On Mar 31, 6:08*am, hk wrote:
On 3/31/10 7:52 AM, Tim wrote:





On Mar 31, 5:45 am, *wrote:
On 3/31/10 7:43 AM, Tim wrote:

On Mar 31, 5:11 am, Peter * *wrote:
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On Mar 30, 9:41 pm, wrote:
On Tue, 30 Mar 2010 12:59:16 -0700 (PDT),
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John, that's to be determined yet. possibly 200 miles and maybe 3-4
days. In another thread I brought this up about using dry ice in a
cooler, because to me it's repulsive to have food stuffs float around
in ice water even if you use those little resealable containers.and
I've found out from in the past that if the upper part of the
container is exposed to air in the cooler it's not really cold.

One of our hurricane tricks is to stuff the freezer with bottles of
water before the show, then you have mass that takes a long time to
thaw out, when the power goes out. That gives you plenty of "cold" and
when they melt you still have bottles of water. These bottles are also
great in a cooler for all the same reasons. You also don't have that
slimy water sloshing around. You can put your perishables in the
bottom and stack the frozen bottles on top.

Excellent idea Greg. I had previously thought of that, only
experimenting with half gal. jugs.to line the top of a cooler. I've
also got a bunch of ice substitute freeze blocks.

If you're drinking or otherwise using the water, go with that.
I've read the freezable chemicals can absorb more heat, but never
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Same here. They are compact and from what I've noticed is they do last
a bit longer than regular ice. so I suppose it would be good to put
them in the bottom of the cooler and as Greg suggested put the
perishables in the center then top the cooler with either more ice
packs or botles of frozen water.

Are you planning trips of many days duration?

My igloo coolers will keep ice and keep food fresh for a few days, even
in our 90F heat here in the summer.

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Harry, the trip we're planning may be for about 3or maybe 4 days, but
as I mentioned before. The length of the trip is determined by the
weight of the credit card.

?;^ )

Well, then, I think you are making this more complicated than it need
be. If you are traveling and paying your way with plastic, that means
you're going to be docking...and almost every place you might dock and
use a credit card sells...guess what...ICE!

But actually Harry, that's what I'm wanting to get away from, is using
ICE. I'm not really objecting to it, I would jsut rather not if I can
ge3t by without it.