Coolers

[teeroy]

//uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190909/0a24b1ea387cb2d597bd31c3fdc0cc67.jpgI snagged this 80L Grizzly from a dude on Kijiji Red Deer for $300 tax in. Works good for beer so far, but its purpose is transporting frozen fish back from the coast. I borrowed a 120L from a buddy when I went last trip, we left the lids open overnight in the walk in flash freezer at Shearwater dock, loaded fish in at 5am and 20hrs home later nothing had even remotely begun to think about thawing. I tossed a couple bottled waters in and they were actually frozen when I got home.

we do that in Rupert as well, drop our coolers off the night before at Rupert Meats and they put them inside their freezer. they processed and loaded up all our fish, we picked them up in the morning to head home. everything was still frozen solid.

 

[NoBrakes!]

nowhere near as heavy duty and you guys but my sport has little to no room in it so I rock a couple of 20L soft bags from ICEMULE. they fold up to almost nothing once your empty and seem to keep everything cold all day. couple ice packs or ice. they float too

 

[gunner3006]

I’m actually seeing more and more guys rock the bags. It’s handy cause when your done using them you can roll them up or fold em and they take up little to no space.

 

[NoBrakes!]

until I finish the twin project, I'm stuck with little coolers!

 

[gunner3006]

So I ended up going with a white 105 yeti.

 

[gunner3006]

It was 20% off in gp. So that means I probably still got bent over. Lol.

 

[Rene G]

until I finish the twin project, I'm stuck with little coolers!

Twin project?

 

[gunner3006]

 

[Pink-Inc]

That’s the only spot I’ve ever got it. I have commercial ice machine at my shop so it takes a beating in the summer.

Whaaat...praxair sells dry ice?? Been doing it wrong all this time

 

[NoBrakes!]

Twin project?

last summer I bought my grandpas old tour boat and im slowly overhauling it. slowly... twin marine power 350 and twin AT 309 pumps. The Smoky tours boat from PR.

 

[RevyG]

Wow, you guys spend a lot on coolers! For the fishing guys who do it themselves, I have been running the great big igloos, they are 120-140 at Costco, I fill them with SALT ice from any fish plant, have made it 10 days and still and iceberg inside, obviously using same principles of any cooler as far as draining and leaving closed as much as possible. Always separate cooler for the days food and drink. I find the 'pro??' Coolers are way to small for Hogust as well. ��

 

[dixopr]

You can freeze salt ice yourself. A cup of salt to a liter of water, do it in a milk jug. Basically sea ice, which I believe is -4 instead of 0. It will freeze eggs if you put them next to the milk jugs. You can freeze fillets in a cooler with sea ice too.

Just hard stuff and kill your food, no garbage and no coolers.

 

[sirkdev]

What difference does salt water make?

 

[gunner3006]

Wow, you guys spend a lot on coolers! For the fishing guys who do it themselves, I have been running the great big igloos, they are 120-140 at Costco, I fill them with SALT ice from any fish plant, have made it 10 days and still and iceberg inside, obviously using same principles of any cooler as far as draining and leaving closed as much as possible. Always separate cooler for the days food and drink. I find the 'pro??' Coolers are way to small for Hogust as well.

I had a big big igloo. 2 months later the lid fell off. Got nowhere with warranty so built my own lid for it. This was ok until the fastening screws that hold the lid to the cooler wore bigger holes than the screws. Another thing with the igloo was the lid. No insulation. I guess we’re I was at is I’ve spent enough on ****ty coolers that I should have just got a yeti to start with.

 

[RevyG]

For sure, obviously they have their market, guess people use things differently, I am going

on 10 years on one of 3 I own. I bet salt ice in a high end one would be incredible, anyone tried it??

 

[f150truck]

Check these guys out, https://www.coolersonsale.com/

They tested side by side several expensive and then under $100 coolers

 

[gunner3006]

Whaaat...praxair sells dry ice?? Been doing it wrong all this time

My shop is right by there. I’m going to stop there tomorrow and see if they still do. Will let you know.

 

[dixopr]

Salt ice is -4 degrees while fresh water ice is 0. The difference is 4 degrees colder.

 

[sirkdev]

Ok.. so the only thing that would change is the fresh water is in solution above 0c and the salt is in solution above -4c correct? I can’t see how salt water would help freeze things any better if you are below those temps. Just trying to figure out what you guys are getting at here.

Salt ice is -4 degrees while fresh water ice is 0. The difference is 4 degrees colder.

 

[dixopr]

If you freeze salt water to make ice blocks your ice is at -4 which will freeze your eggs if you put them beside your ice block. Or if you have a few salt ice blocks it will freeze your fish fillet are you catch a fish. Or it will keep your food colder longer. No sure whats hard to grasp here, not being rude. Its just basic stuff. -4 is colder than 0 right? So if your cooler is colder than 0 it will keep things fresh longer or beer colder. Anyhow try it out. 1 cup sea salt to one liter of water, make some 2L milk jugs worth and give it a try.