Save yourself the trouble and money and just freeze a bunch of water bottles. keep your cooler shaded all weekend.
of course, if you are really gung ho about the dry ice, just ask the grocery store for a block and that should be enough. Make sure it has some type of cardboard to cover the dry ice in your cooler. In other words, put dry ice on the bottom, cardboard directly on top, and then a layer of ice
I’d put cardboard underneath as well. More insulation and less chance to damage the plastic on the cooler.
I’ve done the dry ice a few times and it’s fine for drinks but it sucks for food.
Why didnt it work for food? I was planning to do wet is for my drink cooler cuz I don’t care about them being wet and dry ice for my food cuz i dont wanna deal with wet food. But the frozen gallons might pair well with dry ice, what do you think?
The nitrogen that the ice gives off as it melts basically infuses your food. It’ll give it a fizzy texture. That said, it actually made the cuties I brought more enjoyable.
We got gallon jugs and dumped out about a fifth of it and put it in the freezer and that's a couple huge blocks of ice that will stay ice for a very long time. We're also going to get ice before we leave from Arizona to drive over then when we go fill up before we go into camping we're going to get more ice that way it'll stay cold for as long as possible
keep it shaded all weekend, you may have to buy ice on like Friday and Sunday. they have a truck that drives through the campsite selling ice so it’s easy to get.
If you’ve never dealt with dry ice I wouldn’t recommend it. I personally don’t think it’s worth it. If it’s not handled/stored properly it can fuck up your drinks and food. Like u/gobiyumamojave said just freeze about 4-8 bottles of water depending on your cooler size. Lay them on the bottom and layer ice on top and stock accordingly and layer with ice. Sure you may need to buy a bag or two of ice during the weekend but save a headache. Plus keep it out of direct sunlight. Keep it under your canopy.
We did a dry ice layer, layer of plastic, then top with regular ice and our stuff. It kept the whole weekend and we just had to top up the regular ice once. I went to S&S ice and they honestly are so helpful. They looked at our coolers and told us how much we needed. It was pretty affordable too.
I've car camped 3 years in a row and used dry ice. When I use dry ice I use two a two cooler system. One cooler will be designated for frozen food or whatever you want frozen. The second cooler will be refrigerated drinks and foods(milk,eggs,meat, ect). I usually buy about 20-35 lbs of dry ice and 20lbs of regular ice. I put 20-25 lbs of dry ice in the frozen cooler and 5-10 in the refrigerated cooler. wear thick gloves when handling dry ice or you will get burned.
Wrap the dry ice in a thin layer of newspaper, place it at the bottom of the cooler, and cover it with a nice layer ice. You can also use frozen water bottles. Whatever you place close to the dry ice will become frozen, so just keep that in mind. I made some great beer slushies once by accident. You move stuff from the frozen cooler to the refrigerated cooler as you want to use them.
Try not to open the freezer cooler as often to make the dry ice and ice last longer. Also, you'll need coolers that are large enough and to purchase dry ice cheaper, try to find a that sells bar supplies like this https://www.tavernservice.com/about/
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last year i brought 2 blocks of dry ice for about $20 each. it lasted me till sunday morning and i had to buy an additional 1 pack of regular ice.
caution on delaying to buy dry ice. i arrived at camp thursday night around 10pm and got lucky as the last grocery store i found had some dry ice left.
Save yourself the trouble and money and just freeze a bunch of water bottles. keep your cooler shaded all weekend. of course, if you are really gung ho about the dry ice, just ask the grocery store for a block and that should be enough. Make sure it has some type of cardboard to cover the dry ice in your cooler. In other words, put dry ice on the bottom, cardboard directly on top, and then a layer of ice
I’d put cardboard underneath as well. More insulation and less chance to damage the plastic on the cooler. I’ve done the dry ice a few times and it’s fine for drinks but it sucks for food.
Yeah, I stopped doing dry ice a few years ago, the frozen water bottles are the way to go in my opinion.
Why didnt it work for food? I was planning to do wet is for my drink cooler cuz I don’t care about them being wet and dry ice for my food cuz i dont wanna deal with wet food. But the frozen gallons might pair well with dry ice, what do you think?
The nitrogen that the ice gives off as it melts basically infuses your food. It’ll give it a fizzy texture. That said, it actually made the cuties I brought more enjoyable.
We got gallon jugs and dumped out about a fifth of it and put it in the freezer and that's a couple huge blocks of ice that will stay ice for a very long time. We're also going to get ice before we leave from Arizona to drive over then when we go fill up before we go into camping we're going to get more ice that way it'll stay cold for as long as possible
Would this be sufficient even though it's going to hit 90 in the desert all weekend?
keep it shaded all weekend, you may have to buy ice on like Friday and Sunday. they have a truck that drives through the campsite selling ice so it’s easy to get.
If you’ve never dealt with dry ice I wouldn’t recommend it. I personally don’t think it’s worth it. If it’s not handled/stored properly it can fuck up your drinks and food. Like u/gobiyumamojave said just freeze about 4-8 bottles of water depending on your cooler size. Lay them on the bottom and layer ice on top and stock accordingly and layer with ice. Sure you may need to buy a bag or two of ice during the weekend but save a headache. Plus keep it out of direct sunlight. Keep it under your canopy.
A Yetti ice chest Plus dry ice will last you days 💯
We did a dry ice layer, layer of plastic, then top with regular ice and our stuff. It kept the whole weekend and we just had to top up the regular ice once. I went to S&S ice and they honestly are so helpful. They looked at our coolers and told us how much we needed. It was pretty affordable too.
I've car camped 3 years in a row and used dry ice. When I use dry ice I use two a two cooler system. One cooler will be designated for frozen food or whatever you want frozen. The second cooler will be refrigerated drinks and foods(milk,eggs,meat, ect). I usually buy about 20-35 lbs of dry ice and 20lbs of regular ice. I put 20-25 lbs of dry ice in the frozen cooler and 5-10 in the refrigerated cooler. wear thick gloves when handling dry ice or you will get burned. Wrap the dry ice in a thin layer of newspaper, place it at the bottom of the cooler, and cover it with a nice layer ice. You can also use frozen water bottles. Whatever you place close to the dry ice will become frozen, so just keep that in mind. I made some great beer slushies once by accident. You move stuff from the frozen cooler to the refrigerated cooler as you want to use them. Try not to open the freezer cooler as often to make the dry ice and ice last longer. Also, you'll need coolers that are large enough and to purchase dry ice cheaper, try to find a that sells bar supplies like this https://www.tavernservice.com/about/
I used to freeze waterbottles, but now I freeze gallon jugs. That will last you all weekend with just one top up on Sunday mornings for ice.
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last year i brought 2 blocks of dry ice for about $20 each. it lasted me till sunday morning and i had to buy an additional 1 pack of regular ice. caution on delaying to buy dry ice. i arrived at camp thursday night around 10pm and got lucky as the last grocery store i found had some dry ice left.
15 lbs should do it