Cooler Hack! How to Build SUPERCHARGED Reusable Ice Pack Pods 

That's a good idea! I'll probably do that with the next batch. Thanks!

I used 50/50 with RV winterizing fluid (ethylene glycol - NOT the same stuff as car anti-freeze) and the other half water. Does the same thing and gets colder than salt water, but a little more $$$. Cheers and cold beers 😂

@@scottleggejr I'm going to try this. I usually deep freeze 1L bottles with plain water

2 liter bottles takes too much space.

@@johannvanderschyff7735 I just freeze my drinking water bottles. Then drink them last. 2 fish with one worm or is it 2 birds one worm. Anyway you get the point

​@@intractablemaskvpmGytry using near boiling water with about 390g of salt

Dude it took me entirely too long to get this. But this has to be the comment of the year! Thanks!

Few household chemicals in the proper proportions. Lol.

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Broke into the wrong goddamn rec room!

Your Uncle Burt is the patron saint of Preppers.

I was thinking bringing it to a boil and filling completely, when it turns to ice it will cause a small vacuum There is a temp that water is expanded equal to ice, if you use that temp when it turns to ice there will be no pressure or suction.....if you fill completely

@@rugershooter5268 so what is that temp?

@@kevinsantascott3688 my guess would be under 100, steam is water expanded more than ice. When we start up cold boiler with level at 60" valves closed, we have to keep draining to keep it from shutting down at 67", but we're going up to 285f under 40psi

Wtf thats deep

@@kevinsantascott3688there is no temp that water is expanded equal to ice unless you also include its produced gas volume. Ice expands 9% greater than its volume of liquid water, while (near) boiling water will expand up to 4%.

oh??? read the can...the clear is labeled cleaner...the purple is labeled primer they are not interchangeable

@@docyoungblood9521 I'm a retired master plumber, the only difference is the dye, and the obvious use of the word primer or cleaner. Same stuff, does the same thing.

do what? the purple stain is to identify sewage waste lines. what plumbing idiot told you this story?

@@gwebster6600 I think you are wrong, but of course who knows? That would only make sense if people were buying both products. As a plumber I had both on my truck, but Harry homeowner will only be buying one.

@@gwebster6600 how would making two different cans and two different colors of primer that cost the same amount double how much they make since it takes the same amount of cleaner to clean the pipe whether clear or purple, they did it to mark sanitation lines so you could tell them apart and not mix them up later after they were buried. go read some plumbers building code books then come back with an idea of what you are talking about please.

I approve this message as a maintenance hand at a chemical plant that deals with a lot of CPVC and pvc pipe. Primer is a must before adding the hardner glue.

It doesnt have enough salt. It wont get nearly as cold as these. Its a huge difference

NONSENSE!!! Salt water does not get any colder than water without salt when cooled the same way. Water with salt in it needs a lower temperature to freeze. That's because it's now a saline solution and salt does not change it's state at normal water freezing temps. The salt slurry disrupts the natural freeze cycle of water causing it to require a lower temp before freezing. Salt water does not get any colder than water without salt. It may feel colder while freezing because it gets to a lower temperature before freezing. Water and saline are essentially similar when frozen. Water without salt will freeze faster and stay frozen longer than salt water. Neither one of them will be colder than the other over time if they are both cooled to the same temperature to start with. So, essentially, no difference at all between water and saline. Although the PVC pipe is durable, it is not the best solution here. Bottled water can be frozen to well below 0 and is a far better solution as the walls of the bottles are thinner allowing for more water storage in the same space. Water is the number one drink you need while traveling and camping so you will most likely be bringing it unless you like getting your drinking water from a campground system which is not as desirable as filtered, bottled water. We have good water at home so we only use bottled water when traveling or camping. We also carry water from home for camping long term. We use our deep freezer to freeze cases of water to below 0 degrees fahrenheit. The water stays in the freezer year round and is put in the refrigerator to help during power failures. It's replaced when we need it for our coolers. We've never had any bottles explode. Apparently, the plastic used for water bottles can expand somewhat. This wasn't always the case but we have been freezing it for the past 15 years with no problems. @@RT-qz5ci

@@donhart3782 bruh chill out nobody cares i didnt even read all of that. Argue with someone else

wahahahahahahahhhahahah. 🤣😂🤣@@RT-qz5ci

@@donhart3782 I appreciate the practical alternative... the pvc seems cool... pun intended, but the practical notion of being able to actually drink the 'ice pack' if need be, is a much more efficient use of cooler space. For the record, I did not consider your response in need of 'chilling'... some people just consider information an argument, if their own remarks are challenged. Facts prevail, ultimately. Thanks for bothering to make your point for those of us unafraid of actually reading to learn.

Thank you.

You didn't know how to measure something?

@@bryanbiltoft8141 I was simply pointing out how thorough he was in his video, thinking of things that others might not have done before. I'm not a content creator and wouldn't have thought that there was a need to point that out either.

@@sal35plus This isn't really something to get wrapped around the axel about.

THANKS CAPTIAN OBVIOUS!

