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===== Coolers ===== | ===== Coolers ===== | ||
- | * **Pro** - low cost, low empty weight, zero power consumption and widespread availability. | + | |
- | + | * **Con** - constant need to add frozen material and the requirement to dispose of any melted ice. You lose significant amounts of interior volume due to the space taken up by the cooling material. | |
- | * **Con** - constant need to add frozen material and the requirement to dispose of any melted ice. You lose significant amounts of interior volume due to the cooling material. | + | |
Tips to make cooler use more effective and simple: | Tips to make cooler use more effective and simple: | ||
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* if you have regular access to a freezer at work or elsewhere rotate blue freezer packs in/out of the freezer and into your cooler. | * if you have regular access to a freezer at work or elsewhere rotate blue freezer packs in/out of the freezer and into your cooler. | ||
* nearly-filled bottles of water((leaves room for expansion)) are free and work much like the freezer packs above. | * nearly-filled bottles of water((leaves room for expansion)) are free and work much like the freezer packs above. | ||
+ | * in any case, having //three// sets in rotation allows each set to be in the freezer for 32 hours (24hrs + 8hr shift) rather than just an 8hr shift. | ||
* if using ice | * if using ice | ||
* block ice will last longer than cubed ice | * block ice will last longer than cubed ice | ||
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**Front loading** or " | **Front loading** or " | ||
- | * **Pros::** | + | * **Pros** |
* Direct access to the contents from a walkway | * Direct access to the contents from a walkway | ||
* Space above unit remains usable | * Space above unit remains usable | ||
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* Doors can sometimes swing open in transit. | * Doors can sometimes swing open in transit. | ||
* Items may shift and fall out when the door is opened. | * Items may shift and fall out when the door is opened. | ||
- | * Cold air " | + | * Cold air " |
**Top loading** refrigerators are usually low rectangles shaped like insulated coolers. | **Top loading** refrigerators are usually low rectangles shaped like insulated coolers. | ||
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* No worries about doors swinging open and items falling out when vehicle moves | * No worries about doors swinging open and items falling out when vehicle moves | ||
* More efficient. Better cold retention due to a lack of a bottom seal, and cold air doesn' | * More efficient. Better cold retention due to a lack of a bottom seal, and cold air doesn' | ||
- | * **Cons:** | + | * **Cons** |
- | * May have to dig for food. Easier for things to get lost/ | + | * May have to dig for food. Easier for things to get lost/ |
* Space above top door unusable unless placed in a slide-out or similar. | * Space above top door unusable unless placed in a slide-out or similar. | ||
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* [[https:// | * [[https:// | ||
* [[https:// | * [[https:// | ||
- | * [[https:// | + | * [[https:// |