6 Genius Cooler Hacks

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6 Great Cooler Hacks
SUPER POLAR BEAR TUBES
You may know a polar bear tube is a PVC pipe with water inside it and the ends sealed. You store them in the freezer and put them in your cooler when it’s time to go. They are a reusable, space-saving, high-efficiency, no-mess solution to keeping your food cold while camping. You can make SUPER polar bear tubes by adding ½ cup salt per gallon to the water in those tubes. The salted water freezes at a lower temperature so the ice in the tubes lasts longer.
To make your own Polar Bear Tubes, measure the internal dimensions of your cooler and determine if you want the tubes to run the long way or the short way in the cooler - you may want some of each. Also measure the internal dimensions of the freezer where you’ll store the tubes when not in the cooler! You want them to fit easily in the freezer, too.
Cut PVC tubes one inch shorter than the length you measured. Use either 1 ½-inch or 2-inch PVC pipe. Remember, the larger the mass of the ice inside the tube, the longer it will last, so larger tubes will stay cool longer than smaller ones.
With an appropriate sized cap and PVC cement, seal one end of the tube. Follow directions on the cement for drying time, then fill the tube just over ¾ full (80 percent is about right) with salted water. The empty space allows expansion of the freezing water without breaking the tube. A mix of ½ cup salt per gallon of water will result in a solution just a bit more salty than seawater. It will freeze at about 28 F rather than 32 F.
Carefully seal the open end with cap and allow to the cement to cure with the tube standing upright so the water doesn’t reach the cement. Decorate the tubes anyway you see fit. Make them unique, because you want to keep track of your SUPER tubes. Once the cement is cured, put the tubes in your freezer, and they will be ready for your next outing.
MAKE A GREAT GRIPPY BOTTOM
When you throw a normal cooler into the bed of a pickup truck or on the wet deck of a boat, it slides all over the place. It gets banged up and wrecks stuff around it. Heaven forbid, you should want to stand on it to get a better view of … whatever. A few large anti-skid pads strategically placed on the bottom of the cooler quickly eliminate all those problems.
To ensure good adhesion to the plastic, if the surface is rough smooth with some sandpaper or emery cloth. Then use rubbing alcohol to clean off the places where you intend to attach the pads.
BUILD A FALSE BOTTOM BONANZA
Those Super Polar Bear tubes you made in Hack #1? Another great use for a couple of them is to support a false bottom in your cooler. That way if you use regular ice in addition to the tubes or any of the frozen food thaws, the run off drains to the bottom of the cooler but the contents stay high and dry above it.
Making a false bottom is so easy! Get a length of that white, coated wire shelf material. Cut it down so it fits in the bottom of the cooler. Zip tie two or three polar bear tubes between the wires and lay the system in the bottom of the cooler. Voila! You’re done. No more nasty melt water and who-knows-what-else slurry contaminating your camping food.
WORLD’S MOST IMPORTANT COOLER HACK
The best thing you can do to preserve ice and keep everything colder is put an added layer of insulation at the top. A couple of custom cut pieces of foam insulation work well, but even better is a flexible foam pad (like the backing on mouse pad) that can lay over the top. Then when you open the cooler you lift up only the end of the pad you need to access what you’re after.
The more insulation, the better. Take whatever material you decide to use for your cooler pad and cut to size so it fits snugly just at the top of the cooler. If you go for two layers, cut the inner layer in half and glue it to the single top layer. This makes a “hinged” lid so you only expose half the contents to that nasty warm air when you open it.
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[@sebastienbolduc5654]

Frozen water bottles can be used instead of cooling packs. And you can drink the water when it thaws. I have been doing the rack thing at the bottom of my coolers for a few years and it's great! I use different coolers for different items. If you have beverages you want them in the ice cold water; however, meats or other things you don't want floating around in that even if they are sealed in bags. It depends how picky you are with the cleanliness of your food items. The racks keep your food from coming into contact with the water.

[@michaelleamy8051]

I like to add a 3rd and 4th lid as well. Most of the time my friends and family will get discouraged by the extra lids and give up. Ensuring my beer stays cold longer.

[@outdoorsdotcom]

😂

[@TheGuyThatWondersWhy]

Lol!!

[@troyporter3825]

lol

[@angierox6964]

Another favorite hack of mine is slipping my cooler into a sleeping bag. Especially when it’s a good 0° bag everybody else’s ice was melted and we still had ice! 100% awesomeness! Don’t throw away those old sleeping bags!

[@oysterfleet5669]

Freeze the bottom layer of beer cans, as the ice above melts it refreezes when it gets to the super cold alcoholic beer at the bottom, making for one big block of ice and beer cans. You can't drink the bottom layer of cans for a few days until they thaw out, but it really makes for a long lasting cooler if you're out in the boonies. You occasionally loose a beer during the deep freeze process. Been doing this for years for those week long trips.

