3 GENIUS Cooler Hacks!
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- Опубликовано: 4 авг 2024
- Knowing a fewDIY Cooler hacks can come in very handy during the summer. Here in Pensacola, Florida it gets super hot and normal coolers will not quite cut it. Expensive cooler cost so much sometimes you have to improvise. Here are some DIY life hacks that can help!
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LOVE THE SMELL OF JP-4 IN THE MORNING ! Good Job, Captain Yak !
Also, never put room temperature items in your cooler if you can help it. Try to pre chill all your stuff first. It helps big time.
Yes, definitely - a lot of people don't know this. And it helps to pre-chill the cooler, if you have fridge or freezer space. A lot of people have deep freezers or chest freezers, and I have a walk-in freezer at work that I borrow a little space in before every multi-day trip.
I did this with the expanding foam. It worked well. I used Pam to coat the areas where the foam went in and it was a quick and easy removal of overflow. I would recommend using the minimal expansion foam so the lid is not distorted by the large expansion foam.
Works great & we keep it covered from the sun. I’ve even used an extra layer of reflective bubble wrap to set the cooler into and a boxed lid style so it is well insulated.
About buying ice... we have the same ice company as in the video where we pay $2 for a 20lbs bag. It goes fast.
I was lazy and paid $3 for the same 20 lbs bag at our grocery store. Difference is like Night and Day! The ice from the grocer is a different company and lasts 1 1/2 longer than the cheaper ice. I guess one would weigh out their needs vs cost or make solid blocks at home which will last much longer than any of the loose ice.
Put some Vaseline on your hands and avoid hot gloves and mess, too!
Good luck and keep cool!
Giddy up brother. Great tips. I’m up north and the spring time is great for finding quality coolers at garage sales for fishing or drinking. Haven’t paid full price in 20 years. Just clean the heck out of them. Tight lines 🎣
Another good tip is to take a sun screen for a car windshield or get the aluminum foil bubble insulation and cut it to fit snug as a second lid of cooler as you loose so much cold air opening cooler. So you have second layer to trap cold air and you can lift up a corner to get what you need
Love the hacks!
Keeping a cooler like that should be kept until it literally falls apart and even if the handle falls off you can store old tools or fishing gear in it the possibilities are endless!
Outstanding Hacks. Never would have thought of covering it with sand. I fish a lot on Cape Cod, great tip. Since it will stay cold longer, I now can take more beers with me. Your so right about aircraft flying over..."America"...Well said brother
U talk too much !!!!
I considered purchasing one of the very expensive large coolers. Then I watched some comparison videos and the requirements to get the most out of if. Having to use a "sacrificial" bag of ice overnight, the need to fill it roughly 1/3 with ice and then the ratio of cans to ice. By the time I would be finished loading all the required ice, I realized that 1) there was little space left to actually haul any booze of food and 2) I couldn't lift a large cooler due to all the ice. Realistically, if you're only going out for a day or two, I've found my cheapo Wal-Mart brand to work just fine.
instablaster...
Great video Jack, I thoroughly enjoyed watching and I appreciate the tips. I've got a couple of coolers similar to yours with the same problem. I definitely like the idea of putting that foam sealant in the cooler cavities. You're a genius man.
It's starting to feel like summer here in the Central Valley of California too. I need to do some things to our grill, like checking everything out to make sure it's performing as it should be.
Thanks for sharing another great video. The best to you and Samantha.
Stan
Thanks Stan!
those are some great ideas i have run into the ice melting fast many times fishing kayaking etcc great video as always
Thank you for your service Yak!
Yah man I did the foam hack with the 2 liter bottles. But they take up too much space. So pvc hack this year. I've had my rolling igloo for yeeeaarrrsssss. Bad JUJU to throw away a cooler with memories. Bad bad Samantha🤣🤣
Useful hacks.....tight lines from Stuart Florida 🐟
Great video and I dig your loyalty to your tried and true ol’ cooler.
Great patriotism as well!
RITE ON ! Hard to believe that lid was hollow also I heard a new Top Gun is coming out. BTW I know that the big boys are all running ENGLE coolers maybe someone will get you one for Christmas 😎
Im pumped for the new top gun! I hope so!
Great tips! I will definitely be using them!
Love the video... Nothing better than the sound of freedom (and American ingenuity...)! Merica!
Instead of using salt I used IPA (rubbing alcohol) it will lower the freezing point just a little bit more.
Use alcohol with water in the tubes and make sure to leave some air space for expansion
Why?
Salt in homemade ice. In pop bottles, with salt. Keeps longer frozen. Yeti way to costly.
I noticed you had some natty light in the cooler! I keep liking your channel more and more! HAHA
Awesome. I riveted a small cargo net to the outside and put a bottle opener on a string and attached that too. Also got a cooler bag to put the cooler in. Huge improvement!
Dude PVC pipe ice sticks are a great idea. You are using schedule 40 PVC pipe. Schedule 135 is a thinner wall pipe = less weight.
Thanks Dan make a lot of sense think I'll try it.
I used the spray foam many years ago and it worked very well. Use the minimal expanding foam or it can bulge the lid. Drill lots of holes too for better results.
Another good one yak. Gonna be trying that hack myself. Keep us watching out here in east milton
Thanks James!
Love the attitude! I hate Yeti also! You’ve got some great ideas.
Great idea, jack.
Quart size ziploc bags work great by the dirt cheap ones
All I know is I need to party like a rockstar on the beach when blue Angel's have a show hahahahaha.....
Great video, thanks for serving.
How much difference did the foam injection make as far as insulating the cooler? Awesome video!
Great Suggestions! I'm gone go scrounging some yard sales then visit the BigBox.
i use a sleeping bad to insulate my cooler, Ice lasts twice as long.
Just something about Jets that make ya feel “THE NEED FOR SPEED “!!! Thanks Jack for the beach knowledge!! A little helpful hints us tourists don’t think about.
I’m going to Pensacola this summer. I’m getting either a lifetime or ozark trail small cooler. If you chill it the day before the ice will last 3-4 days
I love the vids keep up the good work!👍
Thanks!
What a great idea! I will do that! Thank you!
Thanks Michael!
Digging the PVC TIP!! I'm going to use that 1 for my cooler with wheels on it! Your the Man! Ps my wife is buying me a Kamado Big Joe for my Birthday. Did you build your table top for your Green egg, if so could you do a video of how you did it .
Hay 2 of my brother in law's are X Marines !
Love your videos , have you cooked any of that awesome fish you catch on the Green Egg ?
Love your videos!
Brad from NJ
Brad Sabo thank sweetheart
Why F with the PVC? Yeah, that works, but bottled water is cheaper, easier, and ultimately drinkable. Most bottles are made to expand rather than burst when frozen. Powerade works, too.
Never an ex-marine. Always a marine
Good ideas. Couple of tips
On the PVC tubes if you use class 200 water pipe (Lowe's carries it) instead of schedule 40 you will get a little colder temps since the wall thickness is less in class 200. And if you use rock salt in the water I've heard it gets a little colder than regular iodized salt.
On the can of foam go with the high density foam instead of the regular. It gives you almost one and a half times higher insulation value.
I agree keeping it covered is the biggest factor.
Im from mobile and and am actually in pcola for work every day. I bought a 40 qt igloo and redid the cooling on it. Pretty happy with it. Plus noone steals it! 😅
Is the red part of the cooler hollow as well? Can you put foam in there too?
Love the advise!! Thank you!!
Also side note, Murr, from Impractical Jokers is your doppelgänger
Jack always dropping the best tips, 🙌almighty motley
lol thanks!
I’ve got an old igloo cooler that i just cant let go of as well.also I’m anti Yeti just wont do the trendy thing
Silver emergency first aid blankets cost a few dollars and can be put on the top of a cooler to reflect the sun or put inside to line cooler.
Great ideas! Thanks.
Great video! Hell yeah AMERICA!!! Thank you all who serve!
Grizzly Brand Coolers---pretty much Yeti coolers but cheaper and made in America--Iowa specifically.
Tanner Francisco, still a lot more money, and holds less (because of the thicker sides, bottom, and lid) than the comparably sized (exterior) Coleman or Igloo...
Lifetime performance coolers - 1/3 the cost of Grizzly AND made in the USA! Seriously, people trash them just because they are sold at Walmart, but they are quite good at fair prices.
Good video buddy, I know where you’re coming from I’m in Panama City! Have a good one and thanks !
Another PVC tip for ya is a pre made and baited rig with the sinker to. Into the tube with some water and chum or berley to almost fill the void, but freeze standing upright so the swivel is on top of the ice.
The ready made castable rig slowly melts in the water releasing the chum attracting the fish to your bait.
I forgot to mention I've used the foam in the lid and is amazing how well it works with no ice my bait stayed frozen for hours.
That storm was crazy Saturday.. we were crazy enough to kayak fish out of Hopedale, LA
Open cell foam will waterlog. If you use it you should seal it or the cooler is going to get heavier everytime you use it.
What is Samantha doing telling the Yak man what you can put in the Yeti? Man up. Lol
She's a good wife!
