My pleasure! that's why I do these! I use the Flip 12 the most in my day to day use. the bigger Roadie does come in handy when I head to the beach with a group of people. but it certainly doesn't get used as frequently. at least for me.
Having a Flip 18 and a Roadie 24, they both have their pros and cons. I love my Flip cooler, but it is not very kid friendly so I have to help with them taking out a kids drink. The latches on the Roadie are out of this world with ease of use. If you are the only one who is going to access that cooler, makes so much sense for a flip other than people do have some zipper issues if not lubed as recommended and the Flips are only a 3 year warranty as opposed to the Roadies 5 year. The negative to the Roadie for me is the weight when fully loaded up. Other than that, its solid too.
I have both and love both. Flip 12 keeps things cold as hell for along time because it’s so much more air tight. Roadie 24 is perfect for a day trip and not expecting ice to last 3 days. People that hate the roadie 24 ice retention is lane. It’s called a ROADie. You know road trip not a 3 day cross country trip
Agreed. the Roadie 24 is my drink cooler :) things don't usually last more than 24 hours. the Hopper is a nice overnight cooler for work. if you want multi day cooling I'd probably go with the Tundra 35 or bigger, holds more ice and more food
@@benfoster9162 That's really good! I live in AZ so when I use these it's in the absolute worst kind of heat you can imagine! Most people will probably have better times than me, especially if they can find some shade to keep it out of the direct
the roadie clasps are nice. I always figured the rubber pulls were part of the insulation tech or something. If thats not the case, I wonder if Yeti will start using these on their other coolers. In both cases, I wish the clasp/pull was fixed to the body and didnt dangle from the lid when open.
I like the new cam style latches they suck the lid down while are still easy to operate. I think if the clasp were fixed to the body is a pretty good idea though
Biggest design flaws of these coolers is no icepak storage in the lid, look how thick the lid on both coolers are, could easily be a spot to store an icepak in, up there.c old air drops not raises, cooling is more effective when you can do both. but just putting an ice pack on the top without a dedicated spot is meh.
I thouyght the same thing, my work around was glueing velcro to the inside of the lid and the ice pak when it was room temp and dry. Works like a charm and never had issues of it falling off
