Summer camping is best when you are enjoying nature and fresh air in comfort. The most important point in the list of comfort conditions is cold food and beverages. Can you imagine any standard 48 quart cooler with wheels that can keep frozen foods for one week? Usually, after two or three days, we are already struggling with the heat and warm cooler. However, you can use these very simple tips to reach the maximum efficiency of your cool friend.
Before you put the food in your camping ice chest, freeze it. Put your food containers in the fridge for a few hours. Think carefully about the packing: in some cases, it is sufficient to use rectangular boxes. In others, you may have to use zip lock bags. If there is store packaging with a paper label, remove it.
When you are camping, your beverages are not only for drinking. Use them also as ice blocks. You may freeze some drinks in plastic soda bottles. Such bottles are better than the water ones because they are thicker. Water bottles may break when frozen. It will also be more comfortable to place square bottles in the cooler. Later you can also transfer your beverages to soda bottles to chill it. Profit!
If you are going somewhere deep in the woods for several days, you will have no chance of finding the additional ice for your cooler. For this reason, choose the correct type of filler.
Best places to keep coolers are:
Now you are prepared for a comfortable week camping trip! Using all the tricks will help you to surprise your friends with fresh food and drinks under the scorching sun.