Inflatable cooler

JRscooby wrote:

fj12ryder wrote:

drsteve wrote:
Does it float? Could be handy for canoe trips, tubing, and the like.

I think it will float if not very full, but doesn't look like it would if filled.

What are you putting in it? Full of water? Float for sure. Ice will float without the cooler. A can of beer or pop will not float, but I bet the area full of cans would weigh less than the same area full of water, because of the spaces between cans. I bet it would float while full of normal cooler stuff.

My experience is that a normal beer can will float, so presumably a normal soda can will float as well. Certain cans, especially non-normal ones may or may not float, but I don't yet recall a beer in a standard shape 12 oz can that doesn't float. They just barely float, but float they do, nonetheless.

Okay, so after I wrote that first paragraph but before I posted I decided to check soda. We're not big soda drinkers but we had some 7-up. It sank. So I went to get a beer. Apparently we're out. Got a Redds fruit ale instead. It floats. I wonder if it's because the beer/ale foams more while canning so less fits in a can than a can of soda. I will have to get more beer (and soda) to test this further.