longhorn1
Ouch, that stings!
After only getting maybe 3 days before the ice melted I tried a few different things on our short weekend trip. We have an Engle Cooler, so one of the best insulated coolers on the market. I made a half dozen ice blocks using cranberry and OJ plastic containers with the top cut-off. I placed one of these in the center of the cooler, along with 4 frozen water bottles at the perimeter, and after loading everything I added 1-1/2 bags off ice that had been in the fridge for a week(When you load the cooler at home don't use bags of ice you just picked up as they are in the melting stage). You want to use ice that is almost like glass. Our beer and other water bottles were placed in the fridge the day before our trip. As we pulled beers and the ice dropped, we added a towel so that the dead air space was above the towel. That dead air speeds up the melting process. When we got home Sunday, the ice block was still about 98% ice and actually had ice cubes adhered around the perimeter. We also still had ice in the bottom of the cooler.
We are headed on a 4 day trip and I plan on placing an ice block in either half of the cooler, with divider added. In one half will be a container of OJ and cranberry, along with 1 ice block and frozen water bottles. The other half will have half frozen water bottles and 1 ice block, our beer and other beverages.
I will post after our trip with the results. After reading and watching several videos on this subject, I took a little from each and decided there had to be a better mouse trap.
Please feel free to add your thoughts and the things you have tried.
jd
We are headed on a 4 day trip and I plan on placing an ice block in either half of the cooler, with divider added. In one half will be a container of OJ and cranberry, along with 1 ice block and frozen water bottles. The other half will have half frozen water bottles and 1 ice block, our beer and other beverages.
I will post after our trip with the results. After reading and watching several videos on this subject, I took a little from each and decided there had to be a better mouse trap.
Please feel free to add your thoughts and the things you have tried.
jd