[@toddinthemiddle]

Will that method work for soda?

[@Jeremiah-ml5ke]

DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE FREEZE YOUR BEER!

[@shawnr771]

instead of just making a lid from the reflective stuff. Cut and fit and form a complete liner. Did this last year after seeing it somewhere else. Worked extremely well. Another tip if you are taking along bottled water freeze them. I have yet to have one break. But as they melt they turn back into water supply. Great for packing around food no melted ice water ruining the food.

[@timschutte8310]

Shawn R , very good idea

[@rayfox212]

My wife will freeze some of the food we take camping to help keep the food cold longer and we don't need as much ice.

[@Xanthro2]

My sister got me on the whole water bottel as cooler packs thing. I like it. They dont stay frozen very long with all the opening and closing we do, so I may try the reflective linner and pvc ice as well as other ideas in comments here.

[@shawnr771]

@@Xanthro2 For bigger ice blocks. I use the big juice bottles. Fill them up with water to just below the shoulder where the bottle bends towards the cap. Then add a 1/4 cup of salt. Shake well and freeze. Salt water freezes at a lower temperature. Do not put food in contact. It might freeze the food. I put my beer next to it.

[@justincasey_grabbederpussy6756]

@@Xanthro2 How is the reflective liner/insulation going to help with keeping the contents cool when opening the lid? The lid is still going to be opened, and you’re gonna have to lift the liner up to access the contents. You’ll actually be keeping the lid open longer, bc you’ll have to lift the liner up too, unless you attach it to the lid. Don’t get me wrong, the reflective liner is a great idea for some added insulation. But in no way, shape, form, or fashion will it help with losing coolness from opening the lid to get something out of it.😏

[@dlinn246]

Today I learned that 3/4 = 80%...........

[@minopausa]

Hahaahahhhah!!!

[@JennaRose10]

Not all the time. 3/4 of 100 is 75.

[@gtb5216]

Lol

[@plainandsimple1]

Lmfaoooo

[@SallyT269]

🤣🤣🤣

[@rjmendoza]

Another thing I did to mine is added foam in the cooler - injected it between the walls . It says cooler A. LOT longer

[@bobw.991]

We’ve all been there, I just freeze some 2 liter juice jugs . No muss no fuss, and you can drink ice cold water when you need it.

[@TheHyena-ru8bz]

The zip tie and non moving pads were simple but genius ideas. Thanks

[@steelmill2928]

Always sprinkle a liberal amount of salt on my ice after the cooler is full works really well

[@nonyadamnbusiness9887]

7. Make sure everything that goes in the cooler is as cold as it can get before it goes in. 8. Pre-cool your cooler, 9. Keep it out of the sun and in the coolest place you can.

[@roncalabrese305]

Nonya Damnbusiness I had a girlfriend nonya once.lol.

[@outdoorsdotcom]

Excellent tips Nonya!

[@dougcole1446]

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[@stanktaint]

Nonya Damnbusiness dig a pit into the sand or dirt to keep it insulated

[@nonyadamnbusiness9887]

As long as the cooler wasn't buried directly in the sand and was setting in a pit that should help.

[@philc.9280]

All wonderful ideas if you still use coolers. We go camping a lot now during the pandemic since we can't fly anymore. We've switched over to those new cheaper 12 volt freon refrigerators that start under $200. Imagine no more ice, melted water and soggy drippy food. No more runs to the store for ice. They are a major game changer for us and we can bring nicer foods like frozen shrimp, fish and yes even ice cream on your camping trip.

[@Guillotines_For_Globalists]

How long do they last before they begin leaking? Haven't had much luck with dehumidifiers, my thought is that an inexpensive mini-fridge would be even less reliable!

[@zzz7zzz9]

the sticky feet was a good idea. but, I like that my cooler slides easily, it makes it easier to grab and pull. I never seem to have room for it to freely slide around in transport, i'm usually packed with gear holding everything in place. but it's nice when loading/unloading to be able to set it down and slide where I need it to be.

[@davidfultz6483]

The single best thing you can do is pick up some low expanding foam. The kind used around doors and window because it wont bow the jam or sill. Next , pick up a drill bit the same size or JUST a hair bigger than the tube thats attached to the can of foam . Drill holes into the edge of the cooler lid and unload one whole can of foam into the hollow lid. Wait 10-15 minutes for the foam to stop expanding.Drill additional holes to peer into the lid to see what areas have been missed. While looking through the holes , shine a bright light onto the lid to help with this. It is normal for the foam to expand back out the holes. Keep a rag handy for this , be careful, unhardened foam is VERY VERY sticky or wait for the foam to COMPLETELY harden and simply scrape it off. Trust me, filling that hollow lid with foam is priceless! Enjoy !🖒

[@johnbaidas]

That actually melts the ice faster. Been proven on another video. Identical coolers. Filled in the lid on one. Put both in his Jeep. Both with a bag of ice. Modified lid had less ice left inside.

