Cooler users: cube ice vs. block ice vs. dry ice

[MrNoodly]

Here's a video of a test between cube, block and dry ice.

 

[ChezCheese:-)]

Dry ice is certainly not the way to go, is it? It would freeze anything you put in there, even if you didn't have cans of carbonated beverages exploding...

It is interesting that the block ice and the cubed ice were neck and neck. I prefer block ice (either those plastic blue ice containers or frozen jugs) just because it is less soggy, but I also put stuff like cheese and butter and such in vacuum plastic containers so even if we use cubed ice, they don't get waterlogged.

I think all the coolers would have done better if they hadn't been sitting in the sun on 94°F days...

 

[DannyB1954]

Careful with dry ice in an enclosed vehicle. I just read an article about a woman who died because she had coolers with dry ice in her car. Dry ice doesn't melt, it evaporates. The Carbon Dioxide will displace the Oxygen.

 

[MrNoodly]

Dry ice doesn't melt, it evaporates.

Scientific term: sublimation -- changing from a solid to a gas without first changing to a liquid.

 

[MrNoodly]

I wonder about a combination of conventional ice and dry ice. Would the dry ice help keep the water frozen without the cooler getting cold enough to freeze beverages and food?

 

[bullfrog]

Dry ice evaporates quickly when it comes into contact with water, and expands becoming dangerous if enclosed as it builds pressure, don't ask me how I know.

 

[Groovy2]

good info thanks for posting