Hydro Flask vs. Yeti: Which Is Better?

There are dozens of different insulated water bottles out there, but Yeti and Hydro Flask are by far the most popular. But out of the two, which is better? We found out.

#yeti #hydroflask #waterbottle

IN THIS EPISODE:

00:00 Intro
00:29 Bottle Specs
01:45 Temperature Retention
02:29 Drop Tests
03:34 The Conclusion

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[GatorAidMedical]

As owners of both, yeti is better. The chug cap emulates plastic water bottles better, and is more durable

[Transformyourmind]

I have 3 yeti's. Love em. Very durable, easy to use and I like the top handle. Tanks!

[erwinh.]

I like how you could have done a fair comparison with the equivalent Hydro Flask and Yeti bottles- but didn’t. The equivalent Hydro Flask would be the wide mouth version- not the standard mouth. The tests would have been far more useful if you had actually chosen equivalent bottles. The narrower opening of the standard mouth Hydro Flask is obviously going to have very different insulating properties to the wide mouth of the yeti- or for that matter the equivalent Hydro Flask.

[jaydavis]

I own both and travel a lot for work. While I prefer the weight and footprint of the HydroFlask, the Yeti is my go-to because the chug cap is easier to drink out of without a solid block of ice sloshing around and it can be removed to make filling the bottle much easier.

[JohnnyD]

I’ve got a lot of strong feelings about this.

For me, Yeti is easily the winner. My wife EDCs a HydroFlask while I have a Yeti. We’ve both had them for 5ish years. She brings hers to her desk job and I am quite a bit rougher on mine. Her bottle is absolutely beaten to hell while my bottle has a minor dent and some scratching. Let’s not forget ease of use HF states that their product has to be hand washed, at least hers was labeled as such, not sure if that’s changed. Yeti, just chuck it into the dishwasher. Dunno, everyone has a different use-case but I’m not keeping my water in there for hours and hours, it’s going in and getting drank within an hour or two, so the day-long ice-retention test is not really accurate to the end-user experience, in my opinion.

These pieces of gear are meant to be long term companions and HF, in our experience, can’t live up to it. The yeet off of the building might be far-fetched but a bunch of waist-height drops from an average person will turn a HF into an old Pepsi can.

[LosDoyerss]

Hydroflask is made of thin cheaper metal while the Yeti is built more tough. The Hydroflask will dent super easily and looks like crap after a year or two of use.

[lrklidia]

I have had my hydroflask for around a year now and it has so many dents and scratches just from falling off a 3 foot desk a few times at school. Meanwhile I have had my yeti for 2 years now and the only thing damaged is the cap with just a few scratches. The obvious winner is a yeti, hydroflasks are a waste...

[freegurl]

I think I will go with the Yeti. As I work at a school, and can use it as weapon too if anyone comes in and tries to harm me or the kiddos. 😊

[DionisisVasileiou]

klean kanteen and the yeti would be an interesting comparison

[Sumatra]

I use a Ozark Trail water bottle that looks and performs very similar to the Hydro Flask, even has the same flexible handle, but my Ozark Trail was $9.00.

[ethanfailes]

Not really a fair test as well. Only because they Yeti chug cap is not insulated and the hydroflasks is. Should of gone with the hotshot cap from yeti to make it fair.

[NWGR]

Yeti all the way for me. I have a 40oz hydroflask that ended up losing the insulation somwhow so it no longer keeps cold drinks cold for long. I'll still warranty it, but it's disappointing. Yetis are built like tanks and I absolutely love the chug/mag dock caps. You can really feel the difference in build quality; the hydroflask feels "hollow" and very light when empty. Just by feel, you can tell the yeti is made of a much thicker stainless steel. All of my water bottles going forward will be yetis.
Anothger thing, I absolutely love that yeti makes a gallon jug with the chug lid. That's my main water bottle.

[bluedoggum]

Did u fill bottles with water on hot water test? That would be the only fair way to do it imo. The ice test is the same. You have got to fill each with ice. The amount of air inside will be the factor that kills insulation.

[OllyJelleyWildlife]

Had two hydroflasks fail with no drops etc almost from new now, super unimpressed! Vaccum just gave up

[MrFerisko]

I know this is old but... you did not preheat the bottles before putting hot water in. Yetis inner steel walls have almost double the thickness compared to the hydro flask. Not preheating really does hurt it in that test. Even if you would measure the temp just couple minutes after filling the bottles up yetis temps would be worse.

[arhumdewan]

Can you do more I love this so much I subscribed!!!
It’s like straight forward and amazing camera pics :)

[joshuamanahan]

This is the best video of its kind I've watched so far.

[evanhernandez]

Thank god I got hydro fask I love keeping my water cold plus I just use a normal water bottle when I work out.

[KennyRodgers]

As soon as he took a shot at Yetis Chug Cap by calling it "unnecessary" I already knew how this was going to go lmao... Guess this guy likes ice & water all over his shirt

[patriciamejia]

I have a 20oz metal yeti cup I use it in the house with a straw. I don't have a yeti bottle. I have a 32oz stainless steel Owala bottle & I put 2 bottles of water in it to go out. My meds make my mouth dry so I have to drink something so my mouth will quit being dry & with that I'm more thirsty. So it depends how long I'm out & how much I drink will I'm out. I've left my bottle in the car overnight & my water was still cold. Can you make a video comparing the Yeti, Hydro Flask, Tal, & Owala Stainless steel bottles?