{"title":"Drink coolers","description":"\u003ch2 id=\"speakable-headline\"\u003eDrink coolers\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"speakable-definition\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDrink coolers\u003c\/strong\u003e: drink coolers keep ice or chilled drinks ready. The shape of the vessel and what it is meant to hold separate chilling a bottle from keeping loose ice cubes to hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVolume, closure and cleaning decide which one fits into everyday use; not every container is meant for every drink.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/eiskuebel\"\u003eIce bucket\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/weinkuehler\"\u003eWine chillers\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"yeti-tank-45","title":"YETI Tank® 45 \"Ice Bucket\" Insulated ice bucket","description":"\u003ch2 id=\"speakable-headline\"\u003eDrinks for the whole meet, and nobody walks back to their car\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cblockquote id=\"speakable-summary\"\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe YETI Tank 45 is an open ice bucket for 55 cans or 23 kilos of ice that a whole meet can help itself from. It isn't a cooler. Without a lid nothing stays cold overnight, and it takes two people to carry.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cp id=\"speakable-definition\"\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003eYETI Tank 45\u003c\/strong\u003e is YETI's ice bucket for people who don't chill drinks just for themselves at a meet, but for everyone. 55 cans fit inside, so do 23 kilos of ice, and a wine bottle stands upright in it instead of lying down. It sits on the ground next to the folding table and doesn't move again all day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHalf seven, the car park is filling up, the first three cars are already lined up. You open the tailgate, set the bucket down next to it on the tarmac and tip in two bags of ice. From then on nobody comes over to ask you anything, only to help themselves. That's the whole difference between a cooler and this thing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003c!-- 📸 FOTO 1: HERO — Tank 45 steht randvoll mit Eis und Dosen auf dem Asphalt neben der offenen Heckklappe, dahinter unscharf eine Reihe Autos, frühes Morgenlicht\n     Dateiname: d1_yeti-tank-45_hero.png\n     Alt-Text: \"YETI Tank 45 Eiskuebel mit Eis und Dosen neben der offenen Heckklappe auf dem Platz\" --\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e55 cans, and nobody walks back to the car.\u003c\/strong\u003e That's how much ten to fifteen people get through in a morning without anyone having to top up. In ice, it's 23 kilos, so two or three of the 10-kilo bags every petrol station sells. Wine and fizz go in just as easily as cans.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e6.2 kilos empty, about 29 full.\u003c\/strong\u003e That's why the Tank 45 gets set down once and then isn't carried again. The two rope handles are meant for two people, not one, and the rubber feet keep it where it stands, even on a sloping lawn or on metal.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e32 centimetres inside, so the bottle stands.\u003c\/strong\u003e A 0.75-litre bottle almost disappears in it instead of sinking into the ice and coming out soaking wet. A five-litre party keg stands in it with ice all around. The outside stays dry, on cobblestones just as on a load bed.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cblockquote class=\"praxistipp\"\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetailing1's tip from the shop:\u003c\/strong\u003e The most common mistake happens at the end of the day, not the start. Full, the bucket weighs about 29 kilos, and if you lift and tip it to empty it, half of it sloshes over your shoes and the rest over the painted load sill. That's what the drain plug at the bottom is for. Half a turn and it drains slowly while you pack up the rest. Unscrewing it completely works too and takes under a minute, but then the puddle is right where you're standing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eTwo bags of ice from the petrol station and the morning's sorted\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe YETI Tank 45 isn't packed at home, it's filled on the way: two or three 10-kilo bags of ice from the petrol station en route, cans on top, done.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eStill, two small moves decide whether anything is cold by the afternoon. The first: on the drive there, the bucket travels empty and open inside the car, not on the back seat in the sun. The second: drinks go in cold, not warm. YETI itself works on two parts ice to one part contents. A warm twelve-pack eats the first third of the ice before the first person turns up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMix both kinds and you'll get furthest. Cubed ice cools down fast, block ice lasts longer, and one bag of each is the combination that leaves the bucket with something to spare in the evening. Location matters just as much. In the shade of the open tailgate, ice lasts roughly twice as long as two metres further out in the sun, and the ground is always cooler than any surface at hip height.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAfter that, the Tank 45 does its real job, which has little to do with cold. It stands open. Nobody asks whether they can take something, nobody lifts a lid, nobody parks a half-empty can on your wing because they need both hands to open theirs. Over a morning, someone reaches in fifty times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003c!-- 📸 FOTO 2: ANWENDUNG — Hand greift zwischen Eiswuerfeln nach einer Dose, Kuebel steht auf dem Boden, im Hintergrund Klapptisch und Fahrzeugflanke angeschnitten\n     Dateiname: d1_yeti-tank-45_anwendung.png\n     Alt-Text: \"YETI Tank 45 offen mit Eis und Dosen, Hand greift nach einer Dose\" --\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eOpen means access, and open also means cold for less time\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWithout a lid, the YETI Tank 45 is a day bucket. It keeps a round of drinks cold for a morning, but it won't replace a cooler for a whole weekend at the campsite.