I ordered some RTIC 30oz Tumblers and they got here today. They look great in both black and Camo and they have a bit of heft to them. I also picked up one of the handles for them and it's nice. I don't think it will fit in my cup holder in the truck with the handle though. In the house it works great with it. I also picked up a pack of their plastic straws. They sell the plastic ones with a ridge around them to hold the straw up off the bottom of the tumbler a bit and a pack of stainless steel straws that also has the ridge and both are 4 packs with the stainless straws having a small cleaning brush too. I chose the plastic because I though the stainless might be a bit too cold in the winter to use and a bit hard if drinking from it when bouncing off road if you happened to hit your teeth or gums or poke your cheek. The plastic is a hard plastic and a lot better than the straws from a fast food place and should last for quite some time.
I've only used one of the Tumblers for awhile tonight in the house and so far it looks good. I filled it with ice up to the full mark and then added tea like I do with the plastic cup I usually use. I've refilled the tumbler with tea several times and there have been about a dozen small "McD's" sized ice cubes that have fallen into it and the ice level is still at the full line mark. Normally I'd fill my plastic cup with tea several times and also top off the ice at least twice in this same time frame.
I'll have to wait until it warms up to test out how it holds ice in the heat. Right now we're hitting temps in the zero and below range so a test outside or in the truck even wouldn't mean much. Hell I could pour ice and tea in a ziploc bag and it would stay cold and full of ice until at least April right now.
They have some double walled insulated stainless bottles in various sizes and colors with a 64oz being the biggest. They look pretty good too.
The Tumblers are a good bargain at $10.99 each for the 30oz and the 64oz bottles are $20.99 each. This compared to $40 for the Yeti Tumbler and $70 for their bottle. The reviews and comparisons show both products to be pretty close for the most part. One review of the Tumblers a guy made was between the Yeti 30oz and the RTIC 30oz and he for some reason prechilled the Yeti but not the RTIC. He then filled them with ice and set them on his mantle. Every few hours he would open the lid and show the ice level and then take a temperature reading. The Yeti finally ran out of ice while the RTIC was still going for a bit. He had to end the test as he was leaving on vacation and the RTIC still had ice at 42 hours so that's not too bad at all especially for the price.
https://www.rticcoolers.com/shop/drinkware
I've only used one of the Tumblers for awhile tonight in the house and so far it looks good. I filled it with ice up to the full mark and then added tea like I do with the plastic cup I usually use. I've refilled the tumbler with tea several times and there have been about a dozen small "McD's" sized ice cubes that have fallen into it and the ice level is still at the full line mark. Normally I'd fill my plastic cup with tea several times and also top off the ice at least twice in this same time frame.
I'll have to wait until it warms up to test out how it holds ice in the heat. Right now we're hitting temps in the zero and below range so a test outside or in the truck even wouldn't mean much. Hell I could pour ice and tea in a ziploc bag and it would stay cold and full of ice until at least April right now.
They have some double walled insulated stainless bottles in various sizes and colors with a 64oz being the biggest. They look pretty good too.
The Tumblers are a good bargain at $10.99 each for the 30oz and the 64oz bottles are $20.99 each. This compared to $40 for the Yeti Tumbler and $70 for their bottle. The reviews and comparisons show both products to be pretty close for the most part. One review of the Tumblers a guy made was between the Yeti 30oz and the RTIC 30oz and he for some reason prechilled the Yeti but not the RTIC. He then filled them with ice and set them on his mantle. Every few hours he would open the lid and show the ice level and then take a temperature reading. The Yeti finally ran out of ice while the RTIC was still going for a bit. He had to end the test as he was leaving on vacation and the RTIC still had ice at 42 hours so that's not too bad at all especially for the price.
https://www.rticcoolers.com/shop/drinkware