Did the test vs the Yeti and I saw no ...
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Did the test vs the Yeti and I saw no difference. Comparing the prices, I would definitely go with The RTIC. Get the spill proof lid, it is worth the money as well,
2726382
I was hoping for a cup that kept my coffee hot for hours, which is what the cup had been said to do. But it doesn't do any better than my Starbuck's tumbler. I did a test and here are the results. I poured boiling water into both cups.
Time  Yeti  temp  Starbucks temp
1/2 hour  184  188
2 hours  152  158
3 1/2 hours  137  142
5 hours  123  127
6 hours  118  121

I did some research, and I think I did not get a fake Yeti, because of how the "E" is shaped. So this is a big disappointment to me!
584650
I'm sold. RTIC is amazing. I've purchased several as gifts. I'm a believer. Why spend loads on a over priced YETI. ? It's the same dang thing. My RTIC beat my YETI in a test I preformed. I froze the same amount of water into the same amount of ice trays. Measured it all out. Froze it. And placed the same amount in each cup. My YETI blew it away.
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This cup is amazing! I tried to disprove them. The first day, I filled it with ice and water. Left it in my truck, from 8am on a Sunday morning until 5:30am Monday. It was over 115 with the heat index, no telling how hot inside the truck. More then half the ice was still there, so obviously the water was still cold. Yeah they say the cheaper version is just as good, but it doesn't say Yeti on it. Great product, worth the money.
4516759
Many reviews report this cup is fake.... we already have a yeti from the yeti website & I can't tell the difference between them. Keeps my coffee warm for about an hour
2809189
Didn't stay cold as long as some... Expect more out of yeti; all the other yeti products I own are top notch.
2380269
Works just as well, if not better, than my Yeti!
1332043
So far this is a case of getting what you pay for. There's a lot of posts regarding the Blue Yeti. I bought this for mine and was hoping it'd work. I have no issues with the stand itself but attaching the Yeti isn't the optimal solution. Some users report not having the screw that fits into the Yeti but mine did, HOWEVER, it's plastic. Threading the piece into my yeti caused it to cross thread and now it's more of a plug and it certainly can't support the weight of the mic. Furthermore the standard thread on the arm is longer than the plastic screw cap which pushes into the Yeti never letting me fully tighten it down (this may have lead to the cross threading).

Anyway it looks like it works for some and might if you're really careful putting it into the bottom of the mic. I wouldn't move it afterwards if you succeed. I'm still not willing to buy a $100 arm so instead I reluctantly ordered&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Blue-Microphones-RADIUS-II-Microphone-Shock-Mount-for-Yeti-Yeti-Pro-with-Improved-Hinge-Design/dp/B00TTQLA50/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Blue Microphones RADIUS II Microphone Shock Mount for Yeti/Yeti Pro with Improved Hinge Design</a>&nbsp;to see if they can work better together. If so I'll have no problem bumping these stars up but for now I remain suspicious that i can hold all the weight I'm about to introduce.

I paid for next day shipping and will update this post hopefully this evening!

UPDATE: Yeti goes on wonderfully w/ the new RAIDUS II, however, it's just so heavy I cannot get the stand to keep the mic level. I've torqued the nut to the point where it's losing strength and still nothing. I ended up having to shove a wooden dowel + cardboard from the shipping box in there to force the angle. I'll send a picture. If $ is worth it to you then you can buy this but do expect to do some rigging. Otherwise go w/ the $100 one that people keep talking about. I'm leaving this at two stars for all the work I've had to put into this.
3406960
Upset that I only received one cup for $27.00. I could have bought a Yeti for that price. Please send my other cup.
4159959
Doesn't seem to keep the ice as well as a Yeti, but the finish is excellent and good to grip.  I also bought one for USF after I saw how good my wife's WVU one looked/felt.
1671234
Ok, so clearly Yeti started some sh! t.  I can remember seeing their branded cups and drink coozi's start to show up. I thought at first that they where just milking their brand.  Then I heard from someone i didn't expect to hear it from that they where some kind of new magical device that was super better than the insulated mugs before it.

Doubt remained.

Then you hear it from a few more sources and you think, OK maybe someone made a better mousetrap.

