Guide Heavy frame. It'll weigh 27lbs and be bigger then an elk head but you won't notice because you'll be too blasted from pounding a suitcase of Natty LIte at altitude.
Or hate a company (Yeti) just because you can’t afford it.
Or hate a company because one’s style of hunting doesn’t justify the need. It’s probably safe to say that most Yeti bashers take an overnight or weekend trip, and therefore, any cooler will do. They’ve probably never been in remote areas for a week, in warmer temperatures, and it’s a 3 hour, or more, drive to the nearest available ice.
Is MR the first company Yeti has acquired?
The same can be said for range finders, guns, high end bino/spotter, clothing, etc.. I’m sure you don’t own any of those higher end items. It’s always comical when people complain about how expensive a product is that they don’t use but then tell others to get a $2500 gun, $2000 scope, $600 backpack, $2500 binos, $500 sleeping bag….amazing people killed animals with anything less expensive.Sounds intense. Makes me wonder how anyone could have ever hunted or ventured into those areas before the invention of the Yeti cooler.....
Isn’t it easy to pick out FNGs trying to get thier post count up, or Yeti bashers?Sounds intense. Makes me wonder how anyone could have ever hunted or ventured into those areas before the invention of the Yeti cooler.....
Isn’t it easy to pick out FNGs trying to get thier post count up, or Yeti bashers?
The same can be said for range finders, guns, high end bino/spotter, clothing, etc.. I’m sure you don’t own any of those higher end items. It’s always comical when people complain about how expensive a product is that they don’t use but then tell others to get a $2500 gun, $2000 scope, $600 backpack, $2500 binos, $500 sleeping bag….amazing people killed animals with anything less expensive.
We run 5 day, 45 mile, float trips in the middle of summer and I can promise the more expensive coolers make a difference when it’s 100 degrees and you have no option to refill ice.
Technology makes a difference and most of the time that comes with more $$.
This thread is…interesting
I think this will make Mystery Ranch a little cooler.
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Marble, I know your are right regarding the "don't be so quick to judge" kinda thinking. However, what percentage of the time does this type of deal result in a better or more affordable product? Just about never... I know there are a few exceptions, but I'd guess the average user of any product following this kind of buy out will say it was a loss for the user 90+% of the time after a couple/few years. Take a guy who poured his heart and soul into a company and the products they make for a long time and remove him from the company and replace him with a group that is concerned most about profit margins and it's probably not going to be a net gain for the user. JMO on this, but you are definitely correct in that only time will tell...
And to add to this a little bit. I look at my numbers everyday and have a fairly in-depth report, followed by an hour long meeting every month to go over numbers. The business comes first. My employees are the most important thing in my business, but without a continuing growing profit, I would eventually lose the business and thus, all of my employees.I disagree. I don't know the original owner but I am sure he too was concerned with margins. I see many comments in here that scream the romanticized viewpoint of the " I had it before it was mainstream", " isn't quite like my old xxx".
I fully understand some products are ruined by commercialization. I doubt this will be one. I think in the scenario you describe above and the person below mention, I'd be more worried if yeti was already in the hunting pack game and bought MR out as competition and continued to push their products exclusively and shelved MR. I see this as a potential positive.
MR was already on camofire every week. How much worse can it get?