This Just Became Yeti’s Most Practical Cooler Overnight

The revised Roadie 24 is the most versatile ice box in Yeti’s full lineup.

Published April 25, 2025

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The Roadie 24 is hard to beat.

Formerly Yeti’s smallest hard cooler — a superlative now owned by the Roadie 15 — the slightly larger ice box functions as both a personal item and one big enough to share.

With a vertical orientation, it’s also designed to fit in tight spaces, making it as easy to stow behind a car seat as the stern of a boat.

Meanwhile, its pair of flip latches can be operated with a single hand, underscoring its unmatched combination of agility and cold, hard utility.

Yeti Roadie 24 cooler — The Roadie 24 can function as a personal cooler but is also big enough to share.

But if there’s ever been a knock against Yeti’s goldilocks, do-it-all cooler, it’s the absence of a drain plug — an omission that has even led some loyal customers set on the versatile size to drill their own.

Good news: moving forward, they will no longer have to.

Yeti has at long last resolved the issue with a small redesign of the Roadie 24 that goes big on quality-of-life improvements. And yes, there’s finally a drain plug.

side by side of roadie 24 coolers — The old Roadie 24 (left) didn’t feature a drain plug. The new one (right) does, along with some other changes.

Plugged in

The new-and-improved Roadie 24, now available for purchase, preserves the general dimensions of its predecessor. That means it fits up to eight bottles of wine, 33 cans or 26 pounds of ice — or, the more likely scenario, some combination of the three.

But thanks to the introduction of Yet’s BestDam Drain Plug, users will no longer have to empty all of its contents when some of it melts.

Though that single addition would have likely been enough to satisfy Yeti Nation, the Roadie 24 also brings two other notable improvements to the table.

The first is a DoubleDuty Strap, as seen with the newer Roadie 15, which replaces the HeftyHauler Handle for one that’s both more ergonomic and comfortable to carry over one’s shoulder.

Yeti handle — Yeti’s DoubleDuty Strap opens various carry positions.

Yeti roadie 24 — The former Roadie 24 (pictured) featured Yeti’s HeftyHauler Handle — adequate but less flexible.

Secondly, the Roadie 24 is now compatible with Yeti’s Lockport, sold separately for $30.

While installation of one doesn’t exactly make the cooler bear-proof, it does protect its contents from unwanted theft, not to mention the cooler itself for carriers who want to anchor it at the campsite.

Yeti Lockport — The Lockport is now compatible with all Roadie coolers.

Pricing and availability

The revised Roadie 24 is now available for customers with a Yeti account (free to sign up).

The cooler officially goes on sale Tuesday, April 29.

Yeti Roadie 24 Hard Cooler

$250 at Yeti

About the Author:

Jack Seemer is the executive editor at Gear Patrol, with over a decade of experience in product journalism. He currently reports on a wide range of topics, including footwear, watches, EDC, cookware and more.