{"id":42545,"date":"2024-07-31T20:15:03","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T02:15:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gearinstitute.com\/?p=42545"},"modified":"2024-09-06T20:55:53","modified_gmt":"2024-09-07T02:55:53","slug":"yeti-reinvents-the-personal-cooler-roadie15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gearinstitute.com\/yeti-reinvents-the-personal-cooler-roadie15\/","title":{"rendered":"YETI Reinvents The Personal Cooler… Again"},"content":{"rendered":"

The personal cooler was a mainstay in modern society when I was growing up. My dad took an Igloo Playmate with him to his suit-and-tie job every day. By 1980s standards, it was the bee’s knees. But let’s be real here, those things didn’t keep anything cold for more than a couple of hours.<\/p>\n

That red and white cooler was also his fishing cooler and his Little League game cooler. If he were ever immortalized as an action figure, that would be one of the accessories that came with it along with a pack of Winston’s. Unfortunately, it wasn’t overly durable and his annual Christmas gift was usually a replacement. Thankfully they were only $20.<\/p>\n

Somewhere in the 2000s, soft-sided personal coolers really took off but my old man never bought into the hype. He enjoyed the structure. He liked to be able to clean the cooler out at the end of a long week. After all, how do you go from carrying turkey sandwiches and a couple of Cokes during the week to carrying a Rainbow Trout and a couple of cold ones on the weekend in a fabric cooler? You know how that sucker would smell come Monday.<\/p>\n

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Yeti Roadie 15 – Compared to Tundra 45<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Fast forward to the present day and I am the kind of guy who carries a cooler around. No, it usually doesn’t have a 6 pack of Bud Heavy in it, but it usually does have snacks, sandwiches, water, and juice for my kids, and me. It\u2019s a Yeti Tundra 45<\/a> and though it\u2019s great for camping trips and road trips, it\u2019s too much cooler for my day-to-day. But, there isn\u2019t a personal-sized cooler on the market that meets the standards I\u2019ve become accustomed to since hauling that large cooler around.<\/p>\n

Enter the Yeti Roadie 15<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The smallest in the Roadie line<\/a>, the 15 (along with the Roadie 24<\/a>) replaces the original Roadie 20. The 15 fits everything I need to keep my kids and me hydrated and fed as we head out for the day. It also holds enough frosty beverages if I want to float down a lazy river or tailgate at the next Kings of Leon<\/a> concert. What’s more, it fits on the front seat of my 4Runner, or the floor. This frees up space in the back so we can take the dog along.<\/p>\n

The Details<\/h2>\n