​@@hunterfishman7119he didn't do so in the video though

@@hunterfishman7119bro you ok? Lol

Yep, thought the same thing as I was watching> "he didnt primer/glue inside the end caps"

He also is using 1" not 1 1/4 as the he says

If they freeze faster, they will also thaw faster due to less insolation.

Insulation comes from the cooler. You want the pipe to have as much heat transfer as possible to keep the inside of the cooler cold @@carlosvillanueva8530

I've never heard of schedule 20 pipe. That's mighty thin.

Wtf why would you think of that?

@@teamdada2194 Maybe because some folks know a little more about physical characteristics of chemical properties than the typical Joe Schmoe GED recipient.

@@cuivre2004 Ha ha. Truth.

@@ladamyre1 dude that's awesome! I have hundreds of pounds of lead. I may try this!

What’s an estimate of how much weight would be added?

Wow!!! I never thought about using lead. I looked up the heat storage capability, 34 btu per pound, almost 3 times more heat/cooling then water by weight. Plus factor in that lead is much denser by maybe (I'm guessing) 8-9 times more than water. I calculate that a gallon of lead could heat my house for over a week!!!! However, regulators would have a field day on your idea.... 😞

@@friki-tiki not a horrible idea.

I like the way you think. I do the same with water or juice. The larger the container, the longer it lasts.

I'm not sure that 3ft would fit into my freezer, but I like where you're going with this. Here in the Midwest, storm season can wreak havoc on freezers.

There’s no benefit to using salt water as water will freeze at 32, but will get as cold as the freezer regardless of the salt. Using a 30% alcohol solution is could be beneficial as the liquid would not freeze solid reducing freeze cycle stress on the pipe.

Like Bill said. Saltwater provides no benefit here

Maybe he could do a side by side comparison to compare how effective this is versus plain water

Yes. Dissolving salt in water (even ice water) makes the water colder. At the same time, salt water has a higher heat capacity, making it take more energy to increase its temperature. This means salt water can stay colder longer than normal water. But the two principles are not the same. The only way the two are equal is if the salt water is cooled to the same temperature as dissolving salt in ice water. So, if you can freeze salt water to something like -5 F or lower, it will be more effective than dissolving salt in ice water from an energy perspective. What does this mean? Not much with respect to the video. If you want to cool room temp beer or soda asap: ice + water + salt. If you want to make an ice pack, salted water is better than plain water. I personally use gel beads (garden center, or orbeez), with equal parts rubbing alcohol and distilled water.

LOL - I just made a similar comment above before I saw your comment. If somehow the tranfer of heat occurs at a different rate in fresh water ice than in salt water ice would this hack be valuable. IMHO

This is why I just freeze gallon jugs of fresh water for the camping cooler. Functions just fine as an ice block, and by the end of the week when all the cold food is used up, its still available as drinking water for cooking the dry foods.

Adding salt stops the water from becoming solid and breaking the pipes. I used to spray refridgerated concentrated salt water to freeze fish commercially and we could reach minus 20 degrees Celsius and I'm sure you could go colder

But it will quickly warm up to 32°F. Salt water solution will stay below 32 for much longer.

@@stevegredell1123 um..........no.

Any kinds of salt will work. There really isn't a limit, but you reach a point of diminishing returns after a certain point. I don't recall the exact number at the moment. I use multiples of these pods. Some on the bottom, others on the top. Once the cooler gets to temperature, it really doesn't matter whether they're up top or not. I primarily use my pods in my bait cooler where they're getting covered in baitfish slime and other nasty stuff.

A place I used to work received medications shipped with those gel packs. They went into the trash if nobody wanted them. I used to have a deep freezer full, but they don't last long. Best of both worlds would have maybe been to thaw them then put the gel inside pvc.

Great idea! Same issues here so I'll do the same, thanks!

You can DIY the gel too, it's just isopropyl alcohol and water.

@@TheWeekendAnglerin cooler shock ice packs they are made of gelatin 👍🏽

Absolutely!

I have actually been working on doing a video making homemade reusable ice packs. My daughter will be helping me with that one and we're Making the alcohol type and a non toxic type that's good for kids lunchboxes. We had hoped to get it uploaded last Saturday, but ran out of time.

I look forward to catching it

The freezing point does not matter. Put fresh water and salt water in a 0° freezer and both waters will be ice and their temp will be…0°.

ice cant be colder than 32?

Fresh water will freeze and continue to get colder if the freezer is below 32. Salted ice and fresh ice will be the same final temp.

Or, just fill some water bottles 90% full with sea water, and you're done. Save money, time and re-purpose.

@@jejoko the plastic used to make water bottles will not hold up like schedule 40 pvc, can't be cut to size, nor fully sealed. I would not put bottled sea water with all its microbes in my for human consumption freezer/cooler. Also, if you live anywhere but the coast a drive to the home depot is probably cheaper than a drive to the ocean.

