08-05-2012, 01:49 PM
You can also try bringing home a fish in the makeshift cooler.
These work really well if you have some of the packing foam, so save it next time you get some.
You can also make a cooler envelope out of the 3/8 foam they use for sleeping pads. Just cut a couple of pieces about 18" by 18" (cut 18" off the pad then cut in half) and using super glue make an envelope by gluing three sides together.
Carry a couple of those flexible freezer packs and a couple of ice cold drinks of your choice in with you and then clean and zip lock your afternoon fish and put them in the "cooler" with the ice packs. They should make it home.
If you don't mind a wet back, wrap the "cooler" in a wet towel for the hike out. The heat energy of the day gets used up evaporating the water on the towel and takes longer to get to the fish inside the cooler.
I do this with my regular coolers in the summer, keeping a wet blanket or towel over them doesn't allow the sun to get directly on them and the evaporative action robs energy that would be hitting the cooler. Makes the ice last twice as long.
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These work really well if you have some of the packing foam, so save it next time you get some.
You can also make a cooler envelope out of the 3/8 foam they use for sleeping pads. Just cut a couple of pieces about 18" by 18" (cut 18" off the pad then cut in half) and using super glue make an envelope by gluing three sides together.
Carry a couple of those flexible freezer packs and a couple of ice cold drinks of your choice in with you and then clean and zip lock your afternoon fish and put them in the "cooler" with the ice packs. They should make it home.
If you don't mind a wet back, wrap the "cooler" in a wet towel for the hike out. The heat energy of the day gets used up evaporating the water on the towel and takes longer to get to the fish inside the cooler.
I do this with my regular coolers in the summer, keeping a wet blanket or towel over them doesn't allow the sun to get directly on them and the evaporative action robs energy that would be hitting the cooler. Makes the ice last twice as long.
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