"The ability to carry your 18oz bottle wherever you go!" Sounds great, right? I thought so. As much as I wanted to like this product, I don't. It's a disappointing product on several levels. First: the pocket. The "pocket" is nothing more than a stretch panel; no zipper, no snap, no room for anything other than a couple of bills, basically. Because the panel is curved, you can't place an ID card in it. Because it's only a tight little stretch panel, you can't put keys in it. It's basically worthless. Why it isn't a cargo pocket with a snap or a zipper is beyond me; that would be exponentially more useful. Second, and most importantly: the strap. Ugh... the strap. The strap is awful. Yeti makes it a marketing point to emphasize that this holder can be attached to their carry coolers... great, right? That means it has quick clips that allow you to do that. So far, so good. Are the quick clips for the strap, also? No. For the strap, rather than a simple carabiner or quick clip, Yeti forces you to figure out a way a bunch up a very tough nylon loop on the sleeve and squeeze it into a miniscule crack in a hard plastic end piece located on the strap itself. It will result in bent nails, excessive frustration, and lots of cursing... and you STILL might not even get it on. And, if you do manage to get it on there, you will likely NEVER remove it because of how much of a pain in the butt it was to install. Why, Yeti? Why would you think this is a good idea? But wait, there's more! That same hard nylon that just tore your fingernails up? That's what the strap is made out of, so that's what's rubbing against your skin when you use it as a sling. Not very comfortable, especially for anything active like hiking, where the weight of the bottle is causing this thing to dig into you. Also, I had assumed that the strap could also be used as a belt, but nope, it can't. If the strap were dual purpose, and could be used as a sling or a belt, it would be so much more useful. Heck, even if the holder itself had a belt loop on it, I could at least throw the stupid strap away and still find it useful, but nope, no belt loop. So, there's no way to quickly and easily use this thing the way I want to (strap/belt), but it's got quick connects to mount it on a giant bag that you could otherwise just throw your bottle in anyway... you know, because it's a giant bag. TLDR -Strap and its mounting system are awful -No belt loop on sleeve -Cargo "pocket" next to useless for anything besides paper money -This thing is basically just a poorly designed koozie; don't waste your money
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