However those suckers are still stoopid expensive. Frankly, so are these. I was fortunate enough to get a 20 oz and a 30 oz at a steep discount, in exchange I agreed to review it. I bit on the deal and Im glad I did.  I like well made things, and these are well made things.

Someone somewhere decided to do something to improve the insulated mug. maybe the real thick clear plastic lid with the nice rubber gasket is all of it, maybe just a part. Maybe they are foam filling the void between the walls, maybe they arent. Someone message me and tell me how they are doing it.  Because they are.

So, now you have to decide. Are you the kind of guy who wants people to see the Yeti logo? do you want to broadcast that you paid to much for your mug?  maybe get it stolen?  Or do you want something a little more discreet but with the same performance?

Or maybe you just like that these are powder-coated.

Personally im glad I got this deal, because these are solid little mugs.

Now go read my review on the 20 oz size and you'll get some "hard" numbers on the temperature test i tried.  Im not a scientist, but I did write things down.
497749
Ok but not crazy about it... about 3 hours difference on cold drinks vs. yetti
440154
After reading the reviews I came to see that the people who got this product at a discount really liked it but the people who didn't mention a discount didn't like it which made me wonder if those with the discount really tried them out. Let me start by saying, I got these Ice Cubes at a discount in return for my honest review. In order to not be bias I decided to try an experiment that relied purely on science and not my own ideas of temperatures and feeling.

I froze the steel cubes for about 36 hours. Then I measured out three cups of water into a single container and split the water three ways into three different glass, each to contain 8 ounces. I measured the temperature of the water in each glass then added the steel chilling cubes to one glass, one and half ice cubes to another (this seemed to cover about the same amount of mass as the cubes), and then left the third glass as my control, without anything being added to it. I set a timer and took the temperature of the different waters at set amounts of time. I used the same thermometer in each glass so there would be no difference in calibrations. Here are my results:

The control: water without anything added started and stayed at 71 degrees Fahrenheit during each measurement.

The Steel Chilling cubes were as follows:
0 minutes: 71 degrees
2 minutes: 64 degrees
5 minutes: 62 degrees
10 minutes: 61 degrees
20 minutes: 59 degrees
*Note that I took a reading from the top of the water just under the surface for these results. When I tested the water at the bottom of the cup, where the cubes sink to, each reading was at least 10 degrees colder (with the exception of the initial measurement which was still 71 degrees) and I never let the thermometer probe touch the cubes. You can see in one of the pictures that I took closer to 10 minutes that the glass with these steel cubes in it has condensation forming on the outside because the temperature inside is so much colder. This never occurred on the glass with the normal ice.

The normal water ice cubes:
0 minutes: 71 degrees
2 minutes: 60 degrees
5 minutes: 56 degrees
10 minutes: 57 degrees
20 minutes: 59 degrees
*These readings were also from the upper part of the water in the glass but the when I tested near the bottom of the glass the variance was only about 1 degree. The ice completely melted by 6 minutes.

In short, if you drink quickly stick with normal ice and drink it up before it melts. If you take longer to drink (I am the world's slowest drinker) the steel cubes are the way to go. They make your liquid colder as it sets, even up to 20 minutes (I didn't measure after that) and they don't water down your drink. Plus they look cool!
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Hi, I received this tumbler and put it to the test:  filled it with mostly ice and water and left it overnight.  I kept checking it, and after 4 hours, the ice had melted completely.  This test was done in my home, under air conditioning, not in a car or elsewhere.  As far as I'm concerned, this company is giving out false advertising, and should be removed from your list of products.  If you don't believe me, try it for yourself, you'll see. It could have been one out of thousands, but I sincerely doubt it.  In the meantime, I do love Amazon.  Keep up the good work!  E. Phillips
1053078
Honestly, this thing holds up better than the yeti cups I have had. Thats saying something in my Opinion
4112332
it is a very cool looking toy, but my 5 year old grandson decided that it needed to battle with the Bigfoot that he got for Christmas, and I found out that the Yeti, although much tougher that his opponent, has a weak right arm, which he is now without. Bigfoot got trashed, so the Yeti was the clear winner, but sacrificed an arm scoring the victory!
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I bought this and a Yeti in the same order. There's no discernible difference, except the price. 5 stars all day long.