[@shanesaw13]

What is the ratio of salt to water for the supercharged polar bear tubes?

[@meanerkat4339]

I usually just take some liquid nitrogen with me to keep the cooler topped off. Works pretty good. And the kids like playing with it.

[@Werloxali]

Came to see someone cut a cooler in half. I was lied to.

[@nunyabizness6967]

Russ Estridge youtube is brutal

[@bullsnutsoz]

click bait!

[@KekoOmega]

same, I was expecting that too

[@ryanmatthews4656]

Same here but then I thought of the title. Cooler "Hacks". He's using a hacksaw.... Very punny...

[@Crewsy]

You weren't lied to. At no time is it ever mentioned that they were going to cut a cooler in half. You ASSumed from what you saw just as the majority of us did that one was going to be cut. I think Ryan Matthews has it figured out.

[@mp099]

I like to just drink the adult beverages really fast so I don't have to worry about them getting warm!

[@timothythomas1626]

Funny I have been using the last tip I thought of a couple yeas ago. I ship a lot of stuff for my work. And always have the foil covered bubble envelopes. That added I noticed the soft lunch bag my wife has is similar material. So I cut a piece of foiled bubble mailer to fit and the flimsy bag stays cold ave of 8 hours or more depending on season. fold

[@nytehawktawadi4072]

Actually cold air drops not rises. You should put a double layer of reflectix in the bottom also. Make sure you use a waterproof adhesive and seal all the way to the edge because you don't want a moldy mess in the bottom. Another tip is to put a good brand trash bag in your cooler then put the ice, food and drinks. This way if you have a spill it won't mess up the cooler. If you really want to insulate well line the entire inside with reflectix.

[@efxnoise]

The Reflectix is the only good idea. I find cheap coolers usually have hollow lids. I drill some small holes and pump in some expanding foam. Let it dry, clean it up, seal it and your cooler is significantly better.

[@fiendishthingy4172]

I have also seen where someone put a small styrofoam ice chest inside a cheap cooler to give it extra insulation on sides and bottom (styro lid optional, depending on cooler dimensions). Even taking up only part of a large cooler that way leaves room for dry stuff. Or maybe put extra ice in the styrofoam ice chest insert? Or maybe use panels of styrofoam that come as protective packing for electronics/other as temporary cooler insulation? Does any of this sound reasonable?

[@EspenFrafalne]

For camping, smaller coolers can be packed inside a backpack, before you stuff a sleeping bag around the cooler for extra insulation. During night time, when you need the sleeping bag, you could place the cooler inside a jacket. On weekend trips, you can also freeze certain food items that you do not intend to use the first day, to help the freezing elements last a bit longer.

[@jcfrazier5853]

Why not just use plain water bottles instead of PVC ? Then it could be used as emergency water.

[@hexchad765]

A water bottle will break eventually and PVC by comparison is indestructible. Maybe you don't care about that

[@168Diplomat]

Because it is actually salt water in those pvc tubes. The salt water freezes at a lower temperature so it stays frozen and colder longer. You don’t want to drink that.

[@Champaign1117]

​@@168Diplomat huh? If salt water freezes at a lower temp than regular H2O that means it will also melt faster than frozen H2O. The salt water will thaw at temps above 28°F where normal water stays frozen until +32°

[@168Diplomat]

@@Champaign1117 on face value you are correct. But like a lot of things in life reality and text book contradicts each other. Try it and let me know what you think.

[@eastendsinatradbmg7219]

Thank you for teaching me that I didn’t need to click this video

[@RedSapphires]

Thank you. Some helpful tips here.

[@wywy5609]

Hi, I have problem with my cooler box hitch. After applied few times of 3M silicon, it’s still came off. Any other solution? Mine is Coleman cooler box. Thanks

[@stoutfarmhousedesignsmlcpr9154]

Putting salt in ice DOES NOT make it last longer. Smh. It lowers the freeze point. Therefore it actually makes the ice melt quicker. That I know for a fact. This is why they throw salt on icy roads. It melts it at a lower temperature

[@dalewpit]

]Best "hack" of all . . . . drill a few small holes on both sides of the top and sides of the cooler and spray expanding foam into one side till the foam comes out the holes on the other side. most plastic coolers are hollow. Filling the air gap with foam improves the insulation immensely. Make sure you don't drill the hole all the way through the lid and sides . . . just drill through the first layer. Let the cooler sit until the foam sets and trim off the excess. Also, be careful not to spray to much foam or it will bulge out the lid or sides. I think there was a you tube video of what I'm talking about . . . It's been a while since I've watched so I don't have a link to share . . sorry.

