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Foaming a regular old cooler
Posted on 1/27/14 at 1:05 pm
Posted on 1/27/14 at 1:05 pm
I asked to in the yeti thread, but there be quite the vitriol between 7 or 8 posters in there...... So my bad...
Has anyone that had an old cooler lying around eve try to foam the inside of the walls for keeping ice longer?
Does is work? If so, what kind of foam have you used,
I also understand that refilling the ice is the best way to keep things cold, but we do 5 day river trips where there are no replenish sites, some stretches of river have no known parking along the trip so that option is not available.
We do a lot of techniques. Add frozen water bottles, white towel around... ice the cooler the night before etc. but in 100 deg heat, sometimes that still won't cut it. Even my buddy's yeti kept ice for only two days.
Has anyone that had an old cooler lying around eve try to foam the inside of the walls for keeping ice longer?
Does is work? If so, what kind of foam have you used,
I also understand that refilling the ice is the best way to keep things cold, but we do 5 day river trips where there are no replenish sites, some stretches of river have no known parking along the trip so that option is not available.
We do a lot of techniques. Add frozen water bottles, white towel around... ice the cooler the night before etc. but in 100 deg heat, sometimes that still won't cut it. Even my buddy's yeti kept ice for only two days.
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Posted on 1/27/14 at 1:08 pm to dstone12
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Even my buddy's yeti kept ice for only two days.
did he even read the yeti precool instruction manual?
Posted on 1/27/14 at 1:08 pm to dstone12
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5 day river trips where there are no replenish sites,
You need a YETI
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e do a lot of techniques. Add frozen water bottles, white towel around... ice the cooler the night before etc. but in 100 deg heat, sometimes that still won't cut it.
frick that, get a YETI
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Even my buddy's yeti kept ice for only two days.
Must've been a fake YETI
Posted on 1/27/14 at 1:09 pm to dstone12
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Has anyone that had an old cooler lying around eve try to foam the inside of the walls for keeping ice longer?
I thought all those needed were new hinges???
: For real though, I think it time for a new $30 cooler my friend.
Posted on 1/27/14 at 1:11 pm to KingRanch
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Must've been a fake YETI
had to have been
Posted on 1/27/14 at 1:13 pm to PapaPogey
Just rename the god damn outdoor board the fricking cooler circle jerk board for Christ sake
Posted on 1/27/14 at 1:14 pm to Bama and Beer
#support
Posted on 1/27/14 at 1:15 pm to dstone12
In my opinion, you are losing ice from opening and closing too much so it won't matter what cooler you use.
Posted on 1/27/14 at 1:16 pm to Bama and Beer
Posted on 1/27/14 at 1:18 pm to dstone12
As far as I know, all coolers already have foam in them. What are we talking about?
Posted on 1/27/14 at 1:26 pm to beHop
You should try limestone. Buy enough limestone rocks to line the bottom of your cooler, freeze the rocks before a trip. Use limestone as a bottom liner, scientists say the rocks' density per capita volume of matter and oxygen allow the rocks to maintain super cool temperatures much more so than ice alone.
Posted on 1/27/14 at 1:27 pm to Chad504boy
ISWYDT 
Posted on 1/27/14 at 1:29 pm to Chad504boy
Is that to approximate the weight of a Yeti? You know, for the poors
Posted on 1/27/14 at 1:31 pm to Thib-a-doe Tiger
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Is that to approximate the weight of a Yeti? You know, for the poors
No, you would need to fill the ice chest up with rocks thus leaving no room at all for storage of beverages etc.
The rocks will also come in handy when you're being made the butt of all jokes for the rest of the day.
Posted on 1/27/14 at 1:45 pm to Chad504boy
Seems dumb but it could help some. If I were to do it to an old cooler though, I would add it to the outside so you wouldnt lose room inside.
Posted on 1/27/14 at 1:45 pm to Chad504boy
Posted on 1/27/14 at 2:17 pm to dstone12
I tried it and it doesnt really help. Also cut out a piece of a sheet of 3\4" insulation and put it on top of the ice right under the lid. shite didnt help. I suggest freezing 2 liter bottles or gallon jugs full of h2o and put in with regular ice.
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