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I encourage people to consider Cabela's name-branded coolers (I am not personally affiliated with the brand or store). I own a Yeti 45 only because it was first on the market in its class (they really do work and can keep ice for a week as advertised - I haul frozen food cross-continent in mine). If it weren't an issue of the substantial price I've already paid, I would give up the Yeti in favor of the Cabela's model in a heartbeat for one simple reason - the Cabela's coolers have integrated handles. You can run heavy chains through the handles and lock them down, greatly reducing the odds of theft (to cut the handles would be to destroy the fence value of the cooler, so no thief would do it). Given the high theft potential of high-end coolers generally, that would be the deal-maker for me if I were buying one today. Few (if any) other coolers offer that option. The RTICs do not. And the Yeti's "security" mechanisms are easily defeated.

Plus, Cabela's is where I've bought two of my three handguns and most of my peripherals to date, so buying from them would be win-win in supporting a friendly retailer.