I've been using this for almost 2 years now. Build quality and feel is great and it's held up very well. I pair it with a Yeti Ice 2lb and for my lunches 5 days a week. In the summer when it's 75 or 80 degrees out it does not stay cold even in the shade. I've tried other ice packs as well but they're all completely melted in about 4 hours. Even in the colder months at the 6 hour mark it's just a container. For reference the bag is usually holding just a can of soda or water, a sandwich, chips, and a baggy of vegetables.

As a tough lunch bag it's a good product. As a cooler it's pretty bad. At this price I can't recommend it due to the poor insulation.

While items seem to stay colder than other lunchboxes the design could be better. It leaves a gap in the opening if you don't fold it down all the way. It's backing doesn't allow it yo seal properly if the bag is full. It would be better if it had a zipper or the 'magnetic strip' you could use to seal the top without folding it over. It's very bulky for what you can actually put inside and get a proper seal.

Why I bought it: You can fit two 1-gallon jugs of water plus four 20oz bottles of water in it with room for a 10lb bag of ice on top, so ideal for those who work in the heat and want ice cold water sun up - sun down. It has a smaller footprint than the Roadie 20 and fits perfectly in the passenger seat of my work truck/field office. The added height vs the 20 means you can pull out a jug to drink and not have to dig at the the ice with your hand to fit it back inside and be able to close the lid. Also, taller 1L water bottles fit upright.

The TL;DR details: I have used the Roadie 20 (basically the baby of the Tundra line with an annoying stiff handle) for a few years as a work cooler and overnight camping or dayhike trailhead cooler, it will still be used for the latter two purposes, handles a 12pk like a champ, but the Roadie 24 is now my regular jobsite cooler. Compared to the Roadie 20, the 24 is not bear-resistant, the new plasticy-rubbery latch handles are not as secure as the tire rubber tundra-T handles and would probably pop loose if the cooler was bounced around in a truck/UTV bed with other gear rubbing against it, there is no drain plug, the tie-downs on the handle attachment points are clearly not as indestructible as the slots built in to the body of the 20 and all Tundras, the new tactical ballistic nylon strap that utilizes the same carrying technology employed by US Special Forces overseas doesn't seem like it will last forever and is still awkward for carrying a full cooler any significant distance - not all necessarily cons. I also have a Tundra 45 and 105 - so if I'm planning to be in bear country where locks are needed I can use those, since I never needed to lock the lid on my 20, I'm fine with the 24 not being bear proof. For the casual user, the new latch handles are easier to open and do keep the lid sealed snug, not as bomb-proof as the T handles, and asking for trouble if stuffed into a truck or UTV bed with other loosely secured stuff for a trip down a bumpy dirt road, but much more non-gorillahanded user friendly, and seems they will do fine if not abused. The drain plug on the 20 was more trouble than it was worth for a cooler that size and I always just dumped it upside down, so the grab-point on the bottom of the plugless 24 is welcome, could even use another. The tie down points on the 24 are built into the hanlde attachment points and feel like a plastic that will crack if put to heavy-duty use, so again probably not the cooler to ratchet strap into the back of your off-road golf cart / dune buggy - you're not going to see this model on any river rafting excursions, but fine for the golf course or pontoon boat. The handle is much less annoying that the lock-in-place stiff metal bar of the 20, but still not ultra functional to carry this cooler a quarter mile to a docked boat, into a kid's soccer game, or a half mile or more to a favorite fishing spot to double as a seat, however it can be removed with a hex wrench, genius! Plus there are grab points under the rim making it pleasant to carry with both hands, still, considering the options the hex bolts open up, It'd be neat to see a nicely padded shoulder carry strap option for those of us who want the option of a more portable hard cooler, since you can't sit on a soft cooler. The increased height might be the reason they claim this is 30 percent better at ice retention, keeps the cold further away from the warmer air by the lid, particularly when opened repeatedly. Lighter? I don't feel the difference between the 20 and 24 but maybe losing the padlock holes and metal bar helped, plus more cube-shaped is more materials efficient per unit volume, and a cooler shaped like a bowling ball wouldn't do well on a boat. For me, this cooler fills a gap between a casual day-use soft cooler and the more robust hard coolers.

I bought this about a year ago and have loved it. I use it in my car, camping (from a car with kids) and take to the pool. However I just took it to the beach and while it held its coldness, it was difficult to carry. The short strap is nice for short distances but an accessory should be made to allow to add a longer strap when needed!!

I had really high expectations for this lunch bag, but it doesn't stay cold very long. I bought it to transport breast milk to and from work, but the first day I used it, my milk got warm and I had to throw it away. I still love YETI products, but this one was a disappointment.

Hey got this cooler at the beginning of June, when I got it the gasket wasn't properly installed and one of the feet was shorter than the other ones causing my cooler to wobble on flat surfaces. I reached out to customer service they had me send it in and today I got my cooler back and they fixed the gasket but the cooler still wobbles...I'm not sure why this wasn't taken care of and they literally just sent me the same cooler back without fixing the issue. Best of all I'm now beyond my 30 day return period and I have a cooler that I haven't been able to use cause it's been going back and forth through the mail, and it has issues. Honestly this is probably going to be my last yeti purchase just by the way this whole issue has been handled. Really like the idea of the cooler, but it's a shame that I can't get a proper cooler for the price I paid.

Does not keep product cool, difficult to open & close , can not put certain containers in it like any other lunch bags.
Yeti should offer free exchanges to another bag no questions asked for the sheer fact of selling such a horrible product. Lost at lot of faith in Yeti after this purchase.

I've had this bag for 6 weeks. Wish it was six weeks ago that I only thought about buying this bag. I work in an office. I'm not out in the Sahara, a steel box in the sun or a sauna.
Left home at 6:30am by lunch the freezer pack was warm to the touch and so was my food.
Don't buy it. Just don't do it.
I love my Ramblers, Colsters etc. do not buy this specific product.

We have everything yeti, this was our fourth cooler purchase. We loved the new design because we travel with wine bottles all the time. We put a 5 lb bag inside the cooler and over night 3/4 of the bag was melted. We went to empty the water out and just throw more ice on top, but noticed that there was no drain plug! Now having the cooler still more than half full of drinks, we had to take everything out to drain the water and then put everything back in. It's just a complete design flaw for how expensive the cooler was.

I received this for a gift and I loved it at first. After several uses this definitely needs a longer strap or at least the capability to add one. The top handle is so narrow you can barely fit your hand in it to carry it and I have petite hands. It is very bulky as well. You literally cannot hold anything additional in your hand if you are carrying this lunch bag. I am rather surprised Yeti does not offer any add on straps, even available to purchase for this lunch bag. Very overpriced for something that is not convenient to carry at all. Yeti definitely missed the boat on this one as I LOVE all of their other products. Just