DIY Food COOLER TRAY Ends SOGGY FOOD Hack - Van Life, Car Camping, Picnics
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- Опубликовано: 20 авг 2022
- Food like fresh meat and vegetables floating in a pool of water when the ice melts in your cooler is not appetizing - or healthy. This cooler basket hack ends this and makes your van life or wild camping trips more enjoyable using a tray made from corrugated plastic (Coroplast, Plaskolite, Polyflute, FlutePlast, Proplex, Correx, Twinplast, Corriflute, Corflute).
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*If you've ever experienced the frustration of soggy, ruined food in a cooler you'll understand why I worked so hard to come up with this solution to the problem. I hope it helps some of you.* 🌞🌞🌞
Good idea. I've been camping for many years. My answer to floating, soggy food is I freeze up plastic bottles of water. Firstly a big block of ice takes a lot longer to melt than little things ice blocks. Secondly the melted ice is all contained in the bottle. Thirdly I have a lot of nice cold drinking water. It's a win all the way.
That is indeed a good idea for people who have regular access to a freezer. This video is directed more towards people on the road for an extended time and purchased ice is their only option.
I've finally found a great solution to the melting ice problem. 😁 I now put my ice block, or loose ice, in a dry bag. The water melts into the bag, keeping the food dry, and I can just lift it out and pour the water into a jug to reuse. It also seems to make the ice last longer, as it holds the cold in and doesn't get exposed to warmer air as much. Win, win!
Yes! I've heard about the dry bag solution and have been meaning to give it a try. It sounds like it has a lot of potential. I just drained the water out of my cooler yesterday and it's always a bit of a pain. A dry bag combined with a custom tray it might just be the final piece to a perfect solution!
Well done! Thank you!!!
Great solution! (Ice packs only work if you can go back home and freeze them again. lol)
Yeah, if you're on the road for any length of time, you have to rely on bags of ice... and this tray has been a game-changer to keep things dry.
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Greetings from Floriduh!
Ha! Noted!
Just made a tray without an error, thanks to you being so concise. I can't wait to try it in a couple of weeks. I also just read about the dry bag idea....also, very excited to try that. Thank you all. Wishing you very happy outdoor adventures.
Nice! Let me know how it works out!
Thank you!
You bet!
Very good explaining, and nice video! ;)
Thanks! 😃
building as you go, using what you have, I have a couple different height racks from an old convection microwave that could be used for supports for a tray. . Thanks Sweller. 😀
Great idea! I think it's great to get in the mindset of first trying to use what you have - it really expands your creativity and is good for the old noggin.
You could, mind you this is just a thought since ice is cheap, put your regular block of ice or bag in your cooler and leave it open until the ice melts. Note the depth of the water pool. Build your tray accordingly.
Great video thanks great video thanks
You bet. Hope it helps you out.
Next best tip is small ice packs, when it melts- water stays in bag, not as bulky as milk bottle,only leaves a small amount of water on the bottom. Ice packs can be used over & over.😊
Yes, you're right! But this solution is for when you are away long term and you have no way to re-freeze the ice packs so once they melt, you have to resort to bags of ice cubes/blocks.
I found a small plastic trash can or 2 from $ tree set in the ice chest to be very protective, also.
Yeah, that's a good, easy solution as well and similar to what I used to do!
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Ha! If you can believe it, I found that awesome hat at Dollarama for only a few bucks!
Great idea. Not being an engineer the complex one made my hair hurt!
Ha! It's actually not bad... take a piece of paper and try a small test model for fun. You'll be wanting to try full-on Japanese origami after!
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Hope it helps you out!
I love this solution.
How long do you you feel you can keep eggs in the cooler for? Ive read online that eggs should be kept below 45 degrees, however, everytime i open the cooler and check the thermometer, it reads around 46-50.
Im in the vegas area so it gets very hot in the car. The thermometer is kept near the top of the cooler so i imagine this contributes to the thermometer reading at a higher temp
You'd be best to ask a food safety expert for the correct answer on this. I eat an egg a day, so I keep a dozen for maximum of twelve days - as long as the shell is intact and not cracked. Eggs are a somewhat confusing issue to me because in many countries I visit around the world, eggs are kept in the grocery store on the shelves - at room temperature. Any item that I really want to ensure is kept as cold as possible, I put in a sealed container below the tray, resting directly on top of the ice.
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Dude, the real solution is buying a fridge. Just upgraded mine. Sell you my old one for $75. 65 litres and draws about 55 watts. :)
Yeah, you're right, a fridge is definitely the ultimate solution, but it's not just the fridge that is the block: it's the power infrastructure to run it.
Ice in dry bag, dry bag in cooler
Interesting. Would probably work ok, but you'd really want the EXACT size dry bag as otherwise any extra bulk would consume precious extra space. The thing with the tray is that it's free and you can make it whatever size and shape you want - and it helps to organize things in the cooler as well.