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe lid is a separate product and changes less than you'd hope. It's UV-resistant, works as a chopping board and a seat, and it extends cold retention noticeably. But it has no seal, just sits loosely on top and falls off as soon as the bucket tips over. That doesn't turn the Tank into a sealable cooler. If you need days rather than hours, buy a box with a lid and latch, not a bucket.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe second honest limit is space. A 53-centimetre diameter goes into an estate's boot, but not into a small car next to the luggage. And the bucket doesn't fold down; empty it takes up the same volume as full, all year round. If you chill drinks twice a summer, you'll have an empty barrel standing around in the garage the rest of the time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eInside it measures about 33 centimetres in diameter. A five-litre party keg stands in it comfortably, a 30-litre keg won't fit, even though the American data sheet mentions a keg. That refers to a slim quarter barrel, which you'll hardly find over here.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the end the decision comes down to the size of your crowd. If you're chilling drinks for a whole meet and everyone should help themselves, the Tank 45 is right. If you're driving for yourself and a passenger, the smaller \u003ca href=\"\/products\/yeti-getraenkekuehler-rambler-beverage-bucket\"\u003estainless steel beverage bucket\u003c\/a\u003e with its 7.6 litres is enough. And if you regularly set up a proper bar and never put the bucket away anyway, the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/yeti-tank-85\"\u003elarger version of the ice bucket\u003c\/a\u003e is the more honest choice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003c!-- 📸 FOTO 3: DETAIL — Ablassstopfen und Gummifuss von unten schraeg fotografiert, daneben eine kleine Pfuetze Schmelzwasser auf Asphalt\n     Dateiname: d1_yeti-tank-45_ergebnis.png\n     Alt-Text: \"YETI Tank 45 Ablassstopfen und rutschfester Fuss im Detail\" --\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat the Tank 45 looks like in its fifth summer\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAn ice bucket moulded in one piece with a five-year warranty doesn't get replaced; it picks up scratches and keeps standing next to the car regardless.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThat's exactly why someone buys a thing like this, and it's the same reason they look after their car rather than using it up. A galvanised bucket from the DIY store costs a fraction and does the same job, except it sweats onto every surface it stands on and is blotchy after two seasons outdoors. If that doesn't bother you, you don't need the Tank 45. If you notice the ring on the load sill in the evening raking light, you do.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn colour, you choose between two routes. Tan swallows dust, tyre debris and the prints of hands that were just on a brake line, and looks in its third summer like it did in its first. White shows every fingerprint, but looks cleaner on a light-coloured car park and heats up less in the sun. If the bucket sits on gravel and grass, go for Tan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSoap and warm water keep it clean. If the bottom smells after a season, because some beer always ends up between the ice cubes, a bleach-and-water solution at six to one with a sponge does the trick. Then rinse and let it dry. What you can skip is trying to smarten it up with paint cleaner. On rotomoulded plastic, scratches don't disappear, they just get shinier.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd then it spends the winter somewhere. For storage, unscrew the drain plug completely and leave the bucket open, rather than pushing it into a corner with the lid on. Otherwise the last cupful of meltwater sits in the same edge for six months, and no amount of wiping will fix that come spring.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWho it's not for can be said in one sentence. If you head out alone, need space in the boot and are back home by evening, buy a cool bag, not a bucket for 55 cans. The Tank 45 only pays off once more than a handful of people regularly gather around the same car.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe move no manufacturer writes down concerns the feet. With a full bucket, four rubber pads carry about 29 kilos, and any chippings, sand and brake dust underneath act like sandpaper at that weight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSo you set it on the ground and not on the painted load sill, and if it really has to go on metal, put an \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/yeti\"\u003eoutdoor blanket from the range\u003c\/a\u003e under it. It's the same care you already give the rest of the car, just for the spot where later nobody goes looking for the cause.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003c!-- 📸 FOTO 4: LINEUP — Tank 45 in Tan und Weiss nebeneinander auf dem Platz, dazwischen der kleinere Beverage Bucket als Groessenvergleich\n     Dateiname: d1_yeti-tank-45_lineup.png\n     Alt-Text: \"YETI Tank 45 in Tan und Weiss im Groessenvergleich mit dem Rambler Beverage Bucket\" --\u003e\n","brand":"YETI","offers":[{"title":"Tan (Sand)","offer_id":49406355931471,"sku":"70000000030","price":230.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"White","offer_id":49406355964239,"sku":"70000000031","price":230.