Must crushed ice be added to keep frozen foods over a 24-hour trip? Or can the bag be put in a home freezer 24-36 hrs before a trip &amp; skip the ice?
1772100
You need the ice. I put a .5 gallon bag in mine and it is only .5 full. The rest is my food and drinks. It lasts for 9 hours at work. I still have ice left over with a little bit of water and if anything is left in bag it is still cold. Hope this helps
1721151
If I were you, I would keep the bag in the freezer, and just keep out as much as you can use in a few weeks. If you keep it at room temperature for a long time it will go rancid, and it does take a while to go through a whole 1 pound bag (I have 1-2 cups a day, and it takes me at least 6 months).
1922305
I have transported items for as long 4 hours and they were still frozen. I can't attest to 7 but don't see why not. I love mine!
1777881
Yes, the removable cylinder needs to be placed in the freezer for at least 8 hours. Overnight is better! I am about to order a second freezer bowl so I can make a larger amount of ice cream while all the hopeful people stand around and watch! Great product, and you can tailor the ice cream to your taste!
1661830
I can't provide you with an answer from my experience. I only use this bag to keep cold items such as fudge bars, ice cream and dairy products cold when I go shopping at 2 different stores here on my shopping day. I never have anything in the bag for 5 hours.
1976949
Yes! I have traveled with frozen meats and other items from NY to the Caribbean and everything was frozen as a rock. I did have trouble with the cooler handles, which would not lock into place. I constantly had to stop and pull the handles up. I have two of these coolers and they both have the same problem. I notified the vendor because I believe it's a design defect. The handles are are similar to a luggage carrier handles and there are two metal sprockets (I'm not sure if that's the correct term) that pop out once you extend the handles fully. Unfortunately, once you start rolling the cooler, these sprockets on either side recede back in and the handle comes down. The vendor sent me a another cooler and I had the same issue. Other than that, it's quite roomy even with ice packs, etc. and will keep your food frozen for hours. I would check the cooler in at the airport and once I got to my final destination several hours later the contents were still frozen.
836559
Wouldn't use the product for cold storage for a weekend. Tight fit for even one persons foodstufs. Good for an overnight. I use mine on the road as I'm traveling and restock it as needed. It works great if you place a frozen bottle of water with your other goods. At the end of a long trip I find the frozen bottle still frozen and all the other food and drink cold as when I started. I like the product very much
1467446
You just want to dump ice in it? I have camping ice such as blue ice or any other container you can freeze and put inside. I don't know if it leaks because this is the kind of ice I use when I use it. I live in Texas where it is very hot. Groceries get hot and melted, wilted and so forth just comming home from the stores. I use these bags as a way to keep my food from spoiling on the way home. Great for long trips to do the same provided you put ice packs in them.
83325
I am not an expert, but I freeze the bag and take out and fill a shaker so it lasts longer! Hope this helps.
750717
I think it would work well unfrozen, with the only possible complication being if the bags stick together and too many try to come through at the same time. I only used them in the freezer. I had 2 and loved them. I used lansinoh bags frozen flat before stacking them in the rack, typically 5 ounces in each bag. I hope this helps!
681203
I guess you could, but once you remove the ice cubes to put your food inside, i am sure it will lose it coolness regardless within several hours. The bag is meant to be frozen by folding it up without placing any contents in it. For me any insulated lunch pack will work just as well with a ice pack. What I do is the night before I place a bottle of water in the freezer, about 3/4 of the way full as use that as my ice pack, and then when it melts I have a nice cold drink of water, the alternative is much cheaper than this bag.
776138
yes, you must follow the ditections. they say to remove the pack from the freezer and put it in the fridge for 16 hrs prior to use.
1763383
I travel about 1 hour each way to the store and back. I am assuming you are wanting to transport an ice cream cake. If that is the case I would freeze 2 - 20 ounce. Soda bottles to let the cooler get cold. If the day time temperature is in the mid-80s or above I would cover the box with an old quilt or blanket for additional indulagoon. I think this foldable cooler is a fantastic product.
1777164
You should not put dry ice direct into the cooler. OK to put it in any type of plastic bag before putting it in the cooler. Cheap grocery bag will do. C2CSAFETY stock and ship these same day. We will quote best price. Thanks
805130
I leave ice in it for a couple hours...but it isn't very frozen when I dump it into my freezer. It often clumps together Once dumped in my freezer due to it having started melting. Also if I use the ice straight out of the bucket it melts fairly quickly if its been in the bucket for a couple hours. If you dump it quickly the ice is fine. I don't think you could leave the ice all day and expect it to still be chilled. A few hours at max.
2253261
I guess it depends how big the milk bags are. But when I traveled it was a 7 hour trip and I pumped and stored my milk in the cooler. I was cold when I got to my destination. As long as the blue pack is frozen, anything you put in there will stay cold. Hope this was helpful.
343659
We followed manufacturer's instructions. Softened & dried and the next day ice packs were placed in subzero freezer for approx 3 days because we transported frozen soft serve sherbet from Dayton OH to Boston in a used Omaha Steak Styrofoam cooler. 16 hr. drive & Techni Ice was still frozen!