How to Attach Accessories to the Yeti Camino Carryall? | HitchPoint Grid Basics

Yeti’s Camino Carryall holds add-on gear through its exterior HitchPoint Grid: thread the accessory’s attachment hardware through a HitchPoint loop and secure it per that accessory’s own design, and Yeti names the SideKick Dry as a confirmed fit.

A Camino tote covers a lot of ground — market runs, boat days, muddy trailheads — but the bag itself is only half the setup. The other half hangs on the outside. Yeti built the HitchPoint Grid specifically so small gear cases and pouches ride along without digging through the main compartment, and knowing how that grid works turns a good tote into a modular one.

The attachment job takes under a minute once you know where the loops sit and which accessories are actually built for them. Here’s the full picture, including the one bag family where this whole system doesn’t apply.

Where the HitchPoint Grid Sits on the Camino

The HitchPoint Grid is the row of reinforced webbing loops stitched to the outside of every Camino Carryall, and the loop count grows with bag size. On the Camino 20 you get 3 loops; the Camino 35 carries 4; the Camino 50 carries 5. The Zip 12L and Zip 18L each have 3.

Find the loops by running a hand along the exterior panel below the CrossBar handles. Each loop is stitched flat against the fabric until you need it, so they sit flush and don’t snag on clothes or car seats. Yeti designed the grid so hardware clips on and off without tools.

Worth separating two things that look similar: the deployable dividers, bottle sleeves, laptop sleeves, and zipper pockets inside the bag are storage features, not mounting points. Nothing clips to them. The only attachment platform on a Camino is the exterior HitchPoint Grid.

How to Attach an Accessory to the Camino: Step by Step

Attaching a HitchPoint-compatible accessory takes four steps, and the order matters more than the force you use.

1. Pick your loop. Choose the HitchPoint loop nearest where you want the accessory to hang — front panel for quick access, side for balance.
2. Open the accessory’s attachment hardware. Most HitchPoint gear uses a clip, strap, or carabiner-style gate that opens with a squeeze or slide.
3. Thread the hardware through the loop, then close it according to that accessory’s own design. Yeti’s published guidance stops at confirming compatibility; the closing method comes from the accessory maker.
4. Check the seating. The hardware should sit fully against the webbing with no slack, and the accessory should clear the CrossBar handles, the zipper on Zip models, and your normal carrying position.

You’ll know it worked when the accessory hangs flat under its own weight and the bag still opens and closes cleanly with one hand. If the pouch swings into the zipper track or pins a handle, move it one loop over.

To remove it: reverse the accessory’s own mechanism — unclip, unsnap, or slide the gate open. Never pull the hardware straight through the loop or yank against the webbing. Forcing it stretches stitching and is the fastest way to damage the grid.

Once you’ve got one accessory mounted, most owners start thinking about a second. The tested roundup of Yeti Camino accessories covers which pouches and cases fit each model’s loop count.

Which Accessories Fit — and What Doesn’t

Use only gear explicitly labeled HitchPoint Grid Compatible, because the loop system is a specific platform rather than a universal strap.

The SideKick Dry earns its spot through construction, not just fit. Yeti builds it with a HydroShield magnetic closure and RF-welded seams, and rates the case submersible. That waterproofing comes from the case itself — a wet ride on a water-resistant tote doesn’t make an unsealed pouch dry. Confirm the closure is shut before anything splashy.

The bigger compatibility limit is bag family. Yeti states plainly that Crossroads bags do not use the HitchPoint Grid; the accessory system belongs to the adventure-side line, Camino and Panga included. If you own a Crossroads tote, no amount of clipping will make a SideKick Dry mount to it.

One number gets misread constantly. Treat the loops as a home for small pouches and cases, not for coolers, anchors, or anything that swings.

Camino Models and Loop Counts at a Glance

Check the live product page before you commit to a number. Yeti’s HitchPoint-compatible bag accessories page is the place to confirm current compatibility labels.