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0800\/3272\/7375\/files\/Tank_45_Tan_Front_6789_B_2400x2400_6181e7ee-5dcc-4f0c-af14-7b25ca1791b1.png?v=1722614998"},{"product_id":"yeti-tank-85","title":"YETI Tank® 85 \"Ice Bucket\" Insulated ice bucket","description":"\u003ch2 id=\"speakable-headline\"\u003eDrinks cold for the whole meet, with no puddle on the forecourt\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cblockquote id=\"speakable-summary\"\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat is the YETI Tank 85? An open ice bucket for 111 cans and 45 kilos of ice that stands next to the car and stays dry on the outside. It has no lid, you can't carry it once it's full, and it only fits in a boot when empty.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cp id=\"speakable-definition\"\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003eYETI Tank 85\u003c\/strong\u003e is YETI's big ice bucket for anyone who hangs out next to the car and wants the last can at ten to be just as cold as the first one at eight. 77.9 litres, open at the top, no lid in the way. You fill it where it'll stay for the evening, and at the end you pull the plug at the bottom. That's the whole routine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003c!-- 📸 FOTO 1: HERO — YETI Tank 85 randvoll mit Eis und Dosen auf dem Hof neben einem geparkten Wochenendauto, frueher Morgen, Heckklappe offen, flaches Licht\n     Dateiname: d1_yeti-tank-85_hero.png\n     Alt-Text: \"YETI Tank 85 Eiskuebel mit Eis und Dosen neben einem Auto auf dem Hof\" --\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFill it once and the evening is sorted.\u003c\/strong\u003e 111 cans go in, or 60 longnecks, or a half keg on ice. At a meet with twenty cars, everyone reaches in twice, and still nobody has to make a run to the drinks shop. The bucket stands at the edge of the forecourt and the rest of the day carries on without it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIt stays dry on the outside.\u003c\/strong\u003e After four hours in the sun, it's standing on the same patch of cobbles as at the start and has left nothing behind. If you've ever put a galvanised tub on an oiled wooden deck or the loading lip of an estate, you know the ring you can still see a season later.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIt ages like a tool, not like decor.\u003c\/strong\u003e 65 centimetres square, just under nine kilos empty, non-slip feet, a five-year warranty from YETI. Rotomoulded and UV-resistant, which in practice means: after three seasons between cobbles, trailer bed and paddock, it's got scratches and the colour is still where it was on day one.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cblockquote class=\"praxistipp\"\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetailing1's tip from the shop:\u003c\/strong\u003e The mistake happens when you fill it, not when you drink. Empty it's just under nine kilos; with 45 kilos of ice and three crates of cans it's well over fifty. Fill it in the garage and then lug it across the yard, and you'll end up with two soaked trouser legs and ice all over the path. Pick the spot first, then fetch the ice. And leave the meltwater in all day — YETI says itself that ice-cold water keeps the ice longer than air does. Drain it in the evening.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eYou fill the Tank 85 where it's going to stay\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe YETI Tank 85 is built to stand, not to travel. Pick a spot, set it down, ice in, drinks in. It stays there until the last car rolls off the forecourt.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCars \u0026amp; Coffee starts early. At seven it's still cool; by eleven the sun is on the forecourt and every crate that sat in a boot is lukewarm. The bucket goes into the estate the night before, gets set down first thing in the morning and is full before the first car parks up. Between two rows of parked cars, it's the spot where people stop and chat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn the way to the meet, it rides along empty. The 65 centimetre sides are what decide which car takes it: in an estate with the rear seats folded it disappears; in a saloon's boot it sits crosswise and takes up everything. On the other hand, you can strap it down on a trailer bed using the recesses on the side, so it doesn't wander off at the first bend. Like the other \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/yeti\"\u003ecoolers and ice buckets from YETI\u003c\/a\u003e, it's built for a load bed, not a living room.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the paddock it's the same order, just a different place. The bucket has been standing in the shade of the van since morning, the ice went in at seven, and after the last session everyone reaches in without a lid in the way. That's exactly why YETI left it open at the top: hand goes in, can comes out, nobody flips anything open.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhat goes in depends on the occasion. Cans for the crew, 60 longnecks for club night, twenty bottles of wine if someone's cooking in the evening, or a half keg on ice when the whole club turns up. Inside it's a good forty centimetres square and 45 centimetres deep. Whatever's on top comes out first, and whatever sits down in the ice is still the coldest drink on the forecourt at ten.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePre-chilling pays off if it's spent the summer in the garage. A warm bucket eats the first load of ice before the first can is even in. Put a cheap bag of ice in two hours beforehand and take it out just before filling — then the day starts at zero, not at minus an hour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003c!-- 📸 FOTO 2: ANWENDUNG — Haende schaufeln Eis in den YETI Tank 85, daneben Dosen im Karton, Hofpflaster und Kombi mit offener Heckklappe im Hintergrund\n     Dateiname: d1_yeti-tank-85_anwendung.png\n     Alt-Text: \"YETI Tank 85 Eiskuebel wird am Auto mit Eis und Dosen befuellt\" --\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eNo lid included, and nobody carries it full on their own\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Tank 85 comes without a lid. That's deliberate, and it's still where most people get their sums wrong: without a lid it's a one-day bucket, not a weekend one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOpen and in summer sun, it lasts a day, not three. If you fill it on Friday and expect cold cans on Sunday, you need the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/yeti-tank-deckel\"\u003ematching lid for the ice bucket\u003c\/a\u003e — then users report two to four days. YETI itself deliberately gives no hours figure, and any precise number here would be a guess. One detail that keeps cropping up in reviews: the lid just sits on top, it doesn't seal and falls off if the bucket tips over.