[@DefinitelyNotSpam]

I just watched a guy insolate a lid on a cheap cooler and compare it to the exact same cooler unmodified. The cooler with the insulated top performed worse, the ice didn't last as long. Your best bet, is it buy a decent quality cooler because yes, they do make a difference, more than these "hacks" can make up for.

[@fatdad64able]

These tubes..... in my opinion they belong on top, or at least amidst the items to cool, not at the bottom. Also, the grating most likely reduces the height enough that 2 litre bottles no longer can stend upright. Greetings from Germany.

[@ssimpala1901]

I never buy ice at all when camping anymore, I freeze a case or two of 16 oz water bottles in the freezer 2 weeks before going camping so they get completely frozen solid, also 1) 1 gallon square water bottles for each cooler I take. Also, a frozen orange juice half gallon. I put a gallon milk next to the 1 gallon water bottle to keep that milk ice cold. I mix the water bottles throughout the cooler with my food. No wet melted ice in the cooler, to get the rest of the food wet either. Just take the waters out that are melting the most as your drinking water bottles. Move things around as your trip continues add soda, beer etc.. as you go. The fuller a cooler is the longer it will stay cool and keep things cool. Keep it in the shade also. If you do want bagged ice keep your bagged ice in a separate cooler from your food so when it melts it won't saturate your food items. It will keep your beverages at the perfect ice cold temperature. To keep the milk extra cold I keep a 1 gallon frozen bottle on one side of the milk and the frozen OJ on the other side.

[@julzbergener8142]

I like how you think! Also, don't drain the water when using ice! The cold water will help retain a lower temp!

[@jotithind7502]

2 weeks?

[@PatHaskell]

Man, you sure drink a lot.

[@meanerkat4339]

Where do you put the hotdogs?

[@joewoodchuck3824]

The frozen pipes won't do near as much good at the bottom as they would at the top. The top insulation sheet will do much more good at the bottom where most of the loss is. Feel the surface under a stationary cooler after it's been there for a while for proof. The rule for both is that cold air sinks to the bottom.

[@madmerlyn]

Zombie reviving this to point out that heat ingression is what warms the food up, not air circulation (you know, because it's a sealed container). Having the cold rods at the bottom is just as effective as having them at the top because what they are doing is increasing the thermal mass inside the container and absorbing some of the heat so that other objects such as food and drink don't absorb as much of the heat. As for the "cold air sinks to the bottom" idea, well yeah, and? Insulating the hollow lid is the best way to reduce heat ingression, which is the only factor in play here. Even opening and closing the cooler isn't as big of a factor, because as you said, cold air is more dense and therefore opening the cooler will mean most of the cold air stays inside the cooler rather than flowing out and bringing in warm air.

[@joewoodchuck3824]

@@madmerlyn I don't agree with you.

[@madmerlyn]

@@joewoodchuck3824 doesn't matter if you agree with me, it's physics. The air inside the cooler isn't leaving the cooler so the "cold air" at the bottom isn't magically preventing the food above it from exchanging heat with the tubes below it. Energy likes to spread out, and in a confined space that means any heat ingression spreads out to all of the thermal mass inside the cooler.

[@joewoodchuck3824]

@@madmerlyn You haven't actually seen the condensation pattern on the outside of a cooler, have you? Gradually more condensation approaching the bottom of a side than at the top. You can even feel the temperature difference from top to bottom on the sides. It's colder at the bottom than at the top. More temperature difference from ambient to the inside means more loss. Remember old refrigerators and sometimes the new but small ones? The freezer box is a bare aluminum assembly which freezes the food inside and also cools the entire fridge. It's at the top for a reason. The cool air near to the box falls to the bottom chilling everything on the way down. If the freezer box was at the bottom the upper area would be warmer because heat rises. A parallel to the cooler. I think we're done here.

[@madmerlyn]

@@joewoodchuck3824 if your cooler is forming condensation it's not properly insulated because the outside of it should never get cold enough to cause air to lose temperature quick enough for condensation, and has nothing to do with the contents in the cooler but more to do with the insulation of the cooler itself. And the reason it forms on the bottom portion of the cooler is because 1) the contents of the cooler aren't all floating at the top and 2) natural convection of the air coming into contact with the body of the cooler will draw the cold air OUTSIDE of the cooler down. Also, heat doesn't rise, hot air rises because it becomes less dense than cold air, but inside a sealed cooler there is nowhere for the air to go so everything inside instead pushes towards equilibrium. "I think we're done here" well, maybe, if you're just gonna go with your half-baked idea that "LOL put more cold on top means the heat rises into the cold". Dingus.

[@sirajbrown7833]

Who else is mad about the fact didn't cut a cooler in half?

