Leave it to Yeti - a company that made its mark by taking an age-old product and making it superior - to come up with goodies like the Panga Duffel and the LoadOut Bucket. There are a million and one duffel bags out there, and of course, buckets are rather... er... commonplace. Yet the Yeti version of each out-does just about everything we've seen before. Take a look for yourself, in this short video we shot when we first encountered the Yeti Panga Duffel and the LoadOut Bucket at the ICAST fishing tackle show.
Now, as early commenters on YouTube have already pointed out, it seems a little ridiculous to pay $40 for a bucket. Then again, how many people would have guessed Yeti would be such a smashing success while marketing coolers that start at $200 for a 12-pack size and hit a high-water mark of $1,300? That's literally 10 times the cost of an average cooler. So perhaps it shouldn't be surprising that the LoadOut, which is clearly cut from a finer cloth than the usual five-gallon pail - costs 10 times the norm. As to whether or not that makes the purchase worthwhile, we leave entirely to you.
When it comes to the Panga Duffel, while the $300 price tag still seems excessive at first blush, you'll have a tougher time making the argument. A submersible duffel is a first, as far as we know, and the bag's uber-rugged construction puts others to shame.
For more info on the Panga Duffel and the LoadOut, visit Yeti. We'd add "hold on to your wallet" but in this case, it seems like a lost cause.