I've funded 10 Kickstarters so far and would consider 4 excellent, 3 pretty good, 2 blah, and 1 lame.
This has potential.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects...fenik-yuma-60l
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I've funded 10 Kickstarters so far and would consider 4 excellent, 3 pretty good, 2 blah, and 1 lame.
This has potential.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects...fenik-yuma-60l
That does look pretty neat. I wonder how effective it actually is, though?
Interesting idea. Don't think it will take off here (the US) much, but I like the idea for poor countries.
The problem with evaporative cooling is that it can only drop the temperature so much. If you look at the temp charts, the internal temperatures are still warmer than I would want to store my elk meat for the trip home.
The principal is solid but Very skewed "facts" like the comparison of keeping bananas on ice vs in their container. At ~$140 that's a bit much.
Wonder if the concept is the same as Coolerado's evap systems with the membrane?
I thought it was to be filled with water. WTF is that blue stuff they are pouring in it?
I'll ask.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wolfshoon
Let us know when you're on Shark Tank.
Similar tech to Coolerado.
$140 for a "cooler" that cools 10-20deg below ambient? No thanks. I don't really have any use for that.
They do however show it (or prototypes) in use in some 3rd world type places. That makes a lot more sense to me. 10-20deg for them could certainly help I imagine.
Might have a place in keeping vegetables a reasonable temperature. I've never grabbed a 75 degree beer and though it was refreshing. I'd be interested at 60 bucks.
Also not a fan of me paying double for a product so some third world guy gets one for free. That kind of charity often times hurts more than it helps.
For what most people are used to, I completely agree. Working this hurricane I have to think that a cooler like that would be nice just to keep veggies and stuff for a little longer. Under normal circumstances though, not worth the price. Also, situations like power outages in the US don't last long enough to make keeping that cooler around during the 99% of the time that people do have power.Quote:
Originally Posted by hollohas
Yeah, this is what I?d suspected too:
It is basically like the old trick of putting a wet washcloth around your room temp can of beer.Quote:
Evaporating water pulls heat energy from the inside of the box decreasing the temperature an average of 10 to 20 degrees Fahrenheit from ambient conditions, and even more in dry, arid environments!
I agree - probably good for the right use, but I don?t know that I want it for days in the woods.
Hurricane = high humidity (for quite some time after)Quote:
Originally Posted by Irving
It's going to cool even less with high humidity. Theoretically 10 degrees above dew point unless it has something like a Peltier junction, and that takes power.
My focus was more on extended, but still temporary power outages to mitigate food spoilage.
buy a Styrofoam cooler. Throw the top away, take several wet towels and layer them on the top.
Re apply water as needed.
I thought this one was cool, but wouldn't this water be missing minerals? Great for for surviving though.
https://apnews.com/88077278c6b04658952ad7a148219b73
Yep. I would expect it to be nearly distilled water. It is recommended by some not to drink distilled water. It can strip out your minerals. The biomass part makes it a bit dirty. A bit contrary to the green movement.Quote:
Originally Posted by Irving
That's if you're an extremely massive drinker of Distilled. It's the deionized water that will shut your kidneys down.Quote:
Originally Posted by ben4372
In Boy Scouts, we made coolers using a wood frame, hanging burlap around the whole thing terminating in a pan of water on top.
The capillary action of the burlap drew water down out of the water pan and it cooled the wood frame enough to keep our eggs and butter relatively safe.
Wonder if that type of technology is still taught?
Was that during the Great Depression?
early 60'sQuote:
Originally Posted by ray1970
Oh. So it was during the Great Depression.Quote:
Originally Posted by Great-Kazoo
No but it's depressing to even try remembering it.Quote:
Originally Posted by ray1970
But, most of the Scout Masters had experienced some of the Great Depression, and were veterans of WWII and Korea.Quote:
Originally Posted by Great-Kazoo
They took a little different attitude about scouting then today's leaders.
When I went through Boot Camp in '65 it didn't seem much different than a lot of things we did as Scouts.