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I'm very surprised noone has mentioned this yet, but the very first post of this thread has a grave error in it. If you pack your cooler with dry ice, then add regular ice on top of that, you are asking for trouble. When the regular ice begins to melt and that water hits the dry ice, you are going to have a problem.
Never mix the two. Use dry ice in your food cooler ( to prevent all that sogginess) and reg ice with your drinks. Freezing water bottles is a great idea too.
What problem? I did this one year and had no problem. If water hit the dry ice, wouldn't it just freeze?
If water comes in direct contact with dry ice, the dry ice will vaporize more quickly. If you keep dry ice and regular ice separated in plastic bags or other containers there are no safety issues that I am aware of other than the already mentioned CO2 gas in a confined space issue.
Post by cynthiapendley on May 29, 2008 19:50:35 GMT -5
ok, my bad. I guess I just pictured someone pouring the ice in the cooler the way I normally would . I've only ever used dry ice for halloween parties and my exp says that dry ice and water do not mix. Great for halloweenparties, not so great for coolers.
thanks for the info. I am considering dry ice t his year. hate soggy food in watery coolers.
So I want to freeze water bottles and put them in a 60 qt cooler. I have read that getting dry ice and putting newspaper around it, covering it with a towel, then adding regular ice on top of that will keep the water "frozen" or very cold for a few days. called our local dry ice people, who were not very friendly btw, and they told me it is $15 for a 4lb block. I think I need about 20 lb to do want I want. Never used dry ice before, that I can remember. Does anyone know how much I would need? And it it worth the cost? Seemed kinda steep to me.
Also we are in VIP, should I even bother?
I'm very surprised noone has mentioned this yet, but the very first post of this thread has a grave error in it. If you pack your cooler with dry ice, then add regular ice on top of that, you are asking for trouble. When the regular ice begins to melt and that water hits the dry ice, you are going to have a problem.
Never mix the two. Use dry ice in your food cooler ( to prevent all that sogginess) and reg ice with your drinks. Freezing water bottles is a great idea too.
OK, so don't mix the two. I may have had a grave error in my post, but I do write that I have never used dry ice before. ;D I was looking for advice and have found it! As a safety issue I will ask the guys the best way to use it when I pick it up and the best way to pack my cooler. They seemed like nice guys on the phone so I'm sure they will help. Finally found a place that charges $1 a pound. Thats more like it.
I called Krogers that is right near my hotel in TN and they do not carry it.
Post by cynthiapendley on May 30, 2008 7:10:49 GMT -5
OK, so don't mix the two. I may have had a grave error in my post, but I do write that I have never used dry ice before. ;D I was looking for advice and have found it! As a safety issue I will ask the guys the best way to use it when I pick it up and the best way to pack my cooler. They seemed like nice guys on the phone so I'm sure they will help. Finally found a place that charges $1 a pound. Thats more like it.
I called Krogers that is right near my hotel in TN and they do not carry it.
I wasn't trying to be a smartypants, i just misunderstood how you meant to use the two. Obviously, I was very wrong. lol. I've never used it for camping either, just parties where my intention was to make fog.
anyway, if I pack dryice will it freeze my food? that's what I think I am reading.
in 06 i was in a larger group so we needed the freezer cooler with dry ice. by the time we got back home after roo, the dry ice had frozed and cracked my cooler. what would cause this? cheap cooler? too much ice? rachel ray the terrorist?