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOne Saturday in July it stood on the paving in front of our showroom in Nordhorn, open and in full sun from midday. At eight in the evening there was still ice floating; the next morning it was a tub of cold water. In the shade and with a lid, the maths looks different. Without either, you plan for a day, not a weekend.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe second limit is weight. Filled to the brim it's over fifty kilos, and the rope handles on the sides are meant for two people, not one back. Moving it mid-afternoon is no longer an option; tipping it over is an event. It doesn't have wheels either. If you want to move it three times a day, you've bought the wrong thing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTwenty people standing around the forecourt for four hours? This bucket. Four people at a folding table who want two bottles kept cold? The \u003ca href=\"\/products\/yeti-tank-45\"\u003esmaller ice bucket for 55 cans\u003c\/a\u003e, which weighs just under six kilos empty and fits in any boot. Of the two, the 85 is the more expensive wrong buy, because it's still big when it stays half empty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd it's an outdoor thing that sits on the ground. In the kitchen it's in the way; in the living room it looks like a building site. On a concours lawn with a white marquee it stands out less than any blue plastic tub, but there's nothing elegant about it. It's built to be used.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003c!-- 📸 FOTO 3: DETAIL — Nahaufnahme des Vortex Ablassstopfens am Boden des YETI Tank 85, Wasser laeuft in einen Gully, Reifen und Hofpflaster im Hintergrund\n     Dateiname: d1_yeti-tank-85_ergebnis.png\n     Alt-Text: \"YETI Tank 85 Eiskuebel Ablassventil beim Entleeren am Ende des Tages\" --\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eFor the host of the meet, not for the boot\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis ice bucket belongs to the person everyone else meets up with. If you're the one providing the yard, opening the gate and firing up the grill, you've been improvising the drinks until now.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThat's the real target audience: the club treasurer with the big yard, the trackday organiser with the van, the neighbour whose garage has twelve cars outside on Saturdays. All three have solved the same problem by putting crates in the shade — and from two o'clock nobody got anything cold. The YETI Tank 85 is where that improvising stops.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWho it's not for: anyone who goes to meets alone, the weekend road trip for two, the small boot. A cool bag that fits in the footwell does the job there. And if you need it twice a year, a bucket this size doesn't pay off. It's worth it when it's out on the forecourt ten times between April and October, not when it looks good on a shelf.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHow it ages is the calm part. Rotomoulded polyethylene picks up scratches and nothing else. No rust at the seams like a zinc tub, no cracked paint like a painted metal bucket. After three seasons the surface tells the story of everywhere it's been, and the rope handles are still the same. Soap and warm water are enough to clean it; for stubborn smells after a fishing weekend, YETI recommends water and bleach at six to one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe move no manufacturer writes down comes at the end of the season. With the bucket standing, open the drain plug just a quarter turn. Unscrew it fully and forty litres hit your paving at once — with you standing in the middle of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd store it open over winter, with the plug next to it rather than screwed in. A bucket screwed shut and still damp inside smells of that August evening come March. Do both and in spring you'll pull a bucket out of the corner that smells like new and looks used. Exactly as it should be.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003c!-- 📸 FOTO 4: LINEUP — YETI Tank 85 in Weiss und Tan nebeneinander vor einer offenen Heckklappe, dazwischen der kleinere Tank 45 als Groessenvergleich, Abendlicht\n     Dateiname: d1_yeti-tank-85_lineup.png\n     Alt-Text: \"YETI Tank 85 Eiskuebel in Weiss und Tan im Groessenvergleich neben dem Tank 45\" --\u003e\n","brand":"YETI","offers":[{"title":"White","offer_id":49406356226383,"sku":"70000000034","price":270.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Tan (Sand)","offer_id":49406356259151,"sku":"70000000033","price":270.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0800\/3272\/7375\/files\/Tank_85_White_Front_6723_B_2400x2400_5a999cf6-11f8-4456-9045-3de3af12daf8.png?v=1722615015"},{"product_id":"yeti-tank-deckel","title":"YETI Tank™ Lid for Ice Bucket","description":"\u003cp\u003eComplete your YETI TANK™ Ice Bucket with our UV-resistant lid.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YETI","offers":[{"title":"45 \/ YETI Tank® Eiskübel","offer_id":49406496506191,"sku":"24060500001","price":50.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"85 \/ YETI Tank® Eiskübel","offer_id":49406496538959,"sku":"24060400001","price":60.