[@thebigfish1016]

Bro this video literally made me LOL

[@matthewshannon6946]

Church Key!! Fantastic!! Took me back yo my childhood..😂😂😂

[@mikeedmonton6841]

The cooler is the greatest invention in the last 500 years. It keeps things cold or it keeps things hot. How does it know?

[@juliejacobs6070]

How about little brackets to hold the pvc tubes so they can be frozen and then attached and off again for freezing?

[@mattvorwald]

Spray foam insulation's most important attribute is the ability to air seal creating a custom airtight envelope within a structure. Honestly, you're just drilling a hole in your coolers for no apparent reason, because the cooler wall interiors are already airtight.

[@PatHaskell]

Finally, somebody stating the obvious!! Thank you.

[@davideustache4119]

All the coolers you showed are Hollow on the walls and the lid and the floor and I'm convinced that if I drill holes and fill all those cavities with non expanding foam they will perform better

[@davideustache4119]

I was referring to a product called dap which is a non expanding foam available at places like Walmart or Home Depot

[@cherbear1996]

Wow..u just gave me a gr8 idea..ive tried everything short of buying a $400 cooler..ive insulated inside n out..covered with blankets, kept out of sun, frozen water bottles vooler in cooler n still cant get ice to last longer than 2 full days..i may just have to try some dap...its a cheap igloo cooler so wth?? thx

[@cherbear1996]

Michael Rodriguez i keep 8 in there at a time rotating them daily..im telling u...i have tried it all except buying an expensive cooler or hooking up a small dorm fridge which i doubt my power station would run 24/7..block ice is hard to come by around here as is dry ice which is a waste anyway for full time use..ive about given up on the whole cooler thing at this point..

[@guyh.4553]

Another way to make super, super charged polar tubes is to go to a retail store or gardening center and get a water retaining additive (for the life of me I can't remember what it is called now) and you add water to it and the crystal swell up and stay "inflated" so to speak a long time. Use that with your salt water and you have a good system!

[@beingsshepherd]

Silicon dioxide?

[@Ellensai]

Salt water doesn't last longer, it melts sooner. The reason it works as a good thing is when ice changes state to liquid the energy change makes it colder which helps keep the regular ice around it frozen for longer.

[@roberthubbard7424]

What good is putting the tubes on the bottom, when cold air sinks?

[@wolverinefangowings]

Coronavirus Pandemic, Day 20: I am so desperate for outdoor activity I am watching videos of cooler hacks.

[@Guillotines_For_Globalists]

How do you freeze the tubes when they're zip tied to the false floor?

[@Xanthro2]

Pop off the zipties with a sliver of tin to slip in and "releace" the ziptie tab that locks it closed. Careful not to cut your self as that tin will be razor sharp. Or try another thin yet sterdy thing like flat head eye glass screw driver.

[@Guillotines_For_Globalists]

@@Xanthro2 I understand you can release zip ties if you really want to. It's much easier to accomplish on those large zip ties that are 3/8" wide. The small ones not so much, and occasionally the "locking" mechanism will no longer lock once it has been bent back to release.

[@Xanthro2]

@@Guillotines_For_Globalists aye. I dont think about much as I got one of them huge bags of like 200 tinny zipties, but I also got good at releacing them so it dont happen to me much. Btw, love the name and pfp. Agreed!

[@JCASTELLUCCIOJR]

WHAT is the ratio of salt to water before adding to pvc?

[@mheermance]

I don't think adding salt to water and freezing it will make the resulting ice last longer. Yes it will be colder, but the refrigerating ability of ice comes it's ability to adsorb heat during the phase change from a solid to a liquid. The energy required for phase change shouldn't be effected by the salt.

[@soof3993]

Why do they throw ice onto frozen sidewalks to melt it?

[@mheermance]

@@soof3993 They throw salt onto frozen sidewalks because it reduces the temperature at which freezing occurs, the ice then absorbs heat from it's environment and melts. But the heat of fusion remains unchanged, so the heat capacity of the ice is unchanged. Basically there's two different factors involved, the ice temperature and it's heat capacity. The salt only changes one of them.

[@i39440]

Polar bear tubes dont fit in your freezer after the racks...

[@TheVideocats]

Just don't use the zipties. I'm not even sure why they did them in the video. The weight on top will keep the tubes still.

[@displayfireworks]

After I fill my Cooler. I add 2 sheets of aluminum foil to the top and then paper bags on top of the aluminum foil. Really holds the cold. Then throw it all away at the end of the day.

[@dsanford12]

So the Polar Bear tubes extend the life of your Cube ice ?

[@claudesmoot1880]

7 drill a small hole and inject the lid with spray foam (Great Stuff).

