ICE ???
I apologize in advance for this question, but recently I rode into a an extremely large and nice RV park on my motorcycle for a cup of coffee and noticed everybody, it seemed, buying ice at the genera...
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Tvov wrote:dspencer wrote:old guy wrote:
I learned from a close friend of mine to throw an old sleeping bag over the ice cheat and the ice will last a lot longer. these 5 day ice chests are over rated in my opinion.
My 5 day ice chest lasts maybe a day and a half if it's in the shade and not to hot outside.
If you read the instructions for those supposed multi-day coolers (seems weird to read instructions for a cooler!) you need to "cool" them down before using them. One recommended way is to fill them with ice (!) for a few hours and keep them in a cool area, then empty them, then fill with food and more ice - and they need to be filled to the top. Also, need to keep them out of the sun and areas that may be "heated", such as asphalt (parking lots, etc).
The multi-day coolers are better than "normal" coolers, but they are way over rated when it comes to real world use.
Acutally, the better way is to make ice cube BLOCKS.
I found over the years quart size ice cube blocks will last much longer than small cubes from a tray or ice maker.
I used a quart sized plastic wide mouth container typically used for freezing food..
Something like THIS will work fine.
Fill it with water up to about 3/4 full.. then place in freezer.
Once frozen you warm the outside of the container then the large cube will fall out.
Typically could get 4-5 days out of several dozen of those cubes with a standard ice chest in 90 degree heat.. After that I had to buy ice..