Ideally, a good quality freezer will hit -7 Fahrenheit. If you hunt or store large quantities of meat. It is best to keep your freezer at 0 Fahrenheit or lower if possible. If you hunt deer or wild hog, you should keep it frozen at 0 or below for at least 7 days to kill the trichinosis parasite. Because a good quality freezer can hit these lower temps. They should not have any issue freezing the 23% salinity water. It will just take much longer to get them frozen. In many cases almost 36 hours in PVC. If using copper pipes. Possibly in 24 hours. I keep both of my freezers at the coldest possible temp. Now in my house fridge freezer combo. The freezer is only set to 20 Fahrenheit. My ice cream is easier to dip, then when I pull out the ice cream from the deep freeze at a -7.

@thehyperactivesloth Yes, if you live on the coast, it is quite convenient. I have been using the same sea water filled Gatorade bottles for years now. They have been thawed and frozen many, many times over now. About the bacteria or what not that you're worried about just cook your meet to recommend temps. Although I must say that many times I have washed my catch straight in the blue ocean and made ceviche right there on the boat without any problems. Not to mention all the bacteria and microbes that are already on and inside of the fish that are being thrown in the cooler or whatever hog or deer you have in there. The water in the bottles is probably cleaner at this point, lol. I must say that I am tempted to try the PVC pipes just because they seem to have a more homogeneous fit next to each other. But other than that, my Gatorade and water bottles do just fine.

@@garyzimmerman8679 Agree, my dedicated freezer is at -2 F

How does the pvc hold up? I’m going to make a few today but I’m probably gonna go with ABS just because it’s more suited for cold than pvc.

@@gregkrueger331I think over time abs would be more brittle

Thanks, Judy. I haven't actually timed them, but i can give you an example. I caught bait on a Friday, and used it on Saturday, Sunday, and it was still good on Monday when I fished again. By that point the tubes were no longer frozen, but still cool to the touch.

Judy that was my question. So about 3 days with opening and closing.... I'm sold!!!!

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I had a similar thought - Just changing the freezing point doesn't do anything. You need to change the specific heat of the liquid. I looked it up and actually using saline lowers the specific heat of water, so adding salt is counter productive!

​@@igelkott255it will keep the pure water ice cubes from melting as fast by keeping the cooler colder as the salt water pipes melt at their lower melting point.

Fresh water(unsalted) with freeze at 32 and then get colder, to whatever temp the freezer is. It doesn’t stop getting colder because it became ice

I live in the desert and honestly that’s the best idea I have heard to cool that air even more, and lower the amount of moisture 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

my thoughts exactly :)

No cracks oh, and I have been pretty rough on them. They are still going strong

😂😂 Strategic Placement could make things interesting

I would go with 2 inch PVC and make them wonder... lol

You're wrong, 75% is best.

@@gbpakrs Performance wise maybe, but as far as how much water expands during the freezing process I am not wrong. Look it up, you may learn something.

I fill old drink bottles about 1/3 full of water then freeze them. I fill them the rest of the way with water when I'm ready to go and I have a good supply of ice water for a couple of hours. Surprising to me is the fact that if the lid on the bottle is tight, the bottles actually collapse when frozen because of the reduced vapor pressure and air contracting.

Yes, I immediately saw that as well. That is the standard practice. I hope he doesn't try doing his own plumbing. 😱 😁✌🖖

You two do understand this is not under PRESSURE as house plumbing would be, right? If it bothers you, put it on both, but in a case like these, it's fine. Find something better to do with your time.

@@TheWeekendAngler: You make a good point. I hadn't considered city water pressure is approximately 60 psi. You are certainly not building that kind of pressure.

@@zapa1pnt if that's the worst thing we deal with today, you and I are both in pretty good shape. 😂 No hard feelings, and anyone building these is certainly able to apply primer and cement wherever they deem appropriate. Have a good day.

That much steel would add way too much weight.

My wife is an expert at packing a cooler for road trips or to bring home the fish. She always freezes water bottles. We buy the 40-pack cases at Walmart. She throws them in the freezer a couple days ahead. They get solid. The plastic is so thin it expands with the water (kinda like a balloon would). I have never seen a frozen water bottle rupture the seal or split. The great news is when it is ungodly hot here in Louisiana she’ll pull one of them out while we are fishing and we sip the ice cold water as it melts. That is very refreshing. I can always count on my wife remembering to freeze up a half dozen bottles. If I go on a long haul business trip she packs me a small lunch box sized soft cooler and if she throws two frozen bottles in there it stays cold in there for a couple days.

Water freezes or thaws at 32 degrees F (phase change). So, while ice may get colder than 32 degrees after it is frozen, it will be 32 degrees during the time it is freezing or thawing, which is higher than the phase change temperature of salt water. Might make a difference if you have ice cream or something else in the cooler that you want to keep frozen.

Ouch!

I thought the same...also, I've not seen anyone put the primer and glue on top like that.. I've seen primer on one end and glue on the other then attach.. you can get primer in the glue by mixing them...

You don't want to drink saltwater though.

Use unopened Gatorade bottles. They are loaded with sodium, which will have the same effect but won't be a waste of cooler space.

I've actually had an ice pack video on the back burner for a while. Been meaning to get it filmed and posted. Propylene glycol or isopropyl alcohol both work well for making ice packs when mixed with water. Thanks!