YETI 18 Oz. Rambler Bottle - YRAMB18

I bought this 2 to 3 years ago and I still love it! Might pick up a bigger one for when I go on lengthier adventures.

I love the bottle, it has been great, but the chug cap leaves something to be desired. It is great when kept upright at all times, which when stationary is fine. But, when roaming and it gets tipped over, it spills liquid each time you drink from it. Seems to me that a yeti should be able to roll around and give you a clean sip. Alas, that is not the case. It would be great to see an improved chug cap with the slight reservoir that fills with liquid altered so that there are no messy spills as you use it when out and about.

Overall great bottle, but cap seems to be designed to break. The two part cap Is made out of one translucent Lexan type material, which is extremely sturdy, hard, and with a high measure of toughness (that's an actual material science term). The second part of the cap Is made out of a much softer kind of black polymer with a large handle, but a very small thread. With time, the black part of the cap Seems to undergo what's called creep deformation, which is the result of prolonged stress over a long period of time. In this case, it's about 2 to 4 months. As you screw the cap on, it will slowly screw down further and further, until you eventually strip the threads all together. When you couple that with a very large handle, in comparison to the size of the thread, the amount of torque that you apply to the cap Is far greater than the thread can take. This is not caused by misalignment or user error, this is what's called planned obsolescence. The cap is designed to eventually fail, so you would buy another one and another one every few months. I hope yeti decides to actually change the design, bottle caps are really not new technology, we know how to make them last a very long time. By the way, if you store soda or hot coffee or tea, deformation will be accelerated. Yeti, it's time to send everyone a new redesigned cap for free. That would be the decent thing to do.

5 users found this review helpful

I bought this large Rambler for working outdoors around the house and for fishing trips. I have loved it since day one and continue to love it today. I have been thoroughly impressed with how cold it will keep my drink for extended periods of time. Recently I had my Rambler on my 600 lb. zero turn mower and the Rambler fell off of the mower and I ran over it with the blades running on the mower. I was concerned that the Rambler would be ruined and was ecstatic to learn that the Rambler was in great shape after being ran over by a huge zero turn mower. These bottles are extremely tough and can handle anything you throw at them .

What a waste of time and money. I used to rave about my yeti products, NEVER again. I'm a long term user and have what I call the OG totally stainless thermos design. Something has to have changed (mine first ones weight more than what they now advertise). Short version: 3 thermoses, side by side did NOT perform the same. The only one worth the money spent was one of the old school versions. The 2 new, colored ones are CRAP. I wasted money on two bigger ones, thinking I was buying the same product. I will never again recommend Yeti. All thermoses were chilled in the fridge over night and had the same drink mix. We opened the smaller one and life was good. We opened this one, and it literally BLEW UP. It got so warm it fermented!!!! Mind you, it was only out of the fridge for 90mins, and IT WAS ON A BLOCK OF YETI ICE. I also have a slightly larger one, same thing, spoiled. I don't buy crap food. Everything that goes in here is organic and made from scratch, so I was without my meal, both later that day and the next morning, in addition to looking & smelling like I'd been puked on.

I am a state trooper in South Carolina. This has been my daily use water bottle for work, as well as when I am off. I have had it for over 2 years now and it has held up great to daily use and abuse. That is to be expected, though. The reason I am writing this review is because earlier in the month I was working a traffic detail at the RBC Heritage golf tournament. This water bottle was ran over by cars not once, but twice, in the span of 3 days. The second one definitely was the better smack of the two, causing major dents in it, and even popping the silver trim piece on the bottom completely off. I was able to reassemble everything with little difficulty. And I am happy to report, although it is now remarkably ugly, this bottle still functions as it did on day 1... no leaks, drips, etc., and I am still using it daily. Buy with confidence.

2 users found this review helpful

I'm not sure what the deal is with this Chug Cap, but it is constantly filthy. The threads on the top twist of portion (not the section that actually screws to the bottle) seems to collect and hold filth very easily, which creates a cloudy film with a mild, ugly odor. You would have to wash this bottle with soap and water everyday to keep it from collecting filth under the cap; which is not very convenient for something designed to live "off-grid." I owned a rambler with a Mag Slide top before this, and never had an issue like this. I'll be looking to replace this cap with something else. I'm also not sure why Yeti claims this paint job won't crack of flake; mine is chipped all over this place.

1 user found this review helpful

I love the bottle but the cap is nearly impossible to get off.

I loved the Rambler 26oz with chug cap for the first few weeks. I took it on two weeks of travel and it was awesome. But within less than a month it appears that the threads on the cap are stripped and it leaks and doesn't twist on properly. I like the concept of the chug because the mouthpiece is protected from contaminants, but if the threads don't last very long then there seems to be a design issue.

1 user found this review helpful

Got this for Xmas and love it! Use it often and at works perfectly every time! My lid was worn down so I contacted yeti for help and they sent me a whole new lid! Awesome! Best warranty, best customer service, best bottle brand ever!