YETI Coolers
V Series Stainless Steel Cooler
YETI's flagship hard cooler holds 55 quarts in kitchen-grade stainless steel. Vacuum-insulated panels line every side, and they work the way a steel thermos does.
Good to know: The shell and structure are steel. Latches, gasket and feet are rubber or polymer, and the insulation core is sealed foam. Also carried by REI.
Why we picked it
YETI's flagship, built like a giant vacuum flask: kitchen-grade stainless panels with vacuum insulation on every face, holding ice through a long weekend. The latches, gasket and feet are polymer and the core is sealed foam, so it stands as the least-plastic serious cooler on the market. Roto-molded plastic dominates this category wall to wall, which is the context for this steel exception.
What it’s made of
Stainless steel body, vacuum insulated panels. Chosen for what it’s made of, not what it’s wrapped in.
- Stainless steel
- Food-grade and near-indestructible. Won't shed microplastics.
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