[@TheLootownpunx]

Claude Smoot that's what I was thinking as well seen another video where they cut one in half and seems the lids are what's not insulated

[@henryhenry903]

Claude Smoot I have done that and it’s a great addition

[@LouienDottie]

Then buy a cheap styrofoam cooler that fits inside the plastic cooler, put it in and there you have it, two coolers in one

[@brianwenzel912]

@@LouienDottie That's brilliant

[@thetruthisonlyperspective4872]

I actually did that, unless you use cheap bullshit spray foam, it's gonna swell the lid to the point it alters its overall shape and no longer seats properly.

[@johnnytsunami6185]

If sweet home Alabama was a cooler

[@KJ-jq9pq]

Kinda off topic: If you need a sturdy solid box to mail something important, use a cheap cooler and pack it accordingly. Putting the cooler in a cardboard box is more damage control.

[@jadekayak01]

great tips. in my country CHEAP chilly bins are NOT cheap. the size you showed cost me over $80 3 years ago and was the cheapest available. another tip if someone has had the meltdown sludge-go to the diy car cleaners and waterblast it clean for $2

[@heard3879]

I want to know what he used for cutting that wire shelf. That was one quick straight-down blow. No sawing, no clippers. What was that trick?

[@brucebennett5759]

Bolt cutters. Great for cutting heavy wire, chain, or.... bolts. When cutting a lock, it's best to refer to them as a "Red-Handled Lock Pick."

[@Champaign1117]

A grinder is mans second best friend

[@roncalabrese305]

now there is a video that made good sense you deserve a Grammy

[@greenthizzle4]

Another cool thing to do would be putting a drain at the bottom of it that you can press a button on and get water out with

[@outdoorsdotcom]

That would be a pretty interesting feature.

[@firstgoinpostal]

Salt water freezes at a lower temperature than fresh water,but does freeze. Once frozen,salt water will stay frozen longer and colder. Gel ice packs sold at the store are nothing more than a gelatin,salt water mix thats been boiled,and put into a plastic container.

[@ajhainstock3997]

at 0:40 ..... i dont think my cooler has ever looked like moldy rotten spoiled 6 month old food just from the ice melting.... 😐

[@moogledoodles]

AJ Hainstock LMAO I felt the same way! I was like “Who on earth let’s that happen!!?”

[@Jacob-ke6cj]

@@moogledoodles It should be illegal

[@arx754]

To me, that looked like a cooler found next to a person who has been dead for a few weeks and only now found....

[@Champaign1117]

Fairly certain they found that cooler at their friendly local meth lab.

[@kennethworde862]

Well could have gone just a little further with stuff you had right there, laws of energy are How do you need to cool/freeze? Top/sides, bottom of cooler are R1 outside if darker attract's more heat! White contact paper on outside or store covered in shade out of wind! #2 heat rises/cold sinks, so store off ground. Line wholecooler with Reflex or just cheap insulation & tin foil make in side into 2-3/4 compartments use frozen milk/1-2ltr jugs the top insulation make into R/L sides with extra thick insulation on top or paper! We tyoff or stuff to inside! Then you can include dry ice to the mix! I don't ever use those pvc things, but I do have the knowledge now! I do recommend the grills!

[@tomcat7843]

I just fill and empty soda bottle with water freeze it, and add a few to my cooler keeps cold for a full day and when it melts that water tastes great

[@gregwichterman5318]

Why not drill holes in the top of the lid, fill it with water (75% or 4/5). Seal the holes anput the lid in the freezer.

[@bossybill7437]

Salt water ice vs fresh water ice - just because salt water has a lower freezing temp does not mean fresh water cannot get colder than frozen salt water. If you put a bottle of salt water and a bottle of fresh water in your freezer (at home) and the freezer's temp is 10 F, eventually both bottles will be 10 F. The real issue is the specific heat of salt water vs fresh water. That is, how much energy does it take to heat salt water vs fresh water. Here we find that salt water has a lower specific heat value and will be less efficient at keeping the cooler cool. socratic.org/questions/how-does-salt-change-the-specific-heat-capacity-of-water

[@crabtrap]

the salt water will cool the cooler to a much lower temp....enough to freeze the contents. the trade off is it expends its cooling energy at a faster rate the straight water ice does.

[@Viralclown]

Waste of time... just bring the fridge and plug it in to a tree.

[@michaelross7153]

That made me laugh. It takes a a lot to make me laugh.

[@inxring2876]

No, you plug it into a currant bush!

[@jorgejaime4325]

........ you own me a shirt and a keyboard rs717.pbsrc.com/albums/ww173/prestonjjrtr/Smileys/Smiley25-1.gif~c200

[@-DEATHSTROKE]

Haha I cracked up

[@thetruthisonlyperspective4872]

Lmfao

[@mikesigncarver3803]

Like the pvc tube idea for ice packs but the last one where you cut the piece of insulating material makes no sense...if you open your lid you’re still going to have to move the insulator to get to the contents

[@AbideinChristFully]

The zip tie bottle opener...pure genius

[@IowaKim]

What is the physics behind the Polar Bear tubes?