He respects her ideas
Thanks for the ideas. #America
Like your videos keep them going!
Well I thought about using a cooler vs a milk crate for storage. Don't know how I'm gonna strap it down securely unless I drill holes through it. Also I can bolt things onto it for multiple purposes such as extra rod holders, also it has a lid unlike a milk crate.
Nice Cooler & I like this Video.
I have always been in that boat. A 300 dollar cooler, really. Thanks for sharing. I used frozen water bottles, but did not think about making my own ice with PVC pipe.
Water bottles are cheaper, easier, and toward the end of your trip you can drink them.
UMepher that is the way I go usually.
Dude I live on the west coast near Pendleton I totally get the sounds of Freedom. I also have a yak and went to Iraq. Nice Viedeo hack on the cooler.
I take weather stripping and add it all along the lid and it makes a good seal and the items last longer.
Thanks for the PVC idea, went through a crap ton of ice last weekend fishing Reds in Texas.
Easier and better: just freeze some bottled water. Cheaper, no work (beyond lifting the case in and out of the shopping cart), and you can drink them when they melt. Just as effective.
UMepher who drinks water?
I have never thought to bury a cooler....Great idea man!
Thanks Trevor!
Great tips
The other thing you can do is buy water bottles cheaper the better and put them in freezer to freeze and then use them as ice they work great and can be used again and again
Is this a quote from Einstein
There are decent ice chests that are not 16 bucks but far from the cost of a YETI and work the same.
I'm with you Yak. $300 Yeti coolers seem a bit much. It's like a status symbol or something. I'm sure they are great coolers but I'll never pay that much for a plastic box.
same
The green egg is 700-1500 $
@@jerrynewberry2823 true but not much else like it.
I bought a yeti. Its nothing spectacular lol.
@@IIrandhandleII sure there is
Great video!
I keep rubber gloves in my toolbox on my truck, but I never use them when I need em most that stuff doesn't come off! Takes forever!!! 😂
Acetone will take it off if its still tacky. Good luck once it dries though lol
Yep been thinkin of fillin my cooler with the foam, now im gonna definately do it. Here in Marion county Fl, we have what i call the "Ice House" in a bunch of places, cant beat the deal for 1.50 to 2.00
Here near my home town in NC (and right on my way to lake) is a place that let's you bag it yaself or can just set coller right under the place the ice dispenser!
That dimple in the middle of the cooler lid pops out so you don't have to drill holes
Most underrated comment on here.
Really cool ideas Jack! Did you actually get long ice life after you filled it with the foam. Would love to see a ice test before foam and after. I am like you I am rocking the cheap coolers too. Just can't see buying a Yetti!
The answer is no. The foam coolers perform worse
@@t_c5266 he means after adding the insulation
@@michaelinraleigh yes. Testing shows the diy foam lid coolers are worse
Yep, I agree. It would be like taking the vacuum air gap out of a thermos There are a few who have actually tested this on YT and proved it is worse. The same goes for putting salt in your water before you freeze it. Much worse then fresh water after about an hour or so.
@@t_c5266
Fun vid, Man. Keep on fishin. Steve, Plymouth MA
Using the PVC tubes, for sure!!!
#1 Thing to make it last longer is keep a damp towel on top of everything in the cooler. Take your ice, beverages, fish, whatever and cover it with that damp towel and stuff the edges around the perimeter. You'll be surprised how big of a difference this makes on smaller coolers.
Great Idea
Hey Yak, I have a igloo cube that I filled up the sides and the top with the expandable foam! The lid got a cracke in it and my wife said throw it away and get a new one!!! I said," I can fix it!" After filling it up I used that seen on TV spray rubber paint and sanded it and Krylon it battleship grey ! It's good as new........." No Better than new!"
$4.50 spray foam, $12 Flexi-whatever, $4 spray paint, $1 sandpaper, 2 hours of work, plus time waiting for foam and paint to dry. I might have gone that route too, but it almost makes more sense to buy a new one, if it isn't a high-performance rotomold cooler.
Sometimes the simplest things, a person doesn't think to do! Cool video, pardon the pun!
Would have thought you to be an Orion cooler guy, since they are made by Jackson Kayaks.
Too cool. Grew up in Gulf Breeze Florida. Went to Gulf Breeze High School. Class of 1982. Air Force Veteran.
