How to Pack a Cooler for Camping | OARS
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- čas přidán 26. 12. 2018
- As an outdoor adventure outfitter with 50 years of experience, you could say we know a thing or two about how to pack a cooler for camping and multi-day river trips. bit.ly/2Al8Z7Z
At our Idaho warehouse alone, our team will pack more than 200 YETI coolers per season for river trips that can last anywhere from 3 to 17 days. For OARS Grand Canyon rafting trips, which can run two-plus weeks, guides have been known to pull out fresh avocados on the last day or surprise guests with Dove ice cream bars along the way.
Want to know how the cooler packing pros do it? From proper packing order to how to keep your produce fresh, these are the tips and tricks we use to make ice and food last for days, even weeks, in the wilderness.
You might also like our other videos. Check out:
What to Wear & How to Pack for a Multi-day Rafting Trip: bit.ly/2Q6tcDp
Snake River Rafting through Hells Canyon: bit.ly/2QcvqSU
5-day Grand Canyon Sampler: bit.ly/2QVx8ME
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For eggs I crack mine and put them in a mason jar tightly secured, In the carton they can easily break when people start to open and close the Cooler.. Thanks Mason Jar!
Oh, thanks for information.
I will give this egg and jar idea a try.
But then I can’t have my eggs over easy 😭 jk it’s a good idea for scrambled eggs
Thank God, a really good cooler video!! Thank you for showing a very practical tutorial on packing the Yeti, I wanted to buy one but was put off by not knowing how to pack one. Yes, I've seen a few vids but this one is brilliant, showing food I would eat and how to pack, thank you!! 👍🏻👍🏻
Glad it was helpful!
Looks amazing! I want to be on the river with you all:)
Great tips. Never really thought about the block ice and barrier. That's a damn good idea. What brains and beauty. Right on.
Great video!
The dollar store had a hard plastic egg crate with a lid that I will also lay paper towels over the eggs to extra insulate them...hopefully it works!
💥Excellent tips. Where did you get those grates above the ice from.?? 🤟🏼
They're a recycled plastic crate cut down to size.
Is this really enough ice? Yeti suggests 2/3 ice and 1/3 items, but that doesn’t leave much room for food/drink. I’ll try this. Thank you 👍🏼
Thank you
would you recommend using dry ice underneath the regular ice to insulate the cold by preventing the cooler to be too cold
I watched another video where they said that can crack the cooler if it makes direct contact with the plastic
Suggestion. Use fresh water for ice and freeze in containers so that when it melts you can drink the water.
I don't trust the water that has been in the bottom of a cooler no matter how much you clean it out. However if you wash and refill plastic half gallons jugs of milk, or water bottles with drinking water and freeze them ahead of time you can use them as ice blocks and have ice cold drinking water when it melts. And you don't have soggy water at the bottom of the cooler at all eliminating the soggy food issue (or use ice anyway but needing much less of it and a shallower pool at the bottom of the cooler).
@@exploresouthwest you just reply the exact same thing with 10 times more words?
@@jjforeal2 a little idea expansion, that's all lol
That's what I do when I travel. I find using Gatorade or Bai containers filled 90% works best.
Informative vdo👍
Woww thank u for sharing this cool video..new friend here..i leave my gift..
Where do you get the foam?
thanks!
Any suggestions on what I could use as a divider in my cooler to separate various items and to access them easier?thanks
I found a smaller tub that fit inside my cooler and was big enough to hold my food and keep it separate from the drinks/ice. Make sure you out some ice packs in it however.
I got my tub/bin at wm. Just make sure you take the full dimensions of the inside of your cooler before you go and you're set
Maybe try the container store or another organizing store that might have smaller bins? Good luck!
Where do you get foam pad
Is that foam pad like a yoga mat that goes on top and how thick is it?
For use on the river OARS has custom cut the plastic trays that bakeries use to put their bread on into cooler sized pieces which might not be an option for someone who doesn't have the connections or the tools. However, a thin foam barrier like this one on Amazon will work just as well: www.amazon.com/Coleman-Rest-Easy-Camp-Pad/dp/B00168ZJWY Good luck!
OARS thanks!!!
Looks like the blue foam pad you can get at walmart in the camping section.
even with the foam coolers dont get cold enough to store food barely gets to or stays at even 5 degrees
Using this method, how long will the ice last?
It's hard to say, because it will depend on the quality of cooler you're using and the temp of other foods, how often you open it, etc. However, using YETI coolers, our Grand Canyon team has reported that they've returned from 17-day trips in June temps with ice still in the cooler.
In case of a power outage, how long will foods stay cool in a cooler?
Uhhhhh. Depends on cooler quality, ice to food ratio, and outside temp. So it depends.
As Ryan points out, there are definitely a lot of variables to consider so we can't provide solid advice.
Your refrigerator and freezer practically are coolers. If the power goes out refrain from getting in and out of them and they should last on their own a bit. Moving the food to a room/ garage temp cooler wouldn’t be wise.
What size qt cooler was that?
That sir was a freezer not a cooler haha
@@gnonymouse no, it was definitely a cooler.
@@gnonymouse haha that's a cooler dumbass
great video!!! perfect cooler packing technique !
Glad you found it helpful!
Did a few yeti reviews on my page feel free to check them out cheers!
A human can go without food for about three weeks but would typically only last three to four days without water.
You dont even need water to live if you have beer
Damn she is gorgeous 😍
First: buy a Yeti!
I'm out!
Ice at the top. Food at the bottom. Cold air sinks
The ice will melt and get the food all soggy!!
Need more ice in that cooler... ice to food ratio was not optimal.....
looks like 40 pounds of block ice. That's a lot of ice.
should of used a combination of dry ice and regular ice.
Eggs don't need refrigeration.
Eggs that have already been refrigerated must stay refrigerated, fresh eggs do not
@@sallen9966 damn the eggs at our store come in refrigerated but stay unrefrigerated out back till they can get filled into the fridge or shelf (depending on the store) on the shop floor.
"Here's how to pack your $400 cooler" k.
almost $700 cooler