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Outdoors · YETI · 2020

YETI Roadie 24

The one that actually fits behind a seat, and it carries tall bottles upright.

Hard coolers, scored on four axes#3

Overall

8.3

out of 10

Axis scores

Outdoors is scored on these 4 axes. The total is their plain average — nothing is weighted.

Average of 4 axes

8.3/10

Performance
8.4
Value
6.8
Durability
9.2
Design
8.8
  • Performance — How well it does the core job
  • Value — What the same money buys elsewhere
  • Durability — Failure and fade reports past the one-year mark
  • Design — Build quality and how it sits in a room

Specs

Construction
Rotomolded
Capacity
24 quart class
Design
Tall enough for wine bottles standing

As published by the manufacturer. We didn't measure these ourselves.

Is it for you

Buy it if

  • Day trips and single overnights rather than a week out
  • Space is the constraint, not capacity
  • One person carrying it, loaded, some distance

Skip it if

  • Group trips — this fills faster than you expect
  • The premium is hard to justify at this size

The redesign made it taller and narrower, which sounds cosmetic and is not: bottles stand upright, and the footprint fits places the older shape did not. The strap handle makes it genuinely one-hand portable when loaded.

At this capacity the premium is at its hardest to defend, because plenty of cheap coolers keep ice for a day. You are buying the build, not the retention.

Last updated . The scoring method is on how we rank.