[@MK0272]

Some Meijer's and Kroger stores carry dry ice. You will need an insulator between it and your food, but it will keep your stuff cold for a good long time. Just don't keep it in an enclosed space with you.

[@arx754]

I have never handled dry ice and would want to watch a video on it before I used it in any capacity. Understand you can get permanent frostbite almost immediately if you mishandle it. AND, if I had kids, I just wouldn't use it around them. Not saying don't use it. Just saying that someone should FULLY educate themselves about it before using.

[@MarkBoese]

You can also drill several holes and pump in expanding foam insulation. Some coolers have insulation in the body, but not in the lid.

[@ozskipper]

Thats the most important tip of all of the them Yet they missed it.. :(

[@chadford7827]

It makes it worse

[@johnbaidas]

Yup, video on KZbin. Makes it worse. The lid has an air gap

[@-DEATHSTROKE]

The wire shelving idea is cool, I must try to find that.

[@joshuajenkins3248]

Yeah it is "cool".

[@jimquantic]

One more thing, that insulation they mentioned at the end? Put things ON TOP of that, to keep em dry. Keeping things that ought not be wet dry is a real benefit. "But I put them in a zip lock" bag--not enough. Somehow they end up water logged, put them safe and dry, they will still be cold

[@Shabneshin]

that was perfect 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻😍

[@driver8M3]

how is that foil lid going to help? any time you open the regular lid you also need to remove the foil to get anything out.

[@paulthompson6745]

it helps because you get so frustrated opening two lids that you stop caring about the melting ice

[@fiendishthingy4172]

I saw other cooler insulation videos where the inside of the lid had the silver insulation stuff permanently attached, so it's not just laying on top of the box in the way.

[@keithcronk7980]

Michael Rodriguez HES THAT SPECIAL KIND OF FLIPPING STUPID YOU'RE PARENTS WARNED YOU TO STAY AWAY FROM.

[@anitaarchibald6138]

No, you're the fool. The video said opening the lid let the cool air out and the solution was the foil lid...but you still have to open the foil lid which STILL lets the cold air out. It may help keep it cold when the lid is closed but it's not a solution.

[@mheb6370]

For whatever reason(it's an unknown phenomena)people,including&especially kids of all ages like to leave a cooler lid sitting opened at random times for no good reason.I believe the reflective material not only helps keep the cooled air in when the lid is left sitting open,but it also helps a cooler stay colder longer and helps the cooler hold ice longer without melting when said lid is closed also. I'm just guessing though.

[@daniellenraymonds972]

What did you poor in the tubes

[@Hogster202]

You don't need the reflective insulation if you just don't open the lid

[@jamieclemons1526]

There is no inulation in the cheap coolers lids. Drill holes and spray some foam insulation inside the lids.

[@joedunleavy7066]

short and simple no long winded speech

[@robertriddle687]

all these great ideas,

[@nightman6349]

GREAT! now instead of buying a nice cooler, I can spend double the money to build my own.

[@Ananias03]

heres a real tip. Fill your cooler with drinks and ice. Add couple tbl spoons of ice cream salt. Close the lid and go. After riding a little bit those drinks will be nice and cold and you will have slushy ice cold beverages a few days. Your welcome.

[@captainamericaamerica8090]

Good.

[@charlestaylor3195]

Is Genius the right word for those hacks.

[@AZdirtdog]

Why would you put the cooling tubes at the bottom, seems like they would work better above the items you are cooling, double sided tape with the plastic backing left on is no more air tight then the plastic to plastic seal you started with. Use door/window seal instead,

[@LoopHoleize]

Those were good hacks

[@francosworld5030]

Did you say how much salt to use? Focus,,,,lol

[@darrellblake799]

Hey guys, take it from an old hunter/fisherman my Coleman Extreme keeps ice as long as my Yeti. So when you put that Yeti sticker on your truck or suv you are tell the knowing world you are stupid, or you have more money than brain.

[@joshwexler658]

I have a coleman extreme and it sucks. Ice is always melted by the end of the day. I've seen other people having the same results as you, so maybe I got a dud?

[@tommiebeebe4386]

@@joshwexler658 Try icing down your cooler for 24 hours before using it if your going on a trip... it may help

[@JohnSmith-mg5ve]

@@joshwexler658 must be using it wrong no cooler ever has ice melt the same dam day

[@downhillindad7689]

@@JohnSmith-mg5ve it's a cooler. It has a lid that is open or closed. It's not rocket science. And yes, I can determine the difference between water in its liquid and solid state. And by the end of the day, it has changed from it's solid state to liquid state. Using it wrong? Like what, I had it upside down with the lid open? I can't stand people like you who think because they haven't witnessed something it couldn't have possibly happened

[@darrellblake799]

@Orion Beg all you want, fact is fact I have both. I have stopped wasting time and ice on my Yeti. Pretend to be the big shot if your stupid ass wishes to.

