by Jim Edgerly » Wed Jul 31, 2013 1:32 pm
I've come up with a new plan to try. We like to take 2 week camping trips. I normally freeze 3-4 half-gallon juice bottles and put those in the cooler. Once the ice melts we take those out and replace them with a 10 lb. block of ice, which is where the melt water becomes a problem.
I just bough a 2.5 gallon spring water jug at the store. Once we drink the water I am going to cut one end off and stand it upright in the cooler. I'll just slip the 10 lb. block of ice inside the empty water jug, and the jug will catch all the melt water. I'll continue to add the block ice to the jug and drain off the melt water only when it becomes in danger of overflowing the jug. This should keep everything cold without any melt water run off.
As a back up, I bought a box of 10 Hefty 2.5 gallon freezer bags for $3, that are big enough to hold a block of ice.
UPDATE: The jug was wide enough for block ice at the top, but I neglected to notice that there were "indents" on the sides to make the jug rigid. You guessed it...not wide enough for the block ice in the middle. Dah...should have seen that on the shelf
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Jim Edgerly on Tue Aug 27, 2013 4:36 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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