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PVC Ice Cooler Pods

Here’s another interesting DIY project that I may try one day, but I’m happy enough with hyper-insulating a cooler and using traditional ice packs for now. But if you’re bored this weekend, considering making your own DIY ice cooler pods for extended ice retention, which get down to chest freezer temperatures.

Perhaps the only major caveat I would offer, which he addresses near the start, is to NOT use any chemicals that are hazardous to your health in case these pods leak or become damaged. Thankfully, he was able to find non-toxic alternatives online, including food-grade propylene glycol, water storing crystals, and the splash RV/Marine antifreeze.

Honestly, while I appreciate the ingenuity, I’m not sure these are worth the effort or expense. Moreover, the flat ice packs are much easier to fit around food and drinks; given how much we tend to pack in our coolers, there’s rarely room for much else.

What do you think? Are these worth the hassle or not?

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2 responses to “PVC Ice Cooler Pods”

  1. Frank

    If you are not good with tools or at making things, then you are more likely to say any DIY project is not worth doing. How you make/build/construct anything and the tools and method you use can make a project easy or difficult.

    I have seen other people make these and they made shorter videos and the construction of these “cooler tubes” looked much simpler. The main reason to build them is to be able to custom fit them and to have as many as you can use. And those were all made with just water filling the tubes about 3/4 full.

    They also serve as racks when placed on the bottom of a cooler keeping everything off the bottom and drier. And you can make them as individual tubes as shown here or as a rack or grill type configuration.

    I’d consider the price to make them and if DIY ice packs will work better for me. I’d rather have a few tubes than a bunch of store-bought packs for a large cooler. But then again, buying ice “on the run” is quick and easy and requires no prior planning, freezing tubes or even those little blue packs before leaving home.

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  2. Jimmy

    It’s a good idea, but I don’t know if it’s worth the effort. These pipes take up a lot of space in the cooler unless you have a really big cooler like this guy does may not be worth the effort.

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