Techni Ice

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Originally Posted by Mr Whippy

Don't start that argument. I have just finished reading an E v W on another forum. It started good but as expected it turned into a 5 page bun fight, even got nasty at times.

Dave.

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Ok but my FridgeMate is ......:wasntme:

The product we tend to use is possibly described as "not so techni ice"!
My everloving spouse recycles her used wine bladders (and there are a few of them:)), slowly drains them out, (this can take up to a number of nights!) refills them with water and freezes them. (You will easily work out how the stopper can be disassembled.) Has similar effects to techni ice (contained and reusable) except that should it eventually leak it is only water, or in some cases salted water.
She also houses them under an aluminium cake tray on the bottom of the esky (when we use an esky) and this not only insulates the "ice pack" but also keeps any foodstuff stacked on top away from any leakage should same occur.

Regards
Glen

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Originally Posted by zulu Delta 534

The product we tend to use is possibly described as "not so techni ice"!
My everloving spouse recycles her used wine bladders (and there are a few of them:)), slowly drains them out, (this can take up to a number of nights!) refills them with water and freezes them. (You will easily work out how the stopper can be disassembled.) Has similar effects to techni ice (contained and reusable) except that should it eventually leak it is only water, or in some cases salted water.
She also houses them under an aluminium cake tray on the bottom of the esky (when we use an esky) and this not only insulates the "ice pack" but also keeps any foodstuff stacked on top away from any leakage should same occur.

Regards
Glen

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The ally tray sounds like a good idea, Out to the shed I go.....

We just bought an 80ltr Ice chest from them as I have wanted one for years and finally SWMBO decided it was her idea so we got one.

Just fits in the back of a Disco long ways and the plan is to have that and the Weako freezing the Techni Ice/ Bottles of water and then dropping them in the Ice box.

The Weako seems good as a freezer but is hard to keep constant as a fridge (insert Engle etc jokes in here) and they work better full so I have always just topped it up with bottled water when traveling anyway as the stuff was used.

We find now with 3 kids one a 14 year old boy that the Waeco isn't big enough so dollar for dollar that seemed the best way to go.

I have heard nothing but good stuff about the Techni Ice, a mate uses it in his Icebox all the time and he's off hunting and fishing for weeks on end and recons it's the only way to keep food and beer cold for long enough.

Cheers Casper

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Originally Posted by Casper

Just fits in the back of a Disco long ways and the plan is to have that and the Weako freezing the Techni Ice/ Bottles of water and then dropping them in the Ice box.

Cheers Casper

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A friend of mine used that technique and said it worked well for him. The smallish fridge/freezer was used just to create ice while he was driving to put in the bigger ice box.

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Originally Posted by Mr Whippy

Don't start that argument. I have just finished reading an E v W on another forum. It started good but as expected it turned into a 5 page bun fight, even got nasty at times.

Dave.

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Well, I plugged in my:

Waeco 50
Engel 40
Primus 55l Dual

Set all of them to 3c

Guess what... They all do a great job :cool: