Matt4.0
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If you thought a $40 bucket was bad...how about a $300 camp chair!
Yeti Announces its Newest Product, the Hondo Chair • Gear Patrol
Yeti Announces its Newest Product, the Hondo Chair • Gear Patrol
Yeti at it again...
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mcnerney
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You gotta hand it to the Yeti company for the way they can market their products! They even sell those expensive coolers in our little hardware store here in Pinedale, WY......crazy!
You gotta hand it to the Yeti company for the way they can market their products! They even sell those expensive coolers in our little hardware store here in Pinedale, WY......crazy!
ia_trouter
Senior Member
Pretty sure I have quite a few chairs in my house I sit in everyday that didn't cost that much. They are good at marketing for sure.
Matt4.0
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But...but...they can hold 3,000 lbs! So next time you need a chair for your Honda Civic you're all set!
photoguy
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PT Barnum comes to mind- 'A seat for every ass', or something like that 
myt1
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They are a marketing company that happens to sell outdoor gear.
And it doesn't even look very comfortable.
And it doesn't even look very comfortable.
flyminded
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Any one that can market coolers as a lifestyle is a stable genius in my book.
littledavid123
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Makes as much sense as a $750 fly rod to catch a trout.
Dave
Dave
mcnerney
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Dave: Are you saying you not only bought one of those Yeti chairs, you got two? LOL!Makes as much sense as a $750 fly rod to catch a trout.
Dave
plain_clothes_hippy
Member
If I replace the $20 chair I currently use every year for 15 years, I break even. If I ever get to be 2500 lbs I'd consider it, but it hardly looks big enough for that anyway.
littledavid123
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james w 3 3
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The couple things I've bought from Yeti have been expensive to be sure, but also, and more importantly to me, of superlative quality and engineering.
As I sit here in my office writing this I'm resting my butt in an Aeron office chair, which I mention because it's designed by the same person and because it cost me something around $700. Way more money than I wanted to spend, but it turned out to be money better spent than some of my rod purchases.
Amortized over a long time period, and allowing for how much I like a comfortable chair near a campfire after a long day fishing, yes, I'll likely buy one IF my local shop "test sit" goes well.
$750+ rods, $250+ reels, $80+ fly lines, etc etc etc, all to catch a couple fish I'm just going to put back in the water. Thinking of it that way makes a $300 chair not seem so bad!
As I sit here in my office writing this I'm resting my butt in an Aeron office chair, which I mention because it's designed by the same person and because it cost me something around $700. Way more money than I wanted to spend, but it turned out to be money better spent than some of my rod purchases.
Amortized over a long time period, and allowing for how much I like a comfortable chair near a campfire after a long day fishing, yes, I'll likely buy one IF my local shop "test sit" goes well.
$750+ rods, $250+ reels, $80+ fly lines, etc etc etc, all to catch a couple fish I'm just going to put back in the water. Thinking of it that way makes a $300 chair not seem so bad!
mcnerney
Administrator
Dave: Dang just my luck, I was looking forward to that chair! LOL!
ia_trouter
Senior Member
I'd buy this line of reasoning if my $20 Cabela's camp chair wasn't really comfortable, but it is. It would be easier to convince me to buy a cooler, because there is a clear performance difference over a cheap alternative.
huronfly
Well-known member
Those rods/reels/fly lines provide a person with endless fun... A lawnchair? not so much. A cooler? not really all that exciting either. Any cooler or chair I've ever owned ends up mangled from animals or shenanigans anyways. Just my two pennies, but I think it's ****ing insane!
OK! (Don't ban me) I enjoy a warm summer night sitting in a chair, soaking shad for cats. Cooler full of beer, propane lantern glowing, listening to the bugs and night birds. I can do that for a helluva lot less than the Yeti folks charge.
Good on 'em for their products, but I'll stick with my $3 flea market chair, $20 Igloo, and free from BK 5 gallon pickle bucket.
Good on 'em for their products, but I'll stick with my $3 flea market chair, $20 Igloo, and free from BK 5 gallon pickle bucket.
littledavid123
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That's an evening I have enjoyed many times in my life. Thanks for bringing back the good memories.
Dave
Rip Tide
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I was going to make a snide remark too, but then I remembered that I always tote around a pair of these chairs in my truck
Zip Dee Fold-Away Chairs (set of 2 with matching carry bag) - Airstream Life store
Zip Dee Fold-Away Chairs (set of 2 with matching carry bag) - Airstream Life store
karstopo
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If the fabric and metal lasts, they might be worth it. Seems like we get 2-3 years out of the cheap ones before the plastic seat degrades in the sunlight. The ones that we take to the beach might last two years before the metal gets corroded so bad the chairs become useless. But we can buy a lot of the cheap ones for the price of a yeti and won’t ever have to worry about leaving the cheap ones on the beach unattended if we decide to take a walk.
Anything yeti around here is like leaving a stack of money with no one guarding it. There’s a constant dribble of thieves that evidently have gas money and a car or truck and patrol the beaches (we have drive on beaches) and boat ramps looking you those yeti coolers to snatch and grab to later pawn off. The only defense is to have really roached out coolers and furniture that’s too gross even for the tweakers.
Anything yeti around here is like leaving a stack of money with no one guarding it. There’s a constant dribble of thieves that evidently have gas money and a car or truck and patrol the beaches (we have drive on beaches) and boat ramps looking you those yeti coolers to snatch and grab to later pawn off. The only defense is to have really roached out coolers and furniture that’s too gross even for the tweakers.