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0800\/3272\/7375\/files\/Cooler-Accessories_Tank-Lid_85W_Studio_W-Lid.png?v=1722615022"},{"product_id":"yeti-getraenkekuehler-rambler-beverage-bucket","title":"Rambler® \"Beverage Bucket\" Drinks Cooler","description":"\u003ch2 id=\"speakable-headline\"\u003eCold drinks next to the car until the car park empties\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cblockquote id=\"speakable-summary\"\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat is the YETI Rambler Beverage Bucket? An insulated stainless steel bucket for a six-pack or three bottles of wine that stands full of ice at your destination so everyone can help themselves. It isn't a cooler for the drive over: the lid keeps insects out, not meltwater in.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cp id=\"speakable-definition\"\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003eYETI Rambler Beverage Bucket\u003c\/strong\u003e is YETI's drinks cooler for anyone who brings their own drinks to a meet and wants them cold until the afternoon. Seven o'clock at the petrol station, two bags of ice on the passenger seat. By nine the tailgate is up, the bucket is on the boot sill, and the first can is frosted before anyone asks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003c!-- 📸 FOTO 1: HERO — Rambler Beverage Bucket randvoll mit Eis und Dosen auf der geöffneten Ladekante eines Kombis, frühes Morgenlicht, Klapptisch angeschnitten\n     Dateiname: d1_yeti-getraenkekuehler-rambler-beverage-bucket_hero.png\n     Alt-Text: \"YETI Rambler Beverage Bucket mit Eis und Dosen auf der Ladekante an der offenen Heckklappe\" --\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA six-pack, three bottles of wine or four and a half kilos of ice.\u003c\/strong\u003e 7.6 litres is roughly what a group gets through in a morning without anyone walking back to the car. Filled to the brim with ice instead of drinks, it's around four and a half kilos. Wine bottles: three fit, and the lid stays off because the necks stick out.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNo water ring on the boot sill.\u003c\/strong\u003e It stays dry on the outside, even with four hours of ice inside. On the painted boot sill of a dark estate, on the folding table and on the leather seat, there's nothing left afterwards that needs wiping off. That's exactly what sets it apart from a galvanised bucket from the DIY store.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIt stays where you put it.\u003c\/strong\u003e The rubber ring on the base carries three kilos of empty weight plus ice and neither lets the bucket wander nor lets the paint underneath suffer. The handle swings up when you lift it and lies flat as soon as the bucket is down. No clanging on the metal.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cblockquote class=\"praxistipp\"\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetailing1's tip from the shop:\u003c\/strong\u003e The mistake happens at home, not at the meet. Put the cans in and tip the ice on top, and you cool the top layer and wonder about the bottom one. Ice first, then twist the cans in, then a second layer of ice into the gaps. Two bags from the petrol station is the right amount. And never put it in the boot full: the lid keeps wasps out, but not meltwater in, and the first country road does the rest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eThe ice comes from the petrol station not from home\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe YETI Rambler Beverage Bucket travels empty and gets filled at your destination. Two bags of ice on the way, cans in, lid on, and the bucket sits next to the bumper.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAt every meet there are the people queuing and the people who've got something set up. The bucket puts you in the second group. It stands there open, everyone reaches in themselves, and you don't have to ask anyone if they'd like another.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn Germany, Cars \u0026amp; Coffee means early weekend mornings, all makes welcome, no judging, no programme. The coffee usually comes from the organiser, everything else you bring yourself. That's exactly why the bucket stands an arm's length from the bumper, between the folding table and the open tailgate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEmpty, it rarely travels empty. On the way there it holds cloths, gloves and the sunglasses, because without the lid it's stackable and has a spot in the boot anyway. At your destination you tip it out and refill it. Three kilos empty, eight to nine with ice and a six-pack: you carry that from the boot to the table, not halfway across the car park.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe same ritual works in the paddock. Between two sessions you rarely get more than forty minutes, and those go on tyre pressures, fuel and helmet. A bucket the crew can help themselves from saves the trip to the food truck and the debate about whose turn it is.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn a road trip in the weekend car, it turns a car park into a place to be. Motorway services, a gravel lay-by at the lake, the yard outside a mechanic's where someone else is spannering. Bucket out, tailgate up, two people sitting on the boot sill. That's not a summer accessory, it's what turns a stop into half an hour you remember.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe lid isn't an accessory here, it's the difference between mid-morning and midday. On, it keeps off wasps, pollen and sun. Off, the bucket is an open bowl where ice turns to water faster than you'd like. YETI explicitly recommends it as soon as there's ice inside.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003c!-- 📸 FOTO 2: ANWENDUNG — Hand greift eine Dose aus dem Kübel, Deckel liegt daneben auf dem Klapptisch, Fahrzeug unscharf im Hintergrund\n     Dateiname: d1_yeti-getraenkekuehler-rambler-beverage-bucket_anwendung.png\n     Alt-Text: \"YETI Rambler Beverage Bucket am Klapptisch, Hand nimmt eine gekuehlte Dose heraus\" --\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eNo lid for wine bottles and none against meltwater\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe drinks cooler's lid keeps off insects and sun, but it doesn't seal. Wine bottles stick out, and you shouldn't transport the bucket full.