Jumbo Gel-Ice Cooler PODS for Extended Ice Retention

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Jumbo Gel-Ice Cooler PODS for Extended Ice Retention

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Looking for a game-changing way to keep your cooler cold during hunting trips? Check out my tutorial on crafting Jumbo Gel-Ice Cooler PODS for extended ice retention! Say goodbye to soggy meat and hello to a more organized cooler. Subscribe for more hunting gear hacks and DIY projects!
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@allkindsofoutdooractivities 4 күн бұрын

Cool build!

@bobjackson4720 28 күн бұрын

When I made mine I put them in a sash clamp. The sash clamp also helped to close them. I just used plain water and 10% salt. Freezing solid is a good thing as you get the latent heat of melting before the temperature starts to rise. 10% salt gives you a freezing temperature of -6C which is good. My version was much cheaper, there was no need for fancy chemicals as the fluid is just sitting in a solid tube.

@seanlong9049 8 күн бұрын

The "real" way to assemble those is to drill a tiny pressure relief hole in the lid, fill and seal it, then glue in a plug to seal the pressure relief hole.

@Wallymakesstuff 8 күн бұрын

Wish I thought of that before I made these!

@jameshubbard7965 28 күн бұрын

Drill very small vent hole. Install end cap. Plug small hole and cement.

@fireinacan Ай бұрын

The divider is a cool idea! Make an air-tight lid for the meat section that you barely need access to. That way when you open the cooler's lid to get at the drink section you won't introduce much heat to the main compartment. How are the ice tubes holding up? Because that was the main complaint about freezing water bottles, right?

@Wallymakesstuff Ай бұрын

That’s a fantastic idea! I’ll be making an internal lid for sure. They’ve been holding up really well. I still notice that if I have a full cooler of frozen water jugs, they hold the freeze longer, but that’s likely due to more volume total. I may do a combo of both for long trips, and then just use the tubes once there’s a load of meat in there.

@fireinacan Ай бұрын

@@Wallymakesstuff I believe the surface area to volume matters to how fast things melt. So a cubic foot of ice would melt slower than 8 six inch cubes under the same conditions.

@Wallymakesstuff Ай бұрын

@@fireinacanyep, makes sense. And total volume of ice in the cooler. I’ll try making that foam lid too and see how much that helps.

@jpmi11er 10 күн бұрын

Instead of sitting on it I was thinking a tie down ratchet strap

@Wallymakesstuff 10 күн бұрын

I like that idea! Ratchet strap with some way to prevent it from slipping off

@user-jz5tt4oj3q 24 күн бұрын

I also would like to know about the end result of cooling particularly. Did they cool well for 2 full days?

@Wallymakesstuff 23 күн бұрын

Not really sure what you mean. I keep them in my freezer permanently until I’m ready to use them. Last hunt I did, they kept 4 hogs cold for 2 days after sitting in the ice chest for 3 days.

@glenthomasrealtor6223 Ай бұрын

Great idea, do they last longer than the blue ice blocks?

@Wallymakesstuff Ай бұрын

Hard to say, because I’ve never tried a blue ice block this big. I’m sure these stay frozen longer than the small blue blocks you can buy at the store, but ounce per ounce is a mystery to me.

@jayhedrick2964 2 ай бұрын

How are they holding up?

@Wallymakesstuff 2 ай бұрын

So far so good! It still makes a big difference if the cooler is packed full to the brim for ice retention, so for the longer trips I’ll still use frozen milk jugs to hold the ice longer and then pull those and just use these to keep the meat cool once there’s a harvest.