outdoornate65
Adventurer
Heading out on a 6-day river trip on the Green in Canyonlands in a couple weeks.
I usually take my big Engel 65qt cooler and have had good luck freezing plastic bottles as ice in the past.
I had my vacuum sealer out the other day.....you know, sealing some stuff, when I had the idea to make some "ice blocks" for the cooler.
Since the "bags" come in a cut-to-size roll, I was able to make them a custom fit for the bottom of the cooler.
I laid them flat in the freezer and came out with a couple nice slabs of ice that are probably 2" thick and perfectly sized for the Engel.
I figure a couple layers of those blocks augmented with a little dry-ice should be good for the 6 days. My concern is the durability of the
vacuum freezer bags.
Anyone tried this in the past? Feedback would be great.
Thanks,
Nate
I usually take my big Engel 65qt cooler and have had good luck freezing plastic bottles as ice in the past.
I had my vacuum sealer out the other day.....you know, sealing some stuff, when I had the idea to make some "ice blocks" for the cooler.
Since the "bags" come in a cut-to-size roll, I was able to make them a custom fit for the bottom of the cooler.
I laid them flat in the freezer and came out with a couple nice slabs of ice that are probably 2" thick and perfectly sized for the Engel.
I figure a couple layers of those blocks augmented with a little dry-ice should be good for the 6 days. My concern is the durability of the
vacuum freezer bags.
Anyone tried this in the past? Feedback would be great.
Thanks,
Nate