My father retired in 74 (F-4s) with the Blues. I lived off off Fairfield and 98. Wenton blvd. Grad Escambia 78. Watching brings back memories of winter under the bridge just before the base entrance, catching sooo many speckled trout. Did you know they run through there when its the coldest ? Blackback chartreuse mr twister flat tail jig on the shallow bottom, till you don't have room to put them ! LOL PS, I walked in my father's shoes at Shermon Field as a contractor. PEACE
Best line, sounds like freedom lol
fill zip lock bags up with water an freeze them
Yo Yak, great ideas...I actually have two of the same coolers in blue, on sale $6.99 each and yes does not hold ice well at all! Gonna try the insulation suggestion and go crazy. Thanks brother!
Man I’m doing that with my cooler! Can’t see spending $300 on a cooler, when Old Faithful has been around for 10+ years! Thanks for the hacks, enjoy your videos!
Thanks ! Glad it helped!
I don't know why you drill holes in the bottom side of the lid
Drill holes in the side or the top where the water and mold won't "git in that"
Awesome!!! Thx
how bout a foil bubble wrap cover, or inside lid ,just saying thanks ol buddy 🐟
never thought of filling the top with foam.. that is where my el cheapo loses all its less then 700 dollar ice keeping as well.. thank you man..
Yep, I have no idea why Coleman, Igloo, etc. tend to leave the tops uninsulated. Coleman Extreme 5-day coolers are a great bargain option though - like $30-$40 for a 50-quart. Add spray foam to the lid and maybe a gasket (cheap stick-on rubber window and door stuff), plus a bungee cord wrapped around it to keep it closed tight, and you've got a really effective cooler for $50, if not less.
@@UMepher I have an older (10 years or so) Coleman Extreme that is great. It will keep things nice and icy for a good 3 days, even in extreme heat (5 days? no way). Recently, I picked up another Coleman Extreme. There's no comparison. The quality has gone down big-time. Build quality is no better than a cheapo Igloo, and I'm lucky to make it 24 hours without my beer bobbing in a cooler full of water. You'd think companies like Coleman would up their game to compete with Yeti, Orca, RTIC, etc. But they seem to be going the other direction. What's a guy to do? My suggestion is to troll garage sales looking for older model Coleman's or Igloos.
You have the perfect cooler, cheap, light, tough, holds ice for 24hrs no problem. For Ice I put 4 Rubbermaid ice trays in my chest freezer, dump them in a Walmart bag in the morning when the coffee is brewing and refill them. Repeat before bedtime. Makes 6lbs a day, so in 2 days I have more than I need. The larger cubes last longer but still get everything cold fast.
You could also put a threaded end on the pvc pipe that seals well and cap the other end
Try folding a towel over the contents inside the cooler. This is especially effective with those coolers that fold the top into a handle. It's much easier than the spray foam sealers.
Why not both?
That is a really good idea 💡…
Cool show thanks
thank you nice video
The one guy who doeant use ryobi remember to insulate the bottom
Heck yeah! Top gun rocks! A new top gun movie is in the works too buddy! :)
Great movie!
I’ve been watching your channel for ever and you always appear on my home, but I just seen I’ve not subbed. So just did!
Good ice helps, not all those ice houses have good ice. My Pelican coolers do well camping. Great tips Capt Yak.
Good ice????? Lol
Lay off the bourbon
@@billclinton4344 if you buy enough ice eventually you will get a bag that is barely frozen.
Ice last longer if you buy 2 bags or more and keep some closed and only open 1 or 2 and spread over the closed bags it lasts days
Yak, I found a “yeti” loop hole. Try an “orca” cooler. They’re pretty comparable to a yeti, and in my opinion a touch better and they’re made in America. Check them out sir, you’ll dig them. And mamma won’t get mad about you jamming fish in the yeti
There are dozens of alternative brands to the Yeti. Some are less than half the price of yeti and every bit as good. Yeti is overpriced hype!
"MADE IN AMERICA" Just means they cost more and are made cheaper than the Chinese brands.
Americans are greedy and use the cheapest materials and charge the max price.
At least with China I get what I expect!
2 cool love your presentation & most importantly you suggestions on frozen water... Love my cooler but I need more cold time, gonna try the spray foam... F#"* Yeti & Thier outrageous costs . Subscribed & looking forward to more helpful tips. (I can relate to the comment bout" no fish in the YETI " ... Big laugh's, thumbs up
I live in Ga. But grew up in Fla. So I know your situation w/ keeping ice longer....
I personally enjoyed all my Igloo products from the canteens to 172 quart All Terain Coolers. When on long TRIPS I would make sure I got a hold of dry ice. Sandly for me to say Don Wicho inherited all my fishing gear. If I may add Igloo coolers are manufactured by some of the top notch employees.
Wow!! Congrats!! RIP Cpt. Flip Flop 😥😂