YETI  Hopper Flip 12 Soft Cooler

Does what I expected. Needed smallish cooler for ice all day with drinks. This cooler held a Yeti Large IcePack on the bottom, 5 16oz drinks, a frozen 2L water container, 2sandwiches, snacks, and some loose ice cubes sprinkled in. Stayed cold all day. 4 hours in the car, 5 hours in the sun 88degree day. Got home and the ice was stuck to itself. Some water in the bottom but not much. Satisfied with the purchase.

Reading all of these fabulous reviews here I was expecting great performance from this cooler, it was unfortunately anything but. The general construction is very nicely done but where it lacks is performance. First what should have been a warning sign in terms of the cooler holding temperature was a 1” gap between the lid insulation and the top of cooler around the perimeter where the zipper is. I can understand the desire for YETI to keep this area clear to avoid zipper snags etc. but this is a major design flaw. Using a laser temp gauge you can see the cold just begging to leave the entire perimeter of the zipper which will obviously also let external warm air heat the inside of the cooler. This cooler lasted 24 hours using the appropriate yeti ice blocks and I would consider that generous as it rose above 40 degrees sometime overnite with the ice blocks completely defrosted the next morning. This was done pre chilling the cooler and using YETI recommended ice ratio. This was while the cooler itself was never exposed to temperature greater than 70 degrees, pretty optimal conditions. It is very rare that those conditions will happen. I have used $5 white styrofoam coolers which have performed similarly if arguably not better. Bottom line is it not worth the money if you are expecting to keep anything cooled for more than a daytime outing.