YETI’s Sturdy Organizers and Bottles Provide Ease and Reliability on Expeditions and Weekend Getaways
YETI sent us a duffle, gear case, water bottle and cooler to see what we thought. IFMGA Mountain Guide Mike Lewis tested these items through the winter and early spring including a six-week ski trip to Canada, mountain bike day trips, Flatirons scrambles, day hikes, and cragging days. He can summarize his experience with the items in a few elegant words: “Bomber as F$&K.”




![Black Diamond's Rock Blitz 15 leans back and takes a break with the Wind River Range and Continental Divide of Wyoming in the background. [Photo] Paul Rachele.](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/rock-blitz-wyoming-1-930x620.jpg.pagespeed.ce.VwvHEXy0kW.jpg)






![Mike Lewis wears the Phantom Down Parka on a cold day of ice climbing in the Colorado backcountry last winter. [Photo] Yaroslav Lototskyy](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xmountain-hardwear-phantom-parka-1-1-900x620.jpg.pagespeed.ic.tBxcbwLcXp.jpg)
![The Dragon Alliance PXV2 Snow Goggles shed fog as the author wears a nose and mouth covering to comply with COVID-19 protocols this past winter at Loveland Ski Area, Colorado. [Photo] Catherine Houston](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/dragon-alliance-pxv2-goggles-1-1-930x620.jpg)