I Hate to Admit It, but This Yeti Cooler Is a Scientific Wonder
Welcome to The MH Wish List, where Men's Health editors highlight the coolest gear they’ve tested this year that make for the perfect gift this holiday season. If you’re looking for the latest and greatest tech, home, and fitness goods, we’ve got you covered for everyone on your list. This week, Deputy Editor Jordyn Taylor gives us the low down on Yeti’s high-tech wonder cooler.
What makes this a great gift: At $199.99—and with plenty of cheaper products on the market—it's a luxury item most people wouldn't buy for themselves.
Gift this to: anyone who likes to chill in the great outdoors.
My husband and I cautiously opened the Yeti cooler on the second morning of our wilderness retreat, assuming the ice we'd put in it the day before would have melted into a pool. When we found it exactly as we'd left it, filled to the brim with perfectly frozen cubes, we agreed this product was magic.
Just like that, despite the hefty price tag that once made me raise my eyebrows in judgement, we gladly offered up our souls to the Cult of Yeti, whose esteemed membership includes celebrities such as Matt Damon and Chris Hemsworth. (We'll be sure to keep you posted if we run into them at any initiation ceremonies.)
We tested out the Yeti Roadie 24 Hard Cooler (in an aesthetically pleasing "sagebrush green") on a recent getaway in the mountains of Upstate New York. We mostly needed the Yeti for the evenings, which we spent outside, drinking around the fire pit.
"We expected it to be better than the average cooler, but not a scientific wonder—which it is," my husband said to me just now, when I asked him to describe the product. We're used to coolers where the ice melts after five or six hours. But when we filled the Yeti with ice on a Friday, it was still approximately 70% frozen by Sunday.
The size and shape of the Roadie 24 are just right. It's tall enough to fit a wine bottle, but small enough that it's easy for me to carry solo, and doesn't take up too much room in the trunk of the car. We estimated that we could have fit 18 beers in the cooler, along with a large bag of ice.
And here's the surprise pièce de résistance: Yeti also sent us a stick-on cushion that turns the cooler into a squishy seat. My husband, who can't seem to cross his legs and therefore hates sitting in the park, is already very excited to bring this bad boy on a picnic come spring.
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