How many of you GN's use ice to keep things cool only to have a watery mess at the bottom of the cooler/esky? If you have a food vacuum sealer your problem is solved. Split your bag of ice into manageable sizes and vacuum seal the ice. The ice still keeps everything cool and on the plus side, when it has melted snip the corner of the bag and add it to your drinking water.
A note of caution: make sure that the ice is specified as drinking water quality.
We did this last trip and it worked well. No mess.
Dougwe said
01:32 PM Dec 17, 2014
This would be better in "Hints Tips and Great Ideas" Umpie 1. Sounds good though.
Gerty Dancer said
02:35 PM Dec 17, 2014
Phew! I thought the thread title referred to the drug "Ice" Umpie! thank heaven that was wrong!
D and D said
03:16 PM Dec 17, 2014
Been watching Breaking Bad a bit too much and looking for a way to supplement your income a little
Delta18 said
09:47 PM Dec 17, 2014
I must have had a sheltered upbringing, when I saw "Ice" all I thought of was frozen water
For ice bags I use the blue gel bags from bunnings, a couple bucks each & stay frozen much longer than ice. Don't be tempted to drink it when thawed though ha ha
The Phantom said
01:43 PM Dec 18, 2014
I, sometimes, use my largish, blue icebox (EvaKool, I think) and can fit a small square mop bucket inside. The bag of ice goes into that and retains the water and keeps everything else reasonably dry. The bonus is that it leaves iced drinking water without contamination.
This is NOT sarcasm.
The Phantom
Delta18 said
06:30 PM Dec 18, 2014
What I have seen is people using wine cask bladders for ice bags, freeze them after filling with water as the OP said, when thawed there is a tap to use the water for drinking.
How many of you GN's use ice to keep things cool only to have a watery mess at the bottom of the cooler/esky? If you have a food vacuum sealer your problem is solved. Split your bag of ice into manageable sizes and vacuum seal the ice. The ice still keeps everything cool and on the plus side, when it has melted snip the corner of the bag and add it to your drinking water.
A note of caution: make sure that the ice is specified as drinking water quality.
We did this last trip and it worked well. No mess.
Been watching Breaking Bad a bit too much and looking for a way to supplement your income a little
I must have had a sheltered upbringing, when I saw "Ice" all I thought of was frozen water
For ice bags I use the blue gel bags from bunnings, a couple bucks each & stay frozen much longer than ice. Don't be tempted to drink it when thawed though ha ha
I, sometimes, use my largish, blue icebox (EvaKool, I think) and can fit a small square mop bucket inside. The bag of ice goes into that and retains the water and keeps everything else reasonably dry. The bonus is that it leaves iced drinking water without contamination.
This is NOT sarcasm.
The Phantom
What I have seen is people using wine cask bladders for ice bags, freeze them after filling with water as the OP said, when thawed there is a tap to use the water for drinking.