[@crazycressy7986]

So how do you open the 2nd lid to get your beer out PMSL

[@lilyflare2]

Never heard a bottle opener called a church key before. Had to Google it.

[@gregoryjamesaustin]

Some good suggestions. Worth the watch.

[@austinpatrick2682]

Saying lowering the freezing point of a liquid means its cool temperature lasts longer is a lie that preys on people who don't understand basic chemistry or physics. Clean water freezes at 32°. Let's assume your salt water freezes at 15°. Now get both vessels of water to 0°. It doesn't make a difference what the freezing point is. 0° is still 0° and both samples will be 0°. And at 15° when the salt water becomes liquid it will still just be 15°, exactly the same as the clean water that's still solid at 15°. Literally the only thing you are changing is the state of matter. The thermal energy difference is unchanged. The capacity to cool your things is unchanged. There is however one practical use for this "super cooled" liquid, flexible ice packs. This way you can shape the pack to the wound and it's more like a cold pillow than a cold rock. So putting "super cooled" liquid in a hard pipe is simply stupid. You are just wasting salt.

[@crabtrap]

the salt water will expend more energy quicker thus freezing the contents of cooler. BUT it will also expend it faster and hit ambient temp sooner. I have done this.....it will freeze your liquid drinks. mind you i did it by mixing salt with raw bag of ice in the cooler not in a solution frozen that way.

[@randalltrantham5082]

good stuff, hats off

[@Sam-wl4uc]

That is 2 minutes of my life I will never get back 🙁

[@jaysun070476]

How about keeping the lid from breaking off on cheap coolers every single one i have owned gets broken off lol.

[@johnclark6571]

Check Amazon. I have a 15 year old Coleman 5 day. On the third set of hinges. About 3 bucks a set.

[@vantheman3857]

Freeze two 2 liters soda bottles with water put to one side of cooler standing up. Measure bottom of cooler with them in there. Go to home depot & buy cheap plastic tub to fit bottom. Done.

[@edgarpamonag3647]

How much the big size

[@kevinbarriger8215]

You could also drill a small hole in the lid and fill it full of expanding foam.

[@DefinitelyNotSpam]

I just watched a guy insolate a lid on a cheap cooler and compare it to the exact same cooler unmodified. The cooler with the insulated top performed worse, the ice didn't last as long.

[@kevinbarriger8215]

@@DefinitelyNotSpam It seemed thermodynamically sound I must have been wrong no biggie.

[@DefinitelyNotSpam]

@@kevinbarriger8215 Honestly, I thought the same. People in the comments were saying it was because the foam was still curing (and giving off heat), but he did tests days later My only thought is maybe it was keeping the heat in, since heat rises. Not sure, I only watched the one guy, might watch more and see if their results are the same

[@garyg2]

the salt in the water thing is wrong for several reasons. it just lowers the freezing point of water to 28 F, which is irrelevant. it's going to get just as cold in your freezer with or without salt. whether it's a liquid or solid doesn't matter, it's the same temperature when it comes out of your freezer, and so it'll have the same energy, and the same amount of cooling ability the only difference liquid water vs solid ice at 28 F is liquid will cool faster, it's the same reason salt is added to ice to make ice cream. it doesn't change the temp, it just melts the ice, and as a liquid it can "wick away" more heat faster than ice. if you want your icepacks to cool slowly (if you're camping for a few days), you want your ice to be solid, not liquid, therefore no salt (and larger ice blocks help too). if you're only using for a few hours, then saltwater ice will help cool the cooler's contents faster, but it's probably not enough to matter. when you say "the ice lasts longer" it's actually the opposite, ice won't last as long, as the cooler warms up, saltwater ice will melt at a lower temperature, when it reaches 28 F instead of 32 F, duh not that any of that actually matters. that's all just overthinking the situation. just freeze some regular water in 32oz gatorade bottles and be done with it, or just freeze gatorade itself and have something to drink after it melts

[@outdoorsdotcom]

Thanks for the info! So if we want insanely cold beer for an afternoon salt is the way to go?

[@garyg2]

@@outdoorsdotcom , no, it won't be enough to matter, that's a waste of time and just overthinking it, just use regular ice cubes and let them melt so the beer sits in ice water

[@outdoorsdotcom]

@@garyg2 That's what we usually do anyway :)

[@robrios6181]

How much salt?

[@TinkerTraveller]

Add Pykrete & salt to water bottles for an even longer lasting chill, Pykrete look it up!!!

[@troymi1648]

Very very nice, love these ideas. Good video.