Dry Ice Camping??

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CUTS LIKE A KRIS

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My fiancee and I are going to be camping with some of her friends and they are thinking of bringing dry ice. Do any of you do this and what things would be recommended for using dry ice.
 
Dry ice?

Why not liquid nitrogen in a thermos while you're at it :p

First time I hear this, but I'm a wilderness noob so it's possible...
 
I dont see why they would be bringing dry ice, if you used it in your cooler it would cause freezer burn on food. Unless they were planning on making dry ice bombs to keep the animals away......
 
are they newfies? hahaha i went camping with a couple of newfies and they made dry ice bombs for the whole last day... it was pretty fun. till someone had the bright idea to throw one in the fire.
 
For car camping in really hot weather, dry ice can keep your ice frozen several days longer than without it. Not a bad deal if you are a ways back from the nearest convenience store. If it is too close to your food it will be kept frozen.

Last year, we brought an extra cooler filled with extra ice and a chunk of dry ice kept it fully frozen until we needed it several days later.

-- FLIX
 
Dry ice is fine, it's a horse-packing trick, it can add days to an extended trip with frozen food.

Use in a cooler by wrapping the ice with newspaper to cut back it's affect.

For frozen items, stake and lobster are easily possible days latter.

Wrap the ice in several sheets of newspaper, wrap the food in a few sheets. Plan and layer your meals by the day, and around everything, about a Sunday-papers worth of wrapping.

Drop the whole works in a good cooler.

Other items that don't need to be frozen can go in the cooler, double bag them with air-spaces and keep paper between them and the ice-paper ball.

It takes some practice, amount of dry ice/frozen food, and amount of frozen / chilled food but a good idea. For the weight, it's a better haul then water-ice.

The paper has a few uses around an extended camp. A stream-side shower mat for one. Fire starter, mats for muddy boots, fish cleaning or food prep, you name it, you can't have too much if you the means.
 
I've used it in the same manner crowvalley described. Works pretty well. I mostly use this method for hunting.
 
A cautionary note:

Many years ago, I went canoeing with some guys who took steaks stored on dry ice. IIRC, after a few days the cooler shattered because the dry ice made the plastic extremely brittle? Perhaps if they had wrapped the dry ice in layers of paper as has been previously suggested, the cooler would not have been adversely affected.

Doc
 
CrowValleyForge said:
Dry ice is fine, it's a horse-packing trick, it can add days to an extended trip with frozen food.

Use in a cooler by wrapping the ice with newspaper to cut back it's affect.

For frozen items, stake and lobster are easily possible days latter.

Wrap the ice in several sheets of newspaper, wrap the food in a few sheets. Plan and layer your meals by the day, and around everything, about a Sunday-papers worth of wrapping.

Drop the whole works in a good cooler.

Other items that don't need to be frozen can go in the cooler, double bag them with air-spaces and keep paper between them and the ice-paper ball.

It takes some practice, amount of dry ice/frozen food, and amount of frozen / chilled food but a good idea. For the weight, it's a better haul then water-ice.

The paper has a few uses around an extended camp. A stream-side shower mat for one. Fire starter, mats for muddy boots, fish cleaning or food prep, you name it, you can't have too much if you the means.
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Good post there CVF! Great info. I've used dry ice as well and it can be great for car camping on extended trips or very long voyages. You don't have the issue of your food stuffs floating in water either at the end of it all.
 
My uncle camps with a buddy and they bring an extra cooler of dry ice. I've been meaning to ask him how they use it. Supposedly it works great. Thanks for the post CVF.
 
As others have posted, dry ice can be beneficial in the boonies but needs to be used differently than regular ice. PLEASE handle carefully. Dry ice can cause awful burns to bare skin.
 
In addition to causing burns easily, remember that dry ice is frozen carbon dioxide, and CO2 is heavier than air. DO NOT leave a chunk of dry ice in a tent while you're sleeping!
 
Used dry ice going camping in the desert my food stayed cold for 9 days... What else can be said for it. Went camping with my nieces everyone had a surprise when i pulled some ice cream out..... i were the hero with everyone... Yes dry ice has its place going camping.

Sasha
 
Oh and if you got some guys and kids with you and a few plastic bottles.. Fill about 1\5 with water then add some dry ice and put the cap back on.. Toss it away and have fun boys.. Or put some less ice and then you can use them for target practice... You would know when you made a hit lol

Sasha
 
I know some places where i live... but you can also find it at Smart & Final. Or check out some other stores like that..
 
If you want cold beer, then try this little trick used on Mythbusters.
Basically, just fill you ice chest with ice, water, and salt, and the beer

32 degrees cold beer between 5-10 minutes.:thumbup:;)

Chemistry in action:p
 
went backpacking with a group of boy scouts. One of the leaders kept complaining about his pack being too heavy and asked for help. By lunch it was getting very hot."Anybody want to carry some of my stuff?" No takers. After lunch, one lone guy volenteered to assist. Out came the ice cream (thanks to CO2). Soon there was plenty of "load shareing". As described above.... much play later we all hit the trail rejuvinated.
 
Dry Ice = CO2 = Global Warming = Al Gore = no Penguins, Polar Bears and other cute animals.
No Dry Ice = No Global Warming = No Al Gore

(a little humor)
 
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