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eYETI says so itself and even spells it out on the replacement lid: not leakproof, but keeps cans and ice safely inside. That's not a weakness, it's a clear statement. Put the full bucket in the boot and there's water on the load floor by the second roundabout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe second limit is the purpose. The YETI Rambler Beverage Bucket doesn't make anything cold, it holds whatever state it's given. Warm cans and two handfuls of ice make lukewarm cans by eleven. Everything goes in cold, otherwise it isn't worth the effort.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIf you need to keep things cold on the drive over, add a \u003ca href=\"\/products\/yeti-kuehlbox-daytrip-box-9l\"\u003ecooler with a sealed lid\u003c\/a\u003e and the bucket rides empty in the boot. If you want to serve at your destination, it's the other way round: the box stays shut and the bucket goes on the table. Both together is the honest way, one on its own is a compromise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThree points worth knowing before you order. At 29.3 centimetres across, it almost fills a small folding table on its own. The ice scoop isn't included and can't be attached to the bucket either. And the honeycomb structure on the underside of the lid can go in the dishwasher, by hand it's fiddly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThen there's the short list of don'ts that applies to the whole Rambler range. No microwave, no freezer, no bleach and no cream cleanser. Dishwasher yes, bucket and lid. If the stainless steel ever picks up flash rust from someone else's tools, a standard stainless steel cleaner takes it off again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThat leaves the only real choice, because there's just one size. Bare stainless looks like a tool at a meet and shows every fingerprint. White, Navy and the seasonal colour are powder-coated, stay grippy and understated, but a dent in the metal shows sooner. If you handle the bucket a lot and rarely polish it, go for a colour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003c!-- 📸 FOTO 3: DETAIL — Klarsichtdeckel liegt auf dem gefüllten Kübel, Wabenstruktur der Unterseite und der Gummiring am Boden im selben Bild\n     Dateiname: d1_yeti-getraenkekuehler-rambler-beverage-bucket_ergebnis.png\n     Alt-Text: \"YETI Rambler Beverage Bucket Deckel und rutschhemmender Gummiring am Boden im Detail\" --\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eFive years of warranty and a dent that comes with the territory\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe reason for a YETI is rarely the one extra hour of ice, it's that after the third summer next to the toolbox the bucket still looks like it did on day one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe coloured outer skin is a powder coating that, according to the maker, won't chip, peel or fade, and YETI gives a five-year warranty on the Rambler range. If you've ever judged a sealant after two years, you know that searching look. Edges first, then the rim, then the spot under the handle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt still ages, just differently. 18\/8 stainless steel doesn't spring back, a dent from the boot sill stays, and the first one hurts. From the second one on it's a mark of use rather than damage, like the first stone chip on a front splitter. What doesn't happen: the colour wearing thin at the edges and the thing starting to look cheap.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWho it isn't for: anyone driving to a meet alone who needs one bottle of water. Three kilos of stainless steel for two drinks makes no sense, a \u003ca href=\"\/products\/yeti-isolierbecher-rambler-stackable-pint-magslider\"\u003estackable insulated tumbler\u003c\/a\u003e on the boot sill does the job. The YETI Rambler Beverage Bucket is kit for whoever's playing host.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt's for anyone who looks after their car instead of using it up, and who therefore rarely buys the cheapest or the loudest thing. Someone like that buys what will still be around in five years. The bucket next to the bumper says the same about its owner as the paint next to it, just more quietly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd it gets quieter over the years. New, the handle rattles against the side, after two seasons the rubber has bedded in and you only hear it when you set it down. If you're out every other weekend in summer, you quickly clock up thirty outings a year, and that's exactly when you notice nothing on it ever works loose.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThat leaves the move no manufacturer puts on the packaging. The evening before, tip in two litres of cold water and a handful of ice, leave it in the garage overnight and pour it out just before you set off. The first load of ice in the morning then lasts visibly longer instead of collapsing on the drive over.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd if something does give up one day, it's the lid. YETI sells it separately as a spare part, made for this bucket only and explicitly not for the LoadOut bucket. A drinks cooler that fails at the lid isn't a write-off here. The same thinking runs through the whole \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/yeti\"\u003erange of insulated cups and containers\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003c!-- 📸 FOTO 4: KONTEXT — Kübel steht am Boden neben der Stoßstange eines Wochenendautos, Heckklappe offen, mehrere Leute drumherum, Spätsommerlicht\n     Dateiname: d1_yeti-getraenkekuehler-rambler-beverage-bucket_lineup.png\n     Alt-Text: \"YETI Rambler Beverage Bucket neben der Stossstange auf einem Cars and Coffee Treffen\" --\u003e\n","brand":"YETI","offers":[{"title":"White (Weiß)","offer_id":58253389431119,"sku":"D1-YET-70000003351","price":160.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Stainless Steel (Edelstahl)","offer_id":58253389463887,"sku":"D1-YET-70000001567","price":160.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Navy (Blau)","offer_id":58253389496655,"sku":"D1-YET-70000003350","price":160.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0800\/3272\/7375\/files\/rambler-beverage-bucket-getraenkekuehler__70000001567.png?v=1788191209"},{"product_id":"yeti-weinkuehler-rambler-wine-chiller","title":"Rambler® \"Wine Chiller\" Wine Chiller","description":"\u003ch2 id=\"speakable-headline\"\u003eThe bottle is as cold at the viewpoint as when you set off\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cblockquote id=\"speakable-summary\"\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat is the YETI Rambler Wine Chiller? A stainless steel wine chiller that needs no ice and keeps a pre-chilled bottle cold for a whole evening. It can't make anything cold, it has no lid, and wide champagne bottles don't fit.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cp id=\"speakable-definition\"\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003eYETI Rambler Wine Chiller\u003c\/strong\u003e is YETI's wine chiller for anyone who takes a cold bottle from home and wants to pull it out of the boot still cold hours later at the destination. No ice, no meltwater, no dripping towel. The drive ends at the viewpoint, the folding table comes out of the tailgate, and the bottle stands where an ice bucket would otherwise have left a puddle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003c!-- 📸 FOTO 1: HERO — Wine Chiller mit Weinflasche auf dem Klapptisch an der offenen Heckklappe, spätes Abendlicht, Fahrzeug unscharf im Hintergrund\n     Dateiname: d1_yeti-weinkuehler-rambler-wine-chiller_hero.png\n     Alt-Text: \"YETI Rambler Wine Chiller Weinkuehler mit Flasche auf dem Klapptisch an der offenen Heckklappe\" --\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNo ice, no water, no ring.\u003c\/strong\u003e A 0.75-litre bottle goes in cold and comes out cold hours later, without a single ice cube along for the ride. The chiller stays dry on the outside. No water ring on the boot sill, no soggy label, no wet towel left lying in the boot afterwards. If you look after your car, you know the ring a sweating vessel leaves on a leather bench seat or a wooden edge.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe bottle pokes out and stands quietly.\u003c\/strong\u003e 23.8 centimetres tall, a standard bottle sticks out a good way at the top. You grab it by the neck and never reach into the chiller. At the bottom there's a silicone insert, so glass never meets metal: no clinking when the tailgate shuts, no clack when you top up. The insert comes out with two fingers.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMade for the boot, not the display cabinet.\u003c\/strong\u003e 18\/8 stainless steel, the coloured versions also powder-coated, five-year warranty on the Rambler line (maker's claim). After three seasons between the jack and the tool bag it has a few marks and the colour is still where it was on day one. Body and silicone insert are dishwasher safe on top of that.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cblockquote class=\"praxistipp\"\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetailing1's tip from the shop:\u003c\/strong\u003e The mistake happens before you set off, not at the table. The bottle comes cold out of the fridge, the chiller room-warm out of the cupboard. A warm stainless steel body pulls cold out of the bottle for the first half hour. Put the chiller in the fridge for 30 minutes too, or sit it between the ice packs in the cooler for 10. Not in the freezer. And at the destination, into the shade of the tailgate, not the sun.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Wine Chiller comes along and the ice bucket stays at home\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn a drive out, the YETI Rambler Wine Chiller replaces the ice bucket. Chill the bottle, bring the chiller cold, and at the destination both are ready on the folding table.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIf you've ever lugged a champagne bucket along, you know the drill: buy ice, fill it, pour off the water, and on the way home the rest sloshes over the boot sill. At the end of the country road there's a lukewarm bottle standing in a puddle. The Wine Chiller cuts that down to one move, and the same thinking is built into the rest of \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/yeti\"\u003eYETI's insulated tumblers and coolers\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAt the meet, it stays where you put it. The non-slip ring on the base holds it on painted metal, on wood and on the slightly sloping folding table every car park has somewhere. On the tailgate of an estate it sits more securely than any glass carafe, and if it does tip over, it's stainless steel falling over, not glass. One more dent, one less shard.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe ritual starts the evening before. Bottle in the fridge, chiller next to it, and both are ready in the morning. If you head off at six on a Sunday, you pack both in the same crate as the blanket and the folding table and don't give them another thought all day. That's the real difference from an ice bucket: the Wine Chiller needs no prep at the destination, just a level surface.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the paddock the scene is different and the routine the same. The last run is done, the pit lane is emptying, someone swings open the back of the van. The chiller has been in the shade under the workbench since the morning, and the bottle inside is still as cold as it was at first practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor the drive itself: bring it empty. The chiller rides in the footwell or the crate, the bottle travels in the cool bag, and the two come together at the destination. It's open at the top. Take a corner with it full and the wine ends up on the floor mat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003c!-- 📸 FOTO 2: ANWENDUNG — Hand stellt die Flasche in den Wine Chiller, daneben Klapptisch und Kofferraumkante, Abendsonne\n     Dateiname: d1_yeti-weinkuehler-rambler-wine-chiller_anwendung.png\n     Alt-Text: \"YETI Rambler Wine Chiller Weinkuehler wird am Auto mit einer Flasche bestueckt\" --\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eIt can't make anything cold and it has no lid\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Wine Chiller doesn't chill, it preserves. It has no lid, none of the Rambler lids fit it, and particularly wide champagne bottles won't even go in.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHere's the honest maths: what you put in is what you get back. A bottle that spent the afternoon in a warm boot won't get cold in this chiller either. It extends a state, it doesn't create one. Know that, pack the evening before, and you'll have nothing to worry about come evening.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhat it can do, though, it does across the board. As well as wine, sparkling wine, cider and tall beer bottles fit, and if you're not bringing any alcohol at all, stand a litre bottle of water in it and it'll still be cold in the evening. At a meet that runs from four until ten, that's the difference between a bottle you open and one you pack away again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe open design is deliberate, so different bottle shapes fit. But it costs you two things: security in a moving car and protection from anything that flies around in the evening. By the lake at dusk, put a saucer or a glass over the neck of the bottle. YETI itself also says some sparkling wine and champagne bottles are too wide, and pot-bellied Burgundy shapes fall into the same category.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd it's a one-bottle device. If one bottle for two is coming along, this wine chiller. If six cans and two bottles need to stay cold for the whole group, the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/yeti-getraenkekuehler-rambler-beverage-bucket\"\u003edrinks cooler with ice\u003c\/a\u003e. And empty it weighs 890 grams, with a bottle a good two kilos. No big deal for the boot, but it is for a hike with a rucksack.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003c!-- 📸 FOTO 3: DETAIL — Blick von oben in den Wine Chiller auf die Silikon-Abstellflaeche, Flaschenhals ragt heraus, Wassertropfen auf dem Tisch daneben fehlen\n     Dateiname: d1_yeti-weinkuehler-rambler-wine-chiller_ergebnis.png\n     Alt-Text: \"YETI Rambler Wine Chiller Weinkuehler von oben mit Silikon Abstellflaeche im Boden\" --\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eFor evenings next to the car not for the rucksack\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis wine chiller is for anyone who drives somewhere and stays there: the viewpoint after a mountain pass, the paddock on a Saturday evening, the concours lawn once the barriers come down.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt's an object for people who plan the evening like the route. If you wash your weekend car in the morning and drive it somewhere beautiful in the evening, you've been improvising with the bottle until now. Part of that is not needing glass next to the car: the matching \u003ca href=\"\/products\/yeti-weinbecher-rambler-wine-tumbler\"\u003estainless steel wine tumbler\u003c\/a\u003e stays upright even when someone bumps the folding table.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs a gift it works for the same reason it justifies itself. It's pricey enough that you don't buy it on a whim, and everyday enough that it doesn't disappear into a cupboard. If you know someone who takes their car out at the weekend and parks up somewhere in the evening, it's a pretty safe bet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWho it isn't for: the rucksack, the hike, the kitchen at home. There, a fridge is two metres away. And if you're catering for twelve guests, the maths is different anyway. It pays off when it's constantly shuttling between the boot and the folding table, not when it sits on a shelf looking good. And if you only ever drink your wine on the patio at home, you don't need a vessel that can handle life in a boot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHow it ages comes down to one move YETI doesn't mention anywhere: take the silicone insert out after every evening. That's where the water that ran off the label collects, and exactly where the ring forms that you can't get off after the third season. Both parts can go in the dishwasher, let them dry open, done. Then the base looks the same in the fourth summer as in the first, and on the outside only the finish tells you everywhere you've been.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003c!-- 📸 FOTO 4: LINEUP — mehrere Farbausfuehrungen des Wine Chillers nebeneinander vor der Heckklappe, flaches Abendlicht\n     Dateiname: d1_yeti-weinkuehler-rambler-wine-chiller_lineup.png\n     Alt-Text: \"YETI Rambler Wine Chiller Weinkuehler in allen Farbausfuehrungen nebeneinander\" --\u003e\n","brand":"YETI","offers":[{"title":"White (Weiß)","offer_id":58253389529423,"sku":"D1-YET-70000003502","price":85.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Stainless Steel (Edelstahl)","offer_id":58253389562191,"sku":"D1-YET-70000003186","price":85.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Navy (Blau)","offer_id":58253389594959,"sku":"D1-YET-70000003501","price":85.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Rescue Red (Rot)","offer_id":58253779075407,"sku":"D1-YET-70000003503","price":85.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0800\/3272\/7375\/files\/rambler-wine-chiller-weinkuehler__70000003502.png?v=1788191195"},{"product_id":"yeti-deckel-rambler-beverage-bucket-lid","title":"Beverage Bucket Lid for \"Rambler® Beverage Bucket\"","description":null,"brand":"YETI","offers":[{"title":"Clear (Transparent) \/ Rambler® Beverage Bucket","offer_id":58253548749135,"sku":"D1-YET-70000001760","price":30.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0800\/3272\/7375\/files\/beverage-bucket-lid-deckel-fuer-rambler-beverage-bucket__70000001760.png?v=1788191341"}],"url":"https:\/\/detiiling1.com\/collections\/getraenkekuehler.oembed","provider":"Detailing1","version":"1.0","type":"link"}