{"title":"Ice buckets by YETI®","description":null,"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"}],"url":"https:\/\/detiiling1.com\/collections\/yeti-eiskuebel.oembed","provider":"Detailing1